College of DuPage to Host Crime Scene Investigation Summer Academy

The Continuing Education program and the Homeland Security Training Institute at College of DuPage are offering a Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Academy on Monday, June 12 to Friday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Homeland Security Education Center, Room 1008, on the College's Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd.

Open to students entering grades nine through 12, this class will examine cutting-edge techniques, career paths, the impact of modern technology in forensic science, and the role of a forensic scientist in real-life cases. Participants will work in state-of-the-art facilities and participate in several hands-on activities, including blood stain pattern analysis, field sketching, fingerprinting and casting plastic fingerprints, a home invasion simulation and impression evidence.

The class will be led by certified Crime Scene Investigator and detective with the DuPage County Sheriff's Office Forensic Investigations Unit Donald Comstock. He is a member of the DuPage County Major Crimes Task Force, the DuPage County Fire Investigation Task Force/Felony Investigative Assistance Team (FIAT/DuPage) and the DuPage County Accident Reconstruction Task Force (DUCART).

For more information and to register, please call (630) 942-2208 or email ce@cod.edu. Please refer to program code YEHSC-0003-109.

The High School program at College of DuPage has a full range of options to continue and enhance high schoolers' academic progress during the summer. Click here for more information on summer 2017 high school program offerings.

College of DuPage is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Serving approximately 28,000 students each term, College of DuPage is the largest public community college in the state of Illinois. The College grants nine associate degrees and offers more than 170 career and technical certificates in over 50 areas of study.