Skokie Nanotech Company Closes Shop

Based at the Illinois Science and Technology Park, NanoInk Inc. ‘abruptly’ closed its doors. The company employed some 80 people, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.

Skokie-based NanoInk, Inc. closed its doors earlier this month, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. The company was located at the Illinois Science and Technology Park (ISTP). Its biggest backer, Ann Lurie, who is the widow of Sam Zell’s former business partner, Robert Lurie, poured about $150 million over a decade before finally deciding to pull the plug. Roughly 80 NanoInk employees were “abruptly” told that the company would be closing its doors in three days on Feb. 12, Crain’s reported. In June 2012, the Village of Skokie matched a $250,000 grant aimed at providing nanotechnology courses at Oakton Community College (OCC), among other schools. The village was able to match the grant through downtown Skokie's TIF district. One of the …

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Katie Gudgel

1:31 pm on Saturday, March 30, 2013

If by "she" here, you are still referring to Ann Tennes, she is also currently on the Oakton Community College school board. She is also currently on the ballot as an incumbent - one of 5 people running for 3 positions as Oakton Community College Trustee. For all Skokie voters, there are two contested races - that for Village of Skokie Trustee and that for Oakton Community College Trustee. For …   more ›

OCC Soccer Player Named to All-American Team

Bobak Khalili was recently named to the 2012 Junior College Men Scholar All-America Team. “Bobby has been an outstanding contributor and leader to our program for the past two seasons,” said Raiders head coach Steven Brody.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) recently named Oakton Community College men’s soccer player Bobak "Bobby" Khalili, of Schaumburg, to its 2012 Junior College Men Scholar All-America Team. This is the first year that NSCAA has had such a team. Khalili received his award in Indianapolis on Jan. 19. To be considered for the team, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), start more than 50 percent of games, and be a significant contributor to the team. A sophomore defender, Khalili has a 3.80 GPA while majoring in liberal arts. Khalili was one of only 13 named to the NSCAA’s inaugural scholar-athlete squad. Khalili anchored a stellar defense that posted six shutouts …

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Students Live the Homeless Life to Oakton's 'Shantytown'

Oakton Community College students camped out in shanties on the Des Plaines campus to bring attention to the issues surrounding homelessness, and to raise funds for the college’s chapter of Habitat for Humanity, on Nov. 27.

Creature comforts were at a minimum for 20 to 30 students at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines on Tuesday night as the group camped out in the campus courtyard in handmade shanties. The group braved the chilly weather and hard concrete in cardboard boxes and tents to increase awareness about homelessness and to raise funds for Oakton’s student-run chapter ofHabitat for Humanity. Sahil Pruthi, treasurer for the group and co-project manager for the event, said the purpose of the second annual Shantytown project was to advocate and educate on the issue of homelessness. In Illinois, an estimated 14,000 people experience homelessness every night, according to a press release from Oakton Community College. “People don’t know, they just go …

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OCC Gets $60K Donation From Rivers Casino

The money for the Oakton Community College will go toward the college's new Science and Health Careers Center, the school said Monday.

From the community ~ The newly built Rivers Casino in Des Plaines has contributed $60,000 toward Oakton Community College to support the college's new Science and Health Careers Center, the school said Monday. The contribution is part of the $500,000 the casino recently awarded to 16 organizations throughout Des Plaines and the Chicagoland area. The 93,000-square-foot Science and Health Careers Center, currently under construction, will house state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, and other teaching  facilities for the College’s anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, earth science, medical  laboratory technology, nursing, physics, and physical therapy assistant programs. Rivers Casino funds will underwrite the purchase of 12 hospital beds…

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Annual Women’s Art Exhibition Features Controversial Topics

'The Personal is Political: The Transformative Power of Women’s Art' will be on display at Oakton Community College from Oct. 4 through Oct. 26.

From the community ~ The grand opening of Oakton’s annual women’s juried art exhibition, The Personal is Political: The Transformative Power of Women’s Art, which features more than 80 women artists from throughout Illinois and across the country is on Thursday, from 5 - 8 p.m. on Oct. 4. The event will be held at Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton Community College's Des Plaines Campus, 1600 E. Golf Road. The exhibition runs through Friday, Oct. 26.

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'The Amish Project' Heading To Oakton College

In 2006, five Amish girls were killed during class in Pennsylvania. Now, Jessica Dickey has put together a "powerful" play that will be showing at Oakton Community College for September.

Examine the nature of forgiveness, faith, and compassion in Oakton Community College’s staged reading of Jessica Dickey’s powerful work, The Amish Project. Taking as its subject the 2006 killing of five girls at an Amish school in Pennsylvania, the piece explores the shooting through the eyes of seven community members – some fictional, some drawn from life, but all touched by the events of the day and its aftermath. Presented by the Performing Arts at Oakton, The Amish Project will be performed at the college’s Studio One, 1600 East Golf Road, Des Plaines on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for general admission. For more information on tickets, click here. -- Skokie Patch on Facebook

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Mayor to Speak at Latinos in Higher Education Event

Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen and Dr. Lilana Fargo will be speaking at an event at Oakton Community College on April 21.

Be sure to check out "Latinos in Skokie" at Oakton Community College, 7701 Lincoln Ave., on April 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen will also be present during the event. Welcoming remarks will also be made by Dr. Liliana Fargo. For more details, check out this link.

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Oakton Community College Briefs

Summer school registration, upcoming information sessions and Broadway tunes.