Hundreds of Star Scholars Prepare to Earn their Associate Degree, Are Honored with a Cording Ceremony

April 16, 2025

More than 1,000 City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholars are expected to earn their associate degree in the 2024-25 school year. These scholars gathered along...

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Chancellor Salgado Receives Distinguished Fellow Award From Leadership Greater Chicago

April 14, 2025

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado was presented with the 2025 Distinguished Fellow Award from Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC)...

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Daley College Celebrates 65th Anniversary

April 11, 2025

On Thursday, April 10, 2025, Richard J. Daley College students, faculty, and staff celebrated the college’s 65th anniversary at a lively event with community partners...

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NewsMakers at City Colleges of Chicago

April 1, 2025

Juan Salgado, chancellor of City Colleges of Chicago, was elected to chair the MacArthur Foundation board of directors, effective June 1. Salgado, who was named a...

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Juan Salgado named as next MacArthur board chair

April 1, 2025

Salgado has been leading Chicago’s city colleges since 2017. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Instituto del Progreso Latino, a Chicago-based nonprofit that...

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Juan Salgado elected to Chair MacArthur board

April 1, 2025

Juan Salgado, career champion for economic mobility, was elected to chair the MacArthur Board of Directors and will assume the role in June 2025.

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Early College STEM Program Aims to Ignite Futures for Students at Chicago Military Academy

March 4, 2025

CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students will soon have more access to career opportunities through an exciting new partnership with ComEd and City Colleges...

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Olive-Harvey College Launches Criminal and Social Justice Center with legal resources available to the community, officials held ribbon cutting to signal the launch of the center in February

February 27, 2025

Olive-Harvey College  also held its 3rd Annual Social Justice Film Festival  on February 27. The festival introduces the public to talented students in film and...

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Truman College Barbering Students Share the Love with Veterans in Time for Valentines Day

February 14, 2025

On February 13th, students in the barbering program at Harry S Truman College spent time providing free haircuts to U.S. Military Veterans at the Rauner...

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City Colleges of Chicago Foundation Held a Celebration of Black Learner Excellence, Shared Best Practices that Are Increasing Black Student Achievement

February 14, 2025

CHICAGO— (February 14, 2025) - The City Colleges of Chicago Foundation held a Celebration of Black Learner Excellence at Malcolm X College (1900 W. Jackson...

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Chicago alders discuss the importance of labor movement work with students

February 13, 2025

On Tuesday, students gathered at Malcolm X College on the Near West Side to discuss the importance of local labor movements with alders from the...

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Sikia, Englewood’s Only Fine-Dining Restaurant, Reopens, Preparing Students For Culinary Careers

January 31, 2025

Leaders at Kennedy-King College and community partners celebrated its reopening after a five-year wait with a three-course meal prepared by Washburne culinary students.   Asiaha...

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Fine-dining restaurant reopens at Kennedy-King College in Englewood

January 30, 2025

Fine dining is back at Kennedy-King College. The Sikia restaurant reopened Thursday in Englewood after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant is...

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Sikia returns to the Englewood neighborhood after closing during COVID

January 30, 2025

The ribbon cut, a grand reopening for Sikia. It opened first in 2008 and closed in 2020 at the beginning of the Covid pandemic. The...

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Sikia, Englewood’s Only Fine-Dining Restaurant, Will Reopen Thursday After 5 Years

January 29, 2025

The student-run restaurant at Kennedy-King College closed in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Leaders have spent the past year redesigning it for Thursday’s...

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