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Highland breaks ground for Ag greenhouse
Through the generosity of local donors, Highland Community College can continue the tradition of educational excellence in Northwest Illinois. The Highland Foundation is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Agriculture Greenhouse on Wednesday, June 19 at 11:30 a.m. near ...
Highland announces winners for the Jane Addams Essay Contest
Highland Community College is pleased to announce the 2019 winners of the Jane Addams Essay Contest. Recipients included a Highland Community College student and a local high school student for their essay about Jane Addams and the topic of her ...
Highland Community College will honor GED® completers with Recognition Ceremony
On Wednesday, June 12 from 6 to 7 p.m., Highland Community College will honor the 2019 GED® completers. Highland Community College’s 46th annual spring General Education Development (GED®) Recognition Ceremony takes place at the Community Service Center at 2998 W. Pearl ...
Fore! Highland Leadership Golf Outing turns 23
The 23rd annual Highland Leadership Golf outing will be hosted by the Highland Community College Foundation on Monday, June 3, at the Freeport Club, 1614 S. Park Blvd., Freeport, Ill. The golfing experience begins with a 10:30 a.m. check-in, and a ...
Blackhawk High School students receive scholarships to Highland
Colton Klemm and Grace Neff, graduating seniors from Blackhawk High School in South Wayne, Wis. have been given $1,000 Blackhawk Excellence scholarships each to attend Highland Community College in Freeport, Ill. in the fall. Their scholarships were received at awards ...
Highland flips the switch for partial solar power on campus
Embracing electrical power with solar energy, Highland Community College will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 28 at 3 p.m. to launch recently completed solar array panels to supply the majority of energy to the Ray and Betty ...
Highland Community College celebrates 56th Commencement
The northwest Illinois community and friends of Highland Community College are invited to join the 2019 graduates and their families as they celebrate the 56th annual Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, Highland Community College, 2998 W. ...
Highland Board of Trustees swear in new members and recognizes outgoing
At an organizational meeting of the Highland Community College Board of Trustees, held on Monday, April 29, two recently-elected board members were sworn in and seated, and the outgoing trustee and student trustee were recognized. Shawn Boldt and Jim Endress were ...
Highland’s ‘The Prairie Wind’ is now available
The 2019 issue of the "The Prairie Wind" art and literary magazine is now available at the following locations on the Highland Community College campus and in Freeport: The Clarence Mitchell Library, Marvin-Burt Liberal Arts Center, second floor Rosemary Shockey Bookstore, ...
HCC announces 2019 Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibit at Freeport Art Museum
Freeport Art Museum (FAM) hosts the Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibit to showcase the most recent visual arts recipients of the Buss and Ferguson Fine Arts Merit scholarships. The exhibit will unveil during the Friday, May 3 reception from 5 to ...