CLC Annual Report - 2008-09

Speaking Volumes:

A 40th Anniversary Anthology College of Lake County 2008-2009 Annual Report

Speaking Volumes: A 40th Anniversary Anthology

College of Lake County 2008-2009 Annual Report

College of lake County 19351 West Washington Street grayslake, Il 60030-1198 www.clcillinois.edu © Copyright College of lake County 2010 e College of lake County is governed by a seven-member board of trustees, elected from among the citizens of Community College District 532, to ensure accountability. In addition, a ClC student is appointed is each spring for a one-year term, casting advisory votes. e 2008-2009 annual Report was produced by the office of Public Relations.

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Contents Letter from Board Chairman Letter from President Letter from Foundation President

Chapters Adventures e Outer Voyage–1 e Inner Voyage–3 Quests Knowledge: e Healing Art–5 Knowledge: Careers on the Vanguard–7 Knowledge: Creating Opportunity–9 e Right Path–11 A Better World: Sustaining Planet Earth–13 Heroes Overcoming Adversity–17 Coming Home–19 Transformations Learning More, Becoming More– 23 Metamorphosis– 25 Striving and riving–27 Always Learning– 29 CLC Financials–33 CLC Foundation Donors–34 CLC Foundation Board of Directors–39 CLC Board of Ambassadors–39 Foundation Financials–40

College of Lake County Board of Trustees top row: Barbara D. oilschlager, Vice-Chairman, amanda Howland, John W. lumber, Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D., Chairman, Richard a. anderson bottom row: î ˘omas J. Schwartz, Blake Hudson, Student Trustee, William M. griďŹƒn

Letter from the Board Chairman

THIS YEAR, THE CoLLEgE oF LAkE CounTY HAS BEEn oBSERVIng ITS 40th anniversary under the theme, “40 years, 400,000 Stories.” roughout our anniversary observance, we have been celebrating the fact that more than 400,000 students have enrolled at ClC over the years, each in pursuit of a personal success story. is year’s annual report builds on our story theme, taking the title “Speaking Volumes: a 40th anniversary anthology.” Inside these pages you will find an anthology of stories involving current students, alumni, faculty, staff and the ClC foundation, each telling not only of an individual’s success but also of the impact the college is having on the life of our community. e Board of trustees is very proud of these successes and realizes that ClC’s story is an unfolding one, with each year providing an opportunity to write a new chapter. is year’s story line has included mostly causes for celebration, among them: • We completed our search for a new president and in april 2009 welcomed Dr. Jerry Weber as the college’s sixth president.

• We helped our community cope with the challenges of the economic downturn, continuing to provide high-quality educational programs to a surging number of students while also holding the line on tuition.

• We achieved another milestone in our efforts to secure state funding for a major expansion of our lakeshore Campus. In June, gov. Pat Quinn announced that the lakeshore project and a smaller classroom building on the grayslake Campus were included on a proposed capital projects list.

But even as we were elated by inclusion of the college’s projects in the state’s capital bill, we also began to cope with other funding challenges posed by the state’s uncertain fiscal condition. Despite these challenges, through careful planning, we have been able to sustain the quality and accessibility of a ClC education. e board of trustees is committed to maintaining our level of service to students and will continue to work with our college president and administration to develop responsible budgeting strategies for future years.

Working together, we can ensure that ClC’s impact on the community will continue to speak volumes!

Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D. Chairman

Message from the President

I AM ExCITED To HAVE joInED THE College of lake County as president in this important 40th anniversary year. Reading the submissions from students, graduates, employees and community members on our 40th anniversary Web site, I am truly impressed by how much ClC has meant to so many people over the last four decades.

Providing educational experiences that enrich so many lives is a privilege and a responsibility; we know it is a job that is never done or completely learned. We, like our students, must make a day-byday, year-by-year commitment to always learning, always improving. is year, we demonstrated that commitment in a number of ways: • We broadened our educational programming, launching a semester abroad program in China, revamping our nursing curriculum and developing new career preparation programs in emerging technologies, health and wellness and social services.

• We opened an impressive new dental hygiene clinic at our lakeshore Campus, providing students in this program a truly premier facility for learning their profession.

• We began work on a strategic plan setting institutional priorities and measuring results.

• We enhanced student services, adding our Men of Vision program to support at-risk minority male students, and a veterans center dedicated to helping members of the armed forces make the transition from soldier to student.

• We joined the growing college and university sustainability movement, becoming a member of the College and university Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and most importantly, taking on a leadership role in the newly formed Illinois Community College Sustainability network. ese are but a few of this year’s accomplishments. More are included in the pages that follow. I hope you will enjoy learning how the ClC success story continues to unfold.

Jerry Weber, Ph.D. President

Message from the Foundation President

FoR SEVERAL YEARS now, THE CoLLEgE of lake County and the ClC foundation have published a joint annual report, an approach that not only saves money but also reflects the close relationship between our two organizations. is year, we’re taking this approach a step further by formatting our publication to interweave college and foundation stories. It’s a format that we believe demonstrates even more clearly the importance of the foundation’s work on behalf of the college and its students.

Conveying that message is particularly appropriate this year, which marks ClC’s 40th anniversary and the foundation’s 35th. We are proud to have supported the college through almost its entire history, providing funds for scholarships, special college projects and cultural activities like the Robert t. Wright Community gallery of art.

In these difficult economic times, the need for this kind of support is very great. Individual students and families are struggling to pay college costs, increasing the need for scholarships. and in a time when enrollments are soaring, state funding for the college is being radically cut, making the foundation’s support for institutional projects even more essential.

ClC and the foundation are committed to keeping a college education accessible to as many students as possible. on behalf of the foundation’s board of directors, I want to thank you, our donors, for your generous support. With your help, we are continuing to make a significant impact on the lives of students and our community.

Ben Randazzo ClC foundation Board of Directors

Adventures:

The outer Voyage

“e world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.”

–St. augustine

“HEAD, SHouLDERS, knEES AnD ToES, knEES AnD ToES,” Peter Murphy sang out to a classroom of elementary and middle school students in Xi’an, China, as he points to each part of his body.

Crowded into a grimy, window-broken classroom, the students follow along, repeating Murphy’s words and actions. ey listen enthralled by Murphy’s strange Midwestern american accent, eager for this opportunity to learn english from a native speaker. “ese 8- to 15-year-old students and their parents decided that this experience was more important than having the latest video game or a new puppy,” Murphy said.

Murphy taught six classes of elementary and middle school students that Sunday in october. His teaching stint was part of his participation in an unusual ClC-sponsored semester abroad program at Xi’an International university in Xi’an, China.

ClC began offering the opportunity to study in China as part of a two-year east asian studies grant for $150,000 that the college received from the u.S. Department of education in 2008 and 2009. as a result of the grant, the college developed three study abroad programs, faculty professional development, three new courses on east asian studies, Chinese language workshops and much more. e ClC foundation donated $50,000 in scholarships to help support the students studying in China, awarding 24 grants ranging from $500-$4,000.

Murphy participated in the overseas study program in fall 2008. Because he gained so much from his first visit to China, 20-year-old Murphy delayed his plans to transfer to

ClC student Peter Murphy used simple games like “Simon Says” to teach english to Chinese children.

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Illinois State university and instead again participated in the program in fall 2009, along with two other students—nate Mock and Josh Bradley—who also returned for a second semester. as an international business major, Murphy felt the opportunity to study in China was too good to miss. “I believe the lessons I learned will help me throughout my academic and professional career,” said Murphy, who has now transferred to Illinois State university. english Professor Michael latza, who accompanied 18 students on ClC’s semester in China in 2008, taught two english classes to international students at Xi’an university and sat in on two other courses, but the students learned to navigate the city and university on their own. “e students became very accomplished at surviving and thriving on their own in a large foreign city,” latza said. now that the Department of education funding cycle is over, the program will continue through an affiliation with the Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs, according to Dr. li-hua yu, a ClC professor of sociology who was director of the Department of education title VIa grant. yu, a native of China, is gratified that the program will continue. “e 21st century has been called the era of China, and our students need to understand the culture of this important part of the world,” she said.

