July 10, 2014
Shining Up the Brass
Library assistant Pam McNamara (above) and more
than 20 of the 560 COD Cares Action Heroes spent a
day shining brass, conditioning leather and dusting off
antique carriages, among other activities, at a recent
visit to St. James Farm in Warrenville. The volunteers
completed tasks throughout the 600-acre farm and
received rave reviews from the DuPage County Forest
Preserve staff. Click here to view photos from the
event and a letter thanking the COD volunteers for
their assistance. To assist with upcoming volunteer
projects
more about COD Cares, visit
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www.cod.edu/codcares.
Vivian Maier Exhibit Opening
Guests enjoy the first viewings of photographs by Vivian
Maier during the opening reception of "Vivian Maier:
Exposed" at the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at the
McAninch Arts Center. The exhibit runs through
Saturday, Aug. 16, and features a number of images by
the late artist. Born in New York City in 1926, Maier
produced more than 100,000 negatives during her life, but
showed them to very few people. Her work remained
unknown until its discovery in 2007, only one year after
her death. Since then, Maier's photos have ignited
passion and enthusiasm in photography buffs and art
enthusiasts alike worldwide. Click here for more images
and to read more.
Students Earn
Prestigious Summer
Chemistry Internships
COD Announces Scholars Awards Recepients
Han Luu (left) of Glendale Heights and Eugene
Boguslavsky of Glen Ellyn are two of this year’s
Presidential Scholars recipients. Overall, COD is
providing 130 incoming students with scholarship
awards for the 2014-2015 school year. According to
Vice President of Student Affairs Earl Dowling, more
than 360 area high school students applied and met
Presidential Scholarship minimal eligibility criteria – the
largest high-achieving applicant pool ever. Please click
here to view photos, watch a video and read more.
Three COD students are
participating in
prestigious summer
chemistry research
internships thanks to a
grant through the College Foundation’s Resource for
Excellence program. Ruth Groza (left) is working with
Professor Marjorie Jones at Illinois State University, Taylor
Holland (center) is with Anna Pla-Dalmau, Ph.D., at
Fermilab, and Jeffrey Hosmer is with Professor Graham
Peaslee at Hope College. The Resource for Excellence
Grant program fosters innovation at COD by providing
funding to test new ideas, pilot new programs or methods, or
conduct research. Gary Roby, Assistant Professor of
Chemistry, said he interviewed full-time students who had
taken either biochemistry or organic chemistry, had an
interest in research and possessed strong lab skills. “These
internship opportunities are rarely available to community
colleges, yet our students are eager and ready to meet the
challenge,” Roby said. Read more.
Computer Forensic ACE Certification
Kudos to…Assistant Professor Sam Shamsuddin
and his inaugural class who completed the new
Computer Forensics courses with a near perfect
pass rate on the AccessData Certification Exam.
Pictured are (from left) Adam Little, Jonathan
Lennox (seated), Gabriel Gerzevske, Brian
Semrau, Assistant Professor Sam Shamsuddin,
Jeremy Schuler, Vince Spina (seated) and Clayton
Johnsen.(Not pictured are Joshua Weck, Andrew
Stout and Kenneth Tomsik). The courses, offered
in conjunction with Lewis University, prepare
students to sit for the exam and focus on the
Forensic Tool Kit 5.0, evidence acquisition, forensic
analysis, data decryption, and how to apply chain of
custody rules to evidence.
More Kudos to…Multimedia Services team members
who earned three Telly Awards: Edward Kuhs received a
Bronze Telly for producing the department promotion
video, “Architecture: Endless Possibilities”; Paul
Thompson and Edward Kuhs received a Bronze Telly
for co-producing a fast-paced, humorous video about
placement testing called, “What You Need to Know
About COMPASS Placement Testing”; and David
Gorski and Jim Nocera received a Bronze Telly for coproducing “Welcome to the New School of Thought,”
a video produced for the internal launch of the new brand
that is being used in a variety of marketing campaigns and
at campus events. The annual Tellys recognize excellence
in television, film, video and multimedia production with
entries ranging from large international firms to local
production companies and advertising agencies.
More Kudos to…English Professor and author Tom
Montgomery Fate, whose moving article on his Dad’s
noble battle with Alzheimer’s, “The Presence of
Absence,” was reprinted in The Christian Century
magazine. Click here to read.
More Kudos to… Associate Dean Tom Brady, whose
article, “A Look at the Future of Homeland Security
Training,” was featured in the June edition of Illinois
Cops Magazine. The article touts current and future
amenities at the College’s Homeland Security Training
Institute, including Critical Decision Making Simulators,
Multi-Use Training Rooms and an Emergency
Telecommuter training program.
COD Sponsors this Year’s Rockin’ for the Troops July 19
College of DuPage is a Rockin' Partners sponsor for this year's
Rockin' for the Troops event at Cantigny Park in Wheaton on
Saturday, July 19. Designated a "Military Friendly School" by
G.I. Jobs for five consecutive years, College of DuPage is also
the first community college ever to receive the Governor's
Award for Excellence in Education by the Illinois Department of
Veterans Affairs. Read more about this exciting event for
veterans.
COD Named Top Community College by Huffington Post
College of DuPage was one of the colleges cited in a recent
Huffington post article titled, “Community Colleges Don’t Get
Nearly the Attention They Deserve – Here are Illinois’ 25 Best.”
Click here to read the article and click here to read President
Breuder’s Huffington columns.
MAC Starlight Lakeside Pavilion Summer Stage Series
The McAninch Arts Center will host a series of concerts, plays films
and music in its new outdoor Lakeside Pavilion this summer.
Please visit www.atthemac.org for more information and tickets.
Parking Lot and Roadway Closures June 11 to Aug. 14
Facilities has issued this official communication to provide
detailed information regarding parking lot and roadway
maintenance scheduled for this summer. This maintenance will
result in temporarily closing parking lots and main access roads.
Please plan your routes accordingly based on the information
(and map) available at www.cod.edu/construction.
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
Board of Trustees at the Sept. 25, 2014, Board meeting, all
specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT equipment reviews
must be in Purchasing by Thursday, July 17, 2014. Please
click here for a list of all deadlines through the June 25, 2015,
Board of Trustees meeting.
Job Opportunities
To view and apply for any posted internal job opportunity, go to:
https://cod.hiretouch.com. Job opportunities will be posted to the
external web page after they have been posted on the COD Portal
for seven days. For 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.