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Highland Community College to Hold Annual Career Fair
FREEPORT — Highland Community College’s Career Services will host its annual Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10 in the Student/Conference Center (H-201) at 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. Employers from across ...
Highland Community College Concert Band Holds Fall Show
FREEPORT — The Highland Community College Concert Band will hold their fall concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 in the Fine Arts Center Theatre in the Ferguson Fine Arts Center, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. Under the direction ...
Highland Community College Agriculture serves local flavors at Farm to Table dinner
FREEPORT — Highland Community College’s Agriculture program played host to more than 200 attendees at its annual Farm to Table dinner on Sept. 8. Guests enjoyed a five-course meal prepared with locally sourced ingredients from 24 area producers and processors. Before ...
Highland Choirs Bring the Music of Hollywood and Broadway to the Stage
FREEPORT — The Highland Chorale, Chamber Singers, Highland Youth Choir and Royal Scots will perform an afternoon of movie music and showtunes in their concert “From Stage and Screen” Sunday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. in Highland Community College’s Ferguson ...
Explore New Skills with Highland’s Lifelong Learning Classes in October
Highland Community College’s Lifelong Learning October courses include technology courses like Computer Networking Basics and Pics on My Phone, Now What, history courses like Assassination of Lincoln and World War I Overview and creative arts courses like Introduction to Oil ...
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 ...