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 non-credit 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

April 24, 2015

‘Artivism’ Memorializes Kenyan Students College of DuPage Art Students recently hosted an All-School 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.

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!

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.”

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

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 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.

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 record-breaking 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 role-playing games (RPG), miniatures and video games, as well as concessions, game demos and vendor stands. Click here for more photos from the event.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.