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Photo story: Wheelchair Basketball Event Returns to JJC
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Gallery • 11 Photos Ashley Feldman Disability Awareness Club partnered with Lincolnway Special Recreation Center to host wheelchair basketball. The event took place on Tuesday, April 28, from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the Event Center Gymnasium during Open Gym.
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Wolves Softball white hot going into the post season
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On May 1, the Joliet Junior College softball team won the NJCAA Division III Region 4 Championship with a win over College of DuPage and set a program record with 39 wins. Starting on May 8, the Wolves will host the District Championships and play and a shot at returning to the NJCAA Division III...
Photos: JJC student art featured in Sprague Art Gallery
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Gallery • 9 Photos Ashley Feldman The Joliet Junior College Juried Student Art Exhibition runs from April 13th and runs through Thursday, June 25th.
Photos: JJC Theatre ends season with The Mousetrap
The Blazer
Gallery • 17 Photos Ashley Feldman The JJC theatre students performed the play "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie. Joliet Junior College instructional designer Jeffrey LaRocque directed his first performance at JJC. The play was held from April 22-26, 2026 in the Blackbox Theatre.
“Don’t Throw It Away”: Inside JJC’s Repair Café
The Blazer
What started as a small sustainability effort at Joliet Junior College has quickly grown into a powerful community resource—one that’s giving new life to everyday items and the people who bring them in. Since launching in fall 2023, JJC’s Repair Café has documented more than 300 repaired items. At the most recent event on April...
JJC Track & Field head to nationals
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As the season begins to wind down, the Joliet Junior College men’s and women’s track teams are shifting their focus to closing out strong. With just two meets remaining, including one on Saturday, April 25, before nationals on May 7, the Wolves are entering the final stretch of their outdoor season with momentum built from...
iDale Masquerade Night turns into an enchanted fairytale
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Joliet Junior College students and their friends from outside of the school were invited to attend iDale’s Mid-Spring Masquerade Ball. The event took place on April 10, 2026. Students arrived at the lower level of J-building in gowns and suits with masks in tow JJC student Trent Coopere and his girlfriend, Isabella Bizzieri, came to...
Joliet approved a large data center. What does that mean for the community?
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The Joliet City Council approved plans for a 795-acre data center on March 19. The project would be the largest data center in Illinois. According to various news reports, construction is slated to start in 2027, and the first building of the data center is expected to be ready by 2028. The Blazer reached out...
JJC culinary students “thrive” at Thrive
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Tickets print. Guests chatter. The fire in the pizza oven burns hot, illuminating the kitchen with a warm glow. Students move briskly across the kitchen, sautéing, grilling, plating, and assembling, all cogs moving as part of a bigger mechanism. Tim Bucci, head chef and Joliet Junior College professor of culinary arts, stands in the center...
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