April 18, 2014
Age Well Event Attracts 450 Participants
Christine Benz, Director of Personal Finance for
Morningstar, Inc., speaks with a participant during the
Age Well event held last week at College of DuPage.
Hosted by the Continuing Education/Extended
Learning office, the daylong program attracted more
than 450 visitors who gathered for information and to
celebrate wellness in mind, body and spirit in the
second half of life. Click here for photos. Read More
Emmanuel Awuah New AVP
of Academic Affairs
COD’s new Associate Vice
President of Academic Affairs
is Emmanuel B. Awuah. A
native of Ghana, Awuah has
spent much of his career at
community colleges and most
recently served as Vice President of Academic and Global
Initiatives at SUNY Onondaga Community College in
Syracuse, New York. “It is the leadership, the excellent
faculty and staff as well as the support of the community
that continue to make COD one of the best community
colleges in the nation. Seeing that the administration is
bold and courageous in its decisions assures me I’m in
the right place,” he said. Read More
COD Wins National Strategic Planning Award
College of DuPage is a winner of the 2014 Richard
Goodman Strategic Planning Award from the
Association for Strategic Planning. "We know
our Strategic Long Range Plan drives action and
produces results. Our first such plan in 2010 helped
guide us as we grew as an institution, adding to our
academic programming and planning for future
infrastructure needs," said President Dr. Robert L.
Breuder. "Our process has remained true to our
students and the community we serve. Read More
New Advanced Digital
Manufacturing Center
College of DuPage is
preparing to roll out DuPage
County’s newest advanced
manufacturing training and
development resource. The
Advanced Digital
Manufacturing Center will provide expertise, technology and
space to meet current and emerging, highly sophisticated
technical training needs. There are 406,700 manufacturing jobs
in the Chicago, Joliet and Naperville areas, according to the
Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, with roughly
52,000 in DuPage County and an estimated need of 9,000
manufacturing workers in DuPage over the next 10 years. “These
jobs require highly skilled, trained professionals,” said Business
and Technology Dean Donna Stewart. “This center will enable
College of DuPage to meet this employer need.” Read More
New WeatherBug Partnership Enhances Meteorology
Program and Community Safety
Assistant Meteorology Professor Victor Gensini (left) joins
Meteorology Professor Paul Sirvatka on top of the Berg
Instructional Center for a closer view of the College’s new
WeatherBug system. WeatherBug is an international
network of real-time weather and lightening detection
systems that provide millions of people worldwide with
weather-related information. Through the partnership, COD
has installed a new station that monitors the weather,
providing information that is being used in the classroom and
by Chicago media. In addition, a new website provides local
weather conditions for both the campus and the community.
“The administration understood the importance of being part
of an international WeatherBug network,” Sirvatka said, “Our
meteorology students are using this to study weather, and
local media such as WGN, ABC7 and FOX5 are using our
data during their on-air broadcasts, helping to ensure the
safety of our residents.” Read More
Secretary of State Jesse White
at COD April 21
Secretary of State Jesse White
will discuss the importance of
organ and tissue donation as
part of the “Be a Hero”
campaign on Monday, April 21,
at 11 a.m. in the SSC Atrium.
More than 5,000 Illinois
residents are currently waiting for a lifesaving organ, with a new
person added to this list every 10 minutes. In addition on April
21, the Student Leadership Council will host a donor registration
drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the SSC Atrium.
Kudos to…members of the COD Marketing and
Communications team who earned six awards at the
recent National Council for Marketing and Public
Relations (NCMPR) annual conference – the highest
number of awards received by any community college.
It is the only national competition that honors
excellence among 1,550-plus marketing and PR
professionals from more than 650 two-year colleges in
the U.S. COD received three gold awards for impact
magazine, radio advertising and Images cable
television program; one silver for our “I’m going to x
but I started at College of DuPage” advertising series;
and two bronze awards for media coverage of the
College’s 3+1 program and alumni ads.
COD Cares ‘Day of Action’ Ice Cream Social Kick-Off Event
COD is responding to the needs of the community and taking
action. Stop by the SSC Atrium between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 29, to become a COD Action Hero. Select at
least one service activity and you’ll receive a special COD Cares
package. Everyone who registers for an activity before 5 p.m. on
Friday, May 2, will automatically qualify to win an iPad!
Click here for donation and action station information or visit
www.cod.edu/codcares.
Crayon Collection Thru May 6
The Endowment for Future
Generations (EFG) student club is
hosting a crayon drive (new or
used) to assist project SCARCE.
Drop off boxes are by the Library,
cafeteria, Starbucks, BIC 2707 and
the HSC lobby.
More Kudos to…the team at Waterleaf who earned high
praise in the respected Foodie Sisters Blog. Click here to
read the review.
More Kudos to…all employees at COD! NerdScholar, a
financial literacy website for students, recently published a
study on top Illinois cities on the rise. Glen Ellyn ranked
number nine – in large part due to College of DuPage.
Click here to read more about this study.
More Kudos to…
The student Human
Services Network Club
who worked hard to
promote a screening of
the documentary “Brave
Miss World” featuring
Miss World Linor
Arbigail (second from
left), who discussed the sexual assault she experienced just
weeks before winning the pageant in 1998. More than 150
guests attended this special event held in honor of April as
Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness Month.
Hot Tix for Employees
Hot Tix are half-price tickets for
employees, available at the
Ticket Office with an employee
ID. This weekend:
College Theater – Dreams of Antigone: Fri./Sat., 8 p.m.,
Sun., 3 p.m., MAC Playhouse Theatre, $5
www.atthemac.org
Next Week at COD:
• “A Splinter in the Mind: The Matrix Movie Through Hinduism,
April 21. Read More
• “Cultivating Women” Film Screening and Discussion, April 21.
Read More
• U.S.-Cuba Relations: Prospects for Normalization, April 23.
Read More
• Adult Education Expo, April 24. Read More
• 3+1 College Fair. April 24. Read More
• Campus Visit Day, April 25. Read More
• Music of the Great Migration, April 25. Read More
• Chaparral Fitness Grand Opening, April 26. Read More
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the
Board of Trustees at the July 17, 2014, Board meeting, all
specifications, rationales, requisitions and IT equipment
reviews must be in Purchasing by Thursday, May 25, 2014.
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.