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City Colleges July 2025 Newsletter

July 29, 2025

Read City Colleges’ July 2025 newsletter below or here.

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Chancellor Salgado Shares Expertise During Panel Discussion at AWS Imagine

July 29, 2025

Technology is driving change across all industries—and education is key to preparing today’s learners and tomorrow’s workforce. At Amazon Web Services’ Imagine Conference on Tuesday,...

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Vice Chancellor of Adult Education Luis Narváez Named to Leadership Greater Chicago’s 2026 Fellows Class

July 24, 2025

Luis Narváez, vice chancellor of Adult Education at City Colleges of Chicago, is focused on improving outcomes for adult learners across the city. Due to...

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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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Future Forward: Students Complete Unique AI Program Offered in Partnership With Amazon Web Services

July 19, 2025

Two years ago, City Colleges and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of a cutting-edge machine learning program known as Machine Learning University (MLU),...

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Harry S Truman College Staff Member Selected for Prestigious USDA Fellowship

July 11, 2025

Teesta Jain, Coordinator of the Amgen Site at Harry S Truman College, has been named one of just 30 faculty and staff members nationwide selected...

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CCC in the News

Community colleges are a bridge for students still seeking a path, Chicago's Next Voices columnist writes

July 18, 2025

Many seniors feel they must go directly to a four-year college or university. But Lashaunta Moore researched options and attended a Chicago City College with...

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Partnering for Progress: How KRA and Malcolm X College Empower Learners with Dean Barbara Meschino

June 13, 2025

This is the official podcast of KRA Corporation: The HUB --In this episode, host Jonathan Overall sits down with Dean Barbara Goodall Meschino, MSW, LSW,...

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NBC 5 Chicago reports: She worked two jobs, raised 5 children and then became Kennedy-King College's valedictorian, with a little support Lakina Mabins is unstoppable

May 21, 2025

Mabins now has a degree in criminal justice from Kennedy King College, proof, she said, that it's never too late to accomplish your dreams

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City Colleges of Chicago Celebrates Malcolm X's 100th birthday

May 19, 2025

Monday marked Malcolm X’s 100th birthday. The civil rights icon was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, and the Chicago City College named for him...

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