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With a championship, solid overall record and several honors, the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú men’s basketball team had plenty to brag about as they closed out their season. For the second time in four years, the team won an Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Championship thanks to a 13-1 record and a dominating final game against…

Plenty of lessons were learned, and several athletes earned honors at the end of the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú women’s basketball season. This team of nine was comprised of hard-working players who gave everything they had. However, they weren’t able to maximize their talent. “We were better than our record. We were better than a…

See how easy it is to get started at ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú at the upcoming open house on Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, at 9000 W. College Parkway in Palos Hills. Prospective students and their families will hear a brief presentation about the college; learn about the admission, financial aid and…

The Moraine Valley Foundation announced the 2023 Alumni Hall of Fame inductees on March 7. They are Jim Craver, ’96; Dr. Walter Fronczek, ’82; Tom O’Malley, ’87; and Marjorie Owens-Klotz, ’83. The 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award winner was Jim Craver, who graduated from Moraine Valley with an associate degree in restaurant/hotel management. He is the…

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú baseball alumnus, Yunis Halim, competed in the West Asia Cup on Team Palestine. The West Asia Cup was created by Baseball United, run by retired professional major league players, to help the 2 billion cricket-loving people across India, Pakistan and the Middle East learn about and fall in love with baseball….

The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú softball team has lofty goals in 2023 – earning a third consecutive Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championship and going deeper in the playoffs. And they have the means to do it. From last year’s award-winning squad, seven sophomores moved on. The Cyclones still have six returners, however, and plenty of…

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú baseball players are putting in the effort, and the returning head coach is ready to see what Cyclones baseball can do in 2023. Head Coach Mike Kane had a brief stint as coach from 2014 to 2016 and returned to lead the Cyclones in January to a team constructed and recruited…

For the first time in three years, several ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú students attended the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Flint, Michigan, coming home with many successes. The first time Dr. Craig Rosen, Moraine Valley theater professor and Academic Theater coordinator, took his theater students to this event was in 2016. It brings…

The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Foundation scholarship application is available online. Current and potential Moraine Valley students can apply for approximately 350 scholarships ranging from $250 to $5,000 to be used during the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters. The deadline to apply is March 31. “Many of our students face financial struggles as they…

Moraine Valley’s Information Technology department will conduct a database migration beginning after 5 p.m. on Friday, March 10, through Sunday, March 19. The migration will result in the outage of numerous systems, including the college application, student account information, class registration, financial aid processing, grades, schedules, unofficial transcripts, and more. This planned outage is scheduled…

As the cannabis industry grows, careers in manufacturing and cultivation are in demand. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú offers two noncredit online programs for those looking to start a career in this field. The Advanced Cultivation Technician and Advanced Manufacturing Agent Certificate programs provide students with in-depth knowledge on working in commercial cannabis greenhouses and warehouses….

The Warriors at Amazon affinity group donated $1,000 to the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉú Foundation to start a new scholarship for veterans at the college that can be used to cover educational expenses. Members of the Warriors at Amazon group presented a check to Moraine Valley’s president, Dr. Sylvia M. Jenkins, at an event held…