CLC Annual Report - 2008-09

College of Lake County2008-2009 Annual Report

Speaking Volumes:

A 40th Anniversary Anthology

Speaking Volumes:

A 40th Anniversary

Anthology

College of Lake County 2008-2009 Annual Report

College of lake County19351 West Washington Street

grayslake, Il 60030-1198www.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–1e Inner Voyage–3

Quests

Knowledge: e Healing Art–5Knowledge: Careers on the Vanguard–7

Knowledge: Creating Opportunity–9e Right Path–11

A Better World: Sustaining Planet Earth–13

Heroes

Overcoming Adversity–17Coming Home–19

Transformations

Learning More, Becoming More– 23Metamorphosis– 25

Striving and riving–27Always 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 Trusteestop row: Barbara D. oilschlager, Vice-Chairman, amanda Howland, John W. lumber, Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D., Chairman, Richard a. anderson bottom row: omas J. Schwartz, Blake Hudson, Student Trustee, William M. griffin

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 anniversaryobservance, we have been celebrating the fact that more than 400,000 students have enrolledat 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 in-volving current students, alumni, faculty, staff and the ClC foundation, each telling not onlyof an individual’s success but also of the impact the college is having on the life of our com-munity.

e Board of trustees is very proud of these successes and realizes that ClC’s story is anunfolding one, with each year providing an opportunity to write a new chapter. is year’sstory line has included mostly causes for celebration, among them:

• We completed our search for a new president and in april 2009 welcomed Dr. Jerry Weberas the college’s sixth president.

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

• We achieved another milestone in our efforts to secure state funding for a major expan-sion of our lakeshore Campus. In June, gov. Pat Quinn announced that the lakeshoreproject and a smaller classroom building on the grayslake Campus were included on aproposed 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 sustainthe quality and accessibility of a ClC education. e board of trustees is committed to main-taining our level of service to students and will continue to work with our college presidentand administration to develop responsible budgeting strategies for future years.

Working together, we can ensure that ClC’s impact on the community will continue tospeak 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 andcommunity members on our 40th anniversary Website, I am truly impressed by how much ClC hasmeant to so many people over the last four decades.

Providing educational experiences that enrichso many lives is a privilege and a responsibility; weknow it is a job that is never done or completelylearned. We, like our students, must make a day-by-day, year-by-year commitment to always learning,always improving.

is year, we demonstrated that commitment ina number of ways:

• We broadened our educational programming, launching a semester abroad program in China, revamping our nursing curriculum and developing new career preparationprograms in emerging technologies, health and wellness and social services.

• We opened an impressive new dental hygiene clinic at our lakeshore Campus, providingstudents 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 armedforces 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 havepublished a joint annual report, an approach thatnot only saves money but also reflects the closerelationship between our two organizations.

is year, we’re taking this approach a stepfurther by formatting our publication to inter-weave college and foundation stories. It’s a formatthat we believe demonstrates even more clearlythe 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 40thanniversary and the foundation’s 35th. We areproud to have supported the college through almost its entire history, providing funds for scholarships, special college projects and culturalactivities like the Robert t. Wright Community gallery of art.

In these difficult economic times, the need for this kind of support is very great. Individualstudents 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 radicallycut, making the foundation’s support for institutional projects even more essential.

ClC and the foundation are committed to keeping a college education accessible to asmany students as possible. on behalf of the foundation’s board of directors, I want to thankyou, 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 RandazzoClC foundation Board of Directors

The outer Voyage

1

“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 followalong, repeating Murphy’s words and actions. ey listen enthralled by Murphy’s strangeMidwestern american accent, eager for this opportunity to learn english from a nativespeaker.

“ese 8- to 15-year-old students and their parents decided that this experience was moreimportant 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 asianstudies grant for $150,000 thatthe college received from theu.S. Department of educationin 2008 and 2009.

as a result of the grant, thecollege developed three study abroad programs, faculty professional development, three new courses on east asian studies, Chinese language workshops and much more. e ClCfoundation 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

Adventures:

ClC student Peter Murphy usedsimple games like “Simon Says” toteach english to Chinese children.

2 Speaking Volumes: A 4oth Anniversary Anthology

Illinois State university and instead again participatedin 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 methroughout my academic and professional career,” said Murphy, who has now transferred to Illinois State university.

english Professor Michael latza, who accompa-nied 18 students on ClC’s semester in China in 2008,taught two english classes to international students atXi’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 Departmentof 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 anotherICISSP college, will lead a group ofstudents from ICISSP colleges on asemester abroad study experience inChina. Plans also call for 20 studentsfrom XaIu to come to ClC to studyin 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 andthriving on their own in a largeforeign city,”

—Professor Michael latza

The Inner Voyage

3

“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 aretaking payments and students are jostling in the halls. But you’re enveloped in a multi-sensory 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 Website, making some of the college’s outstanding collection of 495 artworks accessible to anyonein 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,” ellefsonsaid. “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 diverseartworks that are on display in the a Wing and the technology Building.

to take the audio tour inperson, go to the grayslakeCampus library circulationdesk and check out an iPod kitthat includes a tour brochure, iPod directions and a map. umbnails of each featured artwork 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 allthree campuses.

Adventures:

learning to really see is the purposeof this aesthetic journey.

knowledge: The Healing Art

5

“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 bloodpressure and pulse, which are dropping dangerously low. all signs point to aheart attack.

e nurse calls for an ekg and critical care team. ey arrive stat! and immediately hookup 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 electricalshocks, 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 atnorthwestern 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 equip-ment and advanced medicines, helping to prolong lives as never before. But with medicineable to do more for patients, nurses are oencalled upon to make lightning-quick, criticalcare decisions.

to ensure that the College of lake Countyis preparing students to become nurses withlatest medical and critical thinking skills needed for such situations, ClC in 2009 completelymodified the nursing curriculum.

Changes to the program include greater use of the digital technologies that continue torevolutionize 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-techmannequins allow students to practice a range of critical-care skills.

Quests:

nurses must be trained tomake critical patient-caredecisions stat!


“e mannequins can be pro-grammed to talk and groan, giving students a realistic, but safe, environ-ment in which to practice giving shots,setting up I.V. units and other criticalskills,” she explained. With anatomicallycorrect body parts, the mannequinsallow students to practice taking bloodpressure, measuring lung capacity,dressing wounds and even handlingamputated limbs, Jezuit added.

Students also use computers topractice “tele-nursing” or monitoring apatient’s ekg or IV in a clinic locatedmiles away, Jezuit said. other technologyapplications include live, Web-streamed

videos of Mayo Clinic surgeries and use of video to give students feedback on their patient-care 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 withpatients,” 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 studentsentering the associate degree program in nursing.

“you need to enter nursing for theright reasons,” said Jezuit, whose own exposure to nursing began at age 14,when she worked as a volunteer “candystriper” at a hospital in her native Indiana. “Successful nurses find a great reward in caring forpeople and helping them feel better. Students who choose the profession mainly because ofthe pay or the job security are usually the ones who end up struggling.”

Students use computers to practice “tele-nursing,” ormonitoring a patient’s ekgor I.V. in a clinic locatedmiles away.

knowledge: Careers on the Vanguard

7

“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 withadvanced 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 nationalScience foundation estimates thatby 2015, nanotechnology will playa 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 thisyear 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 fromexplosives 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.

Quests:

new technologies are generatingred-hot demand for technicianswith associate degrees.


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 revolutionizemedical and military applications is what attracted me to the program,” said troy Blume, afreshman from lincolnshire in the nanotechnology program who plans to earn a four-yeardegree and work in the energy or health care fields.

likewise, greg Hinkley, a 42-year-old grayslake resident, is attracted to the opportunitiesin 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.

knowledge: Creating opportunity

9

“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-pagedirectory 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 ClChad shaped their lives and success.

Responses to the two projects show that former students and graduates have had richlife experiences and career successes aer leav-ing 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. andthey’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 HELPED THEM DISCoVER wHAT THEY wAnTED To STuDY.

“I had absolutely no idea what kind of career might be good for me. a ClC counseloradministered a career-interest test, and one of my top scores was architecture. I took an

Quests:

ClC opened the door to ahigh-quality education.


architectural draing class that I really enjoyed, and aer two yearsat ClC, I pursued architecture atIowa State,” said allen Varney, nowa registered architect and a vicepresident of a 30-person architec-tural firm. “I really enjoy my careerand have ClC to thank for helpingme 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 mydreams. ClC was the turning pointin my life,” said Dr. Melanie Smith,today a family practice physician inBurlington, 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 wantedto write news stories and work on air for the campus radio station—so I did,” said CatherineHeenan, today a news anchor and Peabody and emmy award winner. “It’s not just that theClC system allowed me to try and do so much—it was actively encouraged.”

The Right Path

11

“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, andeven 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 nowfound her direction at ClC.

“I love ClC,” she said, praising both the quality of academics and the many clubs andstudent organizations, which for her make the difference between just coming to school andfeeling “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 anddaycare for my four-year-old son,” shesaid. “Without the scholarship, I wouldn’tbe able to take classes this semester.”

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

Quests:

“a good college experiencechanges a person’s life.”

—Student liz Clark


In 2002, Clark’s life changed radically when shewas laid off from her factory job and her mother died.now ready to go back to school, Clark enrolled atSouth Hills School of Business and technology,where she earned an associate degree in technologyand computer applications in 2003.

even though she had a degree in hand, Clarkfound she still wasn’t sure of her direction. taking ajob as a sales manager for a local hotel, she discoveredshe really preferred working with people rather thantechnology. “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. Sheadopted 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 studentat ClC while working days as an administrative assistant at a Waukegan company. She soonfelt 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 newand prospective students, and today, juggles ClC classes with a 30-hour-per-week job in thecollege’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 universityCenter of lake County, which is on ClC’s campus, to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees inpsychology. eventually, she would like to teach.

Clark admits that her interest in psychology goes back to her days at Penn State, but atthat 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.

A Better world: Sustaining Planet Earth

13

“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 differentworld—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 bybeing 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, andtogether the colleges provide green-collar job training and programs to encourage energyconservation 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 alsobrings together all the campus activities for going green and joins that to community effortsto build a greener lake County.

Quests:

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

ClC will receive funding to opena green job center and to maintain thesustainability center. Weber said thesustainability center will assist localcommunities in going green, and thegreen job center will work with othercommunity colleges to form partnerships with businesses, community-based organizationsand building and trades groups to develop and implement training programs for green jobsin 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 thestrengths of community colleges to help Illinois thrive in the emerging green economy,” saidWeber, who serves on the ICCSn’s steering committee. “although the network was started ayear ago, the new funding will allow it to rapidly expand.”

Colleges and universities havean essential role in sustainingplanet earth.

overcoming Adversity

17

“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—hand-written, 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-lookingresume, with word processing soware,” said tamayo.

ough tamayo didn’t land the job at the computer company, he continued to work withPace 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 helpfrom the Career and Placement Services Center in 2009. With the department’s help, he is nowenrolled in ClC’s business management program, preparing for a career as an entrepreneur.

Currently, about 400 peoplecome to the Career and PlacementServices Center each month seekinghelp in finding a second-or third- ormore 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 tremendousfortitude and persistence,” said Sylvia Johnson, executive director of the Career and Place-ment Services Center. “oen these qualities help them turn setbacks into opportunities.”

Heroes:

Careers, like life, have twists andturns. Courage and knowledgeguide the way.


admitting he was less than serious about school in his youth, tamayo now has chosenfurther education as his pathway to opportunity. aer working in factory assembly jobs forseveral years, he later earned a general education Diploma (geD) from ClC in 2006. a jobin construction, and the one at the insulation company, followed. But neither yielded the-better 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 inthe 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 andputting in extra time to study,” said tamayo, who is the first person from his family to attendcollege. “I like ClC. With my education, I can show others that school allows you to move forward in life.”

Coming Home

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“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, oen 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 nativeWaukegan 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 majorwho is also a certified pharmacy technician. But he found navigating the enrollment processand finding out how to access his veterans benefits a challenge.

e College of lake County’s expanded services for returning veterans came to atcher’sassistance.

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

In the last year, ClC has been developing enhanced services to assist returning veterans of Iraq andafghanistan, 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 vicepresident for student development. “Based on their feedback, we’ve added services like a newWeb site to speed up the application for g.I. Bill benefits and other financial aid.”

Heroes:

from Vietnam to Iraq, ClC haswelcomed 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 soldierto 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 friendlySchool” 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’sveterans 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 organiza-

tion 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 ofmilitary 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 issuessuch 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 theCounseling Center and other resources are available on campus and in the community.”

Learning More, Becoming More

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“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 wasfilled with his Honors Program professors, fellow students and other collegestaff 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 IrishBattle of Boyne, which pitted the army of Protestant king William of orange against that ofhis Catholic father-in-law, king James II in 1690.

Certainly, there were enough plot elements to intrigue an audience—a royal family feudand a religious conflict that has survived to this day. for kristan, however, a major source ofsatisfaction was learning more about the origin of his Irish Catholic grandmother’s frequentinjunctions to avoid wearing orange on “orangemen’s Day,” July 12, which commemoratesking William’s Protestant victory in the Battle of Boyne.

kristan said his grandmother hadtalked to him about the Battle of Boynebut he never fully appreciated its significance until he studied it inDr. Phyllis Soybel’s Honors westerncivilization class.

He became fascinated with thetopic 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 concernedwith a letter grade or my teacher’s approval, but felt a higher responsibility to my project and

Transformations:

“academically gied studentscan go beyond normal courseexpectations.”

—Professor nicholas Schevera


my classmates to convey this material in away that does justice to the material and thelisteners,” he said.

“ings just clicked for me in Dr. Soy-bel’s class,” he said.

“I’m thrilled when students see historyas a living thing,” she said. “edward kristan’sproject looked at the Battle of Boyne not as some dusty event far removed from thepresent but as something that still has consequences for us today in the religiousconflicts in northern Ireland.”

kristan, who comes from a home-school background, came to ClC withouthaving a group of high school friends also atthe college. e Honors Program providedhim 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 theHonors Program.

and thanks to the support of the ClC foundation, Honors classes are tuition-free forqualifying students, providing an extra benefit to intellectually gied students. During the2008-09 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 leveluniversities, where his Honors designation has been favorably noted. He plans to major inhistory and then attend law school, but for now, he’s working on conquering just one battleat a time.

Metamorphosis

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“ose who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will

endure as long as life lasts.”–Rachel Carson

Transformations:

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 awormlike 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 groundsmanager Brian Bonadore, looking for areas suitable for native landscaping, which requires lessmaintenance than cultivated plants.

“We realized we could do more,” said biology professor Cindy trombino. “Many of uson the committee are biology faculty members, and we knew the value of a butterfly gardenas a teaching tool from our own research and reading.”

trombino, along with horticul-ture professor Rory klick and biologyprofessor 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 VentureScout troops and ClC’s student environmental club, helped plant wildflowers and small trees.

e butterfly garden is a living,outdoor classroom.


When in full bloom next summer, the garden will include a colorful mix of such wildflowersas the purple coneflower, yellow-orange butterfly weed and magenta-colored beebalm.

“e vegetation will attract butterflies naturally,” kelly Cartwright explained. “ere willbe 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, includingHawthorne which sprout a white flower in summer and a red berry in fall, will complementthe wildflowers. e total effect, Cindy trombino said, will be one of quiet calm and relax-ation. “ere’s lots of evidence that being in nature helps people relax and center theirthoughts,” she said.

all three instructors are excited about the potential of the garden to serve as a teachingand learning tool.

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

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

Striving and Thriving

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“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 oneof 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 theimpact of the program is still being compiled, but an analysis of the program’s pilot year in2007-2008 showed that students who participated in it continued their studies into the nextsemester 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 receivethrough rive to an initiative knownas the academic Quality Improve-ment Project (aQIP).

aQIP is a continuous quality improvement option for college anduniversity accreditation offered by theHigher learning Commission. It offers institutions the option of satisfying accreditation requirements by adopting a continuous quality improvement philosophy and conductingspecific projects to improve academic programs and systems.

“aQIP is a model that asks colleges and universities to examine their processes with aneye on constantly improving,” said tonitta White, ClC’s quality assessment manager. “ewhole point is making positive, evidence-based improvements that benefit real students.”

Transformations:

e whole point is making evidence-based improvementsthat benefit students.


ClC has participated in aQIP since 2002, conducting 15 different continuous qualityimprovement projects, including the one that resulted in rive. Most recently, in february2009, reviewers from the Higher learning Commission came to campus to assess how wellthe college is doing to make continuous improvement a part of the institution’s culture andway of operating.

“ClC has made marked progress on its quality journey and is poised to capitalize on thatprogress to reach a higher level of institutional performance,” the reviewers, Dr. Susan lupoand 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 supportsystems and processes that will help students succeed,” the report said, citing initiatives suchas rive and foundations of excellence, a review of ways to improve students’ freshman yearexperience 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. aer applying to ClC, shewas formally tested for attention deficit disorder, and the results confirmed that she had adocumented 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 differ-ence. She proudly points out her 3.0 gPa and the fact that she will graduate in December2010 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) build-ing 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 academicyear.

“e college community understands that, in these times of uncertain finances, strategicplanning can help us identify priorities and focus decisions about allocating institutional resources,” Weber said.

Always Learning

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“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 pursuenew knowledge through publications and projects such as these:

The Arts and Humanities

Professor Sean Murphy (english) edited “academic Cultures: Professional Preparation andthe 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 reviewedby Jim Davies in the James Joyce Broadsheet, no. 73. Dr. Murphy also served as a reviewerof “Joyce’s Misbelief ” by Roy gottfried in the “James Joyce Quarterly.” He also co-presenteda session on “Peace Building and Peace Making: Building Peace Programs at CommunityColleges” at the Community Colleges Humanities association conference.

fieen photographs by Roland Miller, dean of the Communication arts, Humanitiesand fine arts Division, were accepted for display in the Museum of Contemporary Photog-raphy’s Midwest Photographers Project.

Professor Olivia Yanez (Spanish) presented and moderated a session at the Repercussionsof 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 wasaccepted into the la Macina de san Cresci artist Residency Perogram in greve, Italy, for June 2009.

Transformations:


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

Works by Professor Hans Habeger (art) were displayed in the 2nd annual Joseph frascaMemorial 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 ofa 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 andeatre 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 studyprogram at Xi’an International university in China at the Community Colleges for Interna-tional 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 Interac-tions in a Children’s Museum,” to be published in the journal Developmental Psychology. earticle 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 serviceto 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 conferencefocused on innovative research on the use of lasers.

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

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

Transformations: Faculty, Staff and Institution Honors 31

Health Sciences

Professor Carmella Mikol (nursing) was a presenter at national and international nursingconferences: one at the national league for nursing and another at the International SafeCommunities Conference at Christchurch, new Zealand. additionally, Professor Mikol wasappointed to the Institutional Review Board for two Cancer Care treatment Centers ofamerica 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 theJournal 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 oneof 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 ConservancyBoard of Directors. She is active in environmental issues.

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

Pedagogy

Professor Mary Lynn Carver (aBe/geD/Reading) presented a paper on building criticalthinking 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 theQuestion,” 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 thejournal 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 learningexcellence Conference.

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

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 CenterPeer tutors,” a presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Professor Donna Carlson (mathematics) presented at a panel on college readiness spon-sored 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.


Education Operations & TotalFund Maintenance Fund Operating Fund Percent

fund Balance as of June 30, 2008 $5,163,983 $8,080,116 $13,244,099

Revenueslocal Resources $36,812,860 $15,775,937 $52,588,797 64.12State Resources 6,753,867 _ 6,753,867 8.24tuition and fees 21,959,084 _ 21,959,084 26.78Interest on Investments 386,904 _ 386,904 .47other 245,136 77,632 322,768 .39total Revenues $66,157,851 $15,853,569 $82,011,420 100

ExpendituresInstruction $33,498,397 _ $33,498,397 42.23academic Support 4,669,762 _ 4,669,762 5.89Student Services 6,225,349 200,525 6,425,874 8.10Public Service 2,209,971 _ 2,209,971 2.79operations/Maintenance of Plant – 8,165,701 8,165,701 10.30Institutional Support 18,197,521 6,056,689 24,254,210 30.58Scholarships/Waivers 90,266 _ 90,266 .11total expenditures $64,891,266 $14,422,915 $79,314,181 100

operating transfers 0 (1,600,000) (1,600,000)

Fund Balance as of June 30, 2009 $6,430,568 $7,910,770 $14,341,338

College of Lake County

Financial Statementsfiscal year ending June 30, 2009

Foundation Donors

3D Pro’s Inc.545 north Bar and grill

Aa Matter of Style

kathy abbate

abbott fund Matchinggrant Plan

abbott laboratories

Pam adams

teresa aguinaldo

David aho

air Con Refrigeration & Heating, Inc.

kathryn M. allen, CPa

allstate arena

allstate Insurance Company

american legion–Post 281

american legion,Mckinlock Post no. 264

american tradesmen, Inc.

american united life Insurance Company

Denise anastasio, Ph.D.

Mea andersen

David anderson

ellen anderson

anonymous

Janet antal

antioch fine arts foundation

appraisal tech Services, Inc.

archer electric

armor Systems

Vijay and Johanna arora

auction MerchandiseSource

avalign technologieslaura l. avilatabinda azam

BB & g Cyclery, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H.Babicz

Rich and Margaret Babjak

Deborah Baker

Peter Baker and Son

Connie Bakker

Marsha Baldwin

Patricia Banfor

angela Bank

george Barmann

lamont Barrientos

kimbra Bartz

Rudolph and SharonBasovsky

Janice Basten

Baxter Credit unionBaxter International, Inc.

karen Valiquette Beasley

Joann BeckwithBrandon Bennett

Bernardi Securities

Jim BernardiBeth Corporation

ashok BhatiaBill’s Pub northBittersweet golf Club

Robert BlancettCarole Blass

Dorae BlockPaul BlumbergBob Chinn’s Crabhouse

RestaurantBobby’s Hunt Club Road

golf CenterBoller ConstructionBonnie Brook

golf CourseBrian BonadoreBooks are fun, ltd.Jennifer BouskaMrs. Paul W. Brandel

(deceased)kathleen BrayerMs. elaine BrettmannBretzlauf foundation

CorporationMary ann BretzlaufMarilyn Brincatgwethalyn BronnerBob BrownMargaret Scanlan Brownlaura BryceJames and Cathleen

BrzezinskiRegina BuckleyWilliam BunnelleHarriet Burgesstyrone BurnoButterfield floristDan ByrneJim ByrneMary Byrne

CCDW government, Inc.CtCa@Midwestern

Regional Medical CenterCafé PyreneesDiana CampMichael CampbellCancer federation, Inc.Cardinal HealthDonna CarlsonJohn CarobinePhilip J. Carrigan, Ph.D.

and Mary Clare JakesDavid CarrilloWilliam Carrollann CartonStephen Cartwrightlyla ChandyMary CharuhasJun ChenMr. and Mrs.

Joseph ChessChicago Botanic gardenPanderang ChittalCisneros lawn ServiceCitizens to Re-elect

eddie WashingtonJohn and eileen Cherry

ClarkJohnathon ClarkClassic toyotaClC federation

of teachersCoalicion latinos unidos

De lake CountyCoca-Cola enterprises,Inc.larry Colbertkaren Cole

Foundation Donors 35

College of lake County• Admissions and Records• Adult and Continuing

Education• Alpha Pi (Chapter

of Phi eta Kappa)• Alumni Relations

and Special Events• Athletic Department–

Lancer Athletics• Biological and Health

Sciences Division• Bookstore• Business Division• Business Services

and Finance• Communication

Arts, Humanities andFine Arts Division

• Counseling Center• Cross Country Team• ELI Faculty• Engineering,

Mathematics and Physical Sciences Division

• Food Services• Foundation Office• Golf Team• Horticulture

Department• Information

Technology Services• Institutional

Effectiveness, Planningand Research

• James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts

• Library Circulation• New Faculty–2008• Office of the President• CLC Police Department• Reference Library• Southlake Campus• Specialist Staff• Student Government

Association

• Student Massage Clinic• Robert T. Wright

Community Gallery of Art

Cathy Colton, Ph.D.Sue ColwellComcast Cable–

north areaPatricia CongineConsumers Credit unionBrian and faith CookDr. Michael CornBarbara CowartMarlon CowartMark CoykendallCrane’s landing

golf Clubteresa CriswellCulvers–grayslakelynne CurtisViki Cvitkovic, ed.D.

DD & J Bistrokris DahlMr. and Mrs. Joe Damicolisa DanielsMarcela DavesD.a. Davidson

and CompanyRobert and Jane DeBaunMichael DeckerDeerfield Bank and trustJulie DegrawDell Higher

education Salesnancy DeMuroJames and Christine

Dennoranna DeSandoe Rev. Dr. and Mrs.

gehl DevoreMr. and Mrs.

William l. DevoreCatherine DeylePatricia Dezina

DiCarlo fine Wine & Spirits

emilie Dieck-CorreaSue DinardiDuane DobnerDoherty ConstructionDarl DrummondJoanne DudeSteven DulmesDonald DuncanJulie Duval

ERita eastburgegg Harbor CafeChuck and Vicki eidenJudith eidsonBill eisermanJane ellefsonDonna elson

FConnie faltynekann favreauJudith fechtnerfirkinfirst Midwest BankJanet fