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Waubonsee Community College will host an open house event on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 1-4 p.m. at the Aurora Fox Valley Campus, 2060 Ogden Ave (Route 34 on the Rush-Copley Campus). The open house is an opportunity for people interested in working in the health care industry to learn more about the education programs available at Waubonsee.

Waubonsee Community College hosted an open house at its Sugar Grove Campus on October 21. The purpose was to provide an opportunity for people to come to the campus and learn more about the college’s many transfer programs and opportunities.

Waubonsee Community College Student Government elections were held on Sept. 18-21 for the current academic year.

Waubonsee Community College has enrolled its 300,000th student in its 51st year serving the district. Hannah Polhill, from Yorkville, is a freshman and a Gustafson Scholar majoring in business at Waubonsee. 

Service is everything to Keith Cross; he has spent almost all of his adult life serving the city he grew up in. Over the years, Cross has seen much change in Aurora and across the region, and as a long-time police officer in the city, he has been part of and led much of that change. For his many contributions to the community as a law enforcement officer and as a community leader, Waubonsee Community College is proud to honor him as a Student Success: Featured Alumnus.

A common analogy used to describe athletics departments at colleges and universities is that they are the “front porch to the college.”  Many people’s first encounter with an institution of higher education is through something that has to do with sports. 

Fall has finally arrived in the Fox River Valley, and with it all the trappings of the season. The leaves are changing and falling. Classes are in full swing and the students of Waubonsee are doing great things across all four campuses.

Waubonsee Community College will host a scientific presentation, “Paleoclimatology: What’s Past May Not Be Prologue.”

Waubonsee Community College will host two open house events that will provide information on the college’s transfer programs and health care programs. In addition to information about the programs, the events will feature free food truck treats.