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On May 15, 2012 more than 845 students graduated from Oakton Community College.
Former Oakton student John Sullivan co-led the team of Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism.
Former Oakton student wins Pulitzer, summer hours, Early Childhood Center openings, Steven Jay Urry: A Retrospective, radiologic technician information session, Dickens festival
After winning an NJCAA sectional tournament this past weekend, Oakton’s baseball team is now three wins away from making its first appearance in the NJCAA Division II Baseball National Championship.
The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference named Raiders head coach Bill Fratto as its Coach of the Year.
Illinois CPA Society honors Oakton accounting professor, openings available at Early Childhood Education Centers, Richard III, Noteworthy Festival, Steven Jay Urry: A Retrospective, Jim Gill concert, radiologic technician information session
Oakton’s Early Childhood Education Center has openings for summer and the 2012-2013 school year.
Richard III, OMG! Oakon’s improv players, Noteworthy Festival, campus visit on May 8, Steven Jay Urry: A Retrospective, Jim Gill family concert
Six Piano Ensemble, nursing program renews accreditation, Oakton recognized for financial reporting excellence, Trustees seat new officers, Richard III, Noteworthy Festival, campus visit May 8, Steven Jay Urry: A Retrospective
IT Club wins award, Latinos for Higher Education Forum, Perchance to Dream Gala, Celebrating Justice, Miss Illinois visits Oakton, nursing information session, panel: Japanese-American internment, Six Piano Ensemble
Fall registration open, radiologic technology information session, the modern science of origami, Perchance to Dream Gala, Creating Justice, Six Piano Ensemble
Oakton, the four-time defending Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference champion, is gearing up for a fifth title by playing elite competition on the road this spring.
Beginning Monday, April 16, and continuing until 2014, one third of Parking Lot D will be fenced off as part of the construction of the Science and Health Careers Center. Thank you for your patience during our construction.
Two Oakton pitchers, Troy Mannebach and Derek De Young, will take their talents to NCAA Division II powerhouse Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida next season.
Science and Health Careers Center groundbreaking April 5, fall registration opens, OakArt Exhibition, pharmacy technician information session, campus visit, STEM workshops, video contest
Tuition increase, summer registration open, technology and manufacturing open house,
Take Back the Night rally, International Film Fest, health information technology information session, elder care certificate
Summer registration begins March 26, Sexual Assault Awareness Week, writer Angela Jackson, Hidden Child of the Holocaust, open house: technology & manufacturing, International Film Festival, elder care certificate
Oakton will kick off a major construction project when it breaks ground on a $39 million Science and Health Careers Center on Thursday, April 5.
Women’s History Month: feminist Amy Richards, Sexual Assault Awareness Week, writer Angela Jackson; teen depression workshop; health career information sessions
Art students honored, health career information sessions, Hawaiian Music Club open mic night, Social-Emotional Learning Workshop, feminist leader Amy Richards coming to Oakton
The National Diversity Council will honor Oakton President Margaret B. Lee, Ph.D., as one of its “2012 Most Powerful and Influential Women of Illinois” on March 15.
The NJCAA honored baseball player Ryan Tuntland as its Division II Player of the Week on February 29.
Play On is a state-wide playwriting competition open to all community college students. Aspiring playwrights have an opportunity to have their work brought to life at the Oakton Performing Arts Center.
Oakton receives NASA grant, auditions for Richard III, health career information sessions, Kita y Fernanda benefit performance, Rosa Luxemburg workshop, campus visits, elder abuse workshop
Health career information sessions, Book discussion: Children of War, Kita y Fernanda opens March 1, Social-Emotional Learning Conference, Campus visits start March 7
Health career information sessions, Mamet’s Oleanna opens this weekend, a look at the Epic of Gilgamesh, Kita y Fernanda kicks off Women’s History Month, visit Oakton’s Skokie campus.
Assyrian culture festival, health career information sessions, college transfer fair, author Don DeGrazia on campus, Mamet’s Oleanna opens next week.
Oakton is the recipient of a $25,000 adult literacy grant from the Chicago Tribune Charities, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) honored Amber Patterson-Moss.
The award recognizes professionals who have made significant contributions to counseling in the State of Illinois through their leadership.