In Spring 2011, two professors, one from ClC and one from another ICISSP college, will lead a group of students from ICISSP colleges on a semester abroad study experience in China. Plans also call for 20 students from XaIu to come to ClC to study —Professor Michael latza in fall 2010.

ClC’s work on international education is being recognized by a major award. In february 2010, the college will receive the andrew Heiskell award for innovation in International education from the american association of Community College’s Institute for International education.

“ClC students became very accomplished at surviving and thriving on their own in a large foreign city,”

Adventures:

The Inner Voyage

“e real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

–Marcel Proust

EAR PLugS In. IPoD CHECkED ouT AnD SYnCHRonIzED. audio tour brochure and map in hand. you’re ready to tour the art collection. are you at the art Institute of Chicago? no, you’re standing in the a Wing of the College of the lake County’s grayslake Campus. nearby, cashiers are taking payments and students are jostling in the halls. But you’re enveloped in a multisensory audio tour of highlights from the college’s outstanding permanent art collection. e new audio tour was developed by Steve Jones, curator, and Jane ellefson, preparator, with the Robert t. Wright Community gallery of art. It is also available on the gallery’s Web site, making some of the college’s outstanding collection of 495 artworks accessible to anyone in the world with Internet access at http://gallery.clcillinois.edu. “not many colleges have audio tours on their Web sites. We are way out in front,” ellefson said. “e Web site has taken down the walls of the gallery.” e audio tour project, which took more than a year to complete, focuses on 15 diverse artworks that are on display in the a Wing and the technology Building. to take the audio tour in person, go to the grayslake Campus library circulation desk and check out an iPod kit that includes a tour brochure, iPod directions and a map. umbnails of each featured art work appear on the iPod’s touch screen. a well-written and researched narration accompanies each piece, providing fascinating details about each artist, the works and their meaning or symbolism.

In the future, the gallery staff would like to create additional tours of the art work at all three campuses.

learning to really see is the purpose of this aesthetic journey.

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knowledge: The Healing Art

“Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work...”

–florence nightingale

A MIDDLE-AgED BEDRIDDEn HoSPITAL PATIEnT CoMPLAInS to his nurse of severe chest pains. Quickly responding, she monitors his blood pressure and pulse, which are dropping dangerously low. all signs point to a heart attack. e nurse calls for an ekg and critical care team. ey arrive stat! and immediately hook up electrodes to the patient’s chest. His heart wave pattern is far from normal. e nurse orders the team to start defibrillation. as the patient’s body jerks in response to the electrical shocks, the line on the monitor returns to a normal pattern. another life saved.

Such scenes may be the stuff of a tV drama, but they are also everyday occurrences in the working life of a nurse, according to Pam Pedersen, a critical care nurse specialist at northwestern lake forest Hospital and an adjunct nursing instructor at the College of lake County. today’s nurses care for patients using an astonishing array of high-tech equipment and advanced medicines, helping to prolong lives as never before. But with medicine able to do more for patients, nurses are oen called upon to make lightning-quick, critical care decisions. to ensure that the College of lake County is preparing students to become nurses with latest medical and critical thinking skills needed for such situations, ClC in 2009 completely modified the nursing curriculum.

Changes to the program include greater use of the digital technologies that continue to revolutionize the nursing field and teaching methods, according to Deborah Jezuit, R.n., Ph.D., director of nursing education. In the nursing lab, for example, three new, high-tech mannequins allow students to practice a range of critical-care skills.

nurses must be trained to make critical patient-care decisions stat!

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“e mannequins can be programmed to talk and groan, giving students a realistic, but safe, environment in which to practice giving shots, setting up I.V. units and other critical skills,” she explained. With anatomically correct body parts, the mannequins allow students to practice taking blood pressure, measuring lung capacity, dressing wounds and even handling amputated limbs, Jezuit added.

Students also use computers to practice “tele-nursing” or monitoring a patient’s ekg or IV in a clinic located miles away, Jezuit said. other technology applications include live, Web-streamed videos of Mayo Clinic surgeries and use of video to give students feedback on their patientcare techniques, she said. Memory sticks or personal digital assistants are even replacing heavy nursing textbooks and reference guides in many cases, she added. the traditional student experience of a “clinical”—on-the-job experience with live patients in hospitals and clinics—remains a critical part of nursing education, she said. “technology is a great resource but nothing replaces actually learning by working with patients,” Jezuit said.

Significantly, the curriculum changes also include a modification to help ensure that students really understand the demands of the nursing profession. at the end of 2009, a Certified nursing assistant certificate became a prerequisite for all students entering the associate degree program in nursing. “you need to enter nursing for the right reasons,” said Jezuit, whose own exposure to nursing began at age 14, when she worked as a volunteer “candy striper” at a hospital in her native Indiana. “Successful nurses find a great reward in caring for people and helping them feel better. Students who choose the profession mainly because of the pay or the job security are usually the ones who end up struggling.”

Students use computers to practice “tele-nursing,” or monitoring a patient’s ekg or I.V. in a clinic located miles away.

Quests:

k n o w l e d g e : C a r e e r s o n t h e Va n g u a r d

“New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth.”

–kurt Vonnegut

FRoM “nAnoBoMBS” THAT kILL MALIgnAnT CAnCER CELLS to optics that store millions of megabytes of data, new technologies are rapidly emerging and creating previously unheard of jobs. although new technologies are creating a demand for researchers with advanced degrees, they are also generating demand for technicians with associate degrees to install, test, service and operate the new technologies. a recent study by the national Center for optics and Photonics education, for example, found that jobs for photonics technicians are at the height of the recession going unfilled and that openings are expected to more than double in the next five years. Similarly, the national Science foundation estimates that by 2015, nanotechnology will play a critical role in $1 trillion worth of products, requiring 2 million workers. to help students take advantage of such opportunities, the College of lake County this year introduced new academic programs in nanotechnology and photonics. nanotechnology, a field that incorporates biology, chemistry, materials science, physics, electronics and engineering, focuses on applications at the molecular and atomic level, including manufacturing processes, medical research and energy production.

Photonics uses the science of light for wide-ranging practical applications ranging from explosives detectors for airport security to blood tests that don’t require a needle prick.

ClC now offers a certificate program in photonics, and the college is also offering the first 43 credit hours toward an associate in applied Science degree in nanotechnology.

new technologies are generating red-hot demand for technicians with associate degrees.

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Students complete the last 21-23 credit hours required for the degree at Harper College in Palatine. “e chance to work with cutting edge nanotechnologies that one day will revolutionize medical and military applications is what attracted me to the program,” said troy Blume, a freshman from lincolnshire in the nanotechnology program who plans to earn a four-year degree and work in the energy or health care fields. likewise, greg Hinkley, a 42-year-old grayslake resident, is attracted to the opportunities in the emerging photonics field. laid off from a job in information technology, Hinkley enrolled in ClC’s new photonics program in pursuit of new career options.

“I knew lasers were big, but I had no idea how big,” Hinkley said, citing such wide ranging applications as manufacturing and medicine.

Quests:

knowledge: Creating opportunity

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

–Benjamin Disraeli

wHAT CAn You ACHIEVE wITH A CoLLEgE oF LAkE CounTY education? almost anything, as shown by recent projects tracking the post-ClC experiences of former students and graduates. e projects were both conducted in celebration of the college’s 40th anniversary. one project, sponsored by the ClC alumni association, produced a 560-page directory of graduates, including information about their current job titles, post-ClC education and family profiles. the other project, conducted by the Public Relations office, consisted of a Web site soliciting stories from former students and graduates about how ClC had shaped their lives and success.

Responses to the two projects show that former students and graduates have had rich life experiences and career successes aer leaving ClC. ey have gone on to attend a wide range of public and private universities, including prestigious ones like northwestern, the university of Chicago and Harvard. and they’ve built impressive careers as nurses and physicians, lawyers, teachers, broadcasters, college professors, business executives and more.

ClC affected their lives in many ways, but several patterns emerge from the stories they shared:

ClC opened the door to a high-quality education.

