AlumNews Winter 2011

College of Lake County

AlumNewsPUBLISHED FOR GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY WINTER 201 1

World Class Education

Inside:

New Era in Overseas Study

China Semester, Experience of a Lifetime

Going Global on Campus

120 Students, 39 CountriesCollege of Lake County

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

AlumNews is published three times a year by the College of Lake County's Office

of Alumni Relations and Special Events.

Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events JULIE SHROKA

Administrative Secretary DORAE BLOCK

To submit story ideas, e-mail Dave Fink,AlumNews editor, at [email protected]

or call him at (847) 543-2243.

You can also share ideas and comments at the CLC alumni Web site, at www.clcroundtable.org.

To Our Readers:The College of Lake County has, for

decades, offered opportunities for students,faculty and alumni to broaden their knowl-edge of other countries and cultures. But in the shrinking, Web-connected world andnow-global economy of the 21st century, aglobal education is more important than ever.

In this issue, you’ll read how the collegehas increased its number of travel abroadprograms, forged a growing friendship withChina and has seen a growing number of international students on campus.

Through these stories, we hope you will appreciate how the college has becomeits own “mini United Nations,” working tobroaden world views and create a workforcethat is fully equipped for a global marketplace.

Julie ShrokaDirector of Alumni Relations and Special Events

ContentsFEATURES

3 New Era in CLC Overseas StudyChina and Lake County may be on opposite sides of the earth geographically, but an international education program is drawing together students from thesetwo different cultures.

4 China Semester, Experience of a LifetimeWhat happens when American students—raised in a culture that values individualism and personal space—attend college in the world’s most populous nation?

5 Going Global on CampusTo manage a growing cadre of programs focused on international education, theCollege of Lake County created a new Center for International Education in 2010.

7 120 Students, 39 Countries: Our Own UNStudents from around the globe find the College of Lake County a great place to work toward a degree, learn about American culture and meet other international students.

8 The World’s a ClassroomTo provide shorter overseas study opportunities, the College of Lake County has been offering two- and three-week field study courses since the 1980s, visitingfar-flung places from Scandinavia to South Africa.

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10 Class Notes

11 News Roundup

12 Upcoming Events

Cover: Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China is one of many sites CLC students and faculty visit when participating in CLC’s China Semester Abroad.

Green and Accountable: The revamped AlumNews is printed on recycled paper at the same cost as the previous newsletter format.

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New Era in Overseas StudyCLC is seeking grants to offer students expanded opportunities for international study.

“One of the oldest countriesin the world is transitioningfrom an agrarian society to an industrial society…”

—Professor Michael Latza

required flexibility—and a sense of humor, hesaid. “I assigned (the Chinese) students to read‘The Vacuum,’ a Howard Nemerov poem inwhich a vacuum cleaner is part of the imagery,”Latza explained. “But it turned out that none ofthe students knew what a vacuum cleaner was,because they came from modest-income house-holds that never had carpets. So, I had to take a step back and explain the appliance. It was aneye opener.”

China and Lake County may be on oppo-site ends of the Earth geographically, buta College of Lake County international

education program is serving as a powerfulmagnet drawing students from these two verydifferent places and cultures closer together.

With funding from a $150,000 grant fromthe U.S. Department of Education, plus supple-mental scholarship support from the CLC Founda-tion, the college has been offering overseas studyopportunities, faculty exchanges and East Asian-focused course content. The funding is helpingto launch a new era in the college’s interna-tional education programming. “In the past,we’ve offered short-term overseas study trips, but now we will increasingly be seeking grantsto offer more varied and expanded internationalstudy,” said CLC President Dr. Jerry Weber.

Semester-long study abroad programs, held atXi’an International University in Xi’an, China,have been offered annually since fall 2008. Thewhirlwind, four-month stay combines course-work in Chinese language, history and culturealong with liberal-arts electives such as historyand economics. Visits to the Forbidden City, TerraCotta Warriors and other attractions, along withdaily cultural immersion, augment the classes.

