Your Gifts at Work

I have been given much and want to give much back. Scholarships to enable compassionate people to become pediatric nurses seem perfectly right to me. Read More

I have been given much and want to give much back. Scholarships to enable compassionate people to become pediatric nurses seem perfectly right to me. Read More

In the spring of 2019, Aleska Schwartz completed her first year in the Engineering Pathways at Harper College. It was the first big step of many towards her goal of becoming a civil/environmental engineer. Read More

"I am determined to cultivate my own ethical and sustainable channel of production, focusing on the betterment of women of color.” - Oyikansola "Sol" Akinola Read More

Celebrating Harper's donors and the students' dreams they help realize. Read More

Celebrating Harper's donors and the students' dreams they help realize. Read More

Kristina Gaardbo, co-owner of Chicago Culinary Kitchen, credits her time as a student at Harper and the years in the nursing field with giving her the foundational skills to be a successful business owner and helping launch into this chapter of her adventure. Read More

"This career will not be handed to you on a silver platter. I had to work hard to achieve my dreams and I love being able to help my students achieve theirs." – Jeanine Liska, Fire Science Technology Alumni, Faculty and Firefighter/Paramedic at Schaumburg Fire Department Read More

Olive “Polly” Paine was a visionary during her time, a highly educated woman – she earned a PhD from Yale in 1930 – who devoted her life to developing innovative early education programs. Her memory will continue to live on through Polly’s Kids Scholarship, providing single parents an opportunity to send a child to Harper College’s Early Childhood Laboratory while they pursue their studies at Harper. Read More

With the support of the Jim McGuire Memorial Scholarship, Judith Blaylock was able to turn her life around. Read More