Category: Olive-Harvey College
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Demetrius Porter
Demetrius Porter knows it’s never too late to start over. When the COVID-19 pandemic created employment and housing challenges for Demetrius, a former teacher and media producer from Chicago’s West Side, he recalls wondering, “What am I going to do next?” Then, a coworker told Demetrius about City Colleges of Chicago’s Future Ready initiative, which…
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Akilah Siti Easter
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Faculty Perspective: Bringing Our Community Back to the Land” on May 2, 2022. The Urban Agriculture Department (UA) at Olive-Harvey College is approaching its one-year anniversary and we have had tremendous growth and development of our courses, student population and partnerships across…
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Stephen Kamykowski
This story was originally published as a City Colleges news blog titled “Instructor Perspective: Spotlight on Cycling” on April 8, 2022. April is Earth Month, and we have sustainability on our minds! We asked Olive-Harvey College’s Bicycle Maintenance and Repair Instructor Stephen Kamykowski to share some of his expertise about green transportation, especially now…
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Student Perspective: Chicago Housing Authority Partners in Education Program
Olive-Harvey College alumna Tynia Frowner and Malcolm X College alumnus Contrell Lee share how the partnership between City Colleges of Chicago and the Chicago Housing Authority impacted their education and ultimately, their careers.
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Lisa Willis
Twenty-two years ago, Lisa Willis walked through the doors of Malcolm X College—and she never left. She now serves as the Dean of Student Services at the college, but when Lisa was a Malcolm X student, she never imagined herself where she is today. Lisa’s City Colleges journey began at the South Chicago Learning Center,…
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Kadi Channell
2019 was a year marked by change for Kadi Channell. After suffering an injury on the job as a nurse, she was ready to start the journey towards a new career, and she enrolled in courses at Olive-Harvey College focused in business administration as a first step. Just around the same time, her husband was…
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Jasmine Richmond
After Jasmine Richmond graduated from Fenger High School on Chicago’s far South Side, she considered a career in the trades. Her mother’s death a month after high school graduation changed her plans to attend a four-year university, and she focused on entering an allied health trade quickly to support her younger siblings. After trying out…
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Antoinnette Smith
After graduating from Chicago Vocational Academy in 2009, Burnham neighborhood resident Antoinnette Smith spent some time figuring out her next step. She took classes at Daley College and had jobs in warehouses and a distribution center. While she originally thought about studying medicine, it turns out that the best fit for her is what many…
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Dr. Brandon Nichols
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Selina Hayes