“We’re at a critical point in world history, andit was incredible to visit China, which is in themidst of social changes which future generationswill only read about,” said Professor MichaelLatza. He led a group of CLC students to China infall 2008 and while there taught English literatureclasses to Chinese students. “One of the oldestcountries in the world is transitioning from anagrarian society to an industrial society, becomingthe fourth largest economy in the world.”

Latza was impressed with the way the Chinese value community and friendships.However, coping with cultural differences

In addition to the semester-long programs,the college sponsored a three-week, business-themed visit to China in 2009, led by businessadministration Professor Venkat Krishna-murthy. During the trip, participants met withbusiness leaders inside the China offices of Boeing, Inc., Olam International, Inc. and Cardinal Health Systems, Inc., and the meetingsoffered opportunities for the participants tolearn Chinese business protocol.

“Compared to American culture, the Chineseprefer to take more time to get to know you beforediscussing a business deal,” Krishnamurthy said.

Andrej Semrl, a research and technologyconsultant for United Airlines, participated inthe trip and was impressed at how hard the Chinese are working to make their businesses

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Past meets future: The child in this rickshaw display in Beijing is growing up in a rapidly changing country.



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other,” she explained. “I can’t imagine the entire student body at an American college attending an outdoor event, let alone sitting in that way.”

Murphy noticed that Chinese studentsmaintain much closer ties with families than do their American counterparts, who often view college as a time to gain independence by reducing contact with parents. “The students in the dorms were constantly checking in with their parents via the phone or Skype,” he explained.

In China, students are also very focused on their studies, Murphy said, whereas in theU.S. students are usually encouraged to balanceacademics with extracurricular and social activ-ities. Even so, Murphy and Styx found that theirChinese classmates were very open to spendingtime with them developing friendships andshowing the U.S. visitors their country. With hisChinese friends, Murphy hiked along the HuaMountain and Styx took a crowded, 17-hour

train ride to see the 231-foot Leshan Buddhastatue in the city of Chengdu.

Murphy and Styx continue to stay in touchwith their Chinese friends through e-mail andSkype. Both believe their international study experience changed them significantly. ForMurphy, who is now a student at Illinois StateUniversity, the experience led to choosing amajor in international business and a careergoal focused on building greater communica-tion and understanding between the U.S. andChina. For Styx, an aspiring counselor now majoring in psychology at DePaul University,the experience changed her worldview.

“I don’t think you can have a full understanding of the impact of what you aredoing unless you understand the world on aninternational scale,” she said “I used to see us (the U.S.) as an island, somewhat separatedfrom other nations. But the world is a smallplace, everything is global and China is a powerful force that can’t be ignored.”

What happens when American students,raised in a culture that values indi-vidualism and personal space, attend

college in the world’s most populous nation?For two CLC grads—Peter Murphy (’10)

and Jessica Styx (’09)—who have taken advantage of the college’s semester-long, studyabroad program in China, the experience was an eye-opener. In China, they observed,“normal” means eight students to a dorm room and college libraries packed with eagerstudents raised in a highly competitive academic environment.

Murphy, a Grayslake resident, and Styx, an Ingleside resident, received CLC Foundationscholarships that helped support their participa-tion in the China program. The two joined 20 other CLC students, accompanied by CLCProfessor of English Michael Latza, in spend-ing the fall 2008 semester in China studying atXi’an International University in Xi’an. Murphyrelished the experience so much that he spent asecond semester in China, participating in CLC’s2009 semester abroad program there.

The CLC students enjoyed a dynamic semester that combined schoolwork, sightseeingand daily immersion in Chinese culture.Coursework included Chinese language, Chinese history and Chinese art and literature.Sightseeing visits included Beijing’s ForbiddenCity, the Terra Cotta warriors and the Great Wall.

