Registration for Summer 2026 classes, including Kids College summer camps, is now open!

Instructor: Melanie Holmes

Biography: Melanie Holmes is an award-winning author of five nonfiction books (2014-2023) and an accomplished public speaker. Her passions are history (especially women's history/rights), the natural world, pickleball, and forming connections. She earned her bachelor's from St. Xavier University-Chicago and has worked for the US EPA, Arthur Andersen (pre-Enron), and Brookfield Zoo. You can usually find her supporting a library or indie bookstore or planning the "next big adventure."

Classes by this instructor

LLC 5980 De-Plasticize Your Life

This class shows you a multitude of ways to remove plastics from your life, thereby creating a safer home, community and Earth.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Romeoville Campus, RMA-2002 Classroom

LLC 5996 A Hero on Mount St. Helens

Learn about the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, which claimed lives, shut down airports in five states and destroyed crops across the Plains.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Romeoville Campus, RMB-1035 Classroom