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South Suburban College
South Suburban College

South Suburban College

South Suburban College

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South Suburban College Today

 

More than 9,000 students, on average, are enrolled at South Suburban College during a typical year. The College offers a wide selection of career education and college transfer credit programs. Additionally, South Suburban College’s Business & Career Institute offers non-credit customized training, short-term instruction for business, and dozens of special interest classes.

The College has a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. A variety of cultural events are sponsored by the College, including plays, comedy acts, special lectures, and concerts, adding to the richness of the performing arts in the south suburbs.

In the future, SSC will continue to provide educational opportunities to the community in traditional areas, as well as in new and emerging fields. Through our distance learning endeavors we hope to be able to reach tomorrow’s student in even more exciting ways.

 

Our Mission:

 
The mission of South Suburban College is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning.
 

SSC is dedicated to:

  • High quality education, training, and services for all individuals who have the ability to benefit from our programs.
  • Programs that are accessible and affordable provided to a diverse community of learners.
  • Training delivered in collaboration with local businesses.
  • A community of staff, faculty, and students that create an environment and resources for learning.
  • Up-to-date facilities and technology that help prepare students for transfer to baccalaureate programs or the job market.

 

Our Vision:

 

South Suburban College is a welcoming, attractive, efficient, safe, transparent, and financially secure institution that fosters creative communication and synergy within the campus community and between that community and its partners.

Through innovative teaching, integration of technology, modeling sustainable practices that value the environment, cultivation of external partnerships and a culture of assessment, SSC will play a pivotal role in transforming the lives of its diverse student population.

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  • South Suburban College dedicates park to long-time leader Frank M. Zuccarelli SSC 360 - Julia Dixon

    SSC 360 - Julia Dixon

    Julia Dixon's interest in engineering began as a child with taking apart electronic devices. Today, she is the President of the National Society of Black Engineers at SSC, and was recently accepted into the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program.
  • South Suburban College dedicates park to long-time leader Frank M. Zuccarelli SSC 360 - Badar Sabeen, Electrocardiography Alumnus

    SSC 360 - Badar Sabeen, Electrocardiography Alumnus

    Badar Sabeen is an alumnus who found success with SSC's Electrocardiography Program, having not only secured employment with Advocate Trinity Hospital but also as a teacher here at the school.
  • South Suburban College dedicates park to long-time leader Frank M. Zuccarelli SSC 360 - Keyanna White, Building & Construction

    SSC 360 - Keyanna White, Building & Construction

    Keyanna White talks about her experience with the Building Construction Technology Program.

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South Suburban College dedicates park to long-time leader Frank M. Zuccarelli

Ethan Levy
By: Ethan Levy Last Updated: June 29, 2023
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South Suburban College dedicates park to long-time leader Frank M. Zuccarelli South Suburban College (SSC) dedicated Frank M. Zuccarelli Park on Wednesday to honor its former board chairman. The park is located on the northside of SSC’s campus, and sports a renovated gazebo and picnic benches donated by the Village of South...

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South Suburban College Park Dedication 2023

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South Suburban College to Offer Barber Instructor Program for Southland Residents

By: South Suburban College Last Updated: June 22, 2023
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South Suburban College to Offer Barber Instructor Program for Southland Residents South Suburban College (SSC) is offering Community College District 510 residents the opportunity to start the 1000-hour Barbering Instructor Program. The program will begin July 10th and run Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm. The...

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South Suburban College to Dedicate Frank M. Zuccarelli Park on South Holland Campus

By: South Suburban College Last Updated: June 20, 2023
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South Suburban College to Dedicate Frank M. Zuccarelli Park on South Holland Campus Former South Suburban College (SSC) Board Chairman Frank M. Zuccarelli will be honored with a new park in his name. The Park dedication event will be held on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 11 a.m. on the north end of the Main Campus. The public is...

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Ruth Johnson Colvin Selected as Recipient of 2023 Illinois Community College Trustees Association Distinguished Alumnus Award

By: South Suburban College Last Updated: June 8, 2023
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Ruth Johnson Colvin Selected as Recipient of 2023 Illinois Community College Trustees Association Distinguished Alumnus Award Ruth Johnson Colvin, a graduate of South Suburban College (SSC), formerly known as Thornton Junior College (TJC), was selected as the 2023 recipient of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Distinguished Alumnus Award. Johnson...

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Free Learning Opportunities Available and Volunteers Needed for the South Suburban College Literacy Tutoring Program

By: South Suburban College Last Updated: May 31, 2023
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Free Learning Opportunities Available and Volunteers Needed for the South Suburban College Literacy Tutoring Program South Suburban College (SSC) is seeking participants for the Adult Volunteer Literacy Tutoring Program. The program is structured to train volunteers to become one-on-one tutors for adults needing basic literacy skills. Instruction in basic literacy...

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Graduation Station 2023

By: GreatNews.Life Last Updated: May 25, 2023
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Graduation Station 2023 We are so thrilled to have captured so many different varieties of photos to celebrate 2023 graduates this year. No matter what—we're there to cover these moments in whatever form they take. Caps off to all 2023 grads for perseverance! Don't forget...

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South Suburban College celebrates tenacious graduates during 95th commencement ceremony

Autum Meyers
By: Autum Meyers Last Updated: May 25, 2023
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South Suburban College celebrates tenacious graduates during 95th commencement ceremony On Sunday, May 21 South Suburban College (SSC) celebrated over 120 graduates during its 95th commencement ceremony. Friends, family, and faculty cheered as the students accepted their diplomas and took the first step into their next journey in life....

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South Suburban College Spring Commencement 2023

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South Suburban College celebrates perseverance during adult education commencement ceremony

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By: Alayna Wilkening Last Updated: May 25, 2023
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South Suburban College celebrates perseverance during adult education commencement ceremony On the evening of Friday, May 19, graduates from the South Suburban College (SSC) adult education program lined up to walk the final stretch on the end of a long road to receiving a high school diploma. There were a total of 60 graduates for the...

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