2024 News

Latinos Unidos alumni reunion celebrates club’s impact and finding ‘family’ on campus

October 14, 2024

Current and former members of Harper College’s club for Latine students recently joined together to honor its legacy of support and inclusion. Read More

Fashion Studies graduate Kristen Nicole Reaves wins prestigious Gilman Scholarship

October 10, 2024

Harper graduate Kristen Nicole Reaves shares her success and her story, the valuable lessons she's learned, and what is coming in her future in fashion. Read More

Harper College hosts ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Film Lab

October 02, 2024

President Avis Proctor, project leaders, students and employees celebrated the official opening of the state-of-the-art facility to study and screen films. Read More

Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Education and Work Center in Hanover Park on Oct. 10

September 27, 2024

The event will commemorate the decade-long partnership between the Village of Hanover Park, Harper College, Elgin Community College and others, which created a vital resource for individuals seeking to improve their lives through education and job training. Read More

Ten Questions with Pete Almeida

September 24, 2024

The project director of Harper College’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program talks about his drive to help underserved students, why his grandfather is his role model and why he wishes he could be friends with Tony Stark. Read More

Lifelong Learning Institute offers lessons in healthy aging for older community members

September 19, 2024

For more than two decades, Harper College’s LLI program has been connecting older adults to engaging learning opportunities and each other. Read More

Community invited to make blankets at Faith & Blue event

September 17, 2024

The Harper College Police Department, Harper’s Campus Crusade for Christ student club and St. John United Church of Christ in Palatine are co-sponsoring Oct. 11 event to benefit those with cancer. Read More

Harper seeks volunteers for free ultrasounds

September 16, 2024

Harper College’s Sonography programs are scheduling appointments for volunteers to be scanned by students. Exams begin in late September. Read More

Harper’s new Film Lab provides ideal space to experience and study motion pictures

September 11, 2024

With theater-quality sound and projection, the screening room is a major upgrade for Harper College’s film studies courses and film series, which screen works from around the world. Read More

Community invited to Changing Landscape of Work dialogue session

September 05, 2024

To build its next strategic plan, Harper College will host a Sept. 13 panel discussion about the rapidly changing job forecast and how education can plan for the future. Read More