Welcome Week is in Full Swing Across City Colleges

August 28, 2025

The beginning of a new semester is always an exciting time, and Welcome Week sets the tone for a successful year ahead. Across our seven...

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Awards Second Cohort of Victim Services Advocates at Graduation Ceremony

August 27, 2025

The community-led program trains advocates to support the survivors of crime and violence. CHICAGO – In case you missed it, on Tuesday Mayor Brandon Johnson awarded certificates...

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Barbara Green, a Kennedy-King College Student, Named 2025 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar

August 20, 2025

(JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI) - Barbara Green of Kennedy-King College in Chicago, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago, is one of 220 Phi Theta Kappa...

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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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City Colleges Vice Chancellor Will Barefield joins Streetz 95.1 and Mz Shyneka to discuss courses and degrees City Colleges offers, registration open now

August 7, 2025

"When you work in education, you want to change lives," said VC Barefield. "We have programs in tech, engineering, HVAC, automotive, so much more. We...

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City Colleges of Chicago and Amazon-MLU bring enhanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the college’s faculty

August 5, 2025

CHICAGO - City Colleges of Chicago is proud to announce an enhanced collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a major expansion of its Machine...

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City Colleges Student Services Team Volunteers to Support the Greater Chicago Food Depository

August 4, 2025

Kennedy-King College’s Student Services team took service to new heights by volunteering as a team at the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) last Thursday. The...

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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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Lawndale News Reports: Lab Schools are a Vital Foundation for Young Children’s Education, City Colleges has five of them! Program begins August 21, 2025

July 31, 2025

As education systems across the country seek more effective, research-driven approaches to early childhood development, Laboratory (Lab) schools have emerged as a cornerstone for shaping...

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SDI Presence, City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, and Kennedy-King College celebrate the incredible progress of the Tech Launchpad initiative

July 30, 2025

CHICAGO— (July 30, 2025) SDI Presence LLC (SDI), a leading IT consultancy and managed services provider, and City Colleges of Chicago Foundation (CCCF) announce the...

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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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City Colleges of Chicago Celebrates Illinois High School Diploma Earners

June 16, 2025

On Saturday, June 14th, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate students who have earned their Illinois high school diploma with the help of prep classes...

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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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Congratulations to City Colleges of Chicago Graduating Class of 2025 associate degree earners

May 3, 2025

 Graduates from seven colleges have saved thousands on a quality college education with scholarships, no-cost programs, early college, grads ranged in age from 17 to...

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Malcolm X College students take a journey of a lifetime through a study abroad program that is an educational trip to countries in Africa

May 1, 2025

  Malcolm X College President David Sanders started the study abroad program nearly two years ago. The idea came from students in their Black male...

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