Articles filed under Community Colleges
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Motorola grant helping Harper freshmen succeedJan 12, 2012 11:00 pm - A new $30,000 grant from the Motorola Solutions Foundation is bolstering a unique Harper College program aimed at ensuring success in higher education and beyond. The mo...
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GlenOaks names new CEOJan 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Adventist GlenOaks Hospital announced Wednesday that Bruce C. Christian has accepted the position of chief executive officer. Christian, 64, had served as interim CEO si...
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Collaborations are key to college readinessJan 09, 2012 11:00 pm - In its report, “The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2011,” ACT reports that only 25 percent of students nationwide graduate from high school ready for college ...
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ESL learners invited to learn about nursingJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - Submitted by McHenry County College All English as a Second Language learners interested in becoming certified nursing assistants are invited to an ESL-NAE Information S...
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Women in Transition funds aid local womenJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - The Friends of McHenry County College Foundation recently awarded $15,000 in scholarship money from the Women in Transition scholarship to 37 female students in MCC’s Ba...
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Harper makes case for community college research grantsJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - For two years, Jim Tufts has conducted original research in Harper College’s chemistry labs, working on a project that he acknowledges is a little tough to explain unles...
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EYSO faculty concert raises money for scholarshipsJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Lara Nammari, 14, just joined the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra this year. The Bartlett teen plays the cello and usually spends her time proving herself to Daniel Beder...
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ECC to host ISCC Tip-Off ClassicJan 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will play host to the inagrual Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Tip-Off Basketball Classic Saturday and Sunday at the ECC Events Center. Fou...
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Washington lets his skills do the talkingJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - After sitting down and talking to soft-spoken Khari Washington, you would be hard pressed to tell he’s an intense competitor for one of the country’s premier junior coll...
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Jacobs’ Kirker, Grady make college choicesJan 04, 2012 11:00 pm - Two Jacobs High School senior female athletes recently made their college choices, and both have decided to stay close enough to home to allow their friends and families...