Category: Truman College
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Mandella Mensah
Mandella Asamoah Mensah is a first-generation college student, a Star Scholar, a Harry S Truman alumnus, and a current student at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Unlike many of his friends, Mandella never had to worry about how he was going to pay his tuition thanks to the Star Scholarship, which pays for both…
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Nouha Aleem
Senn High School alum and Star Scholar Nouha Aleem is the definition of an engaged student, but she wasn’t always that way. “When I first came to Truman, I was really quiet and shy. I was nervous to get involved in any clubs or groups.” That changed as she forced herself to be more outgoing…
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Alexis Smith
Alexis Smith has recently been named CCC’s 2018 Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium International Reporting Fellow. Alexis is a student at Harry S Truman College, majoring in Communications/Public Relations. For her international student reporting project, this summer, Alexis will travel to Guatemala City, Guatemala, to investigate the availability of rehabilitation services and academic accommodations for Guatemalans…
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Shujie Lin
Shujie Lin has come a long way in a very short time. Having come to the U.S. only four years ago, she started taking at ESL classes at Truman on the weekends to improve her English, and ended up not only as their valedictorian, but as one of two student speakers for the 2018 commencement…
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Ginger Dragon
Ginger Dragon contributes her success to being a mother, saying it made her incredibly focused and forced her to become more detail oriented: both important traits to have on her journey to becoming a doctor. After graduating from Morgan Park Academy, Ginger spent a semester at Loyola before deciding it wasn’t a good fit for…
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Angela Cotromanes
Angela Cotromanes, Truman’s education department chair, teaches classes in both education and child development. Angela works hard to help her students see their full potential, encourages them not to shy away from challenges, and supports them as much as possible. It is obvious that she loves what she does. One of her students says, “Angela…
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Toya Redmond
Toya Redmond recently completed her associate degree in Child Development at Truman College and is now enrolled at the University of Illinois at Chicago. While a student at Truman, Toya built a fully-functioning playhouse, which was designed, prepared, and decorated by pre-K students, as part of her Teacher Action Research Project. Toya and her daughter…
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Kristin Petersen
Kristin Petersen spends her time all over the city, with her City Colleges of Chicago courses at Harold Washington and Truman, and her job in real estate. She’s now about to add one more destination—Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kristin had the opportunity to participate in the on-site component of NASA’s Community College Aerospace Scholars…
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Lauras Angonou
Harry S Truman College Class of 2015 graduate and Transfer Scholar Lauras Angonou graduated Cum Laude from the University of Illinois-Chicago and is now a Master’s degree candidate in public policy at Northwestern University. He is well remembered at Truman for his President’s Volunteer Service Award, presented to him at the White House, for his…
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Toni Fuller
Toni Fuller completed CCC’s Cosmetology program at Truman College in Fall of 2017. With a 4.0 GPA, she was an obvious choice as a speaker at their completion ceremony. Her goals include doing hair and makeup at weddings, working at a salon, and one day starting her own shop. After being home schooled for high…