College Of DuPage School Board
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Flexible programs, technical training help suburban colleges recover from pandemic slump
Sep 20, 2021 1:56 PM - Suburban community colleges are trying a variety of approaches to recover from an 18-month COVID-19 slump. Student enrollment is up among select demographic groups and programs, though overall most of the colleges are not back to pre-pandemic levels. -
'I haven't slept well since': Kane County safety expert toiled at ground zero for more than 100 days
Sep 11, 2021 10:03 AM - Mike Fagel spent more than 100 days at ground zero. Two decades later, the 69-year-old still devotes his life to training emergency responders. -
College of DuPage president has 'mild' breakthrough case of COVID-19
Sep 3, 2021 4:43 PM - College of DuPage President Brian Caputo has developed a breakthrough case of COVID-19, school officials said Friday. -
'The people's artist': Two weeks left to see Frida Kahlo exhibit at College of DuPage
Sep 2, 2021 12:38 AM - In terms of sheer magnitude, the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the College of DuPage has sold more than 88,000 tickets with two weeks left until the show ends its three-month run. But a world map displayed in the lobby of the exhibition puts those ticket numbers -- and Kahlo's allure -- into perspective. -
What suburban colleges are doing to motivate students to get vaccines
Aug 16, 2021 6:21 AM - Most community colleges in the Chicago area are encouraging -- not requiring -- vaccinations, despite guidelines from the Illinois Board of Higher Education urging schools to make COVID-19 shots mandatory. Students at College of DuPage, however, must be vaccinated before in-person or hybrid classes begin next spring. -
Frida Kahlo exhibition extended extra week at College of DuPage
Aug 6, 2021 4:20 PM - The "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" exhibition at the College of DuPage will now run through Sunday, Sept. 12. -
'Just exquisite': Photographer brings Frida Kahlo to life in Wheaton exhibition
Aug 6, 2021 10:34 AM - Miguel Morna Freitas shot Frida-inspired portraits for "Homage to Frida," an art show sponsored by the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce to coincide with the summerlong exhibition of Kahlo's paintings at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. -
More DuPage County schools requiring students to mask up
Aug 4, 2021 7:30 PM - A growing number of DuPage County school districts and colleges will require students and employees -- vaccinated or not -- to wear masks when classes start later this month. -
College of DuPage students must wear masks; vaccinations required in 2022
Aug 3, 2021 2:07 PM - College of DuPage students and faculty must wear masks, even if they're vaccinated, for the fall term starting this month. -
Jared Deane joins College of DuPage as new dean of nursing and health sciences
Aug 2, 2021 2:46 PM - With extensive leadership experience overseeing and teaching health education programs, Jared Deane is well-suited to serve as the new Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences at College of DuPage. -
Ellen Roberts named vice president for administrative affairs at College of DuPage
Aug 2, 2021 8:50 AM - Ellen Roberts, an administrative management executive with extensive experience in the corporate and higher education arenas, is the new vice president for administrative affairs at College of DuPage. -
New Philharmonic returns indoors for 2021-22 season in Glen Ellyn
Jul 26, 2021 5:41 PM - The New Philharmonic has announced its 2021-22 season, which returns indoors to College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn. -
The High Kings, Texas Tenors will be first up when live shows return to the MAC
Jul 23, 2021 4:14 PM - The McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage will bring back live shows this fall with performers from Ireland and the Lone Star State. -
New leadership role for COD chairmanJul 13, 2021 3:14 PM - College of DuPage board Chairman Maureen Dunne recently was elected vice president and president-elect to the Illinois Community College Trustees Association for 2021-2022.
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College of DuPage celebrates Frida Kahlo's birthday
Jul 6, 2021 6:26 PM - People in brightly colored dresses and flowers in their hair dotted the crowd at the College of DuPage campus in Glen Ellyn during a birthday celebration for renowned artist Frida Kahlo. -
Sirens might not be enough: Why you should have multiple weather alert systems at your disposal
Jun 25, 2021 8:17 PM - Sunday's tornado spun a 16-mile path from Naperville through Willow Springs in the middle of the night, developing rapidly out of a line of thunderstorms and underscoring why you shouldn't rely on sirens alone for alerts, meteorologists said. -
Frida Kahlo exhibit opens at the College of DuPage, and here's what not to miss
Jun 5, 2021 4:58 PM - "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" opened Saturday at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn with a look at a daring artist, a strong-willed personality, a pioneer to people with disabilities and a Mexican cultural force. -
Glen Ellyn artist brings Frida Kahlo light show to Art on theMART
Jun 2, 2021 11:40 PM - George Berlin designed and animated a Frida Kahlo video show that will be projected onto the massive facade of the former Merchandise Mart in Chicago in celebration of a retrospective of her works at the College of DuPage. -
Why Frida Kahlo show will be a 'boon' for Glen Ellyn, Wheaton
Jun 2, 2021 6:55 PM - DuPage County tourism officials expect that nearly $8 million will be infused into the local economy during the three-month run of a Frida Kahlo exhibition ordinarily seen in a big-city museum. -
What suburban colleges plan to do with latest COVID-19 relief funds
Jun 2, 2021 1:05 PM - Suburban community colleges are set to receive millions of dollars more in federal COVID-19 relief funding intended to help students and the institutions mitigate the pandemic's impact. -
Frida Kahlo sneak peek at COD delights Mexican consul general, others
May 30, 2021 1:02 AM - The College of DuPage's exhibit "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" officially opens in Glen Ellyn on Saturday, June 5. The full scope of the exhibition was seen Saturday at the media preview day. It has all but taken over the college's McAninch Arts Center. "It's such a privilege," said Reyna Torres Mendivil, the consul general of Mexico in Chicago, who was taking in the full exhibit. -
How COD's McAninch Arts Center landed and remade a major Frida Kahlo exhibition
May 23, 2021 7:19 AM - A blockbuster Frida Kahlo art exhibition opens next month in the last place you'd expect to find it: a community college in Glen Ellyn. The "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" art exhibit at the College of DuPage will present some two dozen works valued at $113 million. Here's how the college's organizers landed, created and created again the major exhibit. -
Kahlo-inspired drinks, menu items tie in to the Frida exhibit
May 22, 2021 4:34 PM - Suburban restaurants and bars offer up menu items inspired by the "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" exhibition at College of DuPage's Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn. -
College of DuPage signs transfer agreements with HBCUs
May 12, 2021 10:00 AM - College of DuPage students now have a simpler path to transfer to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) thanks to recently signed articulation agreements with Florida A&M University and Kentucky State University. -
Maureen Dunne of Naperville named chairman of COD board
May 7, 2021 12:28 PM - Maureen Dunne of Naperville was elected as chairman of the College of DuPage board of trustees during the board's annual organizational meeting on April 29.
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