Immersed in their Chinese experience, Murphy and Styx saw many cultural differencesfrom life in the U.S. Styx, for example, noticedhow the Chinese students’ view of personalspace was evident not only in dorm rooms, butat large gatherings, too. “At outdoor rallies oncampus, nearly the entire student body wouldturn out, and they sat in tight lines, so struc-tured, perfectly square and aligned next to each

China Semester, Experience of a LifetimeA Semester in China gives CLC grads, students a broadened worldview

CLC students participating in the Fall 2008 semester abroad program in China included Jessica Styx (front row, blond student in black t-shirt) and Peter Murphy(back row, wearing striped t-shirt and baseball cap).


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Dr. Ken Kikuchi, a CLC psychology professorwho will lead a group of 20 students to Japan’sEhime University for a three-week study abroadin 2012. “Many universities offer study abroadopportunities, but community colleges have traditionally offered fewer of these options. CLC wants to change that.”

The college’s students are welcoming thenew opportunities. Polina Mozolev, aGrayslake resident studying environmental science and international relations, is lookingforward to an upcoming three-week trip toIndia’s Pondicherry University May 13-June 4.

“India’s economy is up and coming, and I’dlike to see how their businesses work,” she said.

Encouraging students to be curious aboutother parts of the world, and how their lives areaffected by these far-flung places, is the purposebehind the college’s increasing emphasis on international education.

“It’s a given that our students’ will have towork in a global economy,” Dr. Li-hua Yu said.“We want to give them the knowledge to be able to thrive in the global market.”

Editor’s note: For more information on the Center for International Education, visit http://www.clcillinois.edu/international

To manage a growing cadre of programsfocused on international education, theCollege of Lake County created a new

Center for International Education in 2010.With a staff of four, the center coordinates

recruiting international students and assistingthem once they enroll at CLC. It also managesinternational education grants and works withfaculty on developing courses and instructionalmodules with international content.

Sociology professor Dr. Li-hua Yu is serving as the center’s interim director. Workingwith international students attending the collegeare Tammy Mireles, a recruiter who has traveled to more than 30 countries on behalf ofthe college, and Susan Smith, an internationaladmission specialist who works day to day helping the 120 international students currentlyenrolled at the college with visa issues, livingaccommodations and other concerns. A secretary,Caryn Page, supports Yu, Mireles and Smith.

Besides recruiting students from across theglobe, the center also seeks and manages grantfunding for international education programs.In 2010, these grants, which exceeded $400,000,funded a study abroad program in China, a program bringing students from Egypt, Ghana,India, Indonesia and Pakistan to attend CLC,and development of new study abroad opportu-nities in India, Japan and Jordan. In addition toproviding opportunities for overseas study, the grants are also funding development of newcurriculum for courses offered at CLC. So far,more than 20 CLC instructors have either developed new courses or modified existingcourses to include content on China, JapanIndia, North Korea or South Korea.

Faculty are enthusiastic about the increasingemphasis on international education. “We aretrying to make our school more global,” said

Going Global on Campus New Center for International Education coordinates the college’s global outreach

International students participate in a special orientation when they arrive on campus.



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QiLun “Alan” Zhou (left), a student fromChina, has joined the Center for InternationalEducation in a student worker position, assisting international student recruiter Tammie Mireles (right). Zhou shares insights about his country on page 7.


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learn to understand American culture, as well asother cultures, by making friends with studentsfrom around the world.

Ngo’s CLC experience is not unique. Currently,120 students from 39 countries are studying atCLC under student visas. For many, CLC is offer-ing a whole new kind of educational experience.“Before I arrived, I thought that instructors here would be very strict and lecture-focused,and the classes would be very hard to under-stand because all are in English,” said QiLun“Alan” Zhou, a freshman who arrived fromChina starting in the fall 2010 semester. “Butclasses are very interesting, flexible and easy tounderstand. Students speak their opinions andshare their own experiences.”

In a CLC class, there’s no stupid question,noted Anu Akeredolu, a Nigerian mathematicsmajor. “The instructors treat you as a unique individual,” she added with a smile.

