Articles filed under Community Colleges
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Durbin: Assault weapons ban must be part of gun reformsJan 11, 2013 3:46 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said re-enacting a ban on assault weapons will be a mandatory element for him in any new gun control measures Congress and President Barack Obama m...
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Durbin: ECC a model for student loan reformJan 11, 2013 2:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday many colleges commit acts of “negligence” compared to Elgin Community College when it comes to educating students about how to keep the...
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NIU Huskies announced 2013 football scheduleJan 10, 2013 10:49 am - After a record-setting season that included the first BCS appearance in MAC history, Northern Illinois announced its 2013 nonconference schedule and its lineup of MAC op...
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Elmhurst College joins University Center of Lake CountyJan 10, 2013 10:32 am - Elmhurst College became a member of the University Center of Lake County in action taken by the Center’s Governing Board at its Dec. 5, 2012 meeting. Elmhurst has joine...
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ECC program helped women become weldersJan 09, 2013 4:15 am - When Juana Rodriguez sat down in her first welding class at Elgin Community College in January 2011, everything started out fine. Her professor introduced himself and to...
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Harper teacher’s butterfly trick goes globalJan 08, 2013 1:26 pm - A Harper College course that challenges its students to reinvent used items has spawned a magic trick that’s gone global. The trick, which gives new life to a faux butte...
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Enroll in Oakton’s Basic Nurse Assistant Training programJan 08, 2013 12:04 pm - As baby boomers age and health care needs increase, health career professionals will be in high demand. Begin your health career journey by enrolling in Oakton Communit...
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ECC student overcomes adversity, focuses on educationJan 08, 2013 6:56 am - Bryan Lantz joined the Upward Bound program as a sophomore at Larkin High School. The college prep program for potential first-generation college students gave him his f...
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MCC awards $600 spirit award to nursing studentJan 07, 2013 4:16 pm - Submitted by McHenry County College McHenry County College named Karen Morelli of Lake in the Hills as the recipient of the Fall 2012 Joseph A. Blanco Spirit Award, a $6...
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Former ECC president Paul Heath dies at 78Jan 07, 2013 3:20 pm - Elgin Community College’s “builder president” died Dec. 27 at age 78, about two decades after launching a $48 million expansion of the Spartan Drive campus. Paul Heath, ...