It’s the Horizons 2019 Student Literary Publication Release Party!  Enjoy free cake, a free copy of Horizons 2019, and free readings of student work.

We hear this year’s Horizons is amazing, and the cake looks pretty good, too!

Tuesday, May 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. will be an All Day Study Day at the Aurora Downtown Campus Library, featuring:

• Research Help
• Crafts
• Snacks
• T-shirt Raffle
• And More!

Have you ever wondered about the history of Cinco de Mayo, or “5th of May” celebrations?  Well, 157 years ago, in 1862, a small  band of 4.000 Mexican soldiers held off an attack by the invading French army in Puebla, Mexico.

Following the victory, then-President of Mexico, Benito Juarez, declared the date, May 5, to be a day of celebration, which has been honored in the state of Puebla, Mexico, as well as by Mexican Americans in the U.S. ever since.

For more information on the celebration today in the city of Puebla, Mexico, here is a brief article from TripSavvy.com:  https://www.tripsavvy.com/cinco-de-mayo-in-puebla-1588678

This Friday, May 3, join the WCC Art and Music Departments as they participate in Aurora’s First Fridays!  Listen to live music by the Jazz Combo, Big Band, Steel Pan, and Chorale from 5-8:30 p.m. on the riverfront patio of the Aurora Downtown Campus at 18 S. River Street.

Bring your friends and family to browse the Ceramics Club’s 21st Annual Spring Pottery Sale, and enjoy activities like pottery demonstrations, silk screening by William Estrada, Horizons student literary publication, face painting, free food, a selfie photo table, a caricature drawing table, and a photo demonstration.

If there is inclement weather, we will be dispersed throughout the first floor of the Downtown Aurora Campus, 18 S. River Street.

All are welcome!  Downtown Aurora’s First Friday Food Truck Festival will be along Benton Avenue from 5-10 p.m.

For a preview of the Spring Pottery Sale, stop by the Sugar Grove campus Ceramics Studio 10 a.m.-7 p.m. May 1-2 at Waubonsee Community College, Rte. 47 & Waubonsee Drive.

Summer courses begin May 20, June 10, and July 8.  To pick your classes, see the Summer Credit Course Schedule or the Summer Non-Credit Course Schedule.

If you would like to apply to the intensive one year QuickPath Degree Program, the 2018/19 deadline is this Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  For more information, check out the QuickPath class schedule and the application.