Academic leaders celebrate first cohort of DePaul Harold Washington Academy

Nov. 13, 2019

On Nov. 12, academic and city leaders gathered on the Loop Campus to hear from college students in the first cohort of the DePaul Harold Washington Academy. During the roundtable meeting, students discussed their undergraduate experience, citing the cost of a college education as a potential barrier to a bachelor’s degree.

Launched this fall, the DePaul Harold Washington Academy is a partnership between DePaul and City Colleges of Chicago designed to provide an affordable pathway to a bachelor’s degree. Students enrolled have the opportunity to earn an Associate of Arts degree from Harold Washington College, and then receive guaranteed admission to DePaul to complete a bachelor’s degree.

Read more about the fall gathering in Newsline.

Left to right, A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., president of DePaul University; Peggy Korellis, interim president of Harold Washington College; Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services for the city of Chicago; Salma Ghanem, DePaul's interim provost; and Juan Salgado, chancellor for City Colleges of Chicago, gather on Nov. 12. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services, city of Chicago, meets with students enrolled in the DePaul Harold Washington Academy. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services for the city of Chicago, meets with students enrolled in the DePaul Harold Washington Academy. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Left to right, A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., president of DePaul; Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services, city of Chicago; and Juan Salgado, chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago, meet with students enrolled in the DePaul Harold Washington Academy. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Meeting in a roundtable conversation with the students were Salma Ghanem, interim provost, DePaul, left; Peggy Korellis, interim president, Harold Washington College; A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D., president, DePaul; Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services, city of Chicago; and Juan Salgado, chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Students enrolled in the DePaul Harold Washington Academy along with DePaul President A. Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D.; Juan Salgado, chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago; Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services, city of Chicago; Salma Ghanem, DePaul interim provost; and Peggy Korellis, interim president, Harold Washington College, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, on DePaul’s Loop Campus. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

Students enrolled in the DePaul Harold Washington Academy met with academic and city leaders on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at DePaul’s Loop Campus. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)