Articles filed under Community Colleges
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Tickets on sale for Jan. 31 ECC Founders' Day BrunchDec 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Tickets are on sale for "Achieving Dreams," the 12th annual Founders' Day Brunch that will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at Elgin Community College....
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Lake County briefsDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Historic meetings set Libertyville's newly formed historic preservation committee has set meeting dates for 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the village hall,...
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Career education must be a priorityDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The days when a "three R's" education was sufficient to provide a middle-class lifestyle are long over. Though jobs requiring low-level skills still exist (just 18 perc...
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Laughter needed medicine for the unemployedDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Mark Malone of Arlington Heights has an MBA from DePaul University, but his fundraising job with a nonprofit agency dried up months ago, leaving him to join the ranks of...
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History-making team member part of ECC graduation classDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - When Mary Burke was laid off last year from her computer science job, she decided to go back to school at Elgin Community College for paralegal training. "I've got a fam...
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Tri-Cities briefsDec 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Ornament sale in Batavia: The Batavia Depot Museum is selling a colored brass ornament, the third in the historic church series. It features the Congregational Church of...
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Otter Creek first-grader lauded by Special OlympicsDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A 6-year-old Otter Creek student is being celebrated as Special Olympics Illinois' athlete of the month. Sarah Ford, of Elgin, was born with Down syndrome and endured se...
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Holcombe, Harper edge Lake CountyDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - The Harper College men's basketball program welcomed a familiar face back to the Sports and Wellness Center on Thursday, as former Harper coach Mike Hirsch brought his C...
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Musicians join forces for concert of classic carols at ECCDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The Christmas season comes with plenty of cheer, and what better way to get in the holiday spirit than to attend a concert by the Elgin Choral Union in collaboration wit...
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Harper linebacker Forbes chooses North Dakota St.Dec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Harper College outside linebacker Dillon Forbes is heading north to continue his football career. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-1, 233-pound Forbes signed a national letter of ...