Central DuPage Hospital Simulates Shooting at HEC
Several agencies recently collaborated in an active shooter simulation organized by Central DuPage
Hospital at the Homeland Security Education Center at
COD. Eight paramedic students from CDH participated in the exercise, which included assistance from COD’s
Police Department, COD Emergency Medical Services students, DuPage Public Safety Communications
(DuComm), and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System
(MABAS). Following the “shooting” in the HEC’s street scene lab, CDH students assessed and triaged victims before transporting them to the College’s simulation hospital in the Health and Science Center. Click for more photos and a video of the exercise.
Aug. 8, 2014
Living Leadership’s Overnight Adventure
Last weekend, Student Life’s Living Leadership Program hosted 30 students from 14 different COD clubs and organizations on an overnight retreat to the Pretty Lake
Adventure Center in Michigan. Participants cooked their own dinners over campfires and “survived” an evening without electricity and running water! The next Living
Laedership activity is a one-day conference on Saturday,
Sept. 13. More info: www.cod.edu/livingleadership .
Dancing Queen
More than 1,400 community members “took a chance” on the weather Friday night and enjoyed a performance by
ABBA MANIA as part of the free Starlight Concert Series at the McAninch Arts Center. Click here for more images.
The free five-week season included five Thursday night family flicks and concludes with the Holmes Brothers tonight (Aug. 8) and a New Philharmonic “Music from
Movies and Broadway next Friday (Aug. 15). All events are held at the MAC’s new Lakeside Pavilion, with specialty food items, beverages, beer and wine served. Click here for more information. The MAC’s regular season kicks off with Grammy Award winner Colbie Caillat on Aug. 29. For show and ticket information, visit www.atthemac.org
or call (630) 942-4000.
Wine Appreciation Certificate
COD”s Wine Appreciation
Certificate is for students with food industry career aspirations or for casual wine enthusiasts.
The program provides students with a strong foundation for pursuing a number of industry certifications, said Hospitality
Coordinator Mary Beth Leone . “We’ve designed these courses to layer information on various regions and grape varieties,” she said. “At the same time, courses that bookend the certificate program can be taken alone, offering noncertificate seekers an opportunity to investigate wine as a personal interest.” Read More
ACE Certification Courses Offered this Fall
COD will offer two computer forensic courses this fall that will prepare students to test for the AccessData Certified
Examiner (ACE) credential. “Our first class offerings last spring were hugely successful, with a near-perfect pass rate for the ACE credential,” said Sam Shamsuddin , assistant professor of CIT and CIS. Read More

Be True to Your School…
Members of the COD Human Resources department
Teaching and Learning Center donned Beach Boys attire as a tribute to the end of summer hours last week. “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” if they lasted all year?
More Kudos to… Journalism and Mass Communications
Professor Sandy Fries whose book, “The Army Behind the
Most Trusted Man in America,” was recently featured in a blog published in the Chicago
Tribune by entertainment guru
Robert Feder.
Fries’ book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary team behind the most trusted and powerful newscast in the history of television: “The CBS News with Walter
Cronkite.” Click here for more info.
More Kudos to...
COD Chemistry students Cody Castle of Bloomingdale and Ina Furxhi of Carol Stream, who are participating in prestigious summer internships at
Northwestern University’s Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center. Castle is conducting a theoretical investigation of different methods for sequestering carbon dioxide, which is the main contributor to climate change.
Furxhi is exploring different technologies that use algae processes for making biofuels and trying to determine which approach is most cost-effective. Castle and Furxhi are at Northwestern thanks in part to a grant through the
College Foundation’s Resource for Excellence program.
More Kudos to… Adjunct Earth Science instructor and author Rick Polad , who was interviewed about his third Spencer
Manning Mystery, “Harbor Nights” in
Suburban Life newspapers and by
WDCB 90.9 news .
Polad is at work on his fourth novel. For more information about his books, click here .
Even More Kudos to… COD graduate Tim Kietzman who has provided the illustrations for “The Crack in the
Sidewalk,” a new children’s book written by his mother,
Laurel. The story is about cartoon character “Crack” who journeys to a variety of places. Read More
Chap-a-Palooza Friday, Aug. 22
This year’s Chap-a-Palooza employee picnic is on Friday, Aug. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the MAC Lakeside Pavilion.
Food, games (including a full-size
Jenga, bean bag toss and Frisbee fling), a 3v3 basketball tourney and a Fantastic
Photo Booth are planned for this year’s celebration. All are welcome to attend!
Questions: Chap-a-palooza@cod.edu
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COD Welcomes New Ensemble Directors
The College welcomes new Chamber Orchestra Director Alison
Gaines and new Percussion Ensemble Director Ben Wahlund .
Gaines is currently assistant conductor of the Elmhurst Symphony
Orchestra where she also serves as principal bassist. Wahlund is an award-winning composer, educator and performer who earned a master’s degree in Music Theory and Composition and a
Performance Certificate in percussion from Northern Illinois
University. Read More
Important Note Regarding COD’s Website
The COD Marketing and Communications team has officially taken down the old “home.cod.edu” website. The new MAC website has been up and operational since the end of June, and all search instances in Google are now pointing to their new site. Please update your browsers to remove all bookmarks that point toward the old website. For questions, please contact demasl@cod.edu
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Waterleaf Round Pond Wine Dinner
Waterleaf will host a four-course wine dinner on Wednesday, Aug. 20 featuring pairings with varietals from the Round Pound Estate vineyards in Rutherford, Calif. For tickets, call
(630) 942-6881. For more info, visit waterleafrestaurant.com
New Student Orientation Aug. 12, 13 and 14
Please welcome the new learners at COD who will attend this fall’s New Student Orientation sessions on Aug. 12, 13 and 14 in the McAninch Arts Center. Click here to meet this fall’s student orientation leaders in a new video, “NSO – Go With the Flow,” and click here to view some comments from parents about last year’s sessions.
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
Board of Trustees at the Nov. 20, 2014 , Board meeting, all specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT equipment reviews must be in Purchasing by Thursday, Sept. 11, 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 .