Truman College Celebrates Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship Recipients

August 13, 2026

Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship (CELWS) recipients gathered with families, friends, and supporters to celebrate completing an early learning-focused degree or program at City Colleges,...

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EIU reports: Dr. Kimberly Hollingsworth transforming communities through innovative leadership at Chicago’s Olive-Harvey College

August 4, 2026

Charleston, IL) — When Dr. Kimberly Hollingsworth looks at higher education, she doesn't just see classrooms and degrees. She (pictured in the center) sees opportunity....

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Malcolm X College West Campus to hold 5th Annual Community Day on Friday, August 14, 2026

August 3, 2026

CHICAGO— (August 4, 2026) -The public is invited to attend Community Day at Malcolm X College West Campus from 10am to 3pm on Friday, August...

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Labor and utility leaders celebrate the 36th UMAP cohort at Kennedy-King College's Dawson Technical Institute

June 29, 2026

Pictured is President Katonja Webb Walker of Kennedy-King College congratulating a new UMAP class completer along with labor leaders and Peoples Gas officials.  Nearly 100...

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Block Club Chicago reports: Kennedy-King College’s Statesmen Market Opens In Englewood With Free Groceries For Students

February 4, 2026

Sixty percent of students at Kennedy-King College identify as food insecure, according to a 2024 study. The expanded market will provide free, fresh food to...

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Chicago's Kennedy-King College opens redesigned market to fight students' food insecurity

February 3, 2026

Chicago's Kennedy-King College on Tuesday celebrated a redesigned food market designed to make sure all its students have enough to eat. Leaders at Kennedy-King, one...

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Chicago Crusader reports: City Colleges’ partnership drives enrollment and student success

December 24, 2025

As community colleges nationwide continue to struggle with post-pandemic enrollment declines, City Colleges of Chicago is moving in the opposite direction—posting its fourth consecutive year...

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City of Chicago, City Colleges of Chicago Launch Partnership to Promote Business Education and Growth

September 25, 2025

The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) launched a partnership to expand the benefits of the...

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Olive-Harvey College Launches New Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program that Prepares Students to Support the Regions EV infrastructure

September 25, 2025

 CHICAGO — On September 25, Olive-Harvey College  announced the launch of its brand-new Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure program, a forward-thinking educational initiative designed to prepare...

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"NBC Responds" and reports on Changes to FAFSA, interviews Harold Washington alumna Precious Manny and City Colleges' finance expert Richard Hayes

September 25, 2025

"It should be a lot easier to get the FAFSA done," said Hayes. There are new borrowing limits. Federal Loan Program Lifetime Loan Limits -...

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Biotech in the Classroom: Truman College Awarded ABE/Amgen Grant to Support CPS Science Teachers

September 23, 2025

High school educators offered a groundbreaking opportunity to bring the future of science into their classrooms CHICAGO—The Biology Department at Harry S Truman College has...

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Harry S Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago, National Louis University, Roosevelt University, and University of Illinois at Chicago to celebrate graduates and completers of Chicago Early Learning Workforce Scholarship on August 14  

August 14, 2025

The early childhood education sector is experiencing a nationwide workforce shortage. Through this scholarship offering, City Colleges of Chicago and Harry S Truman College are...

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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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ComEd Announces $130,000 in Scholarships to City Colleges of Chicago Overhead Electrical Line Worker Training Program

July 23, 2025

ComEd, City Colleges work together to provide local residents training needed to compete for growing energy job CHICAGO (July 23, 2025) – Today, ComEd joined...

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Harry S Truman College proudly presented the inaugural Light of Day Social and Music Symposium on July 9, 2025

July 10, 2025

Harry S Truman College in partnership with some of Chicago’s biggest music artists presented, for the first time, a Light of Day Social and Music...

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