Public Invited to Opening of JJC's Health Professions Center

The reception for the new Joliet Junior College building, which technically opened in January, will be March 12.

This article was submitted by Joliet Junior College: The public is invited to the grand opening for the Joliet Junior College Health Professions Center (U-Building) on Tuesday, March 12, on the Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road in Joliet. The event will start with an opening ceremony and guest speakers at 4 p.m., followed by a reception and tours of the building from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The 124,000-square-foot building first opened for classes in January 2013, and is now home to the following programs: - Nursing, CNA/LPN/RN - Fire science/EMS - Radiologic Technology - CPR - EKG - Phlebotomy See a map of the building Sustainable features of the building include a roof cistern that captures rainwater for toilet flushing and a ground-based …

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Proposed Joliet Junior College Building Part of 'Spending Spree'

Send letters to the editor to Shannon.Antinori@patch.com.

Are you sick of your property being taxed-to-the-max and your local elected officials continuing the spending spree?  On the heels of the $58M City Center project, the majority of the Joliet Junior College board is directing the administration to move forward with another new $45M building.  The proposed building is referred to as the “Multipurpose” building.  The primary use would be to hold graduation ceremonies.  Currently JJC holds them at Lewis University because JJC doesn’t have a large enough indoor venue to hold all of the graduates, family, and friends who attend.  But do they really need this?  The University of Illinois doesn’t have a large enough venue either, so they hold multiple ceremonies on the same day.  JJC could do this…

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JJC Breaks Ground for New Building

Freezing temperatures necessitated a move indoors and a symbolic groundbreaking.

Joliet Junior College officials, politicians and citizens turned out on a cold Tuesday afternoon for the groundbreaking of the new City Center facility. Because of the cold temperatures the event was moved indoors and officials dug mini shovels into a cake designed by culinary arts students to mimic an outdoor groundbreaking. The culinary arts program will be housed in the new building when it is complete. Here is the breakdown of the new building by the numbers: 6: Number of stories in the new building. 2: Number of stories in the glass-enclosed lobby of the new building 58: Number of millions of dollars it will cost to build the new building. 3: Number of programs that will be housed in the new building - the department of adult …

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JJC Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario with 'Active Shooter' Drill

Campus police were joined by more than 150 community members in playing out a fictitious story line in which two sisters with guns ambushed the Joliet school.

Pete Sedlacek, a member of the National Guard and a Romeoville resident, had something to tell Joliet Junior College Police Chief Pete Comanda. Pulling out his dog tags, he told him that if someone with a gun was coming at him, he wouldn't be sitting by and doing nothing. And Sedlacek stayed true to his word Wednesday afternoon, taking an active role in Joliet Junior College's "active shooter" drill. Every year for the last five years, the JJC Police Department hosts a drill to train its staff and community members about what to do if a gunman actually does come on campus and begin shooting. Nearly 160 people attended the drill, which was held just weeks after a shooter went into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and …

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Foundation Awards $107,400 in Grants to Area Nonprofits

Trinity Services, Joliet Junior College and Lewis University were among the groups to win funding for social service programs.

The Will County Community Foundation has awarded $107,400 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the areas of health, human services and education. The following 2012 grant recipients are: CASA of Will County - $8,000 to transition to a peer coordinator model for managing their advocacy work with an additional 30 to 50 abused and neglected children through the court system. Guardian Angel Community Services - $4,000 to help furnish a donated home that will be used to provide housing for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence. Heart Haven OutReach - $20,000 to purchase a van for transporting high school-age teens in greater Bolingbrook to various weeknight and weekend mentoring and support programs when…

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Foundation Awards $107,400 in Grants to Area Nonprofits

Trinity Services, Joliet Junior College and Lewis University were among the groups to win funding for social service programs.

The Will County Community Foundation has awarded $107,400 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the areas of health, human services and education. The following 2012 grant recipients are: CASA of Will County - $8,000 to transition to a peer coordinator model for managing their advocacy work with an additional 30 to 50 abused and neglected children through the court system. Guardian Angel Community Services - $4,000 to help furnish a donated home that will be used to provide housing for women and children who have been victims of domestic violence. Heart Haven OutReach - $20,000 to purchase a van for transporting high school-age teens in greater Bolingbrook to various weeknight and weekend mentoring and support programs when…

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The Sports Report

L-W Central's Ninkovich Picks Perfect Moment to Grab Patriot Glory

Lincoln-Way Central graduate Rob Ninkovich answers the call with a pick-six in the New England Patriots' nationally televised NFL football rout of the New York Jets.

Anyone who watched attentively will tell you Rob Ninkovich was a terrific high school football player. He just wasn’t cut from the mold of a five-star recruit coming out of Lincoln-Way Central in 2001-02. He was judged too small to play on the defensive line in the collegiate ranks. He was deemed inadequate for a tryout at tight end or fullback. And there was some question whether he would make it academically, too. So, now a decade later, who would’ve figured Ninkovich would be cast in a spotlight role on Sunday Night football, his most recent breakout performance beamed into living rooms via high-definition television across America? Yes, that was our ‘Ninko’ darting around like a Patriot warrior, No. 50 on the Game Day flip card, No. 1 …

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JJC the Overwhelming Top Pick for Area Grads

About 25 percent of recent graduates from New Lenox high schools plan to attend Joliet Junior College next year. See where other students will be studying in the fall.

About a quarter of students who graduated high school in New Lenox will be taking a short trip to college in the fall as they head off to Joliet Junior College. According to information supplied by Providence Catholic High School and the Lincoln-Way High School District 210, JJC is the overwhelming choice for where area seniors plan to study next year. The data supplied by the schools is not complete, but rather a collection of information shared by students with their guidance offices. It doesn't necessarily account for students who were undecided or not attending higher education institutions. 5. Grand Valley State (9) Providence submitted 277 students' choices, West had 213 listed and Central had 333, totals off which this data is based…

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L-W North's Eaton Feasts on Pitching

Phoenix senior Alex Eaton mans hot corner with his glove and manhandles opponents with his bat.

The weather has been anything but accommodating to area high school baseball teams this spring. Thunderstorms once again disappointed Lincoln-Way West and Lincoln-Way North as the two teams met under the lights Thursday night in Frankfort. The storms didn’t arrive soon enough to stop Lincoln-Way North third baseman Alex Eaton from swinging his hot bat—at least for one plate appearance. Eaton clubbed a towering two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning to give the host Phoenix a 2-1 lead, but lightning soon illuminated the sky and the game was postponed. The round-tripper was nothing new for the Lincoln-Way North senior. He hit two earlier this week. The Phoenix have been an offensive juggernaut for much of the season in compiling …

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