Oct. 11, 2013
Laps With the Chaps
5K Run/Walk Next Week
Next Saturday, Oct. 19, is the
third annual Laps With the
Chaps Run/Walk. New this
year is a 1-mile dash for
youngsters, chip-timed starts
and finishes, a new course and
lots of prizes, including $200
Visa® gift cards to Top Overall
male and female runners and
“middle of the pack” winners, a $20 gift card to Naperville Running
Company for age group winners, and all participants are eligible to
win a free iPad! Learn more and register at www.cod.edu/5K.
In the Pink to the Tune of $3,000!
College of DuPage tripled its goal for this year’s Lee Denim
Day® Team COD, raising nearly $3,000 for breast cancer
research. Each year, nearly 40,000 women die from this
disease and one in eight women will have this cancer in
their lifetime. Thank you to all the COD Team
contributors! Special thanks to Cindy O’Neil for
organizing this collection. Click here for a complete list
of contributors (which also includes names of camera-shy
individuals!). Click here for info on Lee Denim Day®.
CDL Program Celebrates 100th Graduate
Naperville resident Stewart Swartz (above) is the 100th
graduate of the College’s two-year-old Commercial Driver’s
License) program. Over the past two years, College of
DuPage’s CDL program has achieved a reputation for
excellence, which is reflected in a near-perfect placement
rate for all of its graduates. “One month after we opened,
recruiters were calling us about our students,” said
Cristina Willard, COD Continuing Education Program
Development Manager “We’ve done so well so far, and we
hope to keep growing.” In a recent letter to the College,
Schneider National shared its Commercial Driver Services
Scorecard, in which all 25 CDL program graduates from
the College received perfect marks. Click here to watch a
video about the CDL program. Read More
Football Fans!
Angel Nance (center) from the COD Learning Commons
enjoys a few moments of down time with Chaparral players
Tremmel Marshall (left) and Jack Ziltz after the mighty
Chaps trounced Ellsworth, Iowa, 17-9 during the Sept. 28 home
game. Nance and several other employees from the Learning
Commons tailgated prior to the big win. Click here for photos.
The next home game is Monday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. vs. Olivet
Nazarene. More info: zakows@cod.edu.
College Fair at
COD Oct. 22
College of DuPage, in
partnership with
District 502 high
schools, will host its
31st annual College
Fair from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Oct. 22, in
the SSC Atrium. During this free event, nearly 200 colleges from
all over the county will be on hand to provide information and
answer questions. COD will also host financial aid information
sessions. For more info, please visit www.cod.edu/collegefair.
Kudos to…Barbara Groves, Academic Affairs, who
received an I AM COD Recognition letter for her outstanding
contributions to the College.
More Kudos to…Coordinator of Specialized Testing,
Jarret Dyer and Grant Compliance Manager Dan Deasy who
contributed to this article on the online GED Test launching
in 2014. Click here to read the article.
More Kudos to…English Professor Tom Montgomery
Fate, whose collection of essays, “Cabin Fever: A Suburban
Father’s Search for the Wild,” was recently selected by
WNIJ/Northern Public radio as one of five books to promote
during the station’s winter book series. Read More
More Kudos to…Mass Communication Assistant
Professor Sandy Fries who was a guest speaker at the Pop
Culture Wizard World Chicago convention, which was
attended by more than 46,000 fans. Fries spoke about his
experiences as a writer for “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
and other television shows.
More Kudos to…
COD Culinary Arts
graduate Chris Turano
who earned his “dream
job” as Chef de Cuisine
for The Bistro at the
Bacara Resort and Spa in
Santa Monica, Calif., after
winning the top prize on
the Food Network show “Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell.”
Click here to learn about Turano’s new digs.
More Kudos to…Former COD Theater student Ron May,
artistic director and founder of Stray Cat Theatre in Phoenix,
Ariz. Stray Cat received seven 2013 AriZoni Awards, including
ones for Best Overall Production for non-contracted theater
and Best Director for Ron for his production of “Wolves.” This
is the fifth time in six years that a Stray Cat Theatre production
took the top prize. Ron is a former John Belushi Scholarship
winner at COD. Click here to read more about Ron.
More Kudos to... Assistant Professor of Nursing Theresa
Bucy has received the Nurse Educator Scholarship from the
Illinois Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (I-OADN).
The annual $2,500 award is for an Associate Degree in
Nursing program educator in Illinois who is pursuing a
doctorate degree.
Wheat Café, Culinary Market Open for Fall
The student-run Wheat Café and Culinary Market at College of
DuPage are open for fall term. Wheat Café, which has received
OpenTable’s Diner’s Choice Winner for Quality Service for
three consecutive years, will be open on Wednesdays for
dinner and on Thursdays and Fridays for lunch through Dec.
6. The Culinary Market sells items made by students and will
be open from noon to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through
Thursdays through Dec. 5. Please click here for more info.
Columbus Day Visit Oct. 14
The Office of Admissions and Outreach will host a Columbus
Day Visit for prospective high school students and their
families on Monday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. in SRC 2000. During
this free event, participants will receive an overview on the
College's services, including information about admissions,
financial assistance and student life. Read More
COD Supports CAPS
The College of DuPage
Homeland Security Training
Institute is a co-sponsor of this
year’s Fire Department Citizens
Appreciate Public Safety
(CAPS) Awards Night on
Thursday, Oct. 17, at Meson
Sabika in Naperville. This year’s family-oriented event includes a
showcase of Naperville Fire and Police Department vehicles,
equipment and personnel outside the restaurant, followed by
dinner and an awards presentation. A limited number of tickets are
available for $20 each by calling (630) 305-5900. For more
information, visit www.napervillecaps.com.
Wheat Café, Culinary Market Open for Fall
The student-run Wheat Café and Culinary Market are open for fall
term. Wheat Café, which has been an OpenTable.com’s Diner’s
Choice Winner for Quality Service for three consecutive years, is
open Wednesdays for dinner and Thursdays and Fridays for lunch
through Dec. 6. The Culinary Market sells items made by students
and is open from noon to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays
through Dec. 5. Read More
Enjoy Student Cuisine at Int’l and Classical Dinners
Students from the International Cuisine and Classical Cuisine
classes will serve dinners on select Mondays and Tuesdays this
fall in the Waterleaf dining room located in the Culinary &
Hospitality Center at College of DuPage. Read More
Tune In to October’s ‘Images’
This month’s cable TV program, produced by Multimedia Services,
features segments on on the College’s Criminal Justice and Fire
Science Technology programs. Click here to watch!
Coming Up at COD:
• Free Lecture: How Architecture Schools Address
Poverty, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 7 p.m., TEC 1038B.
Read More
• Free Day of the Dead Trip to Pilsen, Chicago, Saturday,
Oct. 19, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Read More
• Benefits Fest, Monday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., SRC
2000, zimmermand99@cod.edu
• Flu Shots Oct. 21 and 24. Free for benefitted employees;
$15 non-benefitted employees. Appointments:
www.edward.org/codflu.
• Free trip to Mitchell Museum of the American Indian,
Saturday, Oct. 26, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Read More
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the Board
of Trustees at the Jan. 23, 2014, Board meeting, all specifications,
rationales, requisitions and IT equipment reviews must be in
Purchasing by Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Click here for a complete list
of bid paperwork dates through the June 2014 Board meeting.
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, “COD Links” then “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. 2639.
Employment Information Lines
(630) 942-2460 – For a listing of faculty, classified and
administrative positions. (630) 942-2639 – For detailed information
and to schedule skills testing for clerical positions. Apply at
www.cod.edu/hr.