The students also appreciate practical,hands-on learning and the fact that instructorsare willing to offer one-on-one help. “At CLC,I never met an instructor who wasn’t willing to help students outside of class,” observed

Mirka Illasova (’10), a Slovakia native whoreceived her A.A. degree in December and is nowa PR/communications major at UW-Parkside.

Clubs and athletics also present powerfulopportunities for learning, Illasova found.

“I grew in my one and a half years at CLC,”she said. “I played on the tennis team that wentto the national tournament in Arizona. I alsowas in the Emerging Leaders program.”

Clearly, international students are benefit-ting from their CLC experiences. But what ofCLC’s native Lake County students?

Steven Cartwright, a computer engineer-ing major and lifelong North Chicago resident,answered it this way: “I never met any non-U.S. citizen until I enrolled at CLC,” he said. But because CLC admits international students, he’s had the opportunity to make friends withTudo Ancas, from Romania, and SanjarMuchanov, from Kazakhstan.

“People have different cultures, differenteating habits and different religious traditions,and having international students here reallyhas helped me understand and appreciate diversity more than before,” he said.

In December 2007, when Truc “Kristy”Ngo left her native Vietnam to attend theCollege of Lake County, her first taste of the

American Midwest came in the form of cold,white flakes falling from the sky as she steppedoutside O’Hare International Airport.

“As a girl who had lived in a tropical countryall her life and had never seen snow before, I was very excited!” recalled Ngo, who is now a pre-med student at the University of Maryland-Baltimore.

Beginning with a friendly airport welcomefrom a CLC staff member, Ngo would quicklydiscover that the cold Chicago winter was offsetby the warm, welcoming environment at CLC.It was a college, she recalled, where she could

120 Students,39 Countries: Our Own UNStudents from around the globe find college at CLC a very special experience

Ngo would quickly

discover that the cold

Chicago winter was offset

by the warm, welcoming

environment at CLC.

What’s China Really Like?

As China grows as an economic powerhouse,holding billions of dollars of U.S. debt, Americansare forming lots of impressions about that country.How accurate are these perceptions? AlumNewsasked Chinese student QiLun “Alan” Zhou (left),with international student recruiter TammieMireles, to share his perspectives about Americanattitudes toward his country.

On China’s economic growth: “American peopleseem to feel stressful because China has replacedJapan as the world’s second largest economyafter the United States. But Americans don’thave to worry about China surpassing the U.S.

anytime soon. China’s economy has mostly lower-skilled manufacturing jobs in industries such asclothing and textiles, but the U.S. concentrates on innovation to make new products. China stillneeds a lot of time to develop the innovationand technology that the U.S. has.”

On China’s income disparity: “There’s morepoverty in China than Americans think, espe-cially in the western portion of the country. The housing and living conditions are poor, andsome kids don’t have access to a good educationbecause the Chinese government spends little or nothing on schools there. In the eastern part

of China, especially in port cities on the PacificCoast, the government has spent more onschools and infrastructure because of the potential to expand international trade.”

On China’s openness to Americans: “Chinesepeople actually welcome American visitors. I’dlike Americans to visit my home city of HangZhou, which has 8 million people and is locatednear the Pacific Coast, about a two-hour drivesouth of the Yangtze River.”

On fortune cookies: “I’ve never seen one in China.”


Though students are welcoming CLC’s

new semester abroad program in China,

not all can be away from home for an

entire semester. To provide shorter overseas study

opportunities, the College of Lake County has

been offering two- and three-week field study

courses since the 1980s to parts of the world as

far flung and culturally different as Scandinavia

and South Africa.

Over the years, several faculty members

have led these trips, but art professor RobertLossmann has arguably led the most, taking

groups of students overseas since the mid-1990s

to such destinations as the British Isles, France,

Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic in

Europe, to Cuba and Mexico in this hemisphere

and to South Africa. For the past 12 years,

English professor Dr. Nicholas Schevera has

co-led the trips, which allow students to enroll

in either Lossmann’s History of Art course or

Schevera’s Introduction to Humanities course.


