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Waubonsee students grow fresh produce for campus food pantry

Waubonsee students grow fresh produce for campus food pantry

Students at Waubonsee Community College maintain a campus garden where they grow tomatoes, peppers, squash and herbs in raised beds while learning about gardening and sustainability through hands-on experience.

 
‘Dynamic’ new manufacturing/tech center triples ECC’s trade training space

‘Dynamic’ new manufacturing/tech center triples ECC’s trade training space

Emily Ponce-Marquez’s final semester in Elgin Community College’s welding and fabrication program will be spent in the school’s newly opened $88 million Manufacturing and Technology Center.

 
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Federal scholarship program can build the workforce suburban businesses need

Federal scholarship program can build the workforce suburban businesses need

Manufacturers in Elk Grove Village, construction firms in DuPage County and automotive shops throughout the suburbs share a common challenge: finding workers with the technical skills to fill available jobs.

 
A legacy built to last: Why closing a school can be an act of leadership

A legacy built to last: Why closing a school can be an act of leadership

I spent nearly 20 years at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management — as a student, as a leader, and ultimately as its president. In that time, I watched this institution do what great institutions do: evolve.

 
Elgin Township joining forces with schools, nonprofits on youth mental health programs

Elgin Township joining forces with schools, nonprofits on youth mental health programs

The Elgin Township 708 Mental Health Board is providing $437,000 for a pilot program to provide preventive measures and early intervention care at five schools in Elgin Area School District U-46.

 
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Parton’s legacy lives on through Imagination Library initiative in Lake County

The Lake County Regional Office of Education Foundation has joined communities worldwide in mourning the loss of Dolly Parton.

 
Fox Valley Theatre Company to bring Percy Jackson musical to ECC stage

Fox Valley Theatre Company to bring Percy Jackson musical to ECC stage

Fox Valley Theatre Company presents “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” from Sept. 11-20 at the Blizzard Theatre in Elgin. This rock musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's novel follows the boy who must embark on a quest to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt and prevent a war among the gods.

 
‘We’re building family’: Harper College’s new Fire Academy cohort makes history

‘We’re building family’: Harper College’s new Fire Academy cohort makes history

Harper College's inaugural Fire Academy graduated 16 students after nine weeks of intensive training at the new Emergency Services Training Center, where they practiced firefighting skills including search and rescue, hazardous materials operations, and live-fire scenarios in the four-story fire tower.

 
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Students return to upgraded classrooms, facilities on first day of school in U-46

Students return to upgraded classrooms, facilities on first day of school in U-46

Overcoming first-day jitters, thousands of students returned to classrooms Thursday across Elgin Area School District U-46, ushering in the new school year.

 
District 128 proceeding with process to fire veteran administrator

District 128 proceeding with process to fire veteran administrator

Four months after placing veteran administrator Briant Kelly on leave, Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 is seeking to have him fired.

 

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