CLC HELPED THEM DISCoVER wHAT THEY wAnTED To STuDY. “I had absolutely no idea what kind of career might be good for me. a ClC counselor administered a career-interest test, and one of my top scores was architecture. I took an

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architectural draing class that I really enjoyed, and aer two years at ClC, I pursued architecture at Iowa State,” said allen Varney, now a registered architect and a vice president of a 30-person architectural firm. “I really enjoy my career and have ClC to thank for helping me get started.”

FoR MAnY, CLC wAS THE onLY wAY To ACHIEVE An EDuCATIon. “If it had not been for ClC, I never would have reached my dreams. ClC was the turning point in my life,” said Dr. Melanie Smith, today a family practice physician in Burlington, Wis. Smith entered ClC at age 23, with two young children. “I went part-time, which was all I could afford. With waitressing tips and scholarships, I was able to eventually earn my associate degree in nursing.” eventually Smith continued her studies, earning her medical degree in 1995.

THEY FounD A STIMuLATIng EnVIRonMEnT THAT REMAInED wITH THEM Long AFTER THEY LEFT THE CoLLEgE. “When I attended ClC, it was relatively new, intimate and full of possibilities. I wanted to write news stories and work on air for the campus radio station—so I did,” said Catherine Heenan, today a news anchor and Peabody and emmy award winner. “It’s not just that the ClC system allowed me to try and do so much—it was actively encouraged.”

Quests:

The Right Path

“We are made to persist. at’s how we find out who we are.”

–tobias Wolff

PSYCHoLogY STuDEnT LIz CLARk APPRECIATES, PERHAPS more than most, how a college education can give a person a second, and even third, chance to find the right career path.

Clark has pursued higher education at three institutions since 1992— Penn State, South Hills School of Business and technology, a proprietary school, and the College of lake County. It’s taken some years, and life experience, but Clark says she’s now found her direction at ClC. “I love ClC,” she said, praising both the quality of academics and the many clubs and student organizations, which for her make the difference between just coming to school and feeling “plugged” into the campus.

“I like the student connection,” she said. “a good college experience changes a person’s life.”

Clark has been able to take advantage of all that ClC offers because of scholarship support from the ClC foundation. In 2009, she received a $250 leadership scholarship.

“It helps me be able to pay for books and daycare for my four-year-old son,” she said. “Without the scholarship, I wouldn’t be able to take classes this semester.”

—Student liz Clark a Pennsylvania native, Clark first enrolled at Penn State in 1992 but dropped out in her second semester, feeling unconnected with the campus and unsure of her goals. She spent the next 10 years working the second shi at factory assembly job, living paycheck to paycheck. During those years, Clark balanced work with helping to care for her mother, who experienced three heart surgeries, vision loss and a severe form of diabetes.

“a good college experience changes a person’s life.”

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In 2002, Clark’s life changed radically when she was laid off from her factory job and her mother died. now ready to go back to school, Clark enrolled at South Hills School of Business and technology, where she earned an associate degree in technology and computer applications in 2003. even though she had a degree in hand, Clark found she still wasn’t sure of her direction. taking a job as a sales manager for a local hotel, she discovered she really preferred working with people rather than technology. “Working with computers wasn’t how I wanted to spend my life,” she said. ough she still hadn’t found the right career, Clark made progress in other areas of her life. She adopted a child and met her fiancé, Christopher, on a dating Web site. In 2005, she moved to Chicago to be near him.

With her personal life shaping up nicely, Clark was still looking for the right career path.

In the spring of 2007, on Christopher’s recommendation, she enrolled as a part-time student at ClC while working days as an administrative assistant at a Waukegan company. She soon felt at home at the college, and when she was laid off from her job, made the decision to attend the college full time. She quickly involved herself in campus life by giving tours to new and prospective students, and today, juggles ClC classes with a 30-hour-per-week job in the college’s Women’s Center, which assists women in domestic and financial crises.

Working toward an associate degree at ClC, Clark plans to transfer to the university Center of lake County, which is on ClC’s campus, to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology. eventually, she would like to teach.

Clark admits that her interest in psychology goes back to her days at Penn State, but at that time she didn’t know about career opportunities in the field. “now that I know my path, I’m grateful that ClC is here to help me get there,” she said.

Quests:

A Better world: Sustaining Planet Earth

“We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved om annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our agile cra.”

–adlai Stevenson

DEVELoPMEnT ARounD THE woRLD IS CREATIng A HIgHER standard of living for millions. But it’s also inflicting massive ecological damage that could present future generations with a radically different world—one characterized by cataclysmic climate change and widespread drought, famine and disease.

What can be done to grow the world’s economy and at the same time sustain planet earth? e growing sustainability movement is seeking answers to this question on many fronts, and u.S. colleges and universities are becoming actively involved, either as research sites, centers of teaching and learning or role models for sound practices. e College of lake County is among these institutions. is year, ClC led the way by being one of the leaders in creating the new Illinois Community College Sustainability network (ICCSn). e ICCSn is a consortium of all 48 community colleges in Illinois, and together the colleges provide green-collar job training and programs to encourage energy conservation and renewable energy technologies at the community level. as part of this network, ClC has created a college sustainability center that serves as a one-stop source of information and training focused on energy efficiency incentives, renewable energy technologies, recycling and growing the green economy. e center also brings together all the campus activities for going green and joins that to community efforts to build a greener lake County.

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In January 2010, gov. Pat Quinn announced the award of a $1.7 million grant to the network that will fund a variety of sustainability activities, including expanding the number of sustainability centers to 14 and creating several green job centers. an additional $850,000 to support the ICCSn initiatives has been awarded by the federal departments of energy and education, according to ClC President Dr. Jerry Weber.

ClC will receive funding to open a green job center and to maintain the sustainability center. Weber said the sustainability center will assist local communities in going green, and the green job center will work with other community colleges to form partnerships with businesses, community-based organizations and building and trades groups to develop and implement training programs for green jobs in such areas as renewable energy technologies, energy audits and heating, ventilation and air conditioning. “e goal of the Illinois Community College Sustainability network is to leverage the strengths of community colleges to help Illinois thrive in the emerging green economy,” said Weber, who serves on the ICCSn’s steering committee. “although the network was started a year ago, the new funding will allow it to rapidly expand.”

Colleges and universities have an essential role in sustaining planet earth.

Heroes:

overcoming Adversity

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

–Winston Churchill

Hugo C. TAMAYo, 31, oF RounD LAkE BEACH, SMILES In disbelief as he recalls a time in 2007 when he tried faxing a resume—handwritten, on notebook paper—while applying for a position at a large computer manufacturer in lake County. at the time, tamayo happened to be in the College of lake County’s Career and Placement Services Center. fortunately, before he pressed the “Send” button on the fax machine, tamayo was stopped, politely, by Chris Pace, one of the department’s staff.

“Chris was friendly, and mentioned that he could help me in making a professional-looking resume, with word processing soware,” said tamayo. ough tamayo didn’t land the job at the computer company, he continued to work with Pace to improve his resume and polish his interviewing skills. eventually, he was hired by a local insulation company. a casualty of the recession, however, he was back seeking help from the Career and Placement Services Center in 2009. With the department’s help, he is now enrolled in ClC’s business management program, preparing for a career as an entrepreneur.

Currently, about 400 people come to the Career and Placement Services Center each month seeking help in finding a second-or third- or more chance for career success. In addition to getting job search assistance, many also discover new educational opportunities and with them a new career direction.

“Many of the people we help have experienced career setbacks, but they show tremendous fortitude and persistence,” said Sylvia Johnson, executive director of the Career and Placement Services Center. “oen these qualities help them turn setbacks into opportunities.”

Careers, like life, have twists and turns. Courage and knowledge guide the way.

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admitting he was less than serious about school in his youth, tamayo now has chosen further education as his pathway to opportunity. aer working in factory assembly jobs for several years, he later earned a general education Diploma (geD) from ClC in 2006. a job in construction, and the one at the insulation company, followed. But neither yielded thebetter future he was seeking.

With the Career and Placement Center’s help, tamayo learned about the college’s academic program in business management, and he’s scheduled to complete a certificate in the program in fall 2010. With the skills he’s learned, he hopes to start a local chauffeur/ delivery service with his brother.

