Articles filed under Community Colleges
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Crystal Lake first responders enhance skillsJun 26, 2012 3:23 pm - First responders regularly monitor weather radar and activate sirens to warn the public to seek shelter from tornadoes or other severe weather. In May, 24 representative...
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89-year-old Palatine artist gets own show at HarperJun 26, 2012 12:14 pm - Mary Applegate has worked in the ceramics studio at Harper College for more than 30 years, but last week she experienced something of a first: Her classmates and teacher...
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MCC considers switch in how administrators are paidJun 25, 2012 7:11 pm - Community colleges in the Northwest suburbs have different policies regarding how they pay administrators, from across-the-board percentage increases at College of Lake ...
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Harper College activities director says thanks for memoriesJun 25, 2012 2:00 pm - The photos have started coming down in Michael Nejman's office at Harper College, and with them have come a flood of memories. He is retiring after 31 years in Harper's ...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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Harper, manufacturers team to replenish pipeline of skilled workersJun 24, 2012 11:00 pm - When Wheeling High School principal Laz Lopez took the reigns in 2007, he immediately went to work on revamping curriculum to emphasize career pathways for a 21st centur...
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Summit to cover natural gas fleet possibilitiesJun 22, 2012 2:16 pm - To get a natural gas filling station in Elgin, people need to be driving vehicles that run on natural gas. To get people interested in buying or converting vehicles to r...
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Philanthropist gives art collection to College of DuPageJun 21, 2012 2:00 pm - Growing up in an apartment above his parents' bakery in downtown Wheaton and spending summers at the local swimming pool with his brother, Cleve Carney has never forgott...
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Batman movie producer Michael Uslan to speak at HarperJun 20, 2012 3:45 pm - Michael Uslan, executive producer of more than a half-dozen Batman movies including “The Dark Knight” and the upcoming “The Dark Knight Rises,” will make an appearance n...
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Merit-based raises for MCC administrators?Jun 19, 2012 8:57 pm - McHenry County College trustees floated the idea of implementing merit-based raises for administrators at a committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday. College President ...