Browse past news stories for Parkland College in Champaign, IL.
- Burglary suspect arrested after return to Parkland College campus (2024)
Parkland College officials sent out a safety message after a previous burglary suspect returned to campus on Monday. A ... - Cobras win Parkland College Fall Invitational (2023)
In its first home tournament in more than two years, the Parkland men’s golf team won its own event, ... - Parkland Men’s Basketball Loses 78-72 at Rend Lake College (2023)
The Parkland College men’s basketball team fell behind in the second half at Rend Lake College on ... - Enrollment at Parkland College up for summer, looking good for fall (2022)
That’s coming off an enrollment decline for the previous spring semester that continued a trend of at ... - PARKLAND: A letter from Coach (2021)
The 2015 Parkland volleyball team celebrates its first national under coach Cliff Hastings (back row, second from ... - Parkland College Cobras use local talent to build toward national title (2021)
The Parkland College Cobras went 51-7 in the 2021 season. The team's success ... - LOCAL ROUNDUP: DACC baseball season ends (2021)
The Danville Area Community College baseball team battled ... - Parkland College welcomes back students (2020)
On August 31, Parkland College opened the doors of its campuses to students with strict new ... - “Coffee, tea, cups and dessert”: a benefit for Giertz Gallery this Thursday (2019)
This Thursday, you can shop for locally-made, functional ceramic art and have your purchase benefit the invaluable teaching art gallery that is Giertz Gallery at Parkland ... - Mattoon graduate Bella Coffey named Parkland College softball Defensive Player of the year (2019)
CHAMPAIGN -- Bella Coffey, a 2018 Mattoon graduate who just completed her freshman year at ... - Parkland College (2019)
Keene State recognizes transferable credit for 19 courses at . Transfer courses are evaluated in one of two ways, either th ... - Canora resident graduates from Parkland College Electrician program - Canora Courier (2016)
At Parkland College's completion ceremony on July 21 in Esterhazy, James Park was one of the students celebrated for graduating the electrician program. The completion ... - Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic raises an estimated $21500 for Parkland College scholarships - Kamsack Times (2016)
The 11th annual Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic, held June 24 at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton, raised an estimated $21,500 for the Parkland College scholarship fund. The Dollars ... - Parkland College Combines Two Of Its Divisions - FOX Illinois (2016)
They will be combining their community education program with their business training units starting on Friday. Parkland College felt it didn't make sense ke ... - Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic raises estimated $21500 for Parkland College scholarships - Yorkton This Week (press release) (2016)
The Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic is the College's largest single scholarship fundraiser. The event has now raised at least $20,000 five years running. Proceeds from past events helped Parkland ... - Proud Grads of Parkland College - Yorkton This Week (press release) (2016)
Parkland College held its annual graduation ceremonies Saturday at the Anne Portnuff Theatre in the city. The ceremony celebrated 323 students who successfully completed on ... - More than 300 graduate from Parkland College - Yorkton News Review (2016)
Parkland College held its annual graduation ceremony Friday at the Yorkton Regional High School's Anne Portnuff Theatre. Family, friends, and College staff congr ... - Free Workshops Provided At Parkland College This Summer - FOX Illinois (2016)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCCU) — Parkland Community College will provide a free series of workshops this summer for people who are looking for work at the Illinois W ... - Parkland College students to learn about distracted driving dangers - WAND (2016)
CHAMPAIGN - AT&T officials say Parkland College students will have the chance to try out a virtual reality simulator as part of the "It Can Wait" campaign. Students will have the opportunity to interact with the simulator from 10:00 p.m. u ... - Parkland College hosting countywide residential Electronics Collection - WAND (2016)
CHAMPAIGN – Residents can bring their unwanted electronic items to Parkland College on Saturday, May 21. This free Countywide Residential Electronics Col ... - Parkland College announces candidates for Commencement 2016 - The Independent News (2016)
Parkland College is a fully accredited public community college serving the needs of District 505, Illinois' third largest community college district. Offering ... - Parkland College to Hold Annual Plant Sale - WAND (2016)
Champaign- Parkland College is having its annual plant sale. It's at the Parkland Greenhouse. The spring plant sale will be from May 2nd through Ma ... - Parkland College announces candidates for 2016 commencement - Journal Gazette and Times-Courier (2016)
CHAMPAIGN -- Parkland College announces the following area candidates for the College's 49th Commencement Exercises. The ceremony will be held 8 p.m. on May 12 at th ... - EIU Students Decide to Enroll At Parkland College - FOX Illinois (2016)
CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCCU) — Parkland College is seeing higher enrollment rates for this summer and this upcoming school year. But they said it's at the expe ... - Area students share in more that $75000 worth of scholarships at Parkland College - Preeceville and the Sturgis Review (2016)
Last week, Parkland College announced that a number of area students are among the 68 to share in more than $75,000 worth of the internal spring scholarships. These awards are in addi ... - Area students share in more than $75000 worth of scholarships at Parkland College - Kamsack Times (2016)
Last week, Parkland College announced that a number of area students are among the 68 to share in more than $75,000 worth of the internal spring scholarships. These awards are in ... - Parkland College Making Layoffs Due to Budget Impasse - FOX Illinois (2016)
Another college in Central Illinois is being forced to layoff employees due to the budget impasse. Parkland College says this is the first time in 25 years, they will have to cut back on staff. Parkland President Tom Ramage says they will need to make ...Parkland Colleg ... - Parkland College board approves tuition hike - IllinoisHomePage.net (2016)
CHAMPAIGN -- Leaders at Parkland College say, without state funding, they had no choice but to make a major tuition hike. They're raising it 12%. Officials say, even that will barely cut it. So far, they've ma ... - Parkland College unveils anniversary logo - Yorkton This Week (2015)
A special anniversary logo will be used this year to celebrate the 10th annual Parkland College Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic. The logo was designed ... - Search for the next Parkland College CEO is expanding - Yorkton News Review (2015)
The search for the next President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland College is expanding. As part of the next stage of the recruitment process, a job posting ... - Candidates sought to fill Parkland College board seat - Rantoul Press (2015)
But none of those candidates is from the area north of Champaign-Urbana, and with Bennett's resignation, there are no Parkland board members re ... - Busy year for Parkland College - Yorkton This Week (2015)
Parkland College and the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing announced a partnership to deliver the U of S Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program ... - Bennett to resign from Parkland College board - Paxton Record (2015)
Champaign/Urbana News-GazetteGIBSON CITY — State Rep.-elect Tom Bennett of Gibson City announced Monday that he will resign as trustee and chairman of the Parkland College board, effective Jan. 22, in order to devote his time and attention to represen ...
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