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Harper College

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School Notes:

• Harper College (also William Rainey Harper College) is a two-year community college in Palatine, Illinois. The college was established by referendum in 1965, and in 1971 Harper's construction was finished, the first community college to be completed in Illinois. It is named for William Rainey Harper, a pioneer in the junior college movement in the United States and the first president of the University of Chicago.
• We offer a full range of credit and non-credit courses, career training opportunities and continuing education options for professional development and personal enrichment as well as academic transfer programs. Our faculty is among the best. And because, like William Rainey Harper himself, we believe that higher education should be accessible to all, we offer a flexible schedule of daytime, nighttime and weekend classes at our main campus and at several other sites conveniently located throughout our service area.
• Avanté, Center for Science, Health Careers and Emerging Technologies is a state-of-the-art learning center for Harper College's nationally acclaimed programs in health, science and computer technology. The Center occupies 292,926 square feet of space, or six and one half acres. Avanté houses 10 major academic programs including nursing, dental hygiene, medical imaging, cardiac care, electronics, computer science, biology and chemistry. The name Avanté implies “advancement” or “moving forward,” while the Center itself creates an inspiring environment to advance teaching and learning in the sciences, technology and health care for current and future generations. It contains 400 rooms.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Harper women host Lake County (Daily Herald)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:50:09 am
  It is a busy week for both the men's and women's basketball teams at Harper College.
• Calendar (Lake Zurich Courier)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 06:41:53 pm
  Deadline for items for the Community Calendar is Wednesday noon two weeks before desired publication date.
• Barrington-area artist Elizabeth Cameron featured at gallery (Daily Herald)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:18:18 am
  The Gallery at The Garlands is now featuring its new Elizabeth Cameron Art Exhibit. Dogs, horses and people with their canine and equine friends are the primary subjects in the paintings of Cameron, a Barrington-area artist.
• CCC president search down to three candidates (Daily Journal)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 08:23:47 pm
  VINELAND -- The Cumberland County College board of trustees expects to name its new president before the end of the month, Chairman Charles Thomas said Friday.
• New Harper president installed amid fanfare, family (Daily Herald)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:02:09 am
  Harper College President Kenneth Ender described his new professional home as a grand institution with resources unmatched by most other community colleges.

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