Northern Illinois Lifelong Learning Series

Contact: IVCC Continuing Education Center
Phone: 815-224-0427
Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4:30 PM (except Friday during summer and holidays)
Register online.
Location: CTC-219, IVCC Main Campus

Learn for life! Illinois Valley Community College offers a variety of curated topics led by subject matter experts, faculty, authors, historians and museum educators. Discover herbs beneficial to your health, learn about the race to the moon, or discover how prohibition actually helped organized crime! Register for the whole series, or just the topics you are interested in.

All online live classroom courses meet via Zoom. A meeting invite will be emailed within 24 hours before class begins. Participants need access to a computer with high-speed internet. A webcam and microphone are recommended but are not required.

Classes include

September 16: Germany's Liquid Bread: A Refreshing Look at the History of Beer
October 17: Native American Dwellings in our National Park System
October 29: The Alternative Education Movement of the 60's and 70's
November 8: History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
November 12: Journeying with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
November 21: The Story of the Dickson Mounds
December 6: A Christmas Carol: Origins of a Holiday Classic

"This was my first-ever Zoom class, and I was very impressed. The instructor was very knowledgeable about the subject and presented it in a relaxed way. I'm glad that I signed-up!"

- IVCC Lifelong Learning Student

Illinois Valley Community College participates in an initiative with College of DuPage, Harper College, Rock Valley College and Kankakee Community College to offer a series of enrichment courses. These classes are designed for students of any age and share the strengths of each lifelong learning program to provide an exciting selection of courses to participants throughout the Northern Illinois region.