Please join us in celebrating the following individuals, who have been selected as this year’s Luminary Award recipients based on their contributions to their colleges and our community as a whole.

Harold Washington College

  • Student Recipient: Xavier Mason
  • Staff Recipient: Marcus Williams El, Veterans Services Specialist
 Olive-Harvey College

  • Student Recipient: Liz-Anne De Beauville-Jones
  • Faculty Recipient: Dr. Jeffery Dillard, Instructor – Social and Psych Science
Harry S Truman College

  • Student Recipient: Dwayne Barnett
  • Staff Recipient: Lisa Slater, Veterans Services Specialist
 Richard J. Daley College

  • Student Recipient: David Lopez
  • Staff Recipient: Destinee Miguest, Clinical Director – Wellness Center
Kennedy-King College

  • Student Recipient: Stacey Gatlin
  • Staff Recipient: Jeff Min, College Advisor
 Wilbur Wright College

  • Student Recipient: Aljtrin Ademovski
  • Staff Recipient: Edgar Gonzalez Balcarcel, Adult Education Transition Specialist
Malcolm X College

  • Student Recipient: Tanya de Chavez
  • Faculty Recipient: Dr. Ryan Manow, Assistant Professor – Biology
 District Office

  • Staff Recipient: Leticia Garcia, District Director of Student Financial Aid

You can learn more about some of our past recipients here.

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Additionally, please join us in celebrating all of this year’s nominees, who were recognized by their fellow students, faculty, and staff members for making City Colleges a brighter place to study and work.

