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September 15, 2025
The City Colleges of Chicago Foundation works to provide scholarships for students from all backgrounds. One such scholarship, the Dempsey Travis Scholarship, is named in...
September 15, 2025
The City Colleges of Chicago Foundation works to provide scholarships for students from all backgrounds. One such scholarship, the Dempsey Travis Scholarship, is named in...
April 17, 2025
More than 1,000 City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholars earned their associate degree in the 2024-25 school year. These scholars gathered along with family and...
April 16, 2025
More than 1,000 City Colleges of Chicago Star Scholars are expected to earn their associate degree in the 2024-25 school year. These scholars gathered along...
April 15, 2025
More than 1,000 Star Scholars are set to earn their associate degree from one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago
June 7, 2024
The PepsiCo Foundation announces the fourth class of PepsiCo Foundation S.M.I.L.E. (Success Matters in Life and Education) Scholarship recipients, including 10 City Colleges students. The...
February 1, 2024
City Colleges of Chicago Class of 2024 students are invited to apply for this year’s PepsiCo Foundation S.M.I.L.E. Scholars program. The program is designed specifically...
January 19, 2024
Twenty students from all seven City Colleges of Chicago are receiving financial support to continue their education at one of our Star transfer partners through...
January 8, 2024
There's a big debate and divide in Washington right now about student loan relief. Ten years ago, Chicago cracked the code on college access. This...
September 21, 2023
On Wednesday, September 20, City Colleges of Chicago officially welcomed our latest class of Star Scholarship recipients from all seven colleges to Malcolm X College...
August 15, 2023
This summer, three students and alumni from Wright College’s Engineering program gained real-world skills and valuable experience in one of the country’s most cutting-edge industries:...
August 3, 2023
Felix Nava Rivera from Richard J. Daley College in Illinois, is one of 213 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2023 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise...
July 22, 2023
The following information is reprinted from ComEd's blog. Fifteen recent graduates of ComEd’s two workforce training programs— the CONSTRUCT Infrastructure Academy and the Craft Academy...
June 15, 2023
City Colleges of Chicago and the City Colleges of Chicago Foundation announced the first cohort of the Timuel D. Black, Jr. Fellows at the inaugural...
June 13, 2023
First-ever Cohort of Scholarship Winners to be Revealed During the Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship Luncheon on June 15, Laura S. Washington to...
May 23, 2023
TheDream.US recently announced that 22 City Colleges graduates have received its National Scholarship Award, which is designed to support undocumented students as they transition to...
May 9, 2023
City Colleges of Chicago is proud to announce that all three of the Illinois recipients of this year’s Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship...