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Barbara Green, a Kennedy-King College Student, Named 2025 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar

August 20, 2025

(JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI) - Barbara Green of Kennedy-King College in Chicago, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago, is one of 220 Phi Theta Kappa...

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How a Lifelong Love of Science Helped Harold Washington College’s Dr. Anthony Escuadro Inspire the Next Generation of Physicists

August 19, 2025

For Dr. Anthony Escuadro, a physics professor at Harold Washington College, science has always been more than a subject—it’s his lifelong passion. “I can’t remember...

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Incoming City Colleges Students Head Back to School—and Work—Through Youth Apprenticeship Program

August 18, 2025

A group of incoming City Colleges students is starting their college and career journeys at the same time this fall. Through the Career Launch Chicago...

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City Colleges of Chicago, Richard J. Daley College, and the Anixter Center to Celebrate Student Completers of the After 22/OLAS Program on Saturday, August 16 at Richard J. Daley College

August 16, 2025

City Colleges of Chicago, Richard J. Daley College, and the Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center are coming together to celebrate 10 amazing students who have...

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Olive-Harvey College Student-Athletes Earn NJCAA Academic All-American Honors

August 5, 2025

Olive-Harvey College is celebrating 10 student-athletes who earned a 3.6 GPA or higher. Their hard work earned them the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)...

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City Colleges of Chicago and Amazon-MLU bring enhanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the college’s faculty

August 5, 2025

CHICAGO - City Colleges of Chicago is proud to announce an enhanced collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a major expansion of its Machine...

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Southwest Chicago Post Reports: Celebrate After 22/OLAS Grads at Daley College

August 18, 2025

Program connects young adults with developmental disabilities who are no longer eligible for special education transition services

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Chicago Tribune Reports: Higher education pays off in Illinois, but economic barriers persist, study says

August 11, 2025

Tyshawn Allison dreamed of leaving Chicago for a prestigious out-of-state university. But for most of high school, that dream felt out of reach. The 19-year-old...

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City Colleges Vice Chancellor Will Barefield joins Streetz 95.1 and Mz Shyneka to discuss courses and degrees City Colleges offers, registration open now

August 7, 2025

"When you work in education, you want to change lives," said VC Barefield. "We have programs in tech, engineering, HVAC, automotive, so much more. We...

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Program Prepares Students For Overhead Electrical Line Work

August 4, 2025

By Tia Carol Jones Seventeen people were recognized for completing the Overhead Electrical Line Workers (OELW) program during a ceremony at the Dawson Technical Institute,...

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