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Chicago Botanic Garden offers apprenticeships in partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago, and provides paid, hands-on training in sustainable urban agriculture. Farm Incubator programs...

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...

Policymakers and regulators filled the room alongside students from the Nexamp and City Colleges of Chicago renewable energy fellowship. At an event celebrating the opening...

Verónica Herrero, City Colleges of Chicago executive vice chancellor and president of the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, joins John Williams to talk about how...

Chicago high school students are now getting the opportunity to get started in a well-paying job as a forklift driver. In the audio clip above,...

Olive-Harvey College Expands Forklift Training to South Chicago, Launches First Credit Course at Satellite Campus (Chicago, IL) – Olive-Harvey College has expanded its forklift educational training...

Later this summer, the Forklift Operation program will be open to the general public.  CHICAGO—(June 3, 2026) - Today, Olive-Harvey College (OHC) announced it expanded...

Through partnerships with institutions like City Colleges and broader workforce efforts connected to IQMP, we are working to build pathways that bring communities along —...

The company is also partnering with City Colleges of Chicago on apprenticeship programs connected to the growing sector.   The findings come as state leaders continue promoting...

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, awarded 25 City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholar graduates with $5,000 scholarships toward their degrees at four-year institutions....

Tiara Davis graduated with high honors from Kennedy-King College and will begin pursuing her bachelor’s degree in computer science at Illinois Institute of Technology this...

Veronica Herrero, president of the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, says a welcoming and stigma-free environment is essential to student food markets. U.S. News: The...

CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and IBM today announced the company’s new FutureNow Chicago delivery center at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP). As part...

City Colleges of Chicago celebrated student athletes across colleges and across sports at the first annual athletic awards banquet, with 2025 being the inaugural year,...

If you think you’ve got what it takes to work as an air traffic controller, you’re encouraged to stop by Olive-Harvey College on Friday. This...

The shortage of air traffic controllers was highlighted during the recent government shutdown. The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports there are 6% fewer controllers in the...