Commencement Day 2025
Commencement Day 2025
One celebration, 870 graduates, and many more unforgettable memories were created.
Remembering Dr. Holly J. Humphrey ’79, Trustee and First Female Board Chair
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Prominent North Central College alumna Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP, was elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 2004. On January 1, 2023, she became the first woman to serve as chair of the North Central College Board of Trustees. Dr. Humphrey died on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Faculty and students help address teen mental health in Naperville
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A North Central College faculty member and three students were instrumental in a year-long effort to develop a potentially life-saving training program for the City of Naperville. The program is designed to teach local youth how they can intervene when someone they know is showing signs of suicide.
North Central Graduate’s Passion Brews into a Career
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Justin Simbol ’20 / M ’24 studied business at North Central, both as an undergraduate and as a graduate student. While earning his MBA, his experience in the College’s Coffee Lab ignited a passion and paved a path toward starting his career with Dutch Bros. Coffee.
Journalism major Pierre Louis ’23 makes national TV debut on NBC: "Now I feel like I can dream bigger"
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Fredlyn Pierre Louis ‘23 made his debut on national television, presenting a two-part story for NBC Early Today on June 14 about the struggles of American families who have adopted children from Haiti to get the children to their new homes in the United States.
Author writes in New York Times essay that attending North Central changed her life
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In a guest essay for The New York Times, award-winning author, columnist, journalist, professor and advocate Rachel Louise Snyder ‘92 recounted that her long journey to success started with getting a chance at North Central College.
Working as a champion for affordable housing
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Amanda Zahorak ’17 is the senior advocacy and communications manager for Habitat for Humanity - DuPage and South Suburbs. It’s a role she could not have imagined when she began as a music education major at North Central College — before making a key discovery about herself.
Alumni Q&A with Peter Sipla '07
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An interview with North Central College alumnus and actor Peter Sipla, who in 2023 made his wide-release film debut in “A Man Called Otto,” opposite Tom Hanks.
North Central College appoints Adrian Aldrich to Vice President for Institutional Advancement
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North Central College announced the appointment of Adrian Aldrich, a 2002 graduate of the College and Naperville resident, to serve as vice president for institutional advancement.
Alumnus Evan Lahti ’07 shows the power of journalism in the world of gaming
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Evan Lahti ’07 of Ypsilanti, Mich., is the global editor-in-chief of PC Gamer. A journalism major, Lahti shared how North Central College helped start his career and how he handles a big job that involves far more than playing video games all day.