Browse past news stories for Oakton College in Des Plaines, IL.
- Oakton College Stands On Brink Of National Championship Tournament (2024)
The women's basketball team at Oakton Community College, as it was known until last year, ... - Sculpture Invasion 2022 / CSI Biennial invades Oakton College (2022)
Be on the lookout! A Sculpture Invasion has arrived at the Oakton Community College's Koehnline ... - Oakton's apprenticeship program combines work, education (2021)
Oakton Community College student Juan Martinez has a clear pathway to graduating debt-free from the college -- through the college's Apprenticeship ... - Oakton Community College offers students taking multiple classes free credit hours (2021)
Oakton Community College students who enroll in at least nine credit hours ... - Oakton recognizes 26 nursing graduates at pinning ceremony (2021)
Twenty-six students completed Oakton Community College's Nursing Program this fall and are now on their way to beginning ... - Interview: Gabrielle Tornquist, Oakton College student and creator of ‘virtual museum’ of women in the Spanish Civil War (2020)
A course in women’s history led Oakton Community College student Gabrielle Tornquist to explore a topic that is ... - Oakton Community College to explore adding a campus in Evanston (2019)
An Oakton Community College official announced at Monday’s Evanston Township High School board meeting that the school is exploring an expansion into Evanston, including ... - Oakton Community College hosts solidarity vigil for victims of hate (2019)
Oakton Community College President Joianne Smith was visiting China when the recent mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, occurred. ... - George C. Klein, Oakton College (2019)
In 2007, he published a book entitled, The Adventure: The Quest For My Romanian Babies. ... - Oakton Community College students give Evanston café a makeover - Chicago Daily Herald (2016)
Oakton Community College students give Evanston café a makeoverHowever, during the recent Labor Day weekend, nearly 20 students from Oakton Community College's Habitat for Hum ... - Oakton Community College holds vigils to honor Orlando shooting victims - Chicago Tribune (2016)
"We have been working to change the culture here around LGBT issues and to create a community for LGBT students," Finkenbine said about Oakton. "To ignore this tragedy that ha ... - Oakton Community College plans vigil for Orlando nightclub shooting victims - Chicago Tribune (2016)
Chicago Daily HeraldOakton Community College will conduct campus vigils in remembrance of those killed and injured during the Orlando nightclub shooting last weekend. The vigils are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Oakton's D ... - Oakton Community College students take 2nd in NASA robotics competition - Chicago Tribune (2016)
Oakton Community College's robotics team came in second place overall at a robotics mining competition hosted by NASA and held last month at the Kennedy Space Cen ... - Oakton Community College president says school has learned to do without state aid - Chicago Tribune (2016)
Oakton Community College has fared better than other public universities and colleges in Illinois over the course of nearly a year without any state funding because leader ... - Oakton Community College to raise tuition, cut classes without adequate state funding - Daily Northwestern (2016)
Oakton Community College is cutting costs and raising tuition amid the Illinois budget impasse despite the emergency higher education appropriations signed by Gov. Bruce Rau ... - Former Oakton Community College chairman Emory Williams dies - Chicago Daily Herald (2016)
"Emory was a strong advocate for community colleges," Oakton President Joianne L. Smith said in a news release. "He was deeply connected to the Evanston community and was instrumental in moving the college forwa ... - Celebrate Earth Week at Oakton Community College - Chicago Daily Herald (2016)
Celebrate Earth Week, April 18-23, at Oakton Community College campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie, with lectures, green space restoration projects and rec ... - More than 50 schools set for Oakton Community College transfer fair - Chicago Daily Herald (2016)
Representatives from more than 50 Midwest colleges and universities will be in attendance at Oakton Community College's college transfer fair Tuesday, Feb. 9. Th ... - Oakton Community College receives $100K anonymous donation - Chicago Tribune (2016)
The Oakton Community College Educational Foundation recently received one of the largest single monetary contributions in its history from an anonymous donor who gifted ... - Oakton Community College Empty Bowls event raises cash for food pantries - Chicago Tribune (2015)
Attendees at the 12th annual Empty Bowls at Oakton event examine the hand-crafted ceramic bowls on display last Saturday at the Oakton Community College campus in Des Pla ... - Empty Bowls at Oakton Community College to help stock local food pantry shelves - Chicago Tribune (2015)
A group of about twenty dedicated artisans at Oakton Community College work year round to fashion ceramic bowls not to sell for their own gain nor to keep, but as a mean ... - Oakton Community College to inaugurate new president Friday - Chicago Daily Herald (2015)
The fourth president in Oakton Community College's history will be inaugurated during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday, on the school's Des Plaines campus. Joianne Smith assumed ... - Oakton Community College seeking new president - Chicago Tribune (2014)
After three decades spent in leadership positions at Oakton Community College, Margaret B. Lee plans to retire from her current post as college president next Ju ... - Hartstein, Oakton Community College pioneer, dies - Chicago Daily Herald (2014)
Ray Hartstein, founding chairman of the Oakton Community College board and a member for 35 years, died peacefully Sunday at his Vernon Hills home at 96. Hartst ...
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