News
Highland Community College Foundation seeks distinguished alumni
FREEPORT — The Highland Community College Foundation is seeking nominations for its 26th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. Recipients will be honored with a ceremony at the Foundation’s gathering on November 17. “The Foundation is looking for individuals who made their start ...
Highland’s Clarence Mitchell Library Kicks Off Banned Books Challenge
FREEPORT – Highland Community College’s Clarence Mitchell Library rolled out a Banned Books Challenge with campus common reads during Welcome Week for students Sept. 6-9. The books — “Working” by Studs Terkel, “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe and “The Curious ...
Movie Night, Campus Events to Celebrate Highland’s 60th Anniversary
FREEPORT — A full slate of events after the Labor Day holiday weekend will kick off a year of observing Highland Community College’s 60th anniversary. Members of the community are invited to join the festivities with a family movie night on ...
Explore New Skills with Highland’s Lifelong Learning Classes in September
FREEPORT — Highland Community College’s Lifelong Learning September courses include options to pick up Pickleball, discover Freeport’s cultural and horse-racing history, master new recipes and tour a museum in German Valley. Browse a sampling of Lifelong Learning courses below, and visit ...
Highland to Host Crop Research Field Day Aug. 24
FREEPORT — Highland Community College Agriculture, in partnership with the University of Illinois Extension, will be hosting a Crop Research Field Day on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Highland Agriculture’s research plot — located at 3579 Stephenson St. in Freeport. The 15-acre plot serves as ...
Highland Trustee Shawn Boldt elected to ICCTA Board as Treasurer
FREEPORT — The Highland Community College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Trustee Shawn Boldt has been elected treasurer of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) board. “Representing the 48 community colleges in Illinois that serve 600,000 students annually ...
As Highland Celebrates Opening Days, Brief Closures at Offices
FREEPORT — As Highland Community College prepares to welcome Cougars back to campus for the Fall 2022 semester, offices will be closed part of the day on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18 and 19. Campus offices will not be open to ...
Twelve Highland Cougar student-athletes named Academic All Americans
Based on academic excellence, a dozen Highland Community College student-athletes have been honored as NJCAA All-Academic American recipients. For student-athletes to qualify for this prestigious award, they must maintain a minimum 3.60 GPA. "We are very proud of our Highland Cougar ...
Highland’s Upward Bound program awarded a federal grant
Highland Community College’s Upward Bound program has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help more low-income students who will be the first members of their families to attend college. The federal grant for $287,537 will go ...
Summerset Theatre’s 47th season brings the musical ‘Working’ to the stage
Highland Community College’s 47th season of Summerset Theatre will present the musical “Working.” Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 11, 12, and 13 and at 3 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Fine Arts Theatre in the Ferguson ...
