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Career Services Blog: When I Grow Up
So, what do you want to be when you grow up? Almost all of us have heard that question before, maybe on the first day of Kindergarten or maybe a few weeks ago at a holiday gathering when you sat next ...
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February Lifelong Learning schedule includes in-person and online classes
Highland Community College Lifelong Learning February courses include Beginning Jewelry Making, Computers and Mobile Devices, Spring Bulb Gardens A and B, The Bio-Energetics of Thriving, and Cahokia and the Mississippian Culture, held in-person and online. Courses being held in person ...
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HCC Clarence Mitchell Library presents Black History Month program
Highland Community College’s Clarence Mitchell Library hosts speakers, Gerald McWorter and Kate Williams-McWorter at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 via Zoom™. In honor of Black History Month, Gerald McWorter and Kate Williams-McWorter will share their program, “New Philadelphia, IL: Let America ...
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Adult Education to hold information program on being a literacy volunteer
Highland Community College Adult Education program is seeking volunteers to tutor adults either face-to-face or virtually via Zoom™. A virtual informational meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. to explain the program and define volunteer duties. Volunteers ...
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Highland Trustees appointed to ACCT committees
Highland Community College trustees Pennie Groezinger and Shawn Boldt have been appointed to serve on separate committees with the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). ACCT is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards that represents more than 6,500 elected and ...
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Highland Community College Fall Graduates 2021
Highland Community College announces the 2021 fall graduates. Graduates were awarded associate degrees, associate of applied science degrees, or certificates. Dakota: Grace Sutherland, Associate of Arts Davis: David Hales, Associate of Arts; Joseph Klatt, Associate of Applied Science — Emergency Medical Services Davis ...
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Highland fall 2021 dean’s list
Highland Community College proudly announces the dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester. Students who have completed 12 credit hours or more during the semester and have a minimum 3.25 grade point average (GPA), based on a 4.0 scale, are ...
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Library Closed 1/5/22
Due to maintenance work, the Clarence Mitchell Library is closed Wednesday, January 5, and staff is working remotely. You can contact library staff via phone, Chat with a Librarian, or email library@highland.edu with any questions or arrange for pickup of library ...
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Highland campus will be closed for the holidays
Highland Community College campus, including the conference center and Clarence Mitchell Library, will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 23, 2021 – Jan. 3, 2022. The campus reopens on Jan. 4. Columbia College, located on the HCC campus, will also ...
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Highland Express Registration set for January
Students who are getting started on their academic careers, coming back from a gap semester, or have not registered for the spring 2022 semester can attend Express Registration on Wednesday, Jan. 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the ...