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Highland Chorale and Youth Choir to present Holiday Concert
Enjoy the joyous sounds of familiar and new holiday songs with a Holiday Concert by the Highland Chorale and Youth Choir at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 2 in the Fine Arts Theatre located in the Ferguson Fine Arts Center, ...
HCC Big Band holds Salute to Our Veterans concert at Masonic Temple
The Highland Big Band will perform a Salute to Our Veterans concert on Sunday, Nov. 11 at Masonic Temple, 305 W. Stephenson St., Freeport, Ill. The performance is set up USO style through the different theaters of war starting with 1918-1927, ...
Highland to host Women in Science and Nursing host medical panel during Homecoming Week
In celebration of Homecoming Week a joint Women in Science/Nursing panel will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 in the Ray and Betty Stamm Health Science Nursing Wing, rooms N154 and N158, at Highland Community ...
Highland’s Early Childhood Education receives Technical Assistance Credential
Highland Community College’s Early Childhood Education program has been approved as an entitled institution for the Gateways to Opportunity Technical Assistance Credential Level through 2023. Students in the Early Childhood Education program at the college have the opportunity to qualify for ...
HCC Lifelong Learning continues with fall classes
Highland Community College Lifelong Learning November courses include Pizza making, Medicine of the Civil War, Windows 10 and more. To register and view the complete Lifelong Learning schedule, visit highland.edu/lifelong or call 815-599-3414. For more information about Lifelong Learning and ...
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Highland hosts demonstration for spray applicator simulator
In a partnership with Stephenson Service Company and Growmark, Highland Community College unveiled a spray simulator applicator on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the college located at 2998 W. Pearl City Road in Freeport, Ill. The simulator is a partnership with Stephenson ...
HCC Foundation announces 2018-2019 scholarship recipients
The Highland Community College Foundation distributed more than $390,000 to Highland students for the 2018 academic year with more than 300 people in attendance at its annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on October 14 in the Student/Conference Center at Highland Community ...
‘NEWSIES’ dances its way to the Highland stage
The Highland Community Theatre Arts program presents “NEWSIES,” the Broadway musical at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25, 26 and 27 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Ferguson Fine Arts Center Theatre, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. “NEWSIES,” ...
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WIU, Highland Community College Continue Partnership
For many years, Western Illinois University and Highland Community College (HCC) in Freeport have worked together to ensure continuing education for Highland students and a seamless transition from HCC to WIU. Today, the two institutions signed an updated Bachelor of ...
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Highland Trustee honored by Illinois Community College Trustees Association
Jim Endress, Highland Community College trustee, was recently honored for serving a one-year term as president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) during the 2017-2018 year. At the September 15 meeting of ICCTA, held at the Pere Marquette ...