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September 15, 2025
The City Colleges of Chicago Foundation works to provide scholarships for students from all backgrounds. One such scholarship, the Dempsey Travis Scholarship, is named in...
Truman College has received a $900,000 grant from The McCormick Foundation to help support the launch of the city-wide Education Workforce Center (EWC). The EWC will serve as a “one-stop shop,” providing academic support, mentorship, community, professional development, and emotional support to the Truman College community and alumni, community members, and other early childhood education professionals and practitioners—no matter where they are on their career journey.
The EWC is slated to launch in the Fall 2024 semester.
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