In October 2021, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth joined a gathering of community leaders and educators at Evanston Township High School to advocate for expanded career readiness options in high school to help prepare interested students to work in technical trades or manufacturing.
On March 12, Illinois Valley Community College hosted the Illinois Valley Building Trades for a career fair for high school students. Fourteen trades presented and...
The SVACC provided three Certificate of Employability workshops to local high schools this spring. Fourteen different employers joined chamber staff to share information on career...
The new Sauk Valley Community College (SVCC) Greenhouse is operational and will be used as a learning lab in partnership with the University of Illinois...
River Bend CUSD #2 is partnering with Veregy, which works on energy efficiency solutions, solar, and smart building technology, to provide a 10-week construction management...
The student application process for MEAC’s Spring Job Shadow Program has closed, and more than fifty students from Evanston Township High School submitted applications. Thirteen...
A group of seven regional partners led by Illinois Central College received an over $3 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s Perkins Innovation...
