Joliet Junior College Newsletter

E-Connections

February 2011

In This Issue
Health Professions
FAFSA/Scholarship Workshops
Alum Photoshoot
JJC Student Spotlight
3rd Annual 5K Race
Automotive Expansion
30th Annual Alumni Brunch
JJC on Twitpic
JJC Spring Gala

 

 

 

 

Joliet Junior College
 Office of Alumni Relations
  J-2050
 1215 Houbolt Road
 Joliet, IL 60431

 

 

For more information about the JJC alumni program, visit: 
 
 
www.jjc.edu/info/alumni

 

 

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Share career accomplishments, marriages, news about your children or if you have something fun happening in your life. Alumni Notes will be published in the JJC Connections Magazine. 
 
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Health Professions Building Groundbreaking Ceremony 

 

Approximately 75 people, including Sen. A.J. Wilhelmi and Rep. Emily McAsey, attended the college's Health Professions Building groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 25, held in the T-Building Conference Center. For full story, pictures and a video, go here

Health Professions
A.J. Wilhelmi, Rep. Emily McAsey, iStan and Dr. Gena Proulx

 

  

FAFSA/Scholarship Workshops 2011-2012

 

Learn about the 2011-2012 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and get professional assistance with the online application process at the 2011-2012 FAFSA workshops.

View more info here.

Click Here to Give Online Now

 

Your tax deductible donation will enable the Joliet Junior College Foundation to sustain the college's tradition of excellence in education. 

Download the 2010 Year-End Appeal brochure (PDF) to read about our needs for year-end giving. Remember, many companies offer matching gifts. For more information about matching gifts, click here.

 

Photoshoot with two JJC alums 

JJC culinary arts grads Ender "Andy" Oktayuren '08 and his wife Erica Kendall Oktayuren '07 were hired two years ago at Sixteen, a restaurant located in Trump Tower Chicago. The two were photographed in December for an upcoming feature story in the spring edition of the JJC alumni magazine, Connections. The Oktayurens will also be featured in an upcoming college commercial. To see their photos, click on this link: photos.

 

 
JJC Staff and Alumni Spotlight: Alfonso TrevinoJJC Alumni: Alfonso Trevino
 

 

Alfonso Trevino found himself without a job and without a degree when the company he worked for went out of business. Now, the 30-year-old is studying to be a school counselor at JJC.

 

To read the rest of this spotlight, click here.

 

 

3rd Annual Dollars for Scholars 5K
5K Logo
The 3rd annual Dollars for Scholars 5K run/walk will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The run/walk is held on a certified flat loop course on pavement primarily on JJC's scenic main campus.The first 300 registrants will receive a technical t-shirt. To read more and to register click here.

 

Automotive Technology Expansion

Automotive ExpansionThe expansion of the automotive technology service program will help increase enrollment capacity in this high-demand field and provide a technologically advanced learning environment for students.  

 

 

30th Annual Alumni Brunch
Alumni Brunch
The college community is invited to attend the 30th Annual Alumni brunch on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the Renaissance Center in the Grand Ballroom in downtown Joliet. The classes of 1961, 1971 and 1981 will be honored.

For more information, please call Kristin Mulvey at 815/280-2353 or kmulvey@jjc.edu.

 

JJC Twitpic Photo Gallery

Check out JJC photos on Twitpic.Camera

 

JJC Spring Gala 2011 Spring Gala
Save the Date!
Friday, April 8, 2011
6 to 10 p.m. 

Tickets are $95 each. For more information, contact Dori Miller at 815/280-2255 or domiller@jjc.edu.

Here are photos of past Spring Galas.
  

 

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