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Waubonsee Community College announces its 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Dr. Indigo Debra Triplett is this year’s Distinguished Alumnus.

Waubonsee Community College is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Horizons, an annual, literary magazine designed by students in Waubonsee’s Creative Writing Club.

A Waubonsee Community College alumnus has been recognized by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman is one of three selected for AACC’s 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award.

The Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees seated Priscila Vargas to serve as the student trustee for the 2021-2022 academic year.

The Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees held its special seating and reorganization meetings on Thursday, April 29.   

The artwork of five Waubonsee students have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Virtual Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Show hosted by the College of Lake County. Nearly 200 pieces were submitted from eight area community colleges.

Sugar Grove – Jacqueline Chavez-Moreno, from Aurora, has been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar. She will receive a $1,250 scholarship.

Giving back to support the community that nurtured your learning and development into adulthood is one of the most fulfilling things one can achieve. Brian Olson is not only a success story for the community college education system, but he is also giving back by serving as a member of an advisory council for Waubonsee’s new Cybersecurity Program as an alumnus. Olson was recognized by the college’s board of trustees at their regularly scheduled meeting on April 21, 2021.

Sugar Grove – Prospective students and their parents/guardians are invited to learn more about the many advantages of attending Waubonsee Community College during a series of virtual events that will run Wednesday, March 31 through Monday, May 3.

Sugar Grove – The Illinois Community College Career Services Professionals (IC3SP) Commission is hosting its first statewide virtual career fair, ‘Your Future Now’ on Friday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair will include local and regional employers offering part-time, full-time and internship positions in business, government, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofits, science, social services, and more.