Articles filed under Community Colleges
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College of Lake County receives $1.5 million grantJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Grayslake-based College of Lake County has been awarded a $1.5 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education over five years to continue a Talent Searc...
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Ex-school administrators get big pension boostsJul 27, 2011 12:00 am - James Hintz received a $33,365 raise this year. That's despite retiring as Stevenson High School District 125's assistant superintendent in 2005. Since Hintz — the distr...
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CLC passes balanced 2011-12 budgetJul 27, 2011 12:00 am - College of Lake County board members Tuesday night passed a $96.79 million operating budget for the financial period that officially started July 1 and runs through June...
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Famed Little City book fair moves closer to foundation’s Palatine campusJul 27, 2011 12:00 am - The nationally renowned used book sale that’s been a North Shore fixture since 1958 is entering a new era, and organizers acknowledge it’s a risky move. Little City Foun...
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Lake County loses lifelong educatorJul 27, 2011 12:00 am - The only way to sum up William L. Thompson, a lifelong resident and prominent educator of Lake County, is to say that he was “loved by all, hated by no one.” Those words...
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Moms teach lessons of perseverance in face of tragedyJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - The loss of a child is devastating, unimaginable. And if the death is violent, or senseless, it is that much harder to comprehend. One way some suburban mothers are deal...
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Harper program helps struggling students prosperJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - It was the phone call Monika Pasek did not want to receive from Harper College. Pasek was told she needed to enter Harper’s first Choice Scholars Institute program - a f...
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Hawthorn Woods author tells kids to end the silenceJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - Officials with Harper College sponsored an anti-bullying seminar last week, but not just for parents. Children themselves were part of the target audience, and they got ...
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Your news ‘Jersey Boys’ cast to return to ECC for concertJul 24, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by ECC After two consecutive seasons of sellout performances, Michael Ingersoll and the recent stars from Chicago’s long-running production of the hit Broadway...
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Elgin Post 57 advances to state finalsJul 23, 2011 12:00 am - The baseball team representing American Legion Post 57 of Elgin continues to make winning look easy. Post 57 hammered the host team from Lena 16-0 in seven innings to wi...