“I lecture my 16–year-old brother a lot about the importance of staying in school and putting in extra time to study,” said tamayo, who is the first person from his family to attend college. “I like ClC. With my education, I can show others that school allows you to move forward in life.”

Heroes:

Coming Home

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.”

–aldous Huxley

SERVIng In kuwAIT, AnTHonY THATCHER, A SERgEAnT In the army national guard, oen battled 100-degree temperatures and 12-hour sandstorms as he supervised a crew that assisted in the repair of helicopters.

In august 2009, following a one-year deployment, atcher returned to his native Waukegan and faced different kinds of challenges: clarifying his own career goals and learning how to make the best use of his veterans benefits.

“I wanted to get back on track toward a career,” explained atcher, a pre-pharmacy major who is also a certified pharmacy technician. But he found navigating the enrollment process and finding out how to access his veterans benefits a challenge. e College of lake County’s expanded services for returning veterans came to atcher’s assistance.

“When I came back from kuwait, the ClC staff was very knowledgeable and very timely in answering my questions, from admissions procedures to applying for the g.I. Bill or other financial aid,” atcher said.

In the last year, ClC has been developing enhanced services to assist returning veterans of Iraq and afghanistan, continuing a tradition that began in the Vietnam era when the college welcomed an influx of veterans from that war.

“We wanted to make sure that our current services are matching the needs of today’s veterans, so we asked them how we could serve them better,” said karen Hlavin, assistant vice president for student development. “Based on their feedback, we’ve added services like a new Web site to speed up the application for g.I. Bill benefits and other financial aid.”

from Vietnam to Iraq, ClC has welcomed veterans.

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In addition to promoting scholarships and financial aid opportunities for veterans, ClC is educating faculty and staff on how to assist veterans in their transition from soldier to student and offering programs to meet veterans’ specific needs in selecting a career path or degree option. e college also re-established a veterans club, provided equipment to help veterans who are sight- or hearing-impaired and began the process to hire a fulltime coordinator of veterans services, Hlavin added.

ClC’s expanded efforts have paid off, as the college was designated as a “Military friendly School” by g.I. Jobs magazine in 2009. is honor ranks ClC in the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide that are working at assisting america’s veterans and military personnel, according to the magazine.

In the fall 2009 Semester, ClC enrolled 541 veterans, a 9 percent increase over 2008. atcher, who is the current president of the college’s Veterans Club, said the organization provides an important place for servicemen and women to reconnect and find support. talking to someone who has also experienced basic training, combat and other aspects of military life can help veterans feel more at home, he said.

“Moving from military life and to student life can be stressful for some returning veterans,” atcher said. “e stresses can range from juggling classes with a job to more serious issues such as personal finances, marital problems or Post traumatic Stress Disorder. In the Veterans Club, we offer not only a place to socialize, but we also let the vets know that the Counseling Center and other resources are available on campus and in the community.”

Transformations:

Learning More, Becoming More

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

–Blaise Pascal

ABouT To BEgIn A PRESEnTATIon CuLMInATIng A SEMESTER’S work, edward kristan nervously scanned the conference room, which was filled with his Honors Program professors, fellow students and other college staff members. e group was gathered to recognize the academic success of Honors Program students and see samples of projects resulting from their Honors studies. kristan’s project—a multimedia presentation that combined reproductions of centuries’ old paintings with a computer-recorded narrative—recounted the story of the famous Irish Battle of Boyne, which pitted the army of Protestant king William of orange against that of his Catholic father-in-law, king James II in 1690.

Certainly, there were enough plot elements to intrigue an audience—a royal family feud and a religious conflict that has survived to this day. for kristan, however, a major source of satisfaction was learning more about the origin of his Irish Catholic grandmother’s frequent injunctions to avoid wearing orange on “orangemen’s Day,” July 12, which commemorates king William’s Protestant victory in the Battle of Boyne. kristan said his grandmother had talked to him about the Battle of Boyne but he never fully appreciated its significance until he studied it in Dr. Phyllis Soybel’s Honors western civilization class.

—Professor nicholas Schevera He became fascinated with the topic and chose it as the subject of a research project he did for the class.

“I remember a moment in the library when I realized that I was no longer concerned with a letter grade or my teacher’s approval, but felt a higher responsibility to my project and

“academically gied students can go beyond normal course expectations.”

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my classmates to convey this material in a way that does justice to the material and the listeners,” he said. “ings just clicked for me in Dr. Soybel’s class,” he said.

“I’m thrilled when students see history as a living thing,” she said. “edward kristan’s project looked at the Battle of Boyne not as some dusty event far removed from the present but as something that still has consequences for us today in the religious conflicts in northern Ireland.” kristan, who comes from a homeschool background, came to ClC without having a group of high school friends also at the college. e Honors Program provided him with an instant community. He became comfortable being part of a group of like-minded and engaged students.

“Honors classes have good cohesion, and everyone is motivated to learn,” he said.

Providing opportunities for such motivated students to delve deeply into a subject is a major purpose of ClC’s Honors Program.

“We give academically gifted students the opportunity to go beyond normal course expectations,” said Dr. nicholas Schevera, professor of english and coordinator of the Honors Program. and thanks to the support of the ClC foundation, Honors classes are tuition-free for qualifying students, providing an extra benefit to intellectually gied students. During the 2008-09 academic year, 78 Honors students enrolled in seven different classes. like most of his peers in the Honors Program, edward kristan is applying to upper level universities, where his Honors designation has been favorably noted. He plans to major in history and then attend law school, but for now, he’s working on conquering just one battle at a time.

Transformations:

Metamorphosis

“ose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

–Rachel Carson

MYTHS AnD FAIRY TALES ARE FILLED wITH wonDRouS transformations. a frog becomes a prince, an ugly duckling, a swan.

But nature also tells its own tale of magical transformations. a small egg on a leaf hatches into a caterpillar. e caterpillar weaves a chrysalis, and a wormlike insect is replaced by a colorful winged delight. last summer, the college broke ground on the grayslake campus for a new butterfly garden that will celebrate these wonders and serve as a living laboratory for biology students. e butterfly garden is the brainchild of the college’s environmental action Committee. e idea was born when committee members walked the grayslake campus with grounds manager Brian Bonadore, looking for areas suitable for native landscaping, which requires less maintenance than cultivated plants.

“We realized we could do more,” said biology professor Cindy trombino. “Many of us on the committee are biology faculty members, and we knew the value of a butterfly garden as a teaching tool from our own research and reading.” trombino, along with horticulture professor Rory klick and biology professor kelly Cartwright, began a quest to make the butterfly garden a reality. e three instructors applied for, and received, a $5,000 grant from the ClC foundation to pay for creating the garden, which is located on south side of the grayslake campus between the B and C wings. last summer, the garden was tilled, and volunteers, including Boy Scout and Venture Scout troops and ClC’s student environmental club, helped plant wildflowers and small trees.

e butterfly garden is a living, outdoor classroom.

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When in full bloom next summer, the garden will include a colorful mix of such wildflowers as the purple coneflower, yellow-orange butterfly weed and magenta-colored beebalm. “e vegetation will attract butterflies naturally,” kelly Cartwright explained. “ere will be no attempt to capture butterflies and bring them to the garden.” among the butterfly species expected to thrive in the garden are red admirals, monarchs, viceroys, painted ladies and even coral hairstreaks, she said. e garden will include a gravel pathway, benches and a pond. Small trees, including Hawthorne which sprout a white flower in summer and a red berry in fall, will complement the wildflowers. e total effect, Cindy trombino said, will be one of quiet calm and relaxation. “ere’s lots of evidence that being in nature helps people relax and center their thoughts,” she said. all three instructors are excited about the potential of the garden to serve as a teaching and learning tool.

“It will be a living, outdoor classroom, offering environmental lessons for students, staff and the community,” Rory klick said.

Butterflies, trombino said, play a major role in the ecosystem, pollinating plants and serving as a food source for predators. eir presence is also a measure of the health of an ecosystem. “generally, the higher the population and diversity of butterfly species, the healthier the ecosystem,” trombino said.

