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Raffle at WIT features big prizes
By BETH ZUMWALT Once again the raffle package is offering a tremendous amount of valuable prizes.
Read MoreDAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship Now Accepting Applications
Undergraduate and graduate students studying music can apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship through January 31, 2026. Sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), the scholarship provides a one-time $5,000 award to one student annually who is pursuing undergraduate or graduate study in music. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was a…
Read MoreJWCC Student Services team shares innovative model at statewide conference
A team of Student Services leaders from John Wood Community College (JWCC) presented at the Illinois Council of Community College Administrators (ICCCA) Conference in East Peoria recently. The presentation, “Radical Reorg of Student Services,” highlighted JWCC’s journey to reorganize student services, beginning with identifying organizational challenges and ultimately implementing structural improvements designed to enhance the…
Read MoreLLCC’s Harmon honored by Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education
By DAVID CAMPHOUSE Bill Harmon, professor of agronomy at Lincoln Land Community College, recently received the Bill Johnson Excellence in Education Award at the Illinois Leadership Council for Agricultural Education (ILCAE) ceremony in Atlanta, Illinois.
Read MoreJWCC plans to announce new president this month
By DAVID CAMPHOUSE At its regular December meeting, the John Wood Community College Board of Trustees in closed session reviewed constituent feedback and discussed three candidates under consideration to become JWCC’s eighth president.
Read MoreGreenfield HS going geo-thermal
By Carmen Ensinger One element of the 10-year Health, Life, Safety Plan for Greenfield School District is the need to upgrade the heating and cooling system at the high school. The board has decided the best and most cost-efficient route to take is the installation of a $2.3 million geo-thermal HVAC system.
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Jersey 100 makes plans for maintenance improvements at high school
By Steven Spencer The Jersey District 100 Board of Education voted at the Thursday, Dec. 18, meeting to move forward with a School Maintenance Grant application that will go towards different projects at Jersey Community High School.
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