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First SJS graduate Ada V. standing outside the Schaumburg Trickster Gallery

Ada Velazquez was the first Harper student to complete the Social Justice Studies Distinction. A Mexican American with indigenous roots, she is completing a capstone project working with the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg.

When Assistant Professor Michael Bentley was a student – first in high school, then at Harper College and Northwestern University – he felt like something was missing from his education...Click to read the full article...

At the age of 38, Jessica Unger enrolled in Harper College as a first-time college student. Her goal: to work in labor relations and support workplace rights. She majored in human resources management to learn employee development and improve her career prospects, while also discovering a passion for Harper’s Social Justice Studies (SJS) program – an interest that connected directly with her work in voter outreach...Click to read the full article...

 

Last Updated: 8/14/26