Transformations:

Striving and Thriving

“You must do the thing you cannot do.”

–eleanor Roosevelt

STRuggLIng To FoCuS AS SHE STuDIES FoR A TEST, 25-year-old Christa Sanchez Bice covers up the practice answers and concentrates deeply. en she goes back and repeats the process. It’s just one of the skills she learned in the College of lake County’s rive program, aimed at helping at-risk students succeed. e rive program began in fall 2007 as a new retention initiative in the Student life Department. In the 2008-2009 academic year, it served more than 800 students. Data on the impact of the program is still being compiled, but an analysis of the program’s pilot year in 2007-2008 showed that students who participated in it continued their studies into the next semester at a higher rate than the general population of students—75 percent for rive students in comparison to 66 percent for the student body as a whole.

Students like Sanchez Bice don’t know it, but they owe the support services they receive through rive to an initiative known as the academic Quality Improvement Project (aQIP). aQIP is a continuous quality improvement option for college and university accreditation offered by the Higher learning Commission. It offers institutions the option of satisfying accreditation requirements by adopting a continuous quality improvement philosophy and conducting specific projects to improve academic programs and systems. “aQIP is a model that asks colleges and universities to examine their processes with an eye on constantly improving,” said tonitta White, ClC’s quality assessment manager. “e whole point is making positive, evidence-based improvements that benefit real students.”

e whole point is making evidence-based improvements that benefit students.

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ClC has participated in aQIP since 2002, conducting 15 different continuous quality improvement projects, including the one that resulted in rive. Most recently, in february 2009, reviewers from the Higher learning Commission came to campus to assess how well the college is doing to make continuous improvement a part of the institution’s culture and way of operating.

“ClC has made marked progress on its quality journey and is poised to capitalize on that progress to reach a higher level of institutional performance,” the reviewers, Dr. Susan lupo and Dr. Henry Shein, wrote in their report. e reviewers particularly praised the college’s efforts to use the aQIP process to improve student support services. “ClC has made a deep commitment to developing support systems and processes that will help students succeed,” the report said, citing initiatives such as rive and foundations of excellence, a review of ways to improve students’ freshman year experience conducted during the 2007-2008 academic year. for Sanchez Bice the rive program has certainly been beneficial. ough she had difficulties in school since she was a child, she never knew why. aer applying to ClC, she was formally tested for attention deficit disorder, and the results confirmed that she had a documented disability, which opened the door for special services at ClC. ose services, and the tutoring and encouragement she received in the rive program made all the difference. She proudly points out her 3.0 gPa and the fact that she will graduate in December 2010 as well as her participation in student government and the college’s latino alliance.

“I think I’ve overcome a lot of my disability. It took a lot of hard work, but I’m really determined to get high grades. rive has been great!” she said.

REACHIng HIgHER although praising the progress ClC has made on continuous quality improvement, reviewers from the Higher learning Commission urged the college to go further by conducting a strategic planning process that could serve as a blueprint for focusing change.

“ClC has in place, many quality building blocks and tools. as ClC moves toward systemic change, the college may want to more consciously organize these (and other) building blocks around a quality blueprint,” the reviewers said in their report.

“ClC, as an organization, seems ready (and in some instances eager) to engage in a comprehensive strategic planning process,” they said.

ClC President Dr. Jerry Weber was quick to agree with the reviewers’ recommendation, and the college is conducting a strategic planning process during the 2009-2010 academic year. “e college community understands that, in these times of uncertain finances, strategic planning can help us identify priorities and focus decisions about allocating institutional resources,” Weber said.

Transformations:

Always Learning

“e wisest mind has something yet to learn.”

–george Santayana

THE CoLLEgE oF LAkE CounTY BELIEVES In THE PowER oF learning to transform lives. at belief empowers faculty and staff to pursue new knowledge through publications and projects such as these:

The Arts and Humanities Professor Sean Murphy (english) edited “academic Cultures: Professional Preparation and the teaching life,” a book published by the Modern language association. additionally, Dr. Murphy’s book, “James Joyce and Victims: Reading the logic of exclusion,” was reviewed

by Jim Davies in the James Joyce Broadsheet, no. 73. Dr. Murphy also served as a reviewer of “Joyce’s Misbelief ” by Roy gottfried in the “James Joyce Quarterly.” He also co-presented a session on “Peace Building and Peace Making: Building Peace Programs at Community Colleges” at the Community Colleges Humanities association conference. fieen photographs by Roland Miller, dean of the Communication arts, Humanities and fine arts Division, were accepted for display in the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Midwest Photographers Project.

Professor Olivia Yanez (Spanish) presented and moderated a session at the Repercussions of the Mexican Revolution in art, film and literature conference sponsored by loyola university Chicago and the national autonomous university of Mexico Chicago campus.

Professor Michael Kozien (Digital Media and Design) was awarded a 2009 artist project grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural affairs. additionally, he was accepted into the la Macina de san Cresci artist Residency Perogram in greve, Italy, for June 2009.

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Professor Becky Thall (philosophy) participated in a research study on online teaching technologies sponsored by Carnegie Mellon university and the university of Pittsburgh.

Works by Professor Hans Habeger (art) were displayed in the 2nd annual Joseph frasca Memorial Works Juried exhibition at the Coyote gallery in Chicago. His work was also featured in the magazine new american Paintings: Midwest Competition in august 2009. adjunct music instructor Frank Catalano, a renowned saxophonist, was the subject of a Chicago tribune article by Howard Reich titled “frank Catalano lights up stage on the 4th.”

Professor Rick Soller (communication) presented two papers at the Illinois Speech and eatre association convention in September. additionally, he was appointed the Higher education Representative to the Illinois Speech and eatre association Board.

Professor Michael Latza (english) delivered a paper on the college’s international study program at Xi’an International university in China at the Community Colleges for International Development’s international education conference in orlando, fla.

Science and Technology Professor Nora Benjamin (psychology) will receive first-author recognition for a paper titled “enhancing Building Conversation and learning through Caregiver-Child Interactions in a Children’s Museum,” to be published in the journal Developmental Psychology. e article was co-authored with two professors at loyola university Chicago.

Professor Rob Twardock (engineering) was inducted into the national Society of Professional engineer’s order of the engineer, a distinction committing the holder to service to humanity and upholding the highest standards of ethics within the profession.

Professors Steve Dulmes (CaD CaM) and Fred Scheu (electrical engineering technology) were accepted by the national Center for optics and Photonics education for a fellowship program funded by the national Science foundation. Professor Dulmes also attended the International Congress on applications of lasers and electro-optics, a conference focused on innovative research on the use of lasers.

Professor Lance David (automotive technology) received an aCDC Master Hybrid technician certificate.

Professor Elizabeth O’Grady (psychology) co-authored a chapter in “Defensive Mutualism in Microbial Symbiosis” (CRC Press) and a paper titled “Comparative genomic analyses Indentify the Vibrio Harveyi genome Sequenced Strains Baa-1116 and Hy01 as Vibrio Campbellii” to be published in environmental Microbiology and environmental Microbiology Reports.

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Health Sciences Professor Carmella Mikol (nursing) was a presenter at national and international nursing conferences: one at the national league for nursing and another at the International Safe Communities Conference at Christchurch, new Zealand. additionally, Professor Mikol was appointed to the Institutional Review Board for two Cancer Care treatment Centers of america sites.

Professor Mary Scheffler (nursing) received certification as an advanced practice nurse (aPn), clinical nurse specialist in adult health.

Dr. Deb Jezuit, director of nursing education, co-authored an article published in the Journal of nursing administration (July-Sept. 2008) in the journal’s ethics in Practice section.

Community Service Sari Oosta, family literacy coordinator, was recognized by the lake County Journal as one of the top 10 exceptional people in lake County for her efforts to help families learn english.

Professor Kelly Cartwright (biology) was appointed to the liberty Prairie Conservancy Board of Directors. She is active in environmental issues.

Professor Teresa Aguinaldo (english) was selected to receive the yWCa Women of achievement award and the Melissa Bean Winning Woman award for her service as faculty coordinator of ClC’s Women’s Center.

