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Luis Narvaez Selected as 2025 State Advocate for Adult Education Fellow

February 7, 2025

Associate Vice Chancellor of Adult Education Luis Narvaez has been selected as one of the 2025 State Advocates for Adult Education Fellows by the Coalition...

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Black History, Bold Futures: Timuel Black Scholars Reflect on How His Remarkable Legacy Has Impacted Them

February 6, 2025

This Black History Month, two students in City Colleges of Chicago’s Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship & Fellowship (TBSF) Program are reflecting on Black history...

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Sikia at Kennedy-King College, Englewood’s Premier White Tablecloth Restaurant, Now Open to the Public for Lunch by Reservation

January 31, 2025

The restaurant is a living classroom and training ground for Washburne Culinary & Hospitality Institute students  CHICAGO — (January 30, 2025) – City Colleges of...

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Shavon N. Taylor-Booker Named Among Chicago Defender’s 2025 Women of Excellence

January 31, 2025

Shavon N. Taylor-Booker, Associate Vice Chancellor of Early College Programming at City Colleges of Chicago, has been honored as one of the Chicago Defender's 2025...

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Celebrating Dr. Lee Jackson’s Selection to the MSI Aspiring Leaders Program

January 23, 2025

Senior Dean of Adult Education at Olive-Harvey and Truman Colleges Dr. Lee Jackson has been selected to participate in the prestigious Minority Serving Institutions (MSI)...

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Kenneth G. Balcarcel Selected as a 2025 Civic Leadership Academy Fellow

January 13, 2025

Director of Compliance for the Adult Education Department at City Colleges of Chicago Kenneth G. Balcarcel has been selected as a 2025 Civic Leadership Academy...

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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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Englewood fine-dining restaurant that doubles as classroom, Sikia, reopens after 5 years

January 30, 2025

An Englewood restaurant that has been closed for five years has reopened. Sikia not only offers fine dining, but teaches City Colleges students about all...

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Sikia returns, bringing upscale dining and culinary training to Englewood

January 30, 2025

The Chicago restaurant, which serves as both a dining destination and a training ground for future chefs, has reopened at Kennedy-King College’s Washburne Culinary and...

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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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