NORMAL — Heartland Community College will hold a Health Sciences Information Night and Career Fair from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9.
This will be held on the college’s Normal campus at 1500 W. Raab Road inside the Instructional Commons Building in Room 1813.
The event will bring together college faculty and recruiters from health care facilities in the area to provide an opportunity for students and individuals interested in health sciences to explore educational and career opportunities.
Attendees can learn more about the admission process, financing college education, take lab tours, meet with faculty and network with professionals in the health care industry.
The event will cover a wide range of programs including dental assistant, emergency medical services, medical assistant, nursing, certified nursing assistant, phlebotomy, physical therapist assistant, radiography, recovery support specialist and veterinary assistant.
The event is free. To register, visit tinyurl.com/HealthSciencesNight
The event included demonstrations and lectures of traditional ironwork by visiting Japanese artisan Akira Yaegashi, flower arranging techniques, and Shibori tie-dye workshop.
Check out photos from the 2023 Alzheimer’s Walk
Lu’s Crew
Greg Ekdale, Dave Lowe
Milo, Alyssa and Kari Wurth writing on flowers, which symbolize a promise to remember, honor, care and fight for those living with Alzheimer’s. Different colored flowers highlight different connections to the disease.
Walk host Susan Saunders takes a picture of the Future Educators of Color team.
Walk manager Josh Cox erect the starting gate.
Jody and Curt Nettles
Lois Thompson, Renee and Kevin Brucker
Viola Freimann, Betty Rock
Kathy Neil, Lynne Ekdale
Ping Yin, Luke Yin, Ian Shin, David Yin
Peyton and Kelly Friesen, Abigail and Robin England
Michael Lena, Catie Welsh, Derian Cunningham
Elaine Vitzthum, Michele Jenkins, Sarah Vitzthum
Harry and Hilary Rouse with Pawprint Ministry dogs Silver and Sterling
The Commerce Bank Team plants flowers which visually communicate a connection to Alzheimer’s.
Daniel Tofte, Cheryl and Kylie Schimmelpfenning, Sara Larsen, Danielle Randle
Walk Host and MC Susan Saunders
Fred’s Forget-Me-Nots
Brian Dixon, Joshua Sutton
Mikayla, Tiana and Jim Haas
Walking in memory of Allan Eichholz
The Pray family
The Nettles family
Warming up before the walk
Lucy Croft leads the group in some pre-walk Zumba
Getting their Zumba on
Contact Mateusz Janik at (309) 820-3234. Follow Mateusz on Twitter:@mjanik99
