June 5, 2014
Restaurateurs from Shanghai and Beijing Visit CHC
COD Dean of Continuing Education/Extended Learning
Joe Cassidy hosted a tour of the Culinary & Hospitality
Center for Tim Lai, former head of operations for
McDonald's Corporation in China, and Awad P. Sifri, former
international marketing director for McDonald's Corporation,
along with more than 50 restaurateurs and owners/operators
from the Shanghai and Beijing regions of China. The group
visited the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago
Psychotropic
then
stopped by Tom and Eddies and COD before moving on
to New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Please
click here for more photos from this visit. Read More
Future Fan
Hundreds of community members attended the recent
College of DuPage Open House. The free event included
tours of the renovated McAninch Arts Center, Physical
Education Center and the Library. Additional activities
included presentations by Chris Jones, Chicago Theater
Critic and author of the new book “Bigger, Brighter, Louder,”
and Raymond Benson, College of DuPage adjunct faculty
member who is the first American author to be commissioned
to write official James Bond novels. Click here for
more photos and a video from the event.
Summer Hours Now Through Aug. 1
Summer hours at COD run now through
Friday, Aug. 1. Please make sure to leave
Out of Office messages on both your email
and voice mail when you leave for the
weekend. For information on summer hour
exceptions, please visit www.cod.edu/summerhours.
Omar Escamilla is COD’s
New Student Trustee
Omar Escamilla of Hanover
Park will represent the student
perspective as the new Student
Trustee at College of DuPage.
Escamilla was elected by his
peers and will serve through
April 2015. In addition,
Escamilla was recently named to the U.S. Department of
State's Gilman International Scholarship Program. He will
study abroad this summer on COD's month-long language
program to Siena, Italy. "I feel like I'm equipped, and I'm
really excited to start my work," Escamilla said. "I want all
current and future students to get the best of out their college
experience, and I want to represent all student opinions in
the board room." Read More
Lyons Township Community Night
Indian Head Park Mayor Richard Andrews makes remarks
at the College’s recent Lyons Township Community Night.
The 10th event of its kind hosted by the Community Relations
office at COD, the evening included an overview of the
College’s relationship with Lyons Township residents and
provided feedback for the College to use as part of its
Strategic Long Range Plan. Click here for more photos.
Kudos to…Latino Student Outreach Center
Coordinator Saraliz Jimenez, who received a
wonderful thank-you note from a Downers Grove
North High School student who visited campus as
part of Latino Student Visit Day, an event that
covered information about the College and was
kicked off by motivational speaker Carlos Ojeda Jr.
The student offered rave reviews for the personal
connection he felt as well as the expertise of the
speakers. “I felt as though the field trip was very
beneficial to me personally. It not only touched base
with me on a more academic level, but I felt a more
personal connection. All guest speakers and talents
helped me to embrace my culture and my ethnicity as
a Hispanic young man.”
More Kudos to…members of the College of DuPage
Testing Center who were selected to present at the National
College Testing Association (NCTA) Conference in Denver
this fall. The testing team of Sherry Machacek, Jarret Dyer
and Lori Lach will present “Evolution of a Testing Center,”
which will focus on how the COD Testing Center handled
changes imposed by technological advances and then went
on to develop innovative changes of their own to transform the
Testing Center into the successful multi-tasking operation that
it is today.
Even More Kudos to…Multimedia Services Manager
Dave Gorski who was featured in a recent issue of
Western Michigan University’s MyWMU online publication.
Click here to read the article.
Student, Faculty, Alum Spotlights
Please take a moment to read about the fantastic
achievements of our faculty, students and alums on our
Spotlight page: visit www.cod.edu/spotlights.
WDCB Volunteers Needed
WDCB 90.9fm will be conducting
its end-of-fiscal-year pledge drive
Wednesday, June 25, through
Friday, June 27. There are also
some openings on Saturday and
Sunday, June 21 and 22. The
station is looking for volunteers
who would be interested in
answering phones and entering
pledges directly into the computer. Please contact WDCB’s
Phil Zuber at ext. 4192 or by email zuberp@cod.edu to
volunteer. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
As the College summer session is in full swing, the COD4COD
committee along with the Foundation would like you to consider
further supporting this institution through COD4COD, the employee
giving campaign. Our goal is to reach 25 percent participation –
please make a donation today by going to www.cod.edu/cod4cod.
Every dollar makes a difference and goes directly to the
programmatic or scholarship fund of your choice – your support is
greatly appreciated!
June 10 Free Lecture: ‘The
Science and Culture of
Psychotropic Drugs’
Guest speaker Richard J. Miller,
author of “Drugged: The Science
and Culture Behind Psychotropic
Drugs,” will host a free lecture and
discussion at COD on Tuesday,
June 10, at 6 p.m. in BIC 1724. Miller obtained his Ph.D. from
Cambridge University in the U.K. in 1975 and joined the faculty of
the University of Chicago where he was the William Mabie
Professor of Neuroscience. Since 2000, Miller he has worked at the
Northwestern University Medical School where he is the Alfred
Newton Richards Professor. Read More
Treat yourself this summer!
The student clinic is accepting
one-hour appointments this
summer for $25 on Fridays
between 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Support our senior Massage
Therapy students and schedule
your appointment at
www.cod.edu/massageclinic by selecting Student Massage.
Checks and credit/debit card payments are accepted. For more
information, call ext. 2208.
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
Board of Trustees at the Aug. 21, 2014, Board meeting, all
specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT equipment reviews
must be in Purchasing by Thursday, June 12, 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.