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Harold Washington College (HWC) is named after the first African American Mayor of Chicago and opened in 1962.
In 1982, the college moved from 64 E. Lake St. into new facilities at 30 E. Lake Street. During a commencement address at Loop College in 1984, Mayor Washington spoke about the importance of community:
“It is from the diversity of city life and the variety of cultures and backgrounds…that we find the common threads that bring us together to form a college community.”
In 2012, Harold Washington College became the College to Careers hub for Business, Entrepreneurship and Professional Services. New college and industry partnerships were formed, large internship programs developed with downtown businesses, and new certificates and degree programs were created to serve students and our business constituents across the City. HWC is also the Chicago home of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program that supports local businesses to expand and create more jobs in their communities.
These new developments added to a long-standing and well-recognized profile of strong liberal arts courses, transfer degrees, and degrees for specific professions, such as child development practitioners, music, architects and for digital multi-media design.
Harold Washington College became the City Colleges home for Online learning opportunities. Online learning continues to expand as an important learning delivery mode.
They are a very small corner of downtown Chicago but are a very busy and vibrant community committed to social change through education.