Articles filed under Community Colleges
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Editorial: Wanted: Creative tools to stimulate job growthMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - The list of critical issues facing Illinois is complex and daunting. You can start with pension reform and the mounting state deficit and work your way through medical m...
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Wheaton’s Swider repeats football feat in baseballMay 21, 2013 9:37 pm - Justin Swider has never been one to back down from a challenge. Not only is he a two-sport athlete at Wheaton College, now he is also recognized as one of the best in bo...
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Eight Harper players nab all-Region honorsMay 21, 2013 7:34 pm - Some good news came to the Harper College baseball program on Tuesday, as eight Hawks players were honored with all-Region selections. A pair of freshmen — pitcher Josh...
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NIU administrator to retire after FBI probeMay 21, 2013 5:23 pm - DEKALB — A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month. The Daily Chronicle in DeKalb rep...
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Harper students win fashion scholarshipsMay 21, 2013 12:36 pm - Myra Chung of Des Plaines struggled through her first high school sewing lesson. Now, she’s a Harper College fashion student designing her own collection. Chung and cla...
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Harper speech, debate team takes fourth at NationalsMay 21, 2013 6:29 am - The Harper College Speech Team finished fourth in the nation at the recent Phi Rho Pi National community college speech and debate tournament, besting dozens of fellow c...
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Oakton board seats new officersMay 21, 2013 5:50 am - The Oakton Community College board of trustees seated new members and officers for 2013-14 earlier this month. Joan W. DiLeonardi, of Des Plaines, who was re-elected for...
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Prospect Heights man reinvents play while living out of his vanMay 20, 2013 11:00 pm - The revolutionary concept of seeing the lead character in Tennessee William's classic "The Glass Menagerie" as a homeless man came to creator Hans Fleischmann appropriat...
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Harper falls in finale at WaubonseeMay 20, 2013 7:17 pm - Waubonsee Community College eliminated the Harper College baseball team from postseason play with a 13-1 victory Sunday in the decisive game of their best-of-three NJCAA...
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Goranson aims to get it going at OaktonMay 20, 2013 5:54 pm - A familiar name in local softball circles is taking over the reins of the Oakton College softball program. Jim Goranson, the only father who has had two daughters serve ...