Oakton College: Difference between revisions

Oakton Community College opened in 1969 in former industrial buildings at Oakton and Nagle in Morton Grove. This original campus closed when the Des Plaines and Skokie campuses opened in 1980. The Skokie campus opened in 1980 at the site of the former [[Niles East High School]], an art deco architecture building that was used in the films ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' and ''[[Risky Business]]''. The school produced two Nobel laureates. A photograph of the school from 1993 is in the collection of the local historical society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/2194/|title = Niles East High School Building Photograph, 1993}}</ref> The college demolished the school buildings. Oakton Community College's Koehnline Museum of Art has about 40 film posters from African American films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oakton.edu/about/thearts/museum/permanent_collection/index.php?CType=43|title = Permanent Collection - Oakton Community College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oakton.edu/about/thearts/museum/permanent_collection/index.php|title = Permanent Collection - Oakton Community College}}</ref> It announced on 222 January 2023 that it will be renamed Oakton College as of 17 January, with updated logo and branding to roll out over the next year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-skr-oakton-community-college-name-change-tl-0105-20230104-bxekabllynfctie6xybz4jwqim-story.html|title = Oakton Community College to drop ‘community’ from its name|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=2023-01-03|author=Caroline Kubzansky}}</ref>