Articles filed under Elgin Community College
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Stand up to injustice, MLK speaker urges at ECCJan 19, 2013 10:00 pm - If you see a kid smoking weed and cutting school, tell him what's right. If you see a company engage in corporate malfeasance, don't remain silent. If you see someone be...
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Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. in the Fox ValleyJan 15, 2013 1:00 pm - This month, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 84. Communities throughout the Fox Valley area are pulling together to hold celebrations of his life, and to ...
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Elgin CC to host ISCC Tip-Off ClassicJan 11, 2013 4:46 pm - The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference men’s and women’s basketball season will kick off this weekend when the conference’s eight schools converge on the Elgin Commun...
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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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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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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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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, ...
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EYSO faculty concert a 'gift' to the communityJan 06, 2013 1:00 pm - When Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra artistic director Randal Swiggum asked an audience not to clap between performances Sunday, it was an attempt at keeping the packed p...
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ECC board race attracts political newcomersJan 03, 2013 9:04 am - Six people filed for three open seats on the Elgin Community College board of trustees. Risé Jones, who was recently appointed to fill John Dalton’s seat, will try to ma...