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New scholarships to encourage more nurses in Aurora areaAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - An Aurora philanthropy is offering $750,000 in scholarships to encourage people to become registered nurses and work in the Aurora area. The Dunham Nursing Scholarship -...
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Key ingredients to institutional successAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Every year, in my role as president of Waubonsee Community College, I analyze trends in higher education, the needs of the community and our internal college landscape t...
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Legislator proposes free year at community collegeJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A 'C' average plus a clean rap sheet plus a high school diploma could equal a free year at community college in Illinois. That's what Democratic state Rep. Mike Boland i...
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Summer is a busy time at Waubonsee Community CollegeJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - For many schools and colleges, summer tends to be the slowest time of the year. At Waubonsee, however, the summer semester is an active time when we prepare for the upc...
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Rail icon steams into Naperville, AuroraJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Train enthusiasts will line the rails Saturday of several Western suburbs to catch a glimpse of the only remaining operable "streamlined" steam locomotive of the Art Dec...
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Batavia woman producing Midwest baseball documentaryJul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - My first contact with Barb Mabbs came in an e-mail. I had written a column about problems with wheelchair accessibility in the city of Chicago. She wrote that the city o...
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Your guide to the Fourth's fests, parades and fireworks in the suburbsJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Fireworks Addison: Dusk, July 4 at Community Park, 120 E. Oak St., preceded by 7:30 p.m. concert. (630) 833-0100 or addisonparkdistrict.org. Antioch: Dusk, July 4, Willi...
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Yes, there is editorial discretionJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Thorn Randall ends his recent contribution to the Fence Post with this: "The Daily Herald apparently exercises no editorial discretion whatsoever when it comes to printi...
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Look at success of adult stem cell workJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - What a great article I just read: An Aurora city employee donates bone marrow, and a youngster's life is saved by it. Fantastic. Bone marrow transplants have been aroun...
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This is not what Madison envisionedJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, once said, "With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers co...