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Highland alum becomes theatre director at Iowa school
Highland alum Kiley Schulz, a native of Stockton, is living her dream as the new theatre director at Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, Iowa. She is proud of her theatre roots while attending Highland Community College to prepare her ...
Highland students eligible for ag-related grant
Highland students with a background in agriculture or farm experience can receive up to $7,000 a year in grant funding. Through Highland Community College’s partnership with the National Farm Workers Program $100,000 in funding is available to the College. Students ...
Highland adds new training coordinator to Business Institute
Tracy Brewer of Monroe, Wis. joins the staff of Highland’s Business Institute as a training coordinator. Brewer has worked in the community and technical colleges for the past 10 years, where she managed training and development programs. She believes professional ...
Highland welcomes new volleyball coach
Lindsay Stodden of Freeport will take over Highland Community College’s Women’s volleyball program as head coach. Stodden replaces Beth Groshans, who is now a student advisor at the College. Groshans was Highland’s volleyball coach for 19 years. “We are excited to ...
Highland trustee Endress receives ICCTA award
Highland Community College Trustee Jim Endress of Shannon received the 2021 Ray Harstein Trustee Achievement Award from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) at a banquet held in June in Bloomington, Ill. The award recognizes exemplary service by a ...
HCC students are published in a chemistry journal
Current and former Highland students, along with Brendan Dutmer, Ph.D., Dean, Natural Science, and Mathematics, at Highland Community College had research work published in a June issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. The research publication is titled “Additivity of ...
All Highland students invited to welcome party
All new and returning Highland Community College students are invited to the Welcome to Highland party on Thursday, Aug. 5 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Parking Lot A near the Student/Conference Center (Building H), 2998 W. Pearl City ...
NJCAA names HCC Cougar athletes as Academic All-Americans status
Based on academic excellence, 17 Highland Community College student-athletes are honored as NJCAA All-Academic Team recipients. For student-athletes to qualify for this prestigious academic award, the individual must have completed a minimum of 24 semester hours in the 2020-21 academic ...
PTK advisor recognized for 10 years of guiding students
Vicki Schulz of Stockton, Ill., who has advised Highland Community College students for 18 years, received her 10-year recognition as an advisor from Phi Theta Kappa (PTK). PTK is an international honor society for community college students. Schulz was given a ...
Highland Cougar athletes make Arrowhead Conference Academic Excellence status
Based on academic excellence, 36 Highland Community College student-athletes are honored as Arrowhead Conference Academic Excellence Award recipients for the 2020-21 academic year. Award recipients must earn a minimum 3.0-grade point average and pass a minimum of 12 hours each ...