The humble battery: centerpiece of many a successful phone call, and just as many nightmares for beleaguered students working on a deadline.

North Central College is now offering high school students an opportunity for a “reserved seat” in the nation’s largest medical college and only academic health center in the osteopathic profession.

Dennis Gage, an entrepreneur, scientist, musician and producer, will be the commencement speaker at North Central College’s 152nd Commencement June 10 and receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.

North Central College is pioneering the way it equips students of every major to learn what they need today—and how they will work tomorrow—through its new state-of-the-art Science Center opening March 27.