Career Jumpstarter

April 17, 2024

Cheryl Freeman-Smith is committed to diversifying the manufacturing, transportation and logistics industries. When Cheryl Freeman-Smith looked around at Commencement in 1992, she was one of...

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Malcolm X Radiography Students Earn First Place at State Competition

April 12, 2024

Malcolm X College’s Radiography program prepares students for in-demand careers in the x-ray field. However, even before earning their degrees, four students are already getting...

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Excelencia in Education Releases Comprehensive New Profile of Latino Students in Higher Education

April 9, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 9, 2024) – Excelencia in Education announces today the release of a comprehensive new profile of Latino students — one of the...

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Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Quantum Technology Leadership with The Bloch Tech Hub

April 1, 2024

The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub projected to generate $60 billion in economic impact CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker and Innovate Illinois announced a multi-year...

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Illinois Tech, City Colleges, and CPS Launch Runway 606 to Fast Track Chicago Students from High School to STEM Master’s Degrees

March 20, 2024

New Runway 606 initiative from Illinois Institute of Technology, City Colleges of Chicago, and Chicago Public Schools will reduce the time it takes to earn...

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Chicago Tribune Reports: High schoolers can fast-track into careers in cybersecurity through new partnership by CPS, Illinois Tech, City Colleges

March 20, 2024

In May, Armando Rodriguez will graduate from Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy. By August, he will be a junior at Illinois Tech, made possible by...

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Chicago Sun-Times Reports: CPS launches fast track to STEM master’s degrees

March 20, 2024

The Runway 606 program, starting this fall, will allow any CPS student with a 2.5 GPA to apply for dual enrollment with City Colleges of...

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Daley College Honored with Community Empowerment Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Manufacturing Space

March 14, 2024

 Director of Daley's Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Center (MTEC), Daley's Dean of Advanced Manufacturing Dave Girzadas, City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado, President of...

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Malcolm X College's Medical Assisting Program Leader to Impact National Programs in New Roles

March 7, 2024

Senior Director of Medical Assisting at Malcolm X College Christine Dzoga is now the chair of a new team created by the American Association of...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Joins City Colleges of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and UChicago Medicine to Announce the Expansion of Healthcare Programs and Facilities on the South Side of Chicago

March 5, 2024

CHICAGO - Mayor Johnson joined City Colleges of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the University of Chicago Medical Center to announce the expansion of...

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Malcolm X College Mortuary Science Instructor Named '2024 Professional of the Year'

March 1, 2024

Malcolm X College Mortuary Science instructor Jerri Reed-Taylor, CFSP, CFSGM has been honored as the “2024 Professional of the Year” by the National Funeral Directors...

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Kennedy-King College Celebrates Chicago’s Soul Food Legacy

February 27, 2024

Students, instructors and community members came together at Kennedy-King College in Englewood on Monday to celebrate Chicago’s soul food scene as part of Black History...

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Kennedy-King College Celebrates the History of Soul Food in Chicago

February 27, 2024

At an event Monday afternoon at Kennedy-King College, there was only one thing on the menu: soul food. Immediately upon entering the Great Hall, guests...

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CBS 2 Chicago Shares that City Colleges of Chicago is the Place to Learn to be an Auto Mechanic or EV technician

February 13, 2024

The auto industry needs more than 100,000 collision experts and 400,000+ mechanics by 2027. Chicago is home to multiple programs trying to reverse this labor shortage. Kenneth McMillan...

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Senior Vice President Brandon Nichols Joins WVON to Discuss Olive-Harvey College's Partnerships and its World-Class TDL Center

February 8, 2024

On Saturday, February 3, Dr. Brandon Nichols, Olive-Harvey College senior vice president,  joined The Partnership's CEO George Wright and Danny Marshall on their WVON show...

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