April 24, 2015
‘Artivism’ Memorializes Kenyan Students
College of DuPage Art Students recently hosted an AllSchool Mourn-In to memorialize the university students
recently murdered at Garissa University in Kenya. Exactly
147 students, faculty, staff and community members lay
side by side in the McAninch Arts Center Lobby to
represent the students who were killed by al-Shabab
militants on April 2. Click here for photos, click here to
read more and click here for an article published in the
Chicago Tribune.
A ‘Peep’ at the Great Outdoors
As a green campus, it’s fitting that College of DuPage faculty
and staff also choose to recycle their Easter goodies. The
second annual CODFA-sponsored All College Peep Show
was a great success! Winners are: 1st Prize – Global Studies
“Peeps Gone Wild” (above – even with a slight deduction for
cannibalism around the campfire); 2nd Prize – Bettylynn and
Jeannine: “Peepin’ Fit”; and 3rd Prize – Jessica Miciak: “Peep
Busters.” Honorable mentions go to the Office of Student
Records for the “Best Personal Touch” award; “Best Pun”
award goes to Little Bow Peep; and “Most Misunderstood”
goes to McPeeps. Take a moment to view all of the entries.
And then click here to read “11 Things You Didn’t Know
About Peeps.”
The primary purpose of the COD Foundation is to support our
students, which is why the Foundation is reaching out to
employees to assist with this important mission through the
2015 COD4COD Employee Giving program. Employees may
contribute to any grant, scholarship or program they feel most
passionate about, and please remember that all donations go
directly to support students. Last year, COD employees raised
nearly $33,000 for student scholarships and programs. Please
take a moment to read more about the impact of these donations
in the COD4COD Newsletter, April 2015 edition. To make an
online donation today, please click here. Questions? Please call
ext. 2642 or email foundation@cod.edu. Thank you!
Students Find Magical Success
through Internships at Disney
COD student Julianne Wiggins
(left) enjoys her role as Tinkerbell
during a recent internship at
Disney World in Florida. Each
year, 30 to 40 students take part
in the Disney College Program,
which offers both credit and noncredit internships. “The program
provides an incredible opportunity
for students,” said Sara Kirby,
COD Assistant Manager of
Career Services. “They learn critical transferable skills such as
customer service, effective communication, problem solving and
teamwork.” Read More
New MRI Advanced Certificate
Program at COD
College of DuPage is offering a
new Magnetic Resonance
Imaging Advanced Certificate
program that will enable existing
radiographers and nuclear
medicine technologists to earn
certification as an MRI
technologist. MRI Program
Director and Radiation Therapy
Professor Jeff Papp said students completing the program are
eligible to take the certification exam in Magnetic Resonance
Imaging offered by the American Registry of Radiologic
Technologists. “Even though this new program doesn’t start until
fall semester, we have been receiving phone calls for months from
interested students and from clinics who want to send current
employees for training,” he said. Read More
Hurrah for Horticulture!
The six COD students above recently competed and placed
in the top half of the colleges and universities across the
U.S. at the National Collegiate Landscape Competition,
known as the “at the “Olympics of Landscaping.” Click here
for details. In addition, a team of Horticulture students
(below) were recently recognized at the Illinois Landscape
Contractors Association Excellence in Landscape Awards
Night for their exceptional efforts at the annual ILCA 2015
Landscape Design Contest for College and High School
Students. Click here to read more. "The ILCA's annual
awards showcase the best student landscape designs in
Illinois," said Brian Clement, COD Horticulture instructor.
“We are extremely proud of all of our students who
competed at these prestigious events.”
COD Welcomes Glen Ellyn’s ‘Sister City’
College of DuPage Executive Vice President Joe Collins (right)
greets Patrick Bobet, Mayor of Le Bouscat, France, Glen Ellyn’s
“Sister City” with Glen Ellyn Village Manager Mark Franz (far
left). Click here for more photos. The guests toured the
College’s main campus, including the Homeland Security
Education Center, Health and Science Center and Culinary and
Hospitality Center, as part of a two-day itinerary planned during
Mayor Bobet’s stay in Glen Ellyn.
