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Harper College personal trainer Joe Mago works with client

Harper personal trainer offers tips for the holidays

December 19, 2018

Staying healthy during the holiday season can be a challenge, but Harper College personal trainer Joe Mago says you can fend off weight gain by following a few tips. Read More

Harper alumni working at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital gather at a recent Stand Up and Be Counted event

Harper College celebrates partnership with Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital

December 13, 2018

Harper College recognized Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital through its Stand Up and Be Counted program, an initiative that celebrates area employers that hire Harper alumni. Read More

Harper College Dean Rebecca Lake receives the ICCCA Innovation Award from ICCCA President-elect Michael Boyd

Harper's partnership with Zurich wins ICCCA Innovation Award

December 04, 2018

Harper College’s partnership with Zurich North America offering registered apprenticeships has been awarded a 2018 Illinois Council of Community College Administrators Innovation Award. Read More

Dr. Kenneth Ender

Dr. Ender named to Pritzker’s Educational Success Committee

November 27, 2018

Dr. Kenneth Ender, President of Harper College, will serve on Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker’s Educational Success Committee to help advise and guide the incoming administration. Read More

Jody Paine with scholarship recipients Sherry Baluch and Ana Sandoval

Polly’s Kids Scholarship to benefit single parents studying at Harper

November 12, 2018

Olive “Polly” Paine was a visionary during her time, a highly educated woman – she earned a PhD from Yale in 1930 – who devoted her life to developing innovative early education programs. Her memory will continue to live on through Polly’s Kids Scholarship, providing single parents an opportunity to send a child to Harper College’s Early Childhood Laboratory while they pursue their studies at Harper. Read More

Jody Paine with scholarship recipients Sherry Baluch and Ana Sandoval

Polly’s Kids Scholarship to benefit single parents studying at Harper

November 12, 2018

Olive “Polly” Paine was a visionary during her time, a highly educated woman – she earned a PhD from Yale in 1930 – who devoted her life to developing innovative early education programs. Her memory will continue to live on through Polly’s Kids Scholarship, providing single parents an opportunity to send a child to Harper College’s Early Childhood Laboratory while they pursue their studies at Harper. Read More

Photo of Building D and the William Rainey Harper bust

Voters approve Harper College’s community-driven plan for the future

November 07, 2018

The members of District 512 have endorsed the important work Harper College does, voting overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum question to support the college’s campus master plan. Read More

Group photo of Harper College's 2018 Distinguished Alumni honorees and President Ken Ender

Harper College honors Distinguished Alumni

November 06, 2018

Harper College recently held its 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards, an annual honor saluting former students for outstanding career and community achievements. Since the awards were first handed out in 2008, 63 recipients representing a variety of educational journeys and professional paths have been honored. Read More

A character performs in Follies

Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents “Follies”

November 01, 2018

The Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents an epic exploration of past regrets and misplaced hopes in “Follies,” a Sondheim musical masterpiece. The play runs Nov. 9-18 at the Performing Arts Center. Read More

Noel Dickerson and family

5 years, 4 promotions, 2 certificates, 1 degree and counting

October 29, 2018

In the past five years, Noel Dickerson has received four promotions, going from temporary file clerk to e-commerce lead with 14 people on her team. Along the way, she completed two business certificates and an associate degree through the Fast Track program at Harper College. Read More

Last Updated: 8/26/24