Harper College

Faculty Exhibition 2025

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Pace and Harper partner to recruit next generation of professional bus operators

September 23, 2022

Pace Bus and Harper College have partnered to provide a free CDL Class “B” commercial driver’s license permit course for the next generation of professional bus operators. A pre-hire event will take place September 28. Read More

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Harper Alum’s passion for social work, social justice ignited at Harper College

September 19, 2022

Years before Dr. Justin Harty (A.A. ‘08) became a trailblazer in the field of Social Work and an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University, he was a high school graduate questioning if college was the right path for him. He worked at Menards for the first few years after high school before deciding to enroll at Harper part-time. Read More

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Ten Questions with Maricarmen Gonzalez

September 19, 2022

Maricarmen Gonzalez, Harper College Student Trustee, on the best advice she ever received, summer days at the Chicago Botanic Garden and how Elle Woods from 'Legally Blonde' inspired her career path. Read More

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Judge's Night

September 14, 2022

At the Northwest Suburban Bar Association (NWSBA) sponsored Judge's Night, held on May 11, 2022, at Cafe La Cave in Des Plaines, IL, two Harper College Paralegal Studies Program students, Daisha George and Jennifer Machuca, were awarded the Honorable Timothy C. Evans Scholarship for Paralegal Studies sponsored by the NWSBA in the amount of $1500 each. Read More

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Harper seeks volunteers for free ultrasounds

September 14, 2022

The Harper College Diagnostic Cardiac and Medical Sonography programs are seeking volunteers interested in receiving free non-diagnostic ultrasounds. Read More

2022 LEX Inductees

The 2022 LEX Inductees

September 14, 2022

The AAfPE Board of Directors created the Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society (LEX) and there are now schools all over the country recognizing the academic achievements of outstanding paralegal scholars. Read More

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"Where Did Everybody Go?" Harper to hold Employee Attraction and Retention Summit

September 13, 2022

With businesses facing ongoing challenges to find and keep employees, Harper College is hosting an Employee Attraction and Retention Summit, “Where Did Everybody Go?” on September 23. Read More

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Harper awarded Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad grant

September 07, 2022

Harper College’s Office of International Education received more than $163K from the U.S. Department of Education for a group study project in Kenya and Uganda. Read More

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MLA Handbook Plus

September 06, 2022

Check out this helpful new resource on creating MLA citations! Read More

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James R. Idstein

September 01, 2022

In 2021, Jim Idstein of Elk Grove Village co-chaired the Party for a Cure for Childhood Leukemia Warrior Foundation charity event. Despite dozens of COVID-related no-shows and a 110-degree heat index, the event still drew 325 people and raised $42,000. Meet James R. Idstein

Last Updated: 2/18/26