CLC Engineering Night Oct 2025

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Willow Cafe on CLC’s Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St. Engineering Night is free and open to high-school and CLC students and their parents.

Doors open at 5:15 p.m. Attendees should sign in outside the Willow Cafe on the Grayslake Campus then strike up conversations with practicing engineers and university representatives in Willow Cafe.

From 5:30- 7p.m., students can mix and mingle with professional engineers to learn about the various engineering professions and majors such as civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, computer science, aerospace, etc. During this time, tours will be available every 15 minutes of the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab, a makerspace/fab lab for CLC students and the Lake County community. Several 4-year schools will have table displays set up during this time as well, including MSOE, NIU, MTU, Carthage, Bradley, Iowa State, SIU, UIUC, and UIC.

At 7 p.m. in the Willow Cafe, CLC Engineering professors will present a general overview of the engineering college search process, giving advice on how to research schools, the application process, college costs, choosing a major, and more.

Then from 7:20-8:30 p.m. students and their parents may attend two breakout sessions (30 minutes each) to learn more about the participating college and university programs. The CLC Engineering Transfer program will be hosting sessions in the Baxter Innovation Lab (T120/121) and will include information on guaranteed admission partnerships with UIUC (Engineering Pathways), UIC, MSOE, SIU-E and NIU. Other schools presenting during the breakout sessions include From 5:30- 7p.m., students can mix and mingle with professional engineers to learn about the various engineering professions and majors such as civil, electrical, mechanical, chemical, computer science, aerospace, etc. During this time, tours will be available every 15 minutes of the CLC Baxter Innovation Lab, a makerspace/fab lab for CLC students and the Lake County community. Breakout sessions in seperate classrooms include MSOE, NIU, MTU, Bradley, Iowa State, SIU, UIUC, and UIC.

Attendees are advised to enter the campus from Washington St., park in lots 8 or 9, and enter the college’s T-Wing through door T-1. Signs to Willow Cafe and the Baxter Innovation Lab will direct attendees. Directions to the Grayslake Campus and a campus map are available at www.clcillinois.edu/aboutclc/locations/grayslake

Learn more about our Engineering program at CLC right now. https://www.clcillinois.edu/programs/egr

For more information, email Jan Edwards (amVkd2FyZHMxIHwgY2xjaWxsaW5vaXMgISBlZHU=) Engineering department chair.