INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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One Family’s CLC Story For many residents of Lake County, CLC has become a family affair. Meet the Nortons of Waukegan, one such family with six children who all earned CLC degrees.
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Going Green for 40 Years The sustainability, or “Go Green” movement, is today’s red-hot trend, but a look back into the College of Lake County’s past shows that CLC has been going green for almost its entire 40 years.
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Caring Professors Made All the Difference Over four decades, caring instructors have made all the difference to students. Four successful alumni, each a graduate of a different decade, recall the caring instructors who inspired them.
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To Our Readers: Welcome to the revamped AlumNews with its easier-to-read, four-color magazine format! This first edition of our new magazine is making its debut as the College of Lake County celebrates its 40th anniversary, and appropriately, with this issue we focus on what the college has meant to students, the community and you, our alumni, over the years. In future issues, we plan to continue telling compelling stories about alumni achievements and to expand our coverage of the ways CLC is making an impact on today’s students and the community. We hope you enjoy the stories in this issue and those that follow, and that they renew your sense of connection with your alma mater. Julie Shroka Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events
Learning, Then and Now A look at three CLC academic programs reveals how much has changed— and how much has remained the same—over the past 40 years.
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Soldier to Student: Easing the Way From Vietnam to Iraq, the college has welcomed veterans, helping them make the sometimes-difficult transition from military to civilian life.
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CLC Foundation
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News Roundup
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Upcoming Events
Cover: Norton family, left to right: Ken (’79), Linda (’81), Dave (’88), Richard (father), Steve (’80), Sheila (mother), Tom (’77) and Darlene (’85) Green and Accountable: The revamped AlumNews is printed on recycled paper at the same cost as the previous newsletter format.
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AlumNews AlumNews is published three times a year by the College of Lake County's Office of Alumni Relations and Special Events. Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events JULIE SHROKA Administrative Secretary DORAE BLOCK To submit story ideas, e-mail Dave Fink, AlumNews editor, at dfink@clcillinois.edu or call him at (847) 543-2243. You can also share ideas and comments at the CLC alumni Web site, at www.clcroundtable.org.