Heartland Community College

The Illinois National Guard held a farewell ceremony on Saturday for the Normal-based 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade before the unit’s deployment to the Horn of Africa.

Heartland Community College has typically used contract workers to provide security on its campuses. The establishment of a new public safety department means that the college will employs its security staff directly, although structural details are still being finalized.

The Town of Normal has formulated a new way to choose whether, which, and how to place art in public spaces. The town has supported public art for decades, but recently, a controversy over a mural in uptown prompted staff to re-examine the process to make it more intentional.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education has approved two new degree programs at Heartland Community College in Normal.

Works by local painter Douglas C. Johnson are on display at Heartland Community College until Dec. 15. And on Tuesday, the Joe McCauley Gallery at Heartland will host an artist reception as Johnson’s exhibit highlighting central Illinois landscapes enters its final weeks.

Heartland Community College sent a school record five of its sports teams to the national finals. One of those teams won it all.

Heartland Community college’s dedication to civic engagement on campus is being carried out through the Student Government Association’s and Political Science club’s voter registration efforts.

The first crop of students have begun a course of study at the Heartland Community College Electric Vehicle Energy Storage training program. Eventually they will go out to repair the growing number of electric vehicles in the community.

llinois Gov. JB Pritzker came to Bloomington-Normal Thursday to celebrate the start of the Electric Vehicle Energy Storage worker training program at Heartland Community College.

After a $75 million candy plant expansion goes into operation in Bloomington, Heartland Community College will expand a program to train workers for Ferrero North America.