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“Directly experiencing a nation’s art, cultureand history is an excellent way to reinforce lessonstaught in lectures and textbooks,” Schevera said.“Students can actually see the size of the MonaLisa, for example, and reflect on how it is dis-played in the Louvre,” he explained. “They canexperience the great heights of the Eiffel Towerand rise above the city of Paris in an elevator.”

“Developing an open mind toward other cultures is one of the main benefits of the study trips,” Lossmann said. “Traveling abroadchanges you forever,” he added, noting that he “caught the travel bug” in the 1990s aftercompleting a European trip organized by Nancy Cook, an art history professor whobegan organizing periodic field study trips inthe 1980s. “After meeting people face-to-faceand learning about their culture and history,you begin to view them less stereotypically.”

“It’s important for Americans to travelabroad because only then can we realize thatother people do not believe or think or do things

the way that we do,” added Schevera. “Part ofthe problems in the world stem from lack of understanding among peoples. While we sharemany similarities, there are important differencesembedded in our cultures that don’t make onecountry superior or better than another.”

“Making the trips a valuable learning experience takes months of planning, beginninga year in advance,” Lossmann said. He combinesresearch, personal contacts and even a prelimi-nary visit to the destination country. “I try tochoose countries that are either culturally different than the U.S. or have a history goingback many centuries,” he explained, noting that France, Greece and Spain have been popular destinations.

After receiving college approval for his proposed budget, itinerary and syllabi, Lossmannthen works on many details, from publicity toensuring the students have their passports.Schevera helps design the itinerary, researcheshotels and manages trip finances. The professors

The World’s a Classroom Overseas study trips combine learning, sightseeing and camaraderie

Students pause for a group shot during the May 2007 study trip to the Dalmatian(Croatia) and Amalfi (Italy) coasts.

Indigenous artists carved this giraffeand other sculptures near Cape Town,South Africa.


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Above: Professors Robert Lossmann(art) and Dr. Nicholas Schevera (English) co-led many of the overseas study trips.

attractive to foreign investments. “I have many co-workers from China, and this trip has helped me interact with them,” said Semrl, who learned conversational Chinese at CLC to prepare for the venture.

“The college’s reputation for internationaleducation is spreading,” said Dr. Li-hua Yu,

noting that last year, the study abroad programin China was recognized with a prestigious Andrew Heiskell award for innovation from the New York-based Institute for International Education.

The college’s reputation as a leader in international education also prompted the

American Association of Community Colleges to invite CLC to host a group of Chinese college instructors and administrators who weretouring the U.S. last fall to learn more about U.S.community colleges. The delegation spent twoweeks at CLC in November, focusing on the college’s approach to career education.

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also assign pre-trip reading and ask the studentsto choose a topic for a final project. “Nick and I design the learning to be participatory,” Lossmann explained.

“Trip participants range from 20-year-old students who have never traveled outside the U.S. to seasoned world travelers over 50,” Lossmann added. “But they all share a common interest in travel that not only entertains, but educates.”

The active learning has appealed toAmanda Withers (’04), who has participatedin several field study trips. The most memo-rable, she said, was a 2007 trip to the Dalmationand Amalfi Coasts of Italy that included stops inNaples and Pompeii. “I will always cherish the

afternoons where we would spend time in asalon working on water color paintings,” she recalled. “Being a novice painter, I appreciatedBob Lossmann’s tips on technique.”

Withers also appreciates the variety of learning opportunities and the chance to makefriends. “Bob and Nick make learning fun,” sheexplained. “As we travel, we listen to prepareddiscussions, share our oral presentations, participate in trivia games and learn about local history. Bob and Nick also make sure thatthere is a sense of group unity before the trip by having get-togethers before we leave andafter we return. The participants are notstrangers anymore, but new friends.”

Note: This year’s trip exploring France and the westernMediterranean Sea in May, is at full capacity. For more information on the field study trips, contact Lossmann at [email protected] or Schevera at [email protected].

