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Early Childhood Education Program to be Offered Online to Accommodate Working Students, Scholarships Available

All Early Childhood Education (ECE) courses will be offered online, except for practicum/lab courses, to accommodate working and long-distance students beginning in the spring semester. Four online courses will be delivered in an 8-week block format to further accelerate the program. Students enrolling in an ECE block course must be currently working in an early […]

Department of Marketing, Public Relations, and Communications Receives Top Prize at Regional Competition

On September 28, the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations held the annual District 3 Medallion Awards Ceremony in Chicago. District 3 comprises all community and technical colleges in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. The Medallion Awards recognize the top achievements in community college advertising, public relations, and communications. The 2022 […]

New Food Locker at JALC Helps Students Facing Food Insecurity

To help students facing food insecurities, John A. Logan College has converted a former office, Room C 200C in the Student Services Wing, into a new Food Locker. The Food Locker is a free service to students that provides nutritious on-the-go snacks for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with no questions asked.

JALC to Offer Special Saturday Sign-up and Welcome Week Activities

The fall semester at John A. Logan College is set to begin on Wednesday, August 17. Registration is currently underway, and late walk-in registration starts on August 15. The College will offer a Saturday Sign-up on August 13 from 9 AM to Noon. The event is designed to help working adults and individuals that cannot […]

JALC Receives $4.2Million Grant to Build a Career and Technical Education Training Center

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo has announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.2 million grant to John A. Logan College. The grant will be used to construct the John A. Logan College Career and Technical Center at the College’s main campus in Carterville. According to College President Dr. […]

JALC Student Trustee Jeremiah Brown Changed His Life and Now Wants to Help Others

Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken, describes the choice between two paths. The traveler in the poem chooses the least traveled path and says it made all the difference. The story could describe the life of John A. Logan College Student Trustee Jeremiah Brown, who had to either stay on the path his life was on or choose a new direction.

Joe Dethrow and Gretchen Cudworth Named Outstanding Faculty

Associate Professor of Mathematics Joseph Dethrow has been selected as the 2022 Outstanding Faculty member, and Gretchen Cudworth, a Humanities Instructor, has been named the 2022 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member. Joe Dethrow has been a full-time faculty member at John A. Logan College since 2005. He has an Associate in Science and an Associate in […]

JALC Holds Fifty-Fourth Honors Night

John A. Logan College recently held the Fifty-Fourth Honors Night, honoring top students from various programs.

JALC Announces Spring 2022 President’s and Provost’s List

Each semester any full-time student who has a 4.0 grade-point average earns recognition on the President’s list. Any full-time student who has a grade-point average between 3.55 and 3.99 earns recognition on the Provost’s list. The following students were named to the Spring 2022 President’s List:  Ava: Mattie M. Woolf, Jarrett T. Jones Bartelso: Brynne E. […]

JALC Celebration of Hunting and Fishing Days to Temporarily Relocate to the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds

John A. Logan College and the Illinois Department of Agriculture, along with title sponsor Black Diamond RV, announce that the College’s popular celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days will temporarily relocate to the Du Quoin State Fair Grounds. The annual event is scheduled for September 24th and 25th, 2022.  Relocation is due to major […]