Vice President of Student Affairs Joianne Smith received the 2011 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region IV East Community College Professional Award
Hear a chilling first-hand account of what it is like to be a Holocaust survivor on Friday, December 2, at Oakton.
Attend a 70th Anniversary Remembrance of Pearl Harbor.
The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) recognized two Oakton athletes as Players of the Week.
The Web site of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, HBCU CONNECT, has named Oakton to its list of 2011 Top 50 Employers.
A mentor to students and colleagues alike, Dr. James’ commitment to social justice and anti-bias work made him a leader, both at the College and regionally.
The Oakton men’s soccer team clinched its fourth consecutive Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championship on October 11.
NISOD Excellence Awards honor community college faculty, staff, and administrators.
Oakton Dean of Mathematics and Technologies Robert Sompolski will serve as a co-principal investigator on the project.
The public is invited to meet the artists at a free Opening Night reception with refreshments, from 5 – 8 p.m., Thursday, October 6.
The honor places the College in the top 15 percent of U.S. colleges, universities, and trade schools in recruiting and supporting military and veteran students.
Upcoming Accreditation Review Visit by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc.
The Oakton Community College District 535 Board of Trustees has named Eric Staley of Northfield to fill the vacancy of William R. Jackson Jr., who resigned effective Monday, August 15, 2011.
Oakton Community College is the recipient of an AAA rating, the highest attainable ranking, from Moody’s Investor Services for the College’s $27.6 million General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2011.
In the upcoming 2011 season, the Raiders look to “bust” when they seek to defend their conference title for the fourth straight year.
President Lee, a Wilmette resident, was honored Wednesday, July 27, at a ceremony at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston.
Oakton’s 2010-11 women’s basketball team did something no other squad in College history has ever achieved – record 21 wins in a season.
Oakton graduate, Christina Wheeler, is one of 60 recipients in the nation.
KISS-FM will be on the Skokie campus July 21 and the Des Plaines campus July 25. Stop by and bring a friend.
The “J and Julian Show” from B96 radio will visit Oakton’s Des Plaines campus.
Three new recruits, Angelique Patterson (George Washington), Tara Busby (Steinmetz), and Amber Patterson-Moss (Thornton Fractional North), will add plenty of firepower to the roster.
Seminars showcase the College’s degree and certificate health care programs.
Learn more about Oakton's Early Childhood Centers, accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, at free open houses in June.
Oakton was the only community college taking part in NASA’s Second Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition.
DeRionne Pollard, Ph.D., president of Montgomery College in Maryland, serves as the keynote speaker.
Oakton's Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to hire Adam Hayashi as dean of the College’s Division of Science and Health Careers.
The Oakton Board of Trustees elected new officers for 2010-2011.
Congratulations to Kyle Van Den Bosch of Des Plaines, Agnieszka Szarzec of Evanston, and John Kowols of Mount Prospect.
Geared to parents, teachers and allied health and medical professionals who work with students in elementary school through young adulthood.
Jensen’s seminar features ways to confront the destruction that is harming the earth. A question and answer segment follows his lecture.
Nurture your green thumb with a garden plot.
The Resource Center will offer supplemental teaching materials, including activity resource books, children’s literature books, and multimedia kits.
Art students Danny Lee and Jacob Hsiao are the recipients of Best in Show at the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Art Competition.
Skokie mayor George Van Dusen will serve as the keynote speaker at the Midwest Academic and Resilience Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC3).
The award celebrates the values of compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service.
The grants totaling $85,781, include $38,700 awarded by the Illinois Board of Higher Education to assist students with cooperative internships.
This annual exhibition to celebrate the creativity of student artists, opens Thursday, March 31, with a reception from 5 – 8 p.m.
Eight-week classes begin Monday, June 6, and seven-week classes begin Monday, June 13.
Three candidates, Patricia Harada of Wilmette; Eric Staley of Northfield; and Jody Wadhwa of Northbrook, are seeking to fill two seats on the Board.
Explore and discuss works by feminist educators, activists, writers and artists.
Men’s soccer team will scrimmage against two local NCAA Division I teams this spring.
Manpower, Inc. will present "Second Quarter 2011 Employment Outlook."
This is the second year in a row that Oakton has received a grant from the Workforce Board of Northern Cook County.
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