Pedagogy Professor Mary Lynn Carver (aBe/geD/Reading) presented a paper on building critical thinking skills at the Commission for adult Basic education held in louisville, ky.

Professor Mark Coykendall (biology) presented at the nISoD Conference in austin, texas, on “Reflections on leading new faculty” and “to Click, or not to Click-for: at’s the Question,” a presentation on using clicker technology in the classroom.

Professors Elizabeth Aiossa, Sean Murphy and Mary Winter co-authored an article titled “Preparing future faculty: ten years later,” which was accepted for publication in the journal teaching english in the two-year College.

Professor Martha Lally (psychology) and instructor Kathy Johnston (education) presented at the 2009 Illinois Community College faculty association’s teaching and learning excellence Conference.

Librarian Uri Toch and Professor Ken Kikuchi (psychology) presented an interactive program on ways instructors and librarians can work together to improve classroom instruction at the Conference on Innovation and Change in the Community College, sponsored by national louis university in May.

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Professors Cindu omas-George (communication) and Dr. Ken Kikuchi (psychology) presented at an oakton Community College conference on conflict resolution.

Professor Jennifer Staben co-authored “looking at the Whole text” in “eSl Writers: a guide for Writing Center tutors (Boynton/Cook)” and “Making Waves with Writing Center Peer tutors,” a presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Professor Donna Carlson (mathematics) presented at a panel on college readiness sponsored by the Illinois Council of teachers of Mathematics.

Professor Mary Lynn Carver (adult basic education, geD and eSl) presented at the national conference of the Commission on adult Basic education and at the adult learning Resource Center northern Region conference.

College of Lake County

Financial Statements fiscal year ending June 30, 2009

Education Fund

fund Balance as of June 30, 2008

Operations & Maintenance Fund

Total Operating Fund

Percent

$5,163,983

$8,080,116

Revenues local Resources State Resources tuition and fees Interest on Investments other

$36,812,860 6,753,867 21,959,084 386,904 245,136

$15,775,937 _ _ _ 77,632

$52,588,797 6,753,867 21,959,084 386,904 322,768

64.12 8.24 26.78 .47 .39

total Revenues

$66,157,851

$15,853,569

$82,011,420

100

Expenditures Instruction academic Support Student Services Public Service operations/Maintenance of Plant Institutional Support Scholarships/Waivers total expenditures

$33,498,397 4,669,762 6,225,349 2,209,971 – 18,197,521 90,266 $64,891,266

_ _ 200,525 _ 8,165,701 6,056,689 _ $14,422,915

$33,498,397 4,669,762 6,425,874 2,209,971 8,165,701 24,254,210 90,266 $79,314,181

42.23 5.89 8.10 2.79 10.30 30.58 .11 100

operating transfers Fund Balance as of June 30, 2009

0 $6,430,568

(1,600,000) $7,910,770

$13,244,099

(1,600,000) $14,341,338

Foundation Donors

3D Pro’s Inc. 545 north Bar and grill

A a Matter of Style

auction Merchandise Source

Dorae Block

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Paul Blumberg

avalign technologies

CDW government, Inc.

Bob Chinn’s Crabhouse Restaurant

CtCa@Midwestern Regional Medical Center

Bobby’s Hunt Club Road golf Center

Café Pyrenees

laura l. avila tabinda azam

kathy abbate abbott fund Matching grant Plan abbott laboratories Pam adams teresa aguinaldo David aho air Con Refrigeration & Heating, Inc.

B B & g Cyclery, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Babicz Rich and Margaret Babjak Deborah Baker

Boller Construction Bonnie Brook golf Course Brian Bonadore Books are fun, ltd.

Jennifer Bouska

Diana Camp Michael Campbell Cancer federation, Inc. Cardinal Health Donna Carlson John Carobine Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D. and Mary Clare Jakes

Peter Baker and Son

Mrs. Paul W. Brandel (deceased)

kathryn M. allen, CPa

Connie Bakker

kathleen Brayer

allstate arena

Marsha Baldwin

Ms. elaine Brettmann

allstate Insurance Company

Patricia Banfor angela Bank

Bretzlauf foundation Corporation

american legion– Post 281

george Barmann

Mary ann Bretzlauf

lamont Barrientos

Marilyn Brincat

american legion, Mckinlock Post no. 264

kimbra Bartz

gwethalyn Bronner

american tradesmen, Inc.

Rudolph and Sharon Basovsky

Bob Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chess

american united life Insurance Company

Margaret Scanlan Brown

Janice Basten

Chicago Botanic garden

laura Bryce

Panderang Chittal

Baxter Credit union

Cisneros lawn Service

Baxter International, Inc.

James and Cathleen Brzezinski

karen Valiquette Beasley

Regina Buckley

Joann Beckwith

William Bunnelle

Brandon Bennett

Harriet Burgess

John and eileen Cherry Clark

Bernardi Securities

tyrone Burno

Johnathon Clark

Jim Bernardi

Butterfield florist

Classic toyota

Beth Corporation

Dan Byrne

appraisal tech Services, Inc.

ashok Bhatia

Jim Byrne

ClC federation of teachers

Bill’s Pub north

Mary Byrne

archer electric

Bittersweet golf Club

Coca-Cola enterprises,Inc.

armor Systems

Robert Blancett

larry Colbert

Vijay and Johanna arora

Carole Blass

karen Cole

Denise anastasio, Ph.D. Mea andersen David anderson ellen anderson anonymous Janet antal antioch fine arts foundation

David Carrillo William Carroll ann Carton Stephen Cartwright lyla Chandy Mary Charuhas Jun Chen

Citizens to Re-elect eddie Washington

Coalicion latinos unidos De lake County

Foundation Donors

College of lake County

• Student Massage Clinic

• Admissions and Records

• Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art

• Adult and Continuing Education

DiCarlo fine Wine & Spirits

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R.J. galla Company, Inc.

emilie Dieck-Correa

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. galla

Sue Dinardi

alan gans

• Alpha Pi (Chapter of Phi eta Kappa)

Cathy Colton, Ph.D.

Duane Dobner

Sue garcia fitness, Inc.

Sue Colwell

Doherty Construction

Zachary garrison

• Alumni Relations and Special Events

Comcast Cable– north area

Darl Drummond

lois J. gault

• Athletic Department– Lancer Athletics

Joanne Dude

kevin genger

Patricia Congine

Steven Dulmes

Cynthia george

Consumers Credit union

Donald Duncan

M. gianokopolous

Brian and faith Cook

Julie Duval

Barbara Jean goetz

• Biological and Health Sciences Division • Bookstore

Dr. Michael Corn

• Business Division

Barbara Cowart

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• Business Services and Finance

Marlon Cowart

Rita eastburg

Mark Coykendall

egg Harbor Cafe

• Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts Division

Crane’s landing golf Club

Chuck and Vicki eiden

Dennis and Henrietta gomez

Judith eidson

teresa Criswell

luciano gomez

• Counseling Center

Bill eiserman

Culvers–grayslake

flora gonzalez

• Cross Country Team

Jane ellefson

lynne Curtis

Chad good

• ELI Faculty

Donna elson

Viki Cvitkovic, ed.D.

Matthew goodman

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amy gowans

• Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences Division • Food Services • Foundation Office

D D & J Bistro kris Dahl Mr. and Mrs. Joe Damico

Connie faltynek ann favreau Judith fechtner firkin

abe goldsmith golf galaxy Martha golz

John graham grainger International grayslake american legion

first Midwest Bank

grayslake greenery garden Club

Janet fisher

Village of grayslake

kenny fisher

nicholas greco IV

Robert and Jane DeBaun

karen fitzgerald

allen greenspon

• Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research

Michael Decker

David forker

Cathy gregory

Deerfield Bank and trust

fox lake VfW

Ruth grigson

Julie Degraw

Vicki francis

David groeninger, Ph.D.

• James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts

Dell Higher education Sales

allyn franke Memorial

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• Golf Team • Horticulture Department • Information Technology Services

• Library Circulation

lisa Daniels Marcela Daves D.a. Davidson and Company

nancy DeMuro

Mr. and Mrs. Robert franz

Daniel Haberkorn, Jr.

