March 8, 2013
Let it Snow!
COD student Jacob Warring of Joliet enjoys the winter
weather outside the College’s Student Services Center
following the first real snow of the season last week.
Click here for more photos.
Writers Read Hosts Bich
Minh Nguyen March 11
Acclaimed author Bich Minh
Nguyen will read and discuss
her work at College of DuPage on
Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in
HSC 1234.This free event, cosponsored by the Creative
Writing committee and the Asian
Studies committee, is part COD’s
“Writer's Read” series, which
brings authors to COD for
readings and discussions.
Nguyen's memoir Stealing
Buddha's Dinner, released in 2007, received the PEN/Jerard Award
from the PEN American Center and was a Chicago Tribune Best
Book of 2007, a Kiriyama Prize Notable Book, and an Asian
American Literature Award finalist. Her novel Short Girls was
released in 2009 and won an American Book Award in fiction and
named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal. Read More
Reminder: Verify Your COD Alerts Info!
Please take a few minutes to verify your contact
information on COD Alerts, the College’s weather closing
and emergency notification system. Check your
settings via the COD employee portal by clicking on the
Emergency Alerts/COD Alerts link found on the right side
of the portal home page. You can also test the text and
email messaging portion of COD Alerts through this page
to make sure your account is active. For questions, please
call the IT Help Desk at ext. 4357 (HELP) or email
helpdesk@cod.edu.
Harlem Shake Quakes SSC
More than 300 students (and one groovin’ administrator)
took time out from their studies to dress up and get
down to the Harlem Shake last week in the Student
Services Center. Click here to watch!
COD Hosts Aurora Community Night
Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner was a featured guest at
last week’s community night attended by more than
60 governmental, educational and corporate leaders
from this western suburb. Read More
COD Theater Program
Spotlights Student Success
A large number of former COD theater
students have recently captured career
success in a variety of roles and venues
locally and nationwide. Naperville
native Matt Armstrong (left) attended
College of DuPage after securing a John
Belushi Memorial Scholarship, which he
received for two consecutive years. “I
think College of DuPage had a better
theater department than I would find at any regular four-year
schools,” he said. Read More
Double Kudos
to…Physics students
Alyssa Bowes of
Glen Ellyn and Jaime
Bryant of Woodridge
who were recently
invited to attend the
Conference on
Undergraduate Women in Physics held at the University of
Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. Bowes and Bryant were the
only two community college students among the more than
170 attendees at the sixth annual event. Activities included
a career panel, a graduate student panel and an
undergraduate research panel. Read More
More Kudos to…the WDCB 90.9fm team, whose
Facebook page has recently set a new high, with 3,748
“likes” reported this week and a reach of 4,222 people from
Feb. 25 to March 3 – that’s an additional reach of nearly
2,000 individuals since early February! Join here:
https://www.facebook.com/WDCBradio.
Even More Kudos to…COD’s Autismerica club, which
was featured recently in Glancer magazine in an article that
highlighted the student organization’s two-year anniversary.
Click here to read.
ACT-SO Competition
at COD March 16
College of DuPage will host
the annual Afro-Academic,
Cultural, Technical and
Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO)
on Saturday, March 16, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Services Center and the
Student Resource Center, Room 2000. Faculty, staff and
community members are invited to view the Performing Arts
(excluding playwriting), Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship
categories as they are being judged. The Visual Arts and
Science projects are also open to the public after 2 p.m.
There is no charge for admission. Read More
CNN Article…
According to a recent article published by CNN Money,
nearly 30 percent of Americans with associate’s degrees
now earn more than those with bachelor’s degrees.
Click here to read!
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: Spoon River Anthology –
Thurs-Sat, 8 pm; Sun, 5 pm, K Theatre, $5
www.atthemac.org
Ladies Night Out at
Waterleaf March 13
Waterleaf restaurant is
hosting its popular “Ladies
Night Out” on Wednesday,
March 13, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Click here for photos from
the sold-out LNO in January.
The cover for is $20 plus gratuities, and the evening includes hors
d'oeuvres and two drinks per person. Register today at ext. 6881!
Tune In the March Edition of ‘Images’
“Images,” COD's monthly half-hour cable television show, features
in its March edition segments on the College's innovative 3+1
programs, an introduction to Waterleaf’s new Executive Chef
Nadia Tilkian and a cooking segment with Culinary Professor
Chris Thielman. Click here to watch!
Sonography Student in
Recent Issue of ‘People’
Sonography student Michelle
Larson and her twin brother,
Tom, were recently featured in
People magazine for their
combined 270 pound weight
loss. The duo was part of the
magazine's celebration of individuals who have lost weight and kept
it off. Read the article here!
‘Business Strategies for the New Economy’ March 21
The COD Office of Continuing Education/Extended Learning will
host “Business Strategies for the New Economy: Ways to Mitigate
Your Risk,” on Thursday, March 21, from 8 a.m. to noon, in the
Homeland Security Education Center. This free event features two
tracks – one geared toward people who own established businesses
and one for people starting new businesses. Read More
Next Week at COD:
- Brown Bag Lecture: Egypt Today March 11 – Read More
- Fighting Apartheid: The Political Activism of San
Francisco Longshore Workers March 11 – Read More
- Venezuela & the Global Food Crisis March 12 – Read More
- Health Care Professionals Panel Discussion March 12 –
Read More
- Fine and Applied Arts Faculty Showcase March 13 Read More
- State Universities Transfer Day March 14 – Read More
- Coping With Loss Workshop March 14 – Read More
- Paying for College March 16 – Read More
Purchasing Dates
For an item to be recommended for purchasing approval to the Board
of Trustees at the June 20, 2013, Board meeting, all specifications,
rationales, requisitions and IT Equipment Reviews must be in
Purchasing by Thursday, April 11, 2013.
Job Opportunities
To view and apply for any posted internal job opportunity, go to:
http://inside.cod.edu. Login using your network ID, click on the
“employees” tab, “COD Links” then “internal job opportunities.” Job
opportunities will be posted to the external web page after they have
been posted on the COD Portal for seven days. If you have any
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.