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Morton College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Morton College has made a considerable difference in the lives of thousands since opening in 1924. Morton was founded as a public junior college to further the higher education aspirations of students from Berwyn, Cicero, Forest View, Lyons, McCook, Stickney and other near western suburbs.
• Morton College was governed by the Morton High School Board of Trustees until voters formed an independent community college district in 1967. The current Morton College facility at 38th Street and Pershing Road in Cicero opened in 1975. The College acquired 12.5 acres of land adjacent to the campus' eastern boundary in November of 1994.
• The faculty and staff at Morton College believe that excellent customer service involves showing the students respect and providing accurate information. They show their commitment to the students by going "the extra mile" so they leave with the information they need.
• The Jedlicka Performing Arts Center seats 350 people and is used for all performances of the theatre and music departments, as well as for large group lectures and many community events. The Henry J. Vais Gymnasium is well-equipped and capable of accommodating up to 1,000 spectators. It also has a fitness center and a multipurpose loft.
• Profile last updated: 09/26/2009.

In the News:

• Gilligan To Step Down As O'Hare Noise Leader (Mount Prospect Journal)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:45:13 pm
  Mt. Prospect resident and Elk Grove Township Elementary School Dist. 59 board member Brian Gilligan will soon end his 10-year stint as executive director of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission.
• Cicero hires back former town spokesman (Chicago Tribune)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:30:12 am
  Ray Hanania, who served as Cicero's town spokesman more than a decade ago and who later received an out-of-court financial settlement after a falling-out with controversial Town President Betty Loren-Maltese, has been hired back in the same job with a one-year contract worth $88,400. Hanania said current Town President Larry Dominick, whom he called a friend, offered him the job last week. Town ...
• Tsenes steps down as Morton baseball coach (Berwyn Life)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 01:24:22 am
  When Jim Tsenes began teaching physical education and driver’s education for Morton High School, he said his main goal was to coach the baseball team.
• Scavenging in Pleasant Valley: Pieces of old Burr Ridge punctuate artist's sculpture (The Doings Weekly)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 09:00:32 am
  Long before Burr Ridge was the land of expensive subdivisions and upscale shopping malls, a kid named Tom McDonald was gathering the ideas that would inspire his life's work.
• Scavenging in Pleasant Valley for sculpture (The Doings Weekly)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 09:00:32 am
  Long before Burr Ridge was the land of expensive subdivisions and upscale shopping malls, a kid named Tom McDonald was gathering the ideas that would inspire his life's work. During his idyllic, 1970s childhood in the "boonies," he and his friends built forts with abandoned wood and metal, explored Cook County's shuttered Bridewell prison farm property and used a neighborhood creek as their own ...

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