James and Christine Dennor

Ryan freund

Judith Haga

• New Faculty–2008

friends of terry link

Debra Halas

• Office of the President

anna DeSando

Bill and Jean froese

• CLC Police Department

e Rev. Dr. and Mrs. gehl Devore

Jennifer frost

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall

Mr. and Mrs. William l. Devore

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terry Hamlin

Catherine Deyle

g&n Ventures of antioch, ltd.

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Haney

Patricia Dezina

Janet galbraith

Steven Hannick

• Reference Library • Southlake Campus • Specialist Staff • Student Government Association

Robert Hamilton

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Foundation Donors

gloria Hanson

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Dr. Donald klusendorf

Barbara leslie

Carmie Hardison

IaaP lake County Chapter

Stanley kocal

anson Harlfinger

teodozy kolasa

lesser, lutrey & Mcglynn, llP

george Harlow

Io Consulting, Inc.

nicholas konz

Rick lesser

Denise Harnish

Illinois Community College System foundation

kra foods Matching gis Program

elaine levine

Iskalis Interiors Inc.

Susan kronowitz

libertyville Bank and trust

Joseph and leslie Izen

krueger International

libertyville High School

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Peter and Maureen krupczak

JkR financial Consultants, ltd.

Bill kugler

Village of libertyville Parks and Recreation Department

lynn Harper Jim Hassett e estate of Patricia Hedstrom Here’s Wings–Round lake Beach, llC Mary Herholz

karen kuhlman

libertyville Sports Complex

Sherry Hernandez

Branko Jablanovic, D.V.M.

kristine Hess

John Jabusch

Patricia kulpinski

Paul Joseph Hettich

Dr. Michael Jarvis Jazz Beaucoup

Christopher and Margaret kyriakos

Rita lillydahl

Hewitt associates Michael Hewitt

Michael Jerikian

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Hewlett-Packard

Paul Johnson

Cecilia laboy

Ray linder and eresa kirby

Hilltop, llC

Sylvia Johnson

lake Bluff golf Club

Jerry and Deanna Hinkley

Vincent Johnson and ann Hughes-Johnson

lake County art league

lauren loPresti

Scott Jonson

lake County Council navy league

Robert lossmann

Hinshaw & Culbertson, llP

Justin Vineyard & Winery

lake County farm Bureau

kevin lowry

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lake County federation of teachers

David and Jane lutrey

kJWW engineering nick and kim kallieris

lake County Regional office of education

kane, Mckenna and associates, Inc.

lake County unites for VIP

laura karman

lake County Veterans assistance Commission

Cheryl Machak

lake forest Symphony

april Mang

John and Deborah larsen

Manhard Consulting, ltd.

Pamela larson

Marine Corp. league auxiliary McHenry County unit #41

Mike Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. neal Hirsch Benjamin Holtz leslie Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howard Jennifer Hoy Pearl Hoy kurt and Beverly Hubbard

Jay and amy kasalis frank kauffman

Marie Hudson

Cindy kaufmann

Michael and Marsha Hudson

Dave keiler Carol anne kelly

kristie Hughes

kenneth kelly

lourdene Huhra

kenall Manufacturing Company

Joanne kula

le titi de Paris Michael lealad

libertyville Woman’s Club Deanna lindaman

amy linderman

kathleen lovelace John lumber lynfred Winery

M MRXI Corporation Shannon Maczko Jack Mallory (deceased)

Janet kennedy

Michael leavitt

Marine Corp. league McHenry County Detachment 1009

Barbara Hunt

Holly kerr

Holly ledvina

Jim Marison

adriane Hutchinson

george and Melanie kessler

legat architects

louis Marolt, Jr.

Joe legat

Peter king

Suzanne leibman

Marriott lincolnshire Resort

kay klemens

leland Partners

elisabeth Martin, Ph.D.

Wayne Hummer trust Company

Ward lear

Foundation Donors

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Stephen and Marjorie Martin

omas B. Mitchell

officeMax

Mitutoyo Corporation

frances o’Hern

e estate of John t. Preston

Vasilka Maslanka

Mary Mooney

ed oilschlager

Michelle Proctor, Ph.D.

Dale and Jeanne Mason

Jeffrey Moore

Bernard olszewski

Suzanne Pryga

Janet Mason

Howard Moran

Stefanie o’neal

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Massarelli Charitable foundation

Dick and Cindy Morehead

oracle uSa, Inc.

Jim and Beth Ragsdale

gary and launa Morgan

kathleen ortmann

Bill and Sue Morris

Bruce osborne

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Randazzo

omas and evelyn Morris

Susan oster

elma Ransom

Rosemary owens

Diane Rarick

Marjorie Matthews Dr. and Mrs. edward R. May Janet May Margaret May

Virginia Morrisseau

Jim Reinemann

amy Morton-Miller

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Rachel Reinhofer

norma Claire Moruzzi

Rosa Reyes-Prosen

Cindy Munda

PMa financial network, Inc.

Mundelein High School

loren and amy Painter

Barbara e. RichardsonCannon

Dr. Jesse Murayama

tae Soon Park

Ruth Rickard

Patricia Murphy

Parker Hannifin

lynn Rickert

nancy Mcguire

Mr. and Mrs. Richard a. Murphy

Michael and Patricia Pasiewicz

Sherry Ridge

Mr. and Mrs. Pete McHugh

Scott Murphy

Pasquesi Sheppard, llC

Donald Murray

Carol Passalaqua

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Christine Patrick

amy Mazurek Patricia Mcanally William McClellan Douglas McDowell Donna Mcelhose James Mcgrain

Mark McMahon nancy C. Mcnerney, Ph.D. arturo Medrano Joan Meginniss

Dr. gretchen J. naff nelnet Business Solutions

Daniel Patterson

Rinella Beverage Company Rinkside family entertainment Center Ristorante Bottaio

John and katie Paul

Robbins, Schwartz, nicholas, lion & taylor, ltd.

Patton enterprises

Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Meintzer

network for good

Jack Pawlowski

Joan e. Robertson

Susan newsom

fernando Pazmino

tiwana Robinson

Jacqui Melius

Dave nikolai

Pearson education

Robert l. Melius

keith niles

Rosa Pecoraro

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Rock

Irwin Menachof, M.D.

Robert nimits

Mr. and Mrs. kenneth Mendelson

Christopher noon

e People’s Choice (family fun Center)

Merrill lynch & Co. foundation, Inc. Joyce Mesrobian Michael Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Meyer Microso Matching gis Program

Rockenbach Chevrolet Rogan Medical Devices

north Chicago Community unit School District 187

linda Petersen

angela l. Rohalla

Illinois State Senator William e. Peterson

Joanna P. Rolek

north Shore trust and Savings

Daniel Petrosko

Dr. Merwin B. Rosen

elizabeth Pirman

gerry Rosenquist J. kenneth Rosko

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omas a. Plein foundation, ltd.

lucy Rossen

James nuttall

Michael Roseman

David Ross, Ph.D.

Mark and ali o’Brien

Diane Plug

Jane Milani

octagon Spa Salon

Stephen Plunkett

Rotary Club of Waukegan

Milburn Cain and Company

Marcia o’Day

Monica Ply

Philip and laura Rovang

Bernard o’Donnell

Sue Rowan

Brenda Miller

office Plus of lake County

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Polley

Doris Miller

ted Poulos

Rodolfo and eresa Ruiz-Velasco

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Foundation Donors

S

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karin tietje

Waukegan Park District

Rose Sajuan

Somethings Brewing

Randy eugene tillis

Dr. and Mrs. girard W. Weber

Rai Salazar, J.D.

Joseph Sonn

Helen timan

ellen Wehrs

San luis obispo Parks and Recreation Department

Phyllis Soybel, Ph.D.

tina’s Italian Bake Shop

Marvin Weiler

Dolores Spapperi

Robert townsend, Jr.

amy Weimann

ada Sanders

Spectrum office Services

trattoria Pomigliano

Jennifer Weinberg

Sharon Sanders-funnye

lars Birger Sponberg

Mr. and Mrs. Paul tribbs

West Insurance agency, Inc.

