Harper College

Faculty Exhibition 2025

Calvin Byrd

One Veteran Student Story Among Many

October 30, 2017

Did you know that more than 300 military-connected students (active/reservists, veterans and eligible dependents) are currently enrolled at Harper? One such student is Calvin Byrd. Read More

Sabrina Balint

Sabrina Balint, Scholarship Recipient

October 29, 2017

Sabrina Balint is the 2016-2017 Glen Reeser Scholarship to Promote Creativity in STEM Studies recipient and the 2016-2017 Drs. Robert H. and C. Jayne Wilcox Otter Chemistry Endowed Scholarship recipient. Read More

Marcus Dover

Marcus Dover, Scholarship Recipient

October 29, 2017

Marcus Dover is the 2016-2017 Shirley Gross-Moore Endowment for Underrepresented Students recipient. Read More

Syed Muhammad Wali Rizvi

Syed Muhammad Wali Rizvi, Scholarship Recipient

October 29, 2017

Syed Muhammad Wali Rizvi is the 2016-2017 Walter E. and Elizabeth M. Schroeder Memorial Endowment recipient and the 2016-2017 Mathematics and Science Endowment recipient. Read More

Building D on Harper College campus

Foundation to hold free succession planning presentation

October 27, 2017

Many business owners aren't prepared to retire, and their businesses aren't ready to transition to the next leader. The Harper College Educational Foundation will address those issues with a free presentation on Succession Planning for Family-Owned and Closely Held Businesses on Wednesday, November 8. Read More

Lilly Vasquez and her children

It started with one question

October 25, 2017

“Are you okay?” Three little words that made all the difference. That’s what Harper Counselor Shari Pergricht asked Lilly Vasquez one day during a counseling appointment. “I just broke down in tears,” recalled Lilly. Read More

Ilce Perez, left, and Toni Preckwinkle

Preckwinkle hears from Harper student on enriching police-civilian interaction

October 12, 2017

Harper College student Ilce Perez's ideas on how to improve relationships between citizens and law enforcement officers led to her first-place award in the Illinois Academy of Criminology’s Transform the Criminal Justice System essay contest. Perez, a criminal justice student, had an opportunity to present her ideas to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle during a recent ceremony. Read More

Joan Mundstock

Joan Mundstock, Lifelong Learner

October 12, 2017

When Joan Mundstock enrolled at Harper College 50 years ago, little did she know that she would continue to enroll as a lifelong learner at age 75. Read More

Harper College students walking through campus

“Embrace” film screening to explore body image issues

October 10, 2017

Harper College will hold a film screening of “Embrace,” a social impact documentary that explores the issue of body image. The free event will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 19, in the Building J Theatre. Read More

Student-led tour during Open House

Harper to hold annual Fall Open House

October 03, 2017

Harper College will hold its annual Fall Open House, offering prospective students and families the opportunity to discover how they can move their future forward. The event, which is for high school students and parents, will take place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12. Read More

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