CODCON XX Draws Record Crowd
The College of DuPage Sci-Fi/Fantasy Club drew a recordbreaking 350 participants from as far away as Colorado,
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana at its annual gaming
convention, “CODCON XX: Gamers…Assemble.” This year’s
convention featured a broad range of gaming attractions,
including anime, classic and contemporary board games,
discussion panels, Live Action Role Playing (LARP) and roleplaying games (RPG), miniatures and video games, as well as
concessions, game demos and vendor stands. Click here for
more photos from the event.
COD Cares at Hamdard Center
COD Cares Action Heroes recently tapped into their “inner
Rembrandt” to paint community rooms at Hamdard Center
in Addison. In addition to painting, the crew sorted
donations and rearranged storage closets. Hamdard Center
is a not-for-profit health and social service agency whose
mission is to promote the physical and emotional health and
psychological well-being of individuals and families in the
South Asian and Middle Eastern communities. Please
click here for additional photos.
Dental Hygiene Clinic
Provides Great Value
The Dental Hygiene Clinic
at College of DuPage
provides state-of-the-art
training and hands-on
experience to students while
providing valuable services to
the community at a discounted rate. “This clinic reflects the
College’s commitment to both providing students with the best
possible training and career preparation while providing community
members with affordable services that meet their evolving needs,”
said Dental Hygiene Program Coordinator Patti Belmonte.
Read More
April Service Anniversaries
10 Years: Heather Burroughs, Peer Tutoring; James Ferro,
Staff Services
15 Years: Noel Hayden, Office and Classroom Technology;
Rosendo Holguin, Facilities, Operations and Maintenance;
James Martner, President’s Office
25 Years: Christopher Wilson, Office and Classroom
Technology
Kudos to…Chemistry Professor Richard Jarman who
recently presented “Strategies for Funding Undergraduate
Research at the Community College” at the American
Chemical Society’s meeting in Denver. In his presentation,
Richard included a description of the COD Foundation’s
Resource for Excellence grants program, which has been used
to provide student internships at Northwestern University.
More Kudos to…The Suburban Law Enforcement Academy
who, with the Illinois State Police, recently co-hosted the
“Criminal History Record Information Training Symposium.”
More than 300 people attended the event, which provided
information for non-criminal justice users to assist them with
making educated decisions regarding the hiring and licensing
of potential child care providers, health care workers, local
governmental, school and retail employees, as well as general
employment staff. Special thanks to Donna DiCosola, Trisha
Augustyn, Cathy Russo and Amanda Barton.
ACT-SO Gold Winners!
Eleven students were awarded gold medals in 14 categories at
this year's DuPage ACT-SO Awards. The students will move on to
compete at nationals in Philadelphia in July. Altogether, 34
students representing 24 area high schools placed in the DuPage
County ACT-SO Local Competition held March 21 at College of
DuPage in the areas of Science, Business, Humanities,
Performing Arts and Visual Arts categories. Click here for more
photos and click here to read more.
More Kudos to…members of the WDCB 90.9 fm team
who surpassed their Spring Pledge Drive goal of 1,000
contributions by reaching 1,200-plus contributions totaling
more than $125,000! To support WDCB, please call
ext. 4200 or visiting WDCB.org.
Library Service Survey Now Through May 11
Please take a five-minute Library survey to assist with
improvements to current and future services. All participants
are entered into a drawing to win one of several Amazon gift
cards ($25, $50, $100). For more information, please visit
www.cod.edu/library. The deadline is Monday, May 11.
CBYX Host Families Needed
COD is seeking summer hosts for German participants of the
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young
Professionals (CBYX). The CBYX program offers exceptional
young professionals from Germany the opportunity to study
and gain valuable work experience through classes and
internships while immersed in American culture. Read More
April Images Program
“Images,” College of DuPage’s monthly one-half hour
television show, features in its April edition segments on the
College’s Surgical Technology program and the Unlock Your
Future Internship Fair and Networking Event for culinary and
hospitality students. View the episode on YouTube.
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Submit applications now through
April 30 for the Foundation’s 2015
Distinguished Alumni Awards.
Click here to read more about the
award and application process.
Congrats to the 24 faculty members who have recently retired or
are retiring soon! Please click here for photos and to read more
about a receptions that was recently held in their honor.
Make Sure to Keep Up with What’s Happening at COD!
Please stop by this Saturday to check out the release of the
Meteorology program’s first-ever weather balloon! Keep
up-to-date on all things happening at COD by bookmarking:
www.cod.edu/calendar.
Purchasing Dates
Please contact the COD 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.