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Harper College this month will offer an exclusive sales leader breakfast aimed at helping participants capture business, build sales teams and secure new buyers.
Sales expert and guest speaker Nancy Bleeke will outline the skills leaders need to bu...
Updated: Jun 16, 2014 at 02:04 PM
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Playwright Alfred Uhry clutched the iconic gold statuette during his acceptance speech at the 1990 Academy Awards and quipped, "I guess I'm lucky that my grandmother was such a terrible driver." Uhry was, of course, refer...
Updated: Jun 13, 2014 at 02:41 PM
Vanessa Sandoval was a freshman at Hoffman Estates High School when she became intrigued by the idea of giving back to the community.
It was during the school's "Cupcakes For a Cause" event in which students, staff and others baked and sold cupcakes...
Updated: Jun 13, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Linda Collins really wants - and needs - a new wheelchair-accessible van with hand controls so she can regain the independence lost to multiple sclerosis.
"Right now, not being able to get around is a devastating thing, It would be for anybody," sai...
Updated: Jun 13, 2014 at 06:57 AM
Carina Valencia remembers the moment.
The 19-year-old was trying to teach a special-needs student a certain way to kick a soccer ball really, really far one afternoon outside Hoffman Estates High School.
At first, he struggled. But Valencia stayed p...
Updated: Jun 13, 2014 at 10:16 AM
Nearly every student who goes through Harper College's nursing program remembers the series of Mrs. Hastings videos.
They feature a cranky, difficult patient who breaks nearly every hospital rule in the book, challenging students to draw up a plan o...
Updated: Jun 12, 2014 at 06:52 PM
The thought of going to school - on top of working and raising a child with special needs - could have prevented Katie Gockenbach from ever taking that first step toward a degree. But the single mother from Lake Zurich knew the journey would be poss...
Updated: Jun 10, 2014 at 08:31 AM
The thought of going to school - on top of working and raising a child with special needs - could have prevented Katie Gockenbach from ever taking that first step toward a degree. But the single mother from Lake Zurich knew the journey would be poss...
Updated: Jun 09, 2014 at 09:46 AM
Harper College will play host to a breakfast aimed at helping sales professionals boost business.
Author and entrepreneur Nancy Bleeke will offer her tips during the breakfast running from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday, June 26, in the Wojcik Conference ...
Updated: Jun 06, 2014 at 05:12 PM
The College of DuPage Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution during its regular meeting last week in support of legislation that would allow Illinois community colleges to award Bachelor of Applied Technology (BAT) and/or Bachelor of Ap...
Updated: Jun 06, 2014 at 05:15 PM