Articles filed under Community Colleges
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‘We’re building family’: Harper College’s new Fire Academy cohort makes historyAug 27, 2026 12:35 pm - Harper College's inaugural Fire Academy graduated 16 students after nine weeks of intensive training at the new Emergency Services Training Center, where they practiced firefighting skills including search and rescue, hazardous materials operations, and live-fire scenarios in the four-story fire tower.
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World Doctors Orchestra to perform benefit concert at North Central College Sept. 11Aug 26, 2026 12:51 pm - The World Doctors Orchestra will perform at North Central College's Wentz Concert Hall on Sept. 11, featuring works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Copland, Price, and Rachmaninoff.Concert proceeds will support Chi-Care and UI Health's Community Outreach Intervention Projects, two Chicago nonprofits providing food and medical care to those in need.
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Elmhurst University receives $1.5M gift for business school professorship and scholarshipsAug 26, 2026 11:54 am - An anonymous donor’s gift to Elmhurst University will establish an endowed professorship and a scholarship benefiting the university’s school of business and its students.
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Kelley takes over brother’s judge seat after 23 years on Harper College boardAug 25, 2026 6:15 pm - Bill Kelley, a longtime Harper College board trustee and Schaumburg attorney, was appointed as a Cook County judge to replace his brother Thomas who retired from the bench.
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Brother of Rosemont mayor, the chairman of Triton College, arrested on felony drug chargeAug 24, 2026 7:05 pm - The chairman of a suburban community college, who is also the brother of Rosemont’s mayor, was arrested on a felony drug charge last month, authorities said.
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The MAC at 40: Celebrating DuPage County’s ‘cultural town square’Aug 22, 2026 11:46 am - The McAninch Arts Center has emerged as a cultural hub in the 40 years since it opened on the College of DuPage campus where it typically attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually.
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‘Romeo & Juliet’ coming to Wheaton’s Shakespeare in the Park Aug. 27-29Aug 21, 2026 10:26 pm - Wheaton College Arena Theater and Wheaton Park District will present "Romeo & Juliet" as their 2026 Shakespeare in the Park production at Memorial Park from Aug. 27-29.
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Harper College board appoints Tricia Elliott to fill vacancyAug 21, 2026 10:04 pm - The Harper College board appointed Tricia Elliott to fill the vacancy left by former board chair Bill Kelley's resignation, with her term running through April 2027 when she can run for election to the seat.
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College of DuPage unveils new Center for Civic Engagement and Public HumanitiesAug 21, 2026 9:20 pm - College of DuPage launched the Center for Civic Engagement and Public Humanities to build stronger and more connected communities through service, partnerships, and hands-on experiences that connect classroom learning with community needs.
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College of DuPage to commemorate 25th anniversary of 9/11Aug 12, 2026 4:39 pm - College of DuPage will hold a commemorative ceremony on Sept. 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, featuring speeches, a ceremonial procession, and the placement of flowers at the college's World Trade Center steel beam display.