Harper Stories

Meet 2018 Student Trustee, Lavleen Mal

February 06, 2019

Get to know a little more about the 2018-19 Student Trustee. Read More

We Are Harper: John Athamanah

January 22, 2019

Harper College professor of Nutrition, John Athamanah, finds inspiration in helping students enrich their lives. Read More

We Are Harper: Yusra Iftegar

December 18, 2018

Yusra Iftegar believes passion and hard work are the keys to success in the Nutrition program at Harper College. Read More

Five Rings on a Giving Tree

November 29, 2018

For five years in a row, Harper’s Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights has hosted the Prospect Height’s Police Department’s annual Thanksgiving food drive and distribution. More than 139 local families, including 30 families of Harper students, were helped by this year’s drive. Read More

Going It Alone

November 27, 2018

Ana Sandoval was in her second year of college, studying accounting; the first in her family to go to college. But her family was struggling to make ends meet in Ecuador. The economic crisis was crushing them. Hoping for a better life, she petitioned for a visa to the U.S. and, as luck would have it, she was approved. Unfortunately, the rest of her family was not. She would have to leave everything she knew behind and strike out on her own to pursue life in America. She was 22 years old and about to brave a whole new world. Read More