Douglas Graves traveled across the country and across the world as he served in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight…

Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Robert Newson had been out of the classroom for 29 years before he…

She started taking classes at Olive-Harvey College in the fall of 2017, working her way through the prerequisites she will…

Safiyyah Shakir is following pretty closely in her mother’s footsteps, but carving out a path all her own.

In his own words, Jimmy Ellis is obsessed with coding.

Olive-Harvey College’s salutatorian, Leslie Marquez, was inspired by her 5th grade teacher, who made learning fun – and now she’s…

Roderick left high school in the Roseland neighborhood his junior year – in 1999 – and started to work mainly…

A native of Ghana, Emmanuel Betson didn’t finish college – he opted to start a career in marketing, sales and…

Now that her kids are grown, she felt there was no reason not to finally put herself first.

La’Quahn Washington followed a passion for helping others into a career in early childhood education.

Dorothy received CCC’s first ever Luminary Award, graduated with her associate degree and turned 70 on Mother’s Day in May.

Determined to get her degree in social work because she loves helping people, Danha chose to attend Olive-Harvey College because…