A clear day in the old town center of Tragir, Coatia, an historic village on the Adriatic Sea.



CLASS NOTES

Alumni News

Lynn (Pesz) Marlow (’73) isowner/partner of a nursing home in Island Lake, Ill.

Rick Custin (’78) is practicing law inCalifornia while teaching business lawat the University of San Diego.

Leonard Sachs (’83) is practicing lawin Peoria, Ill.

Jonni Lukenbill-Bowles (’88) is an internship coordinator and careercounselor at Northern Illinois Universityin DeKalb, Ill.

Gretchen Runyan (’91) taught thirdgrade in Lake County for four years,and is now blogging about farm life inMcHenry County, Ill. at www.view-from-a-farmhouse-window.blogspot.com.

Christine López (‘04) is the directorof foundation relations for Chicago-based Rosalind Franklin University ofMedicine and Science, where she raisesfunds that support service learning,community service and scholarships.

Christa Goldberg (’09) is a registerednurse at Northwest Community Hospitalin Arlington Heights, Ill.

What have you been doing lately?Let your fellow grads know! Post yoursubmissions online at www.clcaa.com.Look for the message board that corresponds with your graduationdecade. Selected entries will also bepublished in the AlumNews.

Moving toIllinoisfrom his

native Peru in 1989,19-year-old SaulArteaga (’95) spokeonly halting English,and in his first few

years in the U.S., his job prospects were limitedto factory work. A gruff supervisor even told him his thick accent would keep him from advancing in the company.

But rather than let the comment hold him back, Arteaga used the remark to inspirehim to become fluent in English. He took English as a Second Language courses, then enrolled at CLC, where he earned an Associate in Arts degree. His self-confidence and command ofEnglish much greater, he went on to earn abachelor’s degree in Spanish from the Universityof Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM), and decidedhis life’s calling was to be an interpreter.

“I could stay connected to my originalSpanish culture, master the language of my new home and connect people,” he said.

Arteaga spent five years working as a trans-lator for Milwaukee-area county governmentagencies. Today, he is owner and director of abusiness devoted to helping overcome languagebarriers, Southeastern Wisconsin Translationand Interpretation Services. Founded by Arteagaand his wife in 2002, the Delavan, Wisc., business provides translation and interpretationservices in 30 languages, ranging from MandarinChinese to American Sign Language.

His clients include businesses, social serviceagencies, medical clinics, detective agencies andcounty courts, which are required to provide atranslator if a defendant does not speak English.

Competent translators, familiar with idiomsand industry-specific jargon, are critical to pre-venting mistakes that can cost money and timeand even affect outcomes, Arteaga said. “In onecourt case, the English phrase ‘charged with battery’confused a participant, who misinterpreted thephrase as electrical charging from a battery,”Arteaga explained. “The interpreter quicklystepped in to clarify the term in the person’s native language, and the case proceeded.”

The global economy, plus the influx of non-English speaking immigrants into the Midwest,has fueled the company’s growth, Arteaga said.The company started with one office and twoemployees and now employs 11 full-time staffersand contracts with more than 100 interpreters.Besides the Delavan location, the company hasadded offices in Wausau, Wisc. and Rockford, Ill.

Looking back at CLC, Arteaga said the college provided many opportunities to help himrefine his English skills and learn about othercultures. “The classes were very participatory,”he explained. “Speaking in oral presentationsand in class discussions helped me focus onideas, sentence structure and clear enunciation.My classes had students from a variety of cultures, and all viewpoints were respected. That motivated me to continue my education.” Arteaga’s motivation to learn continues: he iscurrently working on a master’s degree in trans-lation studies from UWM and is also learningAmerican Sign Language.

