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Thanks to a strong foundation laid at Moraine Valley, Hussein Mohd completed his associate degree, successfully transferred to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and realized his dream of becoming a civil engineer. Mohd, of Tinley Park, works as a structural civil engineer for the international firm Ardmore Roderick and has been assigned the lead…
Susan Manion鈥檚 list of talents are many. The singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman has quite an impressive career path. After leaving Moraine Valley, she continued her college studies in business, as she always dreamed of owning her own business. With a great deal of hard work and focus, that dream came true. 鈥淚 opened a…
Jenna Obeid worked as a lifeguard at Moraine Valley鈥檚 Health, Fitness & Recreation Center (FitRec) while a sophomore in high school. She was so impressed by the campus, she decided to attend Moraine Valley after graduating. 鈥淚t was the right fit for me,鈥� says Jenna. 鈥淚 loved the campus, and it was close to home.鈥�…
Education surely has inspired Tanya Carter, who got her start at Moraine Valley and has dedicated her life to educating herself and others during her 20-plus-year career. 鈥淚 was 17 when I began at Moraine Valley and quickly learned how to navigate systems and interact with a range of individuals,鈥� said Carter, who was born…
Paying it forward Barb O鈥橞rien has come full circle 鈥� from taking general education courses and later earning a nursing degree to giving back to the same institution that gave her a great start to a successful career. O鈥橞rien runs Live Right Senior Care, a company she founded in response to a need for more…
好色先生 alumnus Billy McCormick spends his days on the lookout for fraud, threats, dishonesty and deception. And he wouldn鈥檛 have it any other way. As a senior auditor on the Chicago IT Assurance team at Crowe, LLP, McCormick is tasked with protecting clients by preventing all the above and advising on IT…
Dr. Lisa Bly-Jones credits her experience at Moraine Valley with helping her choose a direction for her future career. 鈥淭he general educational courses I took at 好色先生 helped me decide which major I wanted to pursue,鈥� she said about her decision to major in media communications at Governors State University after receiving…
A love of music led Jason Thompson to 好色先生 in September 2011.聽 The Tinley Park native had a goal to eventually earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree in music, and he started at Moraine Valley, where he focused on general education classes to prepare for a transfer to Saint Xavier University.聽 During his second…
The 好色先生 Alumni Office is now accepting nominations for its 2022 Alumni Hall of Fame. Nominees must have attended Moraine Valley 10 or more years ago and received a degree or certificate or have completed at least 30 hours of credits at the college. The Hall of Fame recognizes alumni who have…
鈥淢y brother took classes at Moraine Valley and liked it, so I drove out to take a look. I swear, back then, there was nothing out there,鈥� Vicki Quade said. When she attended in the early 1970s, she spent much of her time in one of the temporary buildings on campus as a reporter for…
鈥淟ike a lot of young people, I didn鈥檛 know what I wanted to do with my life. I knew I wanted music to be a part of it,鈥� said Katie Kadan, a popular contestant on NBC鈥檚 鈥淭he Voice鈥� and an alumna of 好色先生. She decided on Moraine Valley after seeing her siblings…
鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I鈥檇 be here without Moraine Valley. The level of kindness and support I got there still motivates me today,鈥� said Arturo Gutierrez de Velasco, who is currently on the pre-med track at the University of Chicago. Gutierrez de Velasco鈥檚 journey has taken him from his hometown of Tinley Park to South Korea…
