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Illinois Central College Hosts 2025 Commencement Ceremony

by Amanda Lewis

East Peoria, IL (05/14/2025) — Illinois Central College will celebrate 2,243 graduates with a commencement ceremony held at the Peoria Civic Center and livestreamed at icc.edu/event/commencement-2025/. The public and media are welcome to attend.

Speakers include ICC President Dr. Sheila Quirk-Bailey and student speaker Keiton Hamilton. The keynote address will be given by Doug Oberhelman, retired chief executive officer of Caterpillar.

Date: Saturday, May 17

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Peoria Civic Center

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Illinois Central College is a two-year community college with campuses in East Peoria, Peoria and Pekin, Illinois, providing a high-quality, affordable education to prepare students to enter the workforce or to transfer to a four-year institution. ICC is the 2020 awardee of the National Community College Charles Kennedy Equity Award from ACCT, a 2022 and 2025 EDA Good Job Challenge Institution, and the Lead College for the state of Illinois' Workforce Equity Initiative. ICC also conducts original research in agricultural fields, including water quality and soil conservation. For more information, visit icc.edu.

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  • Pre-Med
  • New Windsor, IL

Illinois Central College

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