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COD Class Creates Media Plan for Infant Welfare Society
COD Class Creates Media Plan for Infant Welfare Society
The class spent two weeks researching and crafting a campaign, including billboards, print ads, a radio spot, a one-minute commercial and a press release.
 
December Health Sciences Advising Sessions
College of DuPage will offer a wide variety of free advising sessions throughout December for individuals interested in learning more about health careers.
 
COD Adds New Real Estate Property Management Certificate
The 21-credit certificate will be offered in fall 2010, pending ICCB approval, and includes courses in real estate, business, accounting, management and facilities management.
 
COD Hosts Paralegal Practicum Expo Dec. 11
Current and prospective students who are interested in learning more about the College's Paralegal program are invited to attend the open house portion of the event.
 
COD Selected for Adobe Partners By Design Program
Member schools receive exclusive benefits, including free software licenses and upgrades and free Adobe Certified Expert exams for students and faculty.
 
Bridge to Medical Assistant Course at COD this Spring
The College of DuPage Medical Assistant program is offering a “Bridge to Medical Assistant” course this spring that prepares practicing non-credentialed medical assistants for American Medical Technologists exam.
 
College Uses Second Life to Educate Students
College of DuPage has attracted the attention of schools across the country by creating a virtual world where students explore an immersive online version of William Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey.”
 
COD Offers Hybrid Accounting Courses
Hybrid courses allow students to spend time in both the classroom and online, offering a moe flexible, convenient way for working adults to complete coursework.
 
COD Student Trustee Chosen Student Laureate Nominee
The award is given annually to an outstanding second-year student in the state community college system. The College’s nominee receives $75 for educational expenses and recognition from the Board of Trustees.
 
COD Offers New Opera Workshop Course This Spring
The one-credit workshop is designed to teach and develop student solo and ensemble performances.
 
Clickers Help Students Learn Through Interaction
The College of DuPage Physics program is using “clickers” in the classroom as an interactive tool that helps students learn.
 
Eighth Annual Pathophysiology Panorama Dec. 9
More than 70 students from the C.O.D. Diagnostic Medical Imaging programs in Radiography, Nuclear Medicine and Sonography will share their knowledge during the event.
 
COD, Easter Seals Celebrate 10th Annual Photo Exhibit
Each spring, COD photography students document the lives of Easter Seals cients, creating images for display in the organization's lobby.
 
CIS Program Hosts Online Web Design Showcase
Students interested in web design and development in the Computer Information Systems program are using a unique web tool to attract prospects outside of traditional internships and cooperative learning.
 
College of DuPage Professors Featured at Writers Read
The College of DuPage Writers Read series featured a recent evening with C.O.D. faculty authors Deborah Adelman, Tia Greenfield and Joel Quam.
 
COD Adds Fenton, Montini as Dual Credit Partners
The Dual Credit program allows high school students to enroll in select courses at the College that provide both high school and college credit.
 
Engineering Club Open House
The recent Explore Engineering Night attracted high school juniors and seniors and college freshman interested in biological, aerospace, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering.
 
November Health Sciences Advising Sessions
College of DuPage will host a variety of health careers advising sessions throughout November.
 
College of DuPage Receives $612,296 Career and Technical Education Grant
College of DuPage received a $612,296 grant from the Illinois Community College Board to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.
 
C.O.D. ESL Professor Receives Fulbright Award
John Stasinopoulos heads to Russia this spring to teach curriculum development, instruction and assessment at Irkutsk State Linguistics University.
 
C.O.D. Spanish GED Class Registration Begins Nov. 30
Registration for English speakers is under way now. All classes require entrance tests.
 
College Adds CCNA Security Certificate
College of DuPage has added the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) Security certificate to its diverse offerings from the Computer and Internetworking Technologies program.
 
COD Field and Experiential Learning Program Named AEE Member of the Year
The award is given each year to organizations that maintain high-standard innovative and outstanding programming and provide noteworthy support for the work of the AEE.
 
College of DuPage Expands Adult Fast Track Program
The Adult Fast Track program will now offer new options and serve a broader population of students.
 
C.O.D. Receives $39,000 Grant for PEP Tutoring Program
College of DuPage received a $39,000 grant from the Illinois State Library, a division of the Secretary of State, for continued support of the PEP adult volunteer tutoring program.
 
Travel and Tourism Info Night Dec. 3
The Travel and Tourism program will host an Information Night on Thursday, Dec. 3.
 
Demonstrating Physics With a Bed of Nails
Dave Fazzini, associate professor of Physics, uses a bed of nails, a cinder block and sledgehammer to demonstrate several physics principles.
 
Online Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certificate Provides Gateway to Mental Health Careers
College of DuPage is offering an online version of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation certification program for the first time this fall.
 
Architecture Program Earns National U.S. Green Building Council Award
College of DuPage is one of three community and technical colleges nationwide to receive the 2009 Excellence in Green Building Curriculum Recognition Award from the U.S. Green Building Council.
 
FYI Sessions for Adult Students
The College of DuPage Admissions office hosts a series of FYI Sessions each semester for adult students who are new to C.O.D.
 
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