Student Achievement

The North Central College mock trial team took a big step toward building the kind of national reputation held by the College’s best competitive programs.

Taylor Clugston ’19 and Jared Collier ’19 know a lot about competitive drive, teamwork and success from their time on the North Central College softball and men’s soccer teams.

McLean Holmes ‘18, computer science major, does not call himself a video gamer, but that hasn’t stopped him from cultivating a vibrant new community on campus with those who do. That’s how deeply the world of eSports, or competitive video gaming, has inspired him.

School, competition and peers are the top three factors causing stress among Naperville teenagers, according to Patricia Schacht, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology.

Davonte Sanders-Funches ’18 is a finance major from Bolingbrook, Ill. during the week. While pursuing his degree and preparing for the next steps after college would be more than enough to earn him a break on weekends, it’s during those days off that he really shines.

North Central College students earned national and state honors for their work with WONC-FM 89.1, the College’s student-run radio station, and The North Central Chronicle, the College’s student-run newspaper.

Research into lung function during exercise has become the focus of the doctoral thesis of Kirsten Coffman ’12 and has resulted in the awarding of a predoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).