The COD4COD Employee Giving Program raised nearly $33,000 last year for student scholarships and programs. Every dollar

donated supports more than 190 funding options to choose from – please consider either a one-time donation or a gift of annual payroll contributions. For more information, please visit www.cod.edu/cod4cod. Thank you!

May 22, 2015

COD 48th Annual Commencement Ceremony Students greet family and friends (above) during the 48th Annual Commencement Ceremony last week. More than 575 students participated in the event, with the fall and spring Class of 2015 totaling 3,542 graduates. View nearly 200 photos from the event, a video clip of the celebration and comments made by students during the ceremony at a site set up by the Marketing team, #codgrad, as well as a Multimedia Services video montage of the #codgrad posts. Click here to read more about the event.

Omar Escamilla Earns Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship College of DuPage student Omar Escamilla is the recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, the largest private scholarship for two-year and community college transfer students. Click here for photos of College of DuPage Vice President of Student Affairs Earl Dowling surprising Escamilla during his Anthropology class to announce he had received the scholarship. “This scholarship is giving me the opportunity to pursue my education fully without the financial burden,” Escamilla said. “It will also allow me to spend more time giving back to the community.” Read More

COD 2015 Outstanding Graduates Julia Andersen of Wheaton (right) and Leticia Lozano of Hanover Park (left) are the 2015 Outstanding Graduates at College of DuPage. Andersen has earned an Associate in Arts Degree and plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in English with a focus on publishing studies. Lozano has graduated with her Associate in Science Degree and will transfer to study either biology or neuroscience. Read More

2015 Engineering Olympics More than 200 students from area high schools participated in this year’s Engineering Olympics at COD. The competition featured hands-on design projects incorporating science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Click here for more images from the event.

Tulip Bulb Time! Next Friday, May 29, COD Cares is reserving 5,000 bulbs dug up from our gardens for replanting at Little Friends in Naperville at a later date. Staff and students are invited to help prepare these bulbs for replanting May 29 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the CMC. The rest of the bulbs are for the taking (please bring a bag). For more info, please contact Ami Chambers.

Stephanie Quirk North Central College Outstanding Alumni College of DuPage Student Activities Coordinator Stephanie Quirk recently received the Outstanding Alumni Award from North Central College. The Outstanding Alumni Award is presented annually to one or more alumni who have excelled in their

careers and have demonstrated service to the community and to North Central College. Read More

Welding Wizard College of DuPage welding student Martin Zavala (above) recently received some unexpected hands-on training when the College’s Facilities department found a crack in one of their vehicle’s aluminum lift gates. Looking to turn the discovery into a learning experience, Welding instructor David Ellis coached Zavala through the repair, which included a demonstration of Zavala’s advanced skills for students in an introductory course. Click here for more images and click here for information about COD’s new American Welding Society Certificate program.

Ntwanano “Wendy” Mabasa (left), Anas Mohammed and Liza Yulizar are three of 15 international students who participated in the U.S. State Department’s Community College Initiative Program at COD. Administered by Northern Virginia Community College, the CCI Program provides underserved and underrepresented students from around the world with full scholarships that cover housing, tuition and a monthly stipend for one academic year of study in community colleges. College of DuPage is part of a consortium that consists of nine community colleges across the country, with COD the only participating school located in the Midwest. “The program combines higher education with multicultural exchange and international education,” said Nicole Spizzirri, CCI Program Coordinator at COD. “This is an incredible cultural exchange.” Read More

College of DuPage Vice President for Student Services Earl Dowling congratulates recent graduate Paolo Mazza during the May 14 Board of Trustees meeting. Mazza and fellow graduate Omar Escamilla were named to the 2015 All-Illinois Academic Team. Mazza, who graduated COD with an Associates of Arts degree and a 3.8 GPA, will attend DePaul University this fall to study organizational communication and business. He has been involved with the College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa and interned with Disney through the Disney College Program. Escamilla, who was recently named a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, has been a member of the College’s Student Leadership Council, Campus Crusade for Christ, Latino Ethnic Awareness Association, Philosophy Club and Phi Theta Kappa. He also served as Student Trustee for the 2014-2015 academic year. Escamilla will attend DePaul University this fall to study organizational communication.

Three Hundred Guests ‘Exposed’ An estimated 300 guests turned out to view the works of College of DuPage Photography students at “Exposed,” the Photography program’s inaugural student showcase. The event included a variety of work, including architectural, studio photography, fine art and portraiture. Click here for more images from this event.

Kudos to…James M. Magrini, former COD adjunct philosophy instructor and currently Senior Academic Assistant (Writing, Reading, and Speech Assistance for COD’s Learning Commons), who recently published his second book “New Approaches to Curriculum as Phenomenological Text: Continental Philosophy and Ontological Inquiry” (Palgrave-Macmillan Press, 2015). More Kudos to…Mass Communications Assistant Professor Sandy Fries who recently received a wonderful note of appreciation from former student Kristin Crowley, anchorwoman at an NBC affiliate and a recent recipient of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award. Please click here to read Kristin’s message. Johnny Cupcakes T-shirts Still Available! More than 400 students, faculty, staff and community members attended the recent Johnny Cupcakes lecture. T-shirts are still for sale in the Marketing and Communications office and through Bev Carlson, ext. 2140.

NEW! Adjunct Faculty Team Site & Training Learn to navigate the exciting new Adjunct Faculty Team Site and join this new virtual community 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 2032 (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 (630) 942-2303.

REMINDER: The College is closed this Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Summer hours start the following week (June 1) and run through Friday, Aug. 7. During this time, the main College is closed on Fridays. Please visit www.cod.edu/hours for exceptions.

New Employees A big welcome to our new employees! Click here for a complete list of our newest team members. Welcome!

From Student Life Manager Chuck Steele: I want to thank everyone involved and acknowledge their effort in contributing to making the 48th annual Commencement Ceremony such a great success. Thanks for all the great attitudes,

assistance and teamwork. We couldn’t have done it without you! Please click here for a complete list of volunteers.

Make Sure to Keep Up with What’s Happening at COD! Keep up-to-date on all things happening at COD by bookmarking: www.cod.edu/calendar.

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.

COD Celebrates Academic Excellence Zachary Slezak of Wheaton is congratulated by Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Emmanuel Awuah for achieving the Presidential Scholar designation during the recent “Celebration of Academic Excellence” recognizing the 2014-2015 Honors and Scholars Awards recipients. Click here for more photos. Read More

TLC Manager Judy Coates (center) recently accepted the CUPA-HR Midwest Region Successful Practices Award with College of DuPage Human Resources Vice President Linda Sands-Vankerk (left) and presenter Carol Hintz, Chair of the CUPA-HR Midwest Region Board of Directors and Vice Chancellor, Human Resources at University of Missouri - Kansas City. The award recognized the TLC’s successful implementation of a comprehensive employee orientation program.