Student and alumni stories
CLC meets students where they are and the academics take them where they want to go. Join our conversation by reading the stories of our students or alumni, connecting with us on social media with #CLC50th or sharing your story below. We’d love to hear from you.
50 stories for 50 years
Student Trustee Alexa Waheed spearheads 50 Stories for 50 Years, a collection of stories that covers various topics shared by CLC students. Through 50 Stories, Alexa hopes to immerse the CLC community with different stories that fill the hallways and showcase the students’ amazing talents. Recognizing that each individual is unique, students share their stories in different ways – by delivering speeches, singing, painting pictures, or even telling jokes. Watch out for more videos as CLC students share their stories.
Watch out for more videos as CLC students share their stories.
alumni stories
Cristian Carillo
Abbey Scholar
“Scholarships give me the opportunity to place 100% of my time and effort on my academic goals. I owe this year’s accomplishments to the Abbey Family and CLC Foundation. There are many hard working students out there just like me that just need the right help financially.”
Devon Overstreet
Irl H. and Marjorie Marshall Scholar
“Scholarships help fund the future. By giving to the CLC Foundation, you can enable those who may not be as financially fortunate to pursue their dreams to change the world.”
Betty Derza
CLC Scholar
“Scholarships are important because they allow students like me to receive an education no matter what difficulties we face. Scholarships take some of the burden off our shoulders and help us succeed.”
Patrick Burgess
Electrical Engineer
“I would not trade my first two years of college at College of Lake County with any four-year college or university. CLC allowed me to self-fund my transition—from a young student who had no career goals into a self-sufficient adult with a plan. ”
Caleb Town
Aspiring Dentist
"CLC not only made great financial sense, I knew it would afford me unique educational and professional opportunities that I would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere."
Alexis Massman
Electrical Engineer
"At CLC, I had a phenomenal time, and I always give it my highest recommendation. I couldn’t afford to start at a large, four-year college, but at CLC, I received a scholarship through the Honors Scholars program, and I had a terrific educational experience."