  • Kaife Abedin
  • Angela Abrams-Caruthers
  • Corona Agila
  • Randy Aguilar
  • Dejah Ajayi
  • Jennifer Alexander
  • Wilfred Rahm Almarzah
  • Nancy Aranda
  • Anser Azim
  • Louie Baio
  • Kathleen Baker
  • Jerome Balfour
  • Shawndale Banks
  • Lizzel Barragan
  • Joy Bassett
  • Robert Beckman
  • Janelle Bell
  • Luke Belz
  • Anne Bendik
  • Daniel Berenberg
  • Jelena Berenc
  • Marcela Bernal-Munera
  • Megan Bernard
  • Shannice Berry
  • Duke Best
  • William Billingsley
  • Carly Bonnema
  • Kamaya Brame
  • Dave Breedlove
  • Jonna Brodersen
  • Charles Brown
  • Oliver Brown
  • Caress Brown-Miller
  • Maureen Burns
  • DeAndre Burrell
  • Juanita Buss
  • Elida Bustamante
  • Inez Cagle
  • Susan Calabrese
  • Marshall Carter
  • Carolina Casillas
  • Beatrice Castillo
  • Rolando Chacon
  • Melissa Champs
  • Chiju Chen
  • Nicole Chism
  • Juviel St. Clair
  • Patricia Connolly
  • John Cooksey
  • Cynthia Corral
  • José Corral
  • Katie Cosmano
  • Angela Cotromanes
  • Cerrone Crowder
  • Vickie Custodio
  • Aziza Darwish
  • Nikita Davis
  • Jean-Laurent Deher-Lesaint
  • Jun Jun Don
  • Tamyra Donelson
  • Taneka Douglas
  • Warren Edwards
  • Tanyapat Enriquez
  • Doris Espiritu
  • Maria de Jesus Estrada
  • La-Troy Farrow
  • Tiara Fields
  • Linda Flannigan
  • Alexander Fowles
  • Janel Fullenkamp
  • Enedina Galan
  • Vanessa Gama
  • Mary Gambol
  • Elizabeth Garcia
  • Tonya Gilmer
  • Dennis Given
  • Elizabeth Gmitter
  • Rafael Godina
  • Ellen Goldberg
  • Theodore Gonzalez
  • Troy Gore
  • James Grubisic
  • Alison Guengerich
  • Gregory Guy
  • Kristin Hall
  • Malgorzata Haptas
  • Sean Hardin
  • Valerie Harper
  • Yolanda Harper-Morris
  • LaTresa Harris
  • Charlene Haymond-Bussell
  • Gerardo Hermosillo
  • LaTonya Hester
  • Antoinette Hicks
  • Thomas Higgins
  • Christian Hill
  • Joseph Hinton
  • Margaret Horshaw
  • Aja Humphreys
  • Vanessa Hurlock
  • Amani Jackson-Gladney
  • Tasia Johnson
  • Tiffany Johnson
  • Joyce Jones
  • Synobia Jones
  • Ramon Carter Jr.
  • Emily Jurgens
  • Brittany Jackson Kairis
  • William Kennedy
  • Rayvon Kirkwood
  • Peggy Korellis
  • Hanna Krajewska
  • Daniel Kukulka
  • Tim Lacy
  • Sarah Ladino
  • Zalika Landrum
  • Andrea Wilbon Lee
  • Pamela Lessner
  • Victoria Lester
  • Maria Llopiz
  • Carlos Lugo
  • Julie MacCarthy
  • James Malarski
  • Carlos Martin-LLamazares
  • Precious Matimoju
  • Tyanna McCann
  • Pamela McClain-Willis
  • Brianna McClay
  • Celeste McGill
  • Melissa McGlynn
  • Brian McKinney
  • Ana Medina
  • Hajer Mohamed
  • Lauren Montgomery
  • Andrea Montoya
  • S. Moore
  • Luis Morales
  • Danae Morris
  • Clarissa Murillo
  • Luis Narvaez
  • Oscar Nevarez
  • Madison Partida Nischan
  • Ronald K. Nolen
  • Timijanel Odom
  • Maciej Orlowski
  • Benjamin Ortiz
  • Dieukenson Oxilus
  • Myriam Pacheco
  • Katherine Papademas
  • Leo Pappalas
  • Kalyx Parker
  • Graciela Perez
  • Richard Peyton
  • Jennifer Piltawer
  • Maria Pinto
  • Tunisha Potter
  • Richard Powers
  • Milka Ramirez
  • Linda Ramirez
  • Patricia Ramos
  • Syed Raziuddin
  • Alexander Reyes
  • Joseph Rice
  • David Richardson
  • Jovan Rivera-Lovato
  • Stephanie Roberts
  • Catherine Rodl
  • Behnam Roohani
  • Amy Rosenquist
  • Anne-Sophie Rouveloux
  • Tiffany Royster
  • Mariah Ruth
  • Israa Salem
  • Maybelle Sanchez
  • Saul Santana
  • Leeanna Santiago
  • Kevin Schanding
  • David Scheier
  • Simone Scott-Barnette
  • Harry Sdralis
  • Reginald Simmons
  • Inderroop Singh
  • Dionysios Skentzis
  • Frank Slotkus
  • Latina Smiley
  • Tionya Spriggs
  • Kayley Steuber
  • Darcy Sturges
  • Maria Suarez
  • Michal Szaflarski
  • Sonia Delgado Tall
  • Hoyam Tanon
  • Shavon Taylor
  • Dreena Thigpen
  • Shanina Thomas
  • Elissa Tobin
  • Ruzica Todorovic
  • Yollolt Torres
  • Amir Trabelsi
  • Maribel Trujillo
  • Hung Truong
  • Susan Tyma
  • Pier Underwood-King
  • Alex Valdivia
  • Cynthia Vessel
  • Janea Vinson
  • Julio Vizuete
  • Ariba Vohra
  • Ayndreille Ward
  • Adrienne Watson
  • Enid Wells
  • Stephan Wender
  • Gloria White
  • Antwan Williams
  • Peja Williams
  • Cedric Wilson
  • Amanda Wojan
  • Jerry Woods
  • Damian Wright
  • Janet Wright
  • Chrishawn Young
  • Jorge Zavala
  • James Zenes