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Everest Colorado Springs Dream Award Winner – Student Surmounts Challenges

Everest College’s Colorado Springs campus is proud to announce and recognize Brian Daily as its 2011 Dream Award winner. The award honors Daily for completing his post-secondary education while overcoming extraordinary challenges, including a difficult childhood that left him with severe insecurities and depression. The Dream Award, presented annually, recognizes graduates who have changed their [...]

Everest College-Merrionette Park Adds Massage Therapy Program

CHICAGO – Everest College-Merrionette Park has added a massage therapy career training program to its accredited curriculum offering. The program will begin in April.  “According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, careers in massage therapy are expected to grow rapidly as more people learn about the benefits of massage therapy,” said Maegan Murphy, president of Everest’s [...]

Oak Lawn Resident Wins Scholarship Award from Everest College – Merrionette Park

Oak Lawn resident Rebecca (Becky) Malivuk was living the fast life with no direction.  Enduring a tough year that included a run-in with the law, a job loss and a miscarriage, Malivuk knew she needed to put herself on a positive path to success – and knew the best way to do so was by [...]

Everest College – Bedford Park Names Kriaras President

Bedford Park, Ill. – Jan. 24, 2012 – Dimitrios Kriaras of Addison, Ill., has been appointed president of Everest College – Bedford Park.  In his position, Kriaras will oversee all administrative departments, including admissions, student affairs, educational programs, and community and business relations.  Kriaras brings to Everest College nearly a decade of experience working for [...]

Grand Rapids Graduate Wins Scholarship from Everest Institute

For Grand Rapids resident Dione Ford, family has always come first.  Ford dropped out of high school when she became pregnant at 17, and like many teen mothers, a further education and the career opportunities that it opens just didn’t seem to be in the cards.  Almost 20 years later, , a spur-of-the-moment decision to [...]

Everest College – Merrionette Park Names Murphy President

Merrionette Park, Ill. – Jan. 23, 2012 – Maegan Murphy of Chicago has been appointed president of the Everest College – Merrionette Park campus. In her new position, Murphy will oversee all administrative departments, including admissions, student affairs, educational programming and community and business relations.  Murphy joined Everest College – Merrionette Park in January 2012 [...]

Everest College Milwaukee Celebrates First Graduating Class

MILWAUKEE – Everest College in Milwaukee celebrated the campus’s first graduating class since opening last year in a ceremony held on Friday, October 21, at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee. One hundred fifty-four students graduated, earning diplomas for a variety of programs, including Massage Therapy, Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Insurance Billing and Coding, Pharmacy [...]

Everest College in Milwaukee Announces New Program Chair

Milwaukee — Everest College in Milwaukee is pleased to announce the addition of Kelly Brennan as Chair of the school’s new Massage Therapy program, scheduled to begin on September 22.  Brennan transferred from Everest College in Burr Ridge, Illinois, where she spent four years instructing massage therapy. She has nearly 15 years of professional massage [...]

Everest College in Milwaukee Adds New Massage Therapy Program

MILWAUKEE – Everest College Milwaukee has added a massage therapy career-training program at its campus in Milwaukee’s Park East corridor. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for massage therapists is expected to grow 14 to 19 percent in the 2008-18 decade. “Everest is strengthening Milwaukee’s educational profile with the addition of the massage [...]

Everest Wins Two Statewide Awards for Excellence

MIAMI — Everest took two top honors, including Graduate of the Year and Student Services Administrator of the Year, at the annual awards ceremony by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges (FAPSC), a statewide organization representing more than 200 career-oriented schools. Miami native Sadie Fox, who graduated from Everest Institute-Kendall with a diploma [...]

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