City Colleges Celebrates 94 Years of Bud Billiken

August 12, 2023

By City Colleges of Chicago

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Nearly 100 members of the City Colleges community from across the seven colleges spent a beautiful Saturday on King Drive marching in the Bud Billiken Parade and sharing information about all City Colleges has to offer.

Watch Kennedy-King College president Katonja Webb Walker talk about some of the opportunities at City Colleges on CBS News here.

Fall credit classes begin on August 24th and ESL/high school diploma prep classes begin on August 28th. Learn more at www.ccc.edu/apply.

City Colleges presidents at Bud Billiken 2023 — City Colleges of Chicago presidents got their walking shoes on to represent the whole CCC community.

City Colleges community members carry the CCC banner. — Members from across the City Colleges community showed their pride at the 94th annual Bud Billiken Parade on Saturday, August 12.

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