College for Kids Registration Underway News, Business Training and Community Education, General College for Kids Registration Underway Two-week sessions for kids ages 8–13: June 18-28 and July 9-19 Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Kate Burner | 0 Registration begins Feb. 16 for Parkland College's summer enrichment program for elementary and middle school students, College for Kids. The popular two-week sessions for youth ages 8–13 cover a variety of subjects including technology, computer science, math, science, visual and performing arts, language arts, and humanities. Students learn something new, explore interests, and discover new hobbies in a supervised and comfortable environment. Registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Parents and guardians have until June 4 to register their children for the first of two CFK sessions offered this year, which will be held June 18–28. Session two, which takes place July 9–19, has a June 25 registration deadline. CFK classes meet Monday through Thursday from 12:45 to 2:45 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. The cost is $159 per class. Register online at www.parkland.edu/btceRegister or visit the Business Training and Community Education office at 1315 N. Mattis Ave., Champaign. Only online, in-person, and mail-in registrations are accepted. For more information, visit the CFK website or call 217/353-2055.
Living Tree Ceremony News, Administration, Board of Trustees, Foundation, General Living Tree Ceremony Honor someone you love with a living gift Wednesday, February 21, 2018 Anonym | 0 The Parkland College Foundation will host its annual Living Tree program on Arbor Day, Friday, April 27. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Child Development Center on the Parkland campus. Several trees will be planted in Parkland's Memorial Grove, along with small plaques bearing honorees' names, to memorialize loved ones or bestow special honors. The foundation is asking residents to honor the memory of loved ones with this "living gift." Contributions of $500 or more to the Parkland College Foundation will be used to purchase a tree with a small plaque of remembrance. For more information on purchasing a tree to honor a loved one, contact the Foundation by April 6, at 217/351-2464 or sgoldenstein@parkland.edu. memorialParkland CollegeParkland College Foundation
Petition to Graduate Deadlines Announced Administration, General Petition to Graduate Deadlines Announced Complete a Petition to Graduate to receive the academic credential you have earned Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Anonym | 0 For students earning academic degrees and certificates by the close of Parkland College Spring Semester 2018, the college has announced the following Petition to Graduate deadlines: Deadline to petition for spring and summer graduation (to participate in Commencement ceremony): March 6 Deadline to petition for spring graduation (not participating in Commencement ceremony): April 6 Deadline for summer graduation petitions: July 19 Students who plan to graduate must complete and submit a Petition to Graduate to Admissions and Records, room U214. Parkland College Commencement 2018 has been scheduled for Thursday, May 17, at 8 p.m. at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. For inquiries about graduation status, contact Dennis Kaczor or Beth Chepan in the Admissions office, room U214 or call 217/351-2482 for more information.
LIFE Clinic Available through March 29 General, Health Professions LIFE Clinic Available through March 29 Free strategies for living with pain or completing day-to-day activities Wednesday, February 14, 2018 Anonym | 0 Residents who live with daily pain or who have difficulty completing simple to more complex day-to-day activities can get help from a free clinic at Parkland College in March. The Learning Information for Everyday (LIFE) Clinic, offered by the Parkland College Occupational Therapy Assistant program, offers simple strategies to conserve energy or can recommend or construct an assistive device to help residents navigate their activities better. For Spring Semester 2018, the LIFE Clinic is offering services Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., March 1, 8, 15, and 29. For more information and to sign up, please call Michelle Roberts, OTA program director, at 217/353-2782. Other details are available in this Parkland Prospectus News article. assistive strategiesHealth ProfessionsLIFE Clinicoccupational therapyOTA programParkland Collegetherapy services
Aviation Students Earn Flight Credentials Aviation Aviation Students Earn Flight Credentials Sunday, January 21, 2018 Kate Burner | 0 The following students earned flight credentials from the Institute of Aviation at Parkland College during the institute's fall session. Flew Solo for the First Time in a Piper Archer Henry Arp, Paris Damiloa Iseyemi, Dolton Gabriel Aaron, Champaign Joseph Monroe, Chicago Cullen Brucker, Melvin Paul Hildebrandt, Bethany Bryson Chancellor, Tolono Trevor Dittmer, Champaign Kelsey Engstrom, Tolono Andrew Greene, Urbana Evan Baker, Danville Colin Rudicil, Mahomet Paul Burk, Champaign Dylan Retzolk, Tolono Jake Renfrew, St. Joseph Jorge Carrillo, Champaign Stretton Beal, Mahomet Earned a Private Pilot Single-Engine Land Certificate Nevin Rangan, Palatine Louis Farrakhan, Crete Trenton Edelman, Forrest Theoplus Coleman, Urbana Patrick Berdan, Champaign Earned an Instrument Rating Certificate Jacob Walwer, Watseka Earned a Commercial Pilot Airplane Single-Engine Rating Brook Van Gundy, Arcola Earned a Flight Instructor-Instrument Airplane Single-Engine Rating Edward Tirpack, Sparta, NJ Earned an Airplane Multi-Engine Land Rating Certificate Connor Sheehan, Bloomington Parkland College assumed ownership of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Institute of Aviation in fall 2014, leasing its aircraft and facilities at Willard Airport in Savoy to continue flight training under a three-year agreement. The community college has continued the excellent instruction provided by the university's institute, which educated more than 13,000 pilots in its 70-year history. Many of its graduates are employed in the aviation industry around the world. Along with the two-year degree in aviation, students can earn a private pilot certificate and commercial pilot ratings, including multi-engine land and flight instructor. Aviationflight credentialsParkland College