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HOPE Giving Circle scholarship recipients Ariana Herrera, Sol Akinola, Alex Aleksandrov and Aleska Schwartz

HOPE Giving Circle hits $100,000 milestone

July 24, 2019

The Harper College Educational Foundation's HOPE Giving Circle at a reception last week awarded $10,000 scholarships to four deserving students, bringing the total amount awarded to $100,000 for 10 young women since the group’s inception. Read More

Front-facing photo of Harper College fashion program alumna Kim Scanlan

Harper alumna makes her mark in the world of fashion

April 18, 2019

For Harper College fashion program alumna Kim Scanlan, the road to fashion designer began when her Girl Scout troop visited Harper’s fashion department. Read More

Darren Buchanan

Darren Buchanan, Scholarship Recipient

October 30, 2017

Darren Buchanan is the recipient of the 2016-2017 Gap Fashion Scholarship Fund and the 2016-2017 Marilyn Shiely Coste Memorial Endowed Scholarship. Read More

Betty Gialdini

Betty Gialdini, Founder of Harper's Fashion Design Program

August 17, 2017

When Betty Giladini approached Harper College's founding president Dr. Lahti about starting a fashion design program, he merely smiled and said "get started." Learn more about Betty's journey and the impact her dedication had on Harper College. Read More

Teagan Schirmbeck

Harper student wins prestigious Gilman study abroad scholarship

January 02, 2017

Fashion studies student and Gilman Scholarship recipient Teagan Schirmbeck will hone her skills at one of the United Kingdom’s finest institutions for her field. In the spring, she'll head to Galashiels, Scotland, to study abroad at Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design, considered an international center of education, innovation and research in the industry. Read More

Last Updated: 9/23/25