Grad Builds BridgesAcross Language Divide

My classes had

students from a variety

of cultures, and all

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Scholarship Gala raises $112K for scholarships

The CLC Foundation’s 2010 Scholarship Gala, held Oct. 30 at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago, raised $112,000 for studentscholarships, according to Julie Shroka, director of Alumni Relations and Special Events. Known as the Black & White Ball, theblack-tie event drew 280 CLC alumni and friends who enjoyed a gourmet dinner, dancing and silent and live auctions.

Of the 200 silent auction items, the gift baskets—donated by CLC departments—along with Chicago Blackhawks memorabilia,were the most popular, according to Shroka. In the live auction, a Chicago Bulls arena suite brought in a top bid of $3,200, she added.

“We are grateful that during these economically challenging times, we have such generous supporters helping us raise$112,000 for student scholarships,” Shroka said, noting that the amount raised exceeds last year’s total by $22,000.

CLC grads can qualify for hundreds of store discounts

Did you know that, as a CLC grad, you can enjoy discounts to more than 350 businesses, including 72 in central Lake County?The businesses participating in the discount program range from car dealers and retail stores to a daycare center, an accounting firm and a comedy club. To qualify, you must be a paid member of the CLC Alumni Association. Information aboutjoining is at www.clcaa.com. For a full list of participating businesses, visit www.AlumniPreferredPartners.org.

Stay in touch with fellow CLC alumni online

Wondering what some of your fellow CLC grads are up to? Looking for a great way to network and share your ideas foralumni events? The Alumni Association’s online community is an easy way to keep in touch. Visit www.clcaa.com for more news on fellow grads and information on how to join the Alumni Association.

Having a fun time at the gala – Tammy Burns, CLC Alumni Association board member; Edgar Maldonado, CLC student trustee; Carl Grom, guest; Colleen Todorovic, CLC student and gala volunteer


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UPCOMING EVENTS

Get the Led Out:The American Led Zeppelin

Friday, March 258 p.m.

James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts

Join other CLC alumni and friends for

a rockin’ evening of Led Zeppelin music!

From the bombastic and epic, to the folksy

and mystical, Get the Led Out has captured

the essence of the recorded music of Led

Zeppelin and brought it to the big concert

stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists

of six accomplished musicians re-creating the

songs in all their depth and glory—with the

studio overdubs that Zeppelin themselves

never performed live.

A dessert reception, for pre-registered

alumni and their guests, will take place from

7 to 7:45 p.m. in the Connecting Link.

Pre-registered CLC alumni will receive a

special group rate of $30 per ticket for the

concert and dessert reception. To register,

go to www.clcroundtable.org/rockout,

or call the Alumni Office at (847) 543-2401.

Spring Choral ConcertSunday, April 174 p.m.

James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts

This culminating choral concert of the

2010-2011 academic year will feature CLC’s four

ensembles: the CLC Singers, the Choir of Lake

County, the Gospel Choir and the CLC Chamber

Singers, all conducted by Dr. Charles Clency,

CLC’s director of choirs. The ensembles will

present an exciting array of choral works that

span from 16th century Renaissance to present

day modern choral styles. Music will feature

composers such as Farmer, Scarlatti,

Vivaldi, Brahms and Eric Whitacre.

CLC Foundation Golf OutingFriday, May 20White Deer Run Golf Club, Vernon Hills

Enjoy a full day of golf, a pre-tourney lunch,

contest prizes, awards dinner and silent auction.

White Deer Run, built on the famed Cuneo

Estate, offers a newly remodeled clubhouse

and 240 acres of rolling terrain and picturesque

lakes—a challenging course for golfers of all

levels. The fee is $1,100 per foursome, $275 per

person or $50 per person for dinner only. All

event proceeds will benefit the CLC Foundation

Scholarship Fund. The deadline to register is

May 6. For more information or to reserve

a foursome, call the Alumni Relations and

Special Events department at (847) 543-2400.

Watch for other Upcoming Summer Events:

• Tempel Lipizzan horse show in Old Mill Creek

• Concert in the Park

• Lake Geneva, Wis. boat cruise

Keep checking the online community for dates

and times at www.clcaa.com.


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