Sept. 14, 2012
Next Weekend! Waterleaf
Food & Wine Festival
The Waterleaf Food and Wine
Festival presented by the Daily
Herald hosts an impressive list of
Chicago distributors. Scheduled for
Saturday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 7
p.m., the festival will also include
live jazz, pastries and specialty
pizzas provided by COD culinary
students, and hors d'oeuvres
prepared by Waterleaf Executive
Chef Jean-Louis Clerc. More Info and Tickets!
New Hospital Simulation Lab Opens at COD
COD Nursing student Bethany Whitney administers
medication to a “patient” in the new COD Hospital
Simulation Lab, which opened this fall. Each of the lab’s
four hospital rooms contains a computerized
mannequin. Based upon the student’s interaction with
their patient, the lab staff can manipulate the
mannequin and even provide voiceover reactions that
guide further treatment. Read More
ILPEx Site Visit Oct. 15
Eight examiners from Illinois
Performance Excellence
will visit College of DuPage
starting Monday, Oct. 15, to
evaluate systems and processes
against the nationally developed
Baldrige Education Criteria for
Performance Excellence. The
four- to five-day site visit is part
of the innovative AQIP-Baldrige
Option for reaffirmation of our
Higher Learning Commission
regional accreditation. COD is
one of only seven “cutting edge”
institutions initially approved by the HLC to pilot the AQIPBaldrige Option for reaffirmation, which has been deemed a
more rigorous process than the standard AQIP approach.
Based on the College’s accreditation cycle, in 2013 we would
have been required to update our AQIP Systems Portfolio,
which was initially submitted to the HLC in 2004 and updated
in 2008. Under the AQIP-Baldrige Option, in late May the
College instead submitted a Baldrige-based ILPEx application
to Illinois Performance Excellence. The site visit team will
speak with numerous staff members in order to clarify and
verify the information in COD’s application. Therefore, all COD
employees are encouraged to review the application, available
for viewing on the employee portal under “Official
Communications.” Additional information about the AQIPBaldrige Option is also available on the Higher Learning
Commission website.
COD Receives $565,193 Perkins Grant
The Illinois Community College Board recently awarded College of
DuPage a $565,193 grant to support Career and Technical
Education programs through the FY13 Perkins Postsecondary
Career and Technical Education Program. The emphasis of this
funding stream is to ensure that quality CTE programs provide
opportunities for high school and college students to build
academic, career and technical skills, with partnerships among
secondary education, postsecondary education and industry to
promote student success. Read More
COD/Purdue Announce
New 2+2 Agreement
College of DuPage and Purdue
University recently formed a
new 2+2 articulation agreement
for COD students to earn a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Construction Management and
Engineering Technologies from Purdue University’s Calumet
Campus. “It is increasingly important for construction managers
to have a bachelor’s degree in construction science, construction
management, architecture or engineering,” said Jean V. Kartje,
COD Vice President for Academic Affairs. “The degree earned
through this partnership will provide students with a competitive
edge and the versatility they need for leadership roles this
industry.” Read More
Fire Chief Magazine Lauds
HEC’s ‘Extensive and
Sophisticated Training’
Janet Wilmot of Fire Chief
Magazine recently toured the
Homeland Security Education
Center, noting that the visit
“reinforced (her) belief that
firefighters and EMTs entering the
emergency-response services today are better educated and better
prepared than previous generations. Wilmot lauded COD’s
innovation in law enforcement and fire training, citing the center
“near the top among training facilities in the nation.” Click here to
read this article. Click here to view a recent video about the
HEC developed by COD’s Multimedia Services department.
Kudos to…Photography
faculty Mary Dew, Jeff Curto,
Glenn Hanson, Lily
Mayfield and Terry Vitacco
who received this warm note of
thanks from student Joanne
Barsanti: “After taking Mary
Dew’s Photo Exhibition class in
Fire Dance
summer of 2011, I knew there
was much work to be done to get where I wanted to be. The
class gave me the confidence to pursue and participate in
exhibition opportunities in 2011-2012, and it gave me the
inspiration in my classes of fall 2011 and spring 2012 to build
a consistent body of work as part of my class exercises. As a
result, I received the invitation for a one-month solo exhibit
at the Calmer House Gallery in Joliet…The website-building
and book-creating skills that I learned in Jeff Curto’s class in
Advanced Digital Imaging last fall and the opportunity to
experiment with a variety of techniques and subject matter in
Lily Mayfield’s Color 1 class this spring played a significant
role in putting together this body of work. I would like to
thank all of the instructors for their dedication to the great
program that the Photography Department has put together,
and for their individual support and feedback both inside and
outside of class.” Click here to view more of Barsanti’s work.
Click here to
read the
current issue of
Impact
magazine.
Flu Shots Oct. 8 and 9
On Monday, Oct. 8 (SRC 1144), and Tuesday, Oct. 9 (SRC 2000),
Edward Health will offer flu shots for COD employees and
students. This service is free for all benefited employees. All other
employees and students will pay the reduced rate of $15 (payable to
Edward by cash or check at the time of the injection). Please
register for an appointment by clicking here.
Waterleaf Miner Family
Winery Dinner Sept. 18
Waterleaf will host a Miner
Family Winery dinner on
Wednesday, Sept. 19, which will
feature premium wines from this
celebrated Napa Valley distributor.
The evening begins with a cocktail
reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by
a four-course prix fixe dinner at 7 p.m. paired with carefully
selected wines from Miner Family Winery, including Viognier,
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon. Read More
Peter Roskam to Visit Political Science Class 9/18
U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam will visit Bill Enright’s
Introduction to Political Science class Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. in HSC 1234. The Congressman will discuss the
budget process in the U.S. House of Representatives and will field
student questions. All are welcome to attend. For more
information, please contact Bill Enright at enrightw@cod.edu.
Voter Registration at COD
The Student Leadership Council will sponsor a voter registration
table in the BIC-SRC Upper Walkway from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept.
17 and 25; Oct. 1 to 5; and Oct. 8 to 9. More info? Call ext. 2243.
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
Board of Trustees at the Tuesday, Dec. 20, Board meeting, all
specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT Equipment Reviews
must be in Purchasing by Thursday, Oct. 11.
For Updates, Click Here!
To Register, Click Here!
Hot Tix for Employees
Hot Tix are half-price tickets for
employees, available at the Ticket
Office with an employee ID. This
weekend:
•
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble: The Lady With All the
Answers – Fri./Sat., 8 pm, $16.50; Sun., 2 pm, $14.50
Reminder: The MAC Ticket Office is in the MAC Lobby until
Sept. 18 – after that date, OCC 151.www.atthemac.org
Job Opportunities
To view and apply for any posted internal job opportunity:
Go to: http://inside.cod.edu.
Login using your network ID
Click on the “employees” tab
Click on “COD Links”
Click on “internal job opportunities”
Job opportunities will be posted to the external web page after they
have been posted on the COD Portal for seven days. If you have any
questions, please call ext. 2890.
Employment Information Lines
(630) 942-2796 – For a listing of faculty, classified and
administrative positions. (630) 942-2460 – For detailed information
and to schedule skills testing for clerical positions. Apply at
www.cod.edu/hr.