June 4, 2015
Chris Miller 2014-2015 Overall Outstanding Faculty
Associate professor of Speech Chris Miller is the Overall
Outstanding Faculty Member for 2014-2015. The Lombard
resident first took an interest in speech in high school, but he
also wanted to pursue football. A significant skiing injury
ended his athletic dreams, so Miller enrolled at Solano
Community College in California. When taking a speech class
at Solano, however, Miller quickly was recruited by his
teacher, Janene Whitesell, to join the forensics team. He
traveled with the team to participate in the national Phi Rho Pi
national speech tournament in San Francisco, where he
earned a gold medal and was impressed by the excellence of
one particular Illinois school. “That’s where I learned about
COD,” he said. “I didn’t even know the school’s name was
College of DuPage. I just knew it as COD and that it was
great.” Read More
Caitlin Luetger 2014-2015 Overall Outstanding PT Faculty
Adjunct Humanities faculty and lecturer Caitlin Luetger is
COD’s Overall Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Member for
2014-2015. The Woodridge resident said when she was ready
for college, she thought her career would be in sports. “I went
to Texas A&M on an archery scholarship, and I thought I’d do
sports forever,” she said. “But because of a rotator cuff injury, I
had to reevaluate what I wanted to do.” It was a general
internship at the DuPage County Historical Museum that led
Luetger to teaching. In particular, Luetger said she liked the
classroom-like settings associated with her job and realized
that’s where she wanted to be. Read More
COD Honors Engineering Pathways Students
During a recent reception, approximately 150 prospective,
current and former Engineering Pathways students and
family members were on hand to welcome incoming
engineering students, recognize current Pathways students
and congratulate students who have completed the program
and are headed to the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign (UIUC) this fall. This innovative option for students
provides seamless transfer and guaranteed admission to the
prestigious baccalaureate Engineering program at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read More
2014-2015 Outstanding Divisional Faculty and Advisors
Twenty faculty members and advisors were recently
recognized by the College of DuPage Board. Featured in the
photo above are (front row, left to right): Helen Feng, Carol
Giegerich, Board Chairman Kathy Hamilton, Dilyss Gallyot,
Overall PT Faculty Member Caitlin Luetger and Caroline Soo;
(back row, left to right): Danica Hubbard, Bill Carmody,
Mike Foss, Acting Interim President Joe Collins and Overall
Outstanding Faculty Member Chris Miller. Click here to read
more about this year’s recipients.
Kudos to…Associate Dean and
Library Director Blake Walter (left)
and Librarian Debra Smith who
welcomed teachers Allie Morales and
Lisa Bauer and the Early Childhood
Education Center kindergarten class
to a Library field trip on May 14. The
group toured the Library, asked
questions at the reference desk,
picked out books, read a story,
explored the human skeleton and
checked out books at circulation. Even
the students intensely cramming for
those last few finals took a moment to
smile and watch the kids discover the
many wonders found in the Library’s
great new space.
College of DuPage Chairman Kathy Hamilton congratulates
Paolo Mazza and fellow members of the College’s Phi Theta
Kappa Chapter at a recent Board of Trustees meeting.
Students, under the direction of Speech Communications
Professor Steve Schroeder earned numerous awards at the
recent Phi Theta Kappa International Convention recently
held in San Antonio, Texas. The College’s PTK Chapter
was named a Top 100 Chapter among the more than 3,500 in
the Society and received the Distinguished Honors in Action
Project Award and Distinguished Theme Award – Honors in
Action. Additionally, the COD Chapter received a $500 award
for its winning Honors Case Study Challenge entry, “Mental
Health: America’s Forgotten Frontier.”
More Kudos to…English Professor and author Tom Fate who
recently reviewed David Gessner’s latest book “All the Wild That
Remains” for the Chicago Tribune.
Even More Kudos to… Mass
Communications Assistant Professor
Sandy Fries who was recently
interviewed on Pop Culture Tonight
about his latest book, “Walter
Cronkite’s Army” – an inside, behindthe-scenes look at the “CBS Evening
News With Walter Cronkite.”
Need Some Tips for Summer Grilling?
Tune in to a recent Arts and Culture program with WDCB News
Coordinator Brian O’Keefe and Culinary Professor Chris
Theilman.
Volunteer with WDCB at Chicago Blues Fest!
Love blues? Love WDCB? Please consider volunteering for a twohour shift at WDCB’s “Chicago Blues Fest” booth June 12 to 14. All
volunteers receive a free T-shirt! If interested, please complete web
form at WDCB.org, or contact Ken Scott at ScottK@cod.edu.
On Friday, May 29, it only took an hour for 20 COD Action
Heroes to separate and clean more than 5,000 tulip bulbs for
planting in various Little Friends group home properties.
Click here for more photos. REMINDER: There are only two
more opportunities to use compensated service time for
COD Cares before the fiscal year is over. Please visit
www.cod.edu/codcares for more information.
Free Summer Tours of the Russell R. Kirt Prairie
Free tours of the Russell Kirt Prairie are available this summer
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, Wednesday,
July 15, and Wednesday, August 26. Participants will learn
about the wildlife, plants and natural processes of the prairie
ecosystem as they take a guided walk through the College’s
prairie restorations. Tours start at the northwest trailhead of
the Kirt Prairie near the west end of the Health and Science
Center on the College’s main campus. Read More
Adjunct Faculty Team Site Training June 9 and 10
Navigate the exciting new Adjunct Faculty Team Site at two training
sessions on Tuesday, June 9, at 10 a.m. or Wednesday, June 10,
at 2:30 p.m. Both of these free sessions will take place in
SRC 2023 (in the Library). Visit the site by logging in to
inside.cod.edu, then click on Menu (upper left corner of the portal
home page) > Team Sites > Part-Time Adjunct Faculty. For more
information, please call ext. 2303.
Purchasing Dates
Please contact the College of DuPage Purchasing Department at
(630) 942-2217 for questions about dates required for purchasing
approval for upcoming Board of Trustees meetings.
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.