Susan Sands

Jennifer Staben, Ph.D.

trustmark foundation

kamlesh Sanghvi

Stanczak family fund

turner and associates

Mr. and Mrs. anthony R. White

loyda Santiago

Starbucks–gurnee

Rob twardock

elizabeth Whitten-Misunas

Robert Schachner

State Bank of the lakes

John and Susan Schaper Barbara Schau

edward Stauber Wholesale Hardware, Inc.

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fred and amy Scheu

larry and Diane Whittier Celine Wicks

uBg Digital Media, llC

norman and Joy Wideburg

Sharon Steiger

uPS

lynn Wiechert

evelyn R. Schiele

Julie Stephens

uniquely Sweet

Carla Wigstone

Judy Schinagl

adlai Stevenson High School

Wildfire

Margaret Schrimpf

Muriel Stobie

university Center of lake County

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Schwab

Jeffrey Stomper, Ph.D.

tom Schwab

Stonewall orchard golf Club

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Samantha Williams

oleg and faina Vakhovsky

Charles Willms

Stoney River Steaks

kristy Valentin

Rhonda Winn

eresa and gary Sebastian

ella g. Studer trust

Julian Van Winkle

Mary Winter, Ph.D.

Sheryl Summers

anthony Sereno

Marilyn Vancrey

Rosa Wisler

Sunset foods

Jean Severin

William Vargas

alice Witt

Jean Suter

Marylyn Varitek

Diane Wolter

Delores Swan

Sandra Vernon

Women In Management, Inc.

Donald Swanson

Vietnam Veterans of america Chapter 242

Dr. Roycealee Wood

Mr. and Mrs. omas Schwartz

gaylis Ingram Shakir Marla Sheade linda Shepherd

Mary urban

timothy Wilhelm Donna Williams

Shepherd’s Crook golf Club

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swanson

lindsey Shifley

Symantec Corporation

Sandra Shinsky Derek Shouba

Synergy Diagnostic and erapy Center, llC

ken and Julie Shroka

Synergy fitness and Sports

frank Vioski

Becky Shultis

generose Szostak

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Mr. and Mrs. edward W. Shultis

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olivia yanez, Ph.D.

laura Walsworth

Betty yao

Douglas taveirne

Cynthia Washburne

Susan yasecko

Mr. and Mrs. allan ellefson

Pauline Waskiewicz

tina ye, Ph.D.

Suzanne Watring

Margaret eobald

li-hua yu, Ph.D.

glenn Watt

Marilyn o’Reilley iessen

Michael Watters

Rama immapaya

Waukegan Citizen’s Police academy

Debra Zegar

elena omas Jacinta omas, Ph.D.

City of Waukegan

Jannes e. Zobus

Doria ompson

Waukegan lions Club

Joe and Marge Zoeller

Royce Simondsen alisa Sippy Smith Barney and Madison Investments Brian and kathleen Smith R.W. “Skip” Smith Dorcas Sokolow Rick Soller & nedra adams-Soller

World equity group, Inc.

Vietnam Veterans of america Illinois State Council

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e Vine

yang Xiang

Ray and Sue Wynn

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Z Zion Park District

Board of Directors

David aho

Joanna P. Rolek

kathryn M. allen

timothy B. klein Treasurer

J. kenneth Rosko

CLC Board of Trustees Liaisons:

Dale e. Barina

Peter P. krupczak

Robert t. Schachner

Richard a. anderson

Brandon Bennett Immediate Past President

Ray linder

John n. Schaper

John lumber

Senator terry link

Sandra Shinsky

elaine t. Brettmann

David M. lutrey

Bill tate

Ex-Officio Members:

tyrone Burno

Joseph Massarelli

evelyn tribbs

J. Bert Carstens

Sue Morris

Joe Damico

Bruce l. osborne

edward t. Duffy linda S. Dunn

Carol l. Passalaqua 1st VP / President-Elect

Sam Valenti CLC Alumni Association President

Jerry Weber, Ph.D. President

Dennis gomez

lynda C. Paul

Judy Haga

Ben Randazzo President

Ronald l. Whaley

Barbara RichardsonCannon Secretary

Robert R. Worobow

Jerry Hinkley Holly kerr

State Representative eddie Washington Brian Will

William l. Devore, CfRe Executive Director CLC Foundation Julie B. Shroka Director Alumni Relations and Special Events Beverly H. Hubbard Development Officer

Jannes e. Zobus

Board of Ambassadors

Barbara RichardsonCannon Retired, Lake County Coroner

David agazzi College of Lake County

Brooks kellogg e Beth Corporation

kathryn M. allen Allen Investments

Joseph J. legat Legat Architects

Rich Babjak World Equity Group, Inc.

Dr. nancy C. Mcnerney College of Lake County

Brandon Bennett Hewitt Associates

Dr. gretchen J. naff Retired, College of Lake County

J. kenneth Rosko J. Kenneth Rosko, Ltd.

Judy Haga

Bruce l. osborne Retired, Discover Financial Services

Marty Slusarz Retired, Discover Financial Services

Richard J. Haney College of Lake County

Carol l. Passalaqua Smith Barney, Inc.

Dolores Spapperi

lourdene Huhra College of Lake County

Dr. DeRionne Pollard Las Positas College

Darl e. Drummond College of Lake County

James D. Rock Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krahefer, P.C.

Harit talwar Discover Network Doug taveirne Dam, Snell, Taveirne Jerry Weber, Ph.D. College of Lake County george Welch Solutus Group Robert R. Worobow

Bob Stewart Abbott Laboratories

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College of Lake County Foundation

Statements of Financial Position

Assets

2009

2008

Cash and cash equivalents Investments Pledges receivable, net Deferred expenses

$

414,209 2,067,473 5,000 10,281

$ 420,745 2,306,441 45,366 584

Total Assets

$ 2,496,963

$ 2,773,136

$

3,121 9,551 — 6,338 2,244 21,254

$

$

93,824 1,836,774 545,111 2,475,709

Liabilities and Net Assets accounts payable Miscellaneous payable Deferred revenue grants and scholarships payable Due to College of lake County Total Liabilities net assets: unrestricted temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$ 2,496,963

$

4,163 6,519 13,700 50,293 2,244 76,919

329,116 1,805,403 561,698 2,696,217

$ 2,773,136

Praise for the College of Lake County Learning Courage: “One of the most significant impressions CLC has made on my life was rooted in a class I took with Professor Hinkley. We had to hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail over a period of 10 days.

Most of us had never attempted much more than a weekend camping trip, so this was an extraordinary opportunity and test of courage, faith and survival skills. e physical, mental and emotional demands of the trip gave a glimpse of what is possible with focus, purpose and perseverance. is (the trip) le a significant impression on my life, and I believe it was instrumental to my entrepreneurial spirit. In a moment of weakness or procrastination, I look back upon that experience and move forward.”

—Betty nissen, business owner

A Place for Everyone: “My family has a much better life because of the opportunities I received from Washington (Grayslake Campus) and Genesee (Lakeshore Campus) streets, from the day I took my entrance test until the day I graduated. I was poor. I had a regional accent, and I was accepted by the students and faculty. It seems everyone was accepted at CLC, and that’s what I liked the best about the college.”

—Phillip Jones, high school teacher and adjunct instructor at the University of Tennessee at Martin

His Career Began at CLC: “I dropped out of the University of Chicago without even finishing my first quarter because I was depressed and homesick.

At CLC, Frank Harnish turned me into a theater major, and I went on to Southern Illinois University, where I majored in theater and also minored in German. Eventually, I studied in Germany for a year, earned another B.A. in German and then entered the graduate program in German at Berkeley. I have been teaching German cinema at the University of Minnesota for 22 years now and recently became the chair of the department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch.”

—Dr. Richard McCormick, university professor

Read more Student Success Stories on CLC’s 40th anniversary Web site at www.clcillinois.edu/40years.

College of Lake County Grayslake Campus

Lakeshore Campus

Southlake Campus

19351 W. Washington St. grayslake, Il 60030

33 n. genesee St. Waukegan, Il 60085

1120 S. Milwaukee ave.

Vernon Hills, Il 60061

www.clcillinois.edu