April 13, 2012
Money Smart Week
DuPage Fair & Expo
College of DuPage will
host the Money Smart
Week DuPage Fair &
Expo from 9:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. in the HEC on
Saturday, April 21. The
event is offered free of charge for residents of DuPage and
surrounding communities. In addition to guest speakers and
exhibitors from throughout DuPage, Money Smart will include 14
breakout sessions covering both consumer and personal finance.
Click here for a complete schedule of events.
Japan Symposium
The College of DuPage Asia Committee recently hosted
an event-filled two-day Japan Symposium, which
featured guest lecturers, a film screening, dance,
fashion, an Aikido demonstration (above), a talent
show and Taiko drummers. Click here for a WDCB
interview with Languages Professor Shingo Satsutani.
COD Hosts Alexandria University President
Dr. Osama Ibrahim April 21
The College of DuPage Middle East Committee will host a
special presentation by Alexandria University President
Dr. Osama Ibrahim on Saturday, April 21, from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. at CHC Amphitheatre.
During this program, Dr. Ibrahim
will discuss his experience as the
first-ever elected president of a
state university in Egypt, as well as
his vision for the University of
Alexandria and collaboration with
foreign institutions. A Professor of
Ophthalmology at Alexandria
University, Dr. Ibrahim has
promoted Refractive Surgery all
over the Arab world and Middle
East and has helped to establish
many centers by educating, training and supervising
colleagues from around the world. In addition, Dr. Ibrahim
was recently selected to serve on an elite commission to
draft Egypt's new Constitution. In 2010, Alexandria
University had a total undergraduate enrollment of 176,872
students, with a teaching staff of 6,272. It is the only
university in an Arab country – and the second in Africa –
to achieve a status in the Times Higher Education World
University Ranking as one of the top 200 universities
worldwide. This COD program is free and open to the
public; however, seating is limited. Please RSVP by
Thursday, April 19, to COD Community Relations
Coordinator Ami Chambers at (630) 942-3823.
Bonding through Chemistry Confections
Members of the Chem Bonding Club and staff and students
from the COD Culinary Arts program proudly display their
Periodic Table triumph. Headed up by Chemistry Assistant
Professor and Chem Bonding Club Advisor Gary Roby, a team
of 25 chemistry students, six student chefs and Culinary Arts
instructors Nancy Carey, Jim Mulyk and Donna Wagner used
buckets of icing and 118 cupcakes to represent a delicious
Periodic Table. The cupcakes were packed up and sold the
next day at the Culinary Market. Funds raised will support
future Chem Bonding Club and Baking and Pastry Arts
endeavors. Sweet!
COD Car Show April 22
The first-ever COD Car Show is gearing
up for Sunday, April 22. The show (free
to the public) will run from 8 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. in Fawell Lots C and D, just
north of the SRC. Hosted by the COD
Latino Ethnic Awareness Association,
the show will feature classics,. hot rods, muscle cars, racers, trucks
and motorcycles, as well as vendors, music, special events and
refreshments. Proceeds will fund scholarship opportunities and
conference experiences for Latino students. Read More
Tom Montgomery-Fate’s Cabin Fever
In Paperback April 14
English Professor Tom-Montgomery Fate’s
modern Walden-esque collection of memoirs,
Cabin Fever: A Suburban Father’s Search for
the Wild hits the bookshelves in paperback on
Saturday, April 14. In the meantime, Tom has
enjoyed 60 speaking engagements in the last 10
months, and has been a visiting writer/speaker
at institutions nationwide, including DePaul
University, Columbia College, Iowa State
University, Earlham College, Wheaton College, Western Michigan
University, Valparaiso University, Elgin Community College,
Waubonsee Community College, Columbia Basin Community
College, North Hennepin Community College and many more…He
will host a book signing from 11 to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, at
the Morton Arboretum. Click here for details.
The COD Library Philanthropy Center and the College of
DuPage Foundation teamed up recently to host the West
Suburban Philanthropic Network (WSPN), an organization
dedicated to sharing best practices for fund development
in the western suburbs. Dick Chay of Chay McQueen
provided a presentation on donor retention. Pictured
from left: Kathi Wagner, Forest Preserve District of Cook
County; Cathy Brod, Vice President College of DuPage
Thanks
Foundation; Dick Chay, Chay McQueen; and Christine
Kickels, COD Library Philanthropy Center.
Aaron
Thank You…from COD employee Gwendolyn Brunt:
“Dear College Community: Thank you for your thoughtfulness,
comfort and sympathy following the passing of my father. Your
support is greatly appreciated…Gwendolyn.”
KUDOS…to the staff at
Waterleaf who received an
impressive letter of
appreciation from Don
Newcomb of Chicago
Gourment regarding a special
April 1 event: “Chicago
Gourmets were blown away by
the service, cuisine, wines and
ambience last night at Waterleaf. Thank you! Thank you! It
was one of the best...it not THE best (event) of the year…take
a look at our website to see these photos and to events we
have planned. Join us when you can. GREAT EVENT!”
MORE KUDOS…to Dave Starr, COD student and
resident of Lombard, Cindy Crosby of Glen Ellyn and
LeAnn Spencer of Naperville who recently earned first,
second and third place, respectively, in the COD Prairie
Poetry Contest. The amateur poets' works will appear in the
spring 2012 issue of The Prairie Light Review literary
publication. Click here to read the winners’ poems.
Hot Tix for Employees
Hot Tix are half-price tickets for
employees, available at the Ticket
Office with an employee ID. This
weekend:
College Theatre: DOG Sees God – Fri./Sat., 8 pm, $5;
Sun., 2 pm, $5
New Philharmonic: Disney in Concert – Sat., 8 pm,
$27.50; Sun., 3 pm, $27.50
New Features on myAccess for Faculty, Advisors
There is a new feature available in the MyAccess for Faculty and
MyAccess for Advisors menus. The new “Transfer
Equivalencies” link allows faculty/advisors to view course
equivalencies from our database. This is an excellent tool to use
to assist students with determining what courses to take prior to
an official transfer credit evaluation being completed by the
Records office. (Please note that this tool, for advising purposes
only, is not an irrevocable contract between the student and the
College.) There is also a new feature available in the MyAccess
for Students Menu. “Student Forms” has all of the forms
students need in one convenient location. Questions? Call
Katherine Thompson at ext. 2620, thompsnk@cod.edu.
WDCB Interview with David Goldberg…
Last week, Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney
took another step toward the party's nomination with wins in
Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Click here for a recent
interview on WDCB with COD Political Science professor David
Goldberg, who discusses recent election news, including how
other candidates can still impact the general election campaign.
‘The Rise of the Chicago PD, 1850-1895’ April 16
History Assistant Professor Samuel Mitrani will present “The
Rise of the Chicago Police Department, 1850-1895” on Monday,
April 16, from 7 to 8 p.m. in HSC 1234. Click here for details.
Purchasing
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
COD Board of Trustees at the July 2012 Board meeting, all
specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT Equipment
Reviews must be in Purchasing Friday, May 11.
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 webpage after they
have been posted on the COD Portal for seven days. If you have any
questions, please contact Toni Woolsey at 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.