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7:00pm Tuesday, June 24, 2025

#641 Online: Build your Tech skills with CCC

City Colleges helps students enter and evolve in a tech career—no matter where they start. With classes offering college credit, industry certifications, and professional development, it’s an affordable and life-changing tech education. City Colleges partners with some of the biggest names in tech, ensuring that CCC students learn relevant skills, and that employers have direct access to top talent.


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7:00pm Tuesday, June 17, 2025

#640 Online: Promontory Point: How to Save the Point

Promontory Point Conservancy works to protect and preserve Promontory Point, Burnham Park, on Chicago’s South Side. For the past 25 years, the Conservancy, a community-led non-profit, has advocated to save the Point’s historic limestone block, stepped-stone revetment and promenade. The Conservancy succeeded in getting the Point listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2018) and designated a Chicago Landmark (2023). Preserving the historic limestone revetment preserves the community that has gathered at the Point for many decades. Public support for a genuine preservation approach to saving the Point is nearly unanimous (99.3%). In fact, survey data shows that the Point de-stigmatizes the South Side and represents who South Siders really are.

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Meet Chi Hack Night's New Co-Presidents!

Apr 6, 2025 by Sean Watland, Sneha Jalukar & Samantha Goodman

After serving as Chi Hack Night’s second President, Sean Watland is stepping down after two years. Congratulate Sneha Jalukar & Samanatha Goodman Chi Hack Night’s new Co-Presidents!

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2025 Board Election Results

2025 Board Election Results

Feb 18, 2025 by Elections Committee - Michael Chladek, Sean Watland, Cameron Sow, Viktor Köves

On Feb 18th, we held our sixth election for our Board of Directors. Congrats to our elected and appointed Board Members Derek Eder, Katie O’Shea, Josh Kalov, Adam Hecktman, and Vien Nguyen!

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