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HCC Speech and Debate Team earns national awards
After a strong showing at Phi Rho Pi, a national speech and debate tournament for community colleges, the Highland Community College Speech and Debate Team returned to Highland with several national awards. Five students participated in the week-long tournament in ...
Highland Big Band to perform spring concert
The Highland Community College Big Band will perform in its spring concert on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre located in the Ferguson Fine Arts Center, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. The Big Band, under ...
Highland celebrates Community College Month
April marks a month-long celebration for community colleges across the country, and Highland Community College is celebrating 60 years of service in Northwest Illinois. In the 60 years of Highland’s existence, the college has handed out more than 17,000 degrees ...
Highland’s 27th annual Boyer Colloquium: Zoom™ presentation explores Impact of Microplastics on the Environment and Human Health
The 2022 Boyer Colloquium, “The Impact of Microplastics on the Environment and Human Health,” is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 on Zoom™. Highland Community College will host speakers Dr. Tim Hoellein, Jodi Anne Flaws, Ph.D., and John W. Scott ...
HCC Chamber Singers to perform spring concert
The Highland Community College Music Department will present a concert featuring the Highland Chamber Singers at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 at Grace Episcopal Church, 10 S. Cherry St, Freeport, Ill. The Chamber Singers is an open enrollment ensemble of ...
Summerset Theatre’s 47th season brings ‘Working: A Musical’ to the stage
Highland Community College’s 47th season of Summerset Theatre will present “Working: A Musical” from the book by Studs Terkel, adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso with performances on Aug. 11, 12, and 13 at 7:30 p.m., and at 3 ...
National Poetry Month with online presentation
Highland Community College’s Clarence Mitchell Library will present “All May Enter,” an interactive program at 2 p.m. April 12 on Zoom™ for National Poetry Month. Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson will combine poetry reading with some perspective on poetry and ...
Highland Community College Global Task Force presents Human Trafficking in the United States: A Call to Action
The Highland Global Taskforce hosts the program “Human Trafficking in the United States: A Call to Action” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 31 in the Student Conference Center, H-201, at 299 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill., and virtually on ...
April/May Lifelong Learning includes in-person and online classes
Highland Community College Lifelong Learning April and May courses include CBD Oil and Medical Marijuana – What You Should Know, Bird Houses for Spring, Microsoft Excel Fundamentals, History of the Stephenson County Fair, and Smartphone Basics for iPhone held in-person ...
Highland agriculture students compete at Illinois PAS Conference
Highland agriculture students came away with numerous awards at the Illinois Professional Agriculture Students (PAS) Conference at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield. The Highland students are part of a national student organization that provides opportunities for college agriculture students to ...