Crystal Garcia is a College of Lake County freshman from Mundelein who comes from a family of mechanics. Now, she is learning how to weld metal at the college’s new Advanced Technology Center so she ...

Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect the amount of recent donations. Despite supply chain issues, the College of Lake County's Advanced Technology Center opened this fall and began putting ...

Wearing a black virtual-reality helmet, with a small television screen inside to see what he was doing with his hands, Greg Arty of Waukegan received a lesson in stick welding at the College of Lake ...

Manufacturing is a crucial element of the Lake County, Ill., economy. The College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center was created as a local resource to prepare students for the demands of ...