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Green Tech

Featured Event

Green careers, green technology and green education will be covered at this one-day conference on the Des Plaines campus.
Friday, November 13, 8:00 a.m. | Des Plaines| $35 advance/$50 after Nov. 12 | Continental breakfast and buffet lunch included.

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Women's Basketball 18th Annual Alumni Game, at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6.
A juried exhibition of art by women at the Koehnline Museum. Exhibit runs through Friday, Nov. 6.
A day for women and men to explore, discuss and evaluate issues that affect relationships.
University of IL

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Oakton announces a new partnership with the University of Illinois, The U of I – Oakton Pathway to the Bachelor’s Degree.

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Play On is a state-wide playwriting competition open to all community college students. Aspiring playwrights have an opportunity to have their work brought to life at the Oakton Performing Arts Center next spring.
For more information about classes, contact the Advising and Counseling Center at 847.635.1741 in Des Plaines, or 847.635.1417 in Skokie.
Best-selling author and international relations theorist John Mearsheimer, Ph.D., shares his unique insights during a Nov. 7 lecture.
Green Tech

Featured Event

Green careers, green technology and green education will be covered at this one-day conference on the Des Plaines campus.
Friday, November 13, 8:00 a.m. | Des Plaines| $35 advance/$50 after Nov. 12 | Continental breakfast and buffet lunch included.

more events

Women's Basketball 18th Annual Alumni Game, at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6.
A juried exhibition of art by women at the Koehnline Museum. Exhibit runs through Friday, Nov. 6.
A day for women and men to explore, discuss and evaluate issues that affect relationships.

Events

November 7, 2009
Participating bands perform and attend master classes at this annual festival. At night, the jury of clinicians perform followed by the bands and an awards ceremony ends the evening. Open to the public; free admission.
November 10, 2009
A Chicago Writer Series Event | Award-winning poet and author Tania Runyan is a California native who has lived in the weather-wild Midwest for most of her adult life. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University and MA in Secondary Education from Roosevelt University., Chicago.
November 10, 2009
Prospective students can benefit by attending this free information session. Faculty will be on hand to discuss course requirements and industry trends.

Events

November 11, 2009
Veterans' Day holiday. College closed.
November 12, 2009
Chris Carter is a well known mentalist who can read your mind, pick your pockets and amaze the crowd. Free.Des Plaines Student Center
November 12, 2009
By Jeffrey Hatcher  Directed by Mary Ringstad Millionaire socialist Sidney Trefusis abandons his bride and takes up hiding at a finishing school for girls, hoping to sow impressionable young minds with the seeds of radicalism. Comedy ensues, however, when one enthusiastic rabble rouser falls hopelessly in love with Sidney and his politics.

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Science students at Oakton analyze invasive species, crystallize proteins — and get paid for it, too.