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Imagine speed dating, but for social service organizations. It's an idea that Nancy McDonald, Information Specialist at the Rita and John Canning Women's Program at Harper College, came up with after spending countless hours meeting separately with ...
Updated: May 01, 2014 at 08:51 AM
On Tuesday, we read about Denise Owens, a single mom who has survived a bad marriage and bad kidneys, and who turned her life around with a determined spirit and help from a suburban women's shelter and from the Women's Program at Harper College. At...
Updated: May 01, 2014 at 11:45 AM
Liz Franke credits an ultrasound technician with saving her son's life. She was just 20 weeks pregnant with Julien when the technician discovered he had a kidney disorder known as ureterocele. Had it not been for the ultrasound, Julien would have be...
Updated: May 01, 2014 at 08:46 AM
In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College.
She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she freshened her skills, then snagged a position at a Palatine manufacturer.
"They we...
Published: Apr 29, 2014 at 06:30 AM
From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request.
The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework.
“There have been times that were hard, but if you have the desire … you can d...
Updated: Apr 30, 2014 at 09:55 AM
An aging strip mall in Hanover Park has attracted a developer who wants to take the vacancy-riddled property over from the village.
In January, the village put out a call to developers to submit their vision for the Hanover Square shopping center on...
Updated: Apr 30, 2014 at 09:55 AM
Harper College is losing the second-leading scorer in program history, but the mood was nothing but positive on Monday as Monica Hinderer officially secured a basketball future for herself at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee after excelling ...
Updated: Apr 29, 2014 at 02:05 AM
Coco Chanel introduced the little black dress as an essential staple of every woman's wardrobe back in the 1920s. Nearly a century later, students newest to Harper College's Fashion Design program will enter their designs into a little black dress a...
Updated: Apr 29, 2014 at 08:41 AM
Harper freshman softball player Raegan Fingerman (Fox River Grove, Ill./Barrington) has played a vital role in the success of the Harper College softball team this season. A versatile player who can play multiple positions, Fingerman has been on a t...
Updated: Apr 28, 2014 at 01:18 PM
Colin Weber is no stranger to leadership positions - both in the academic and athletic arenas. Now, the Wheeling resident will represent his peers in the board room as Harper College's new Student Trustee.
Weber, who's studying to become a chemical ...
Updated: Apr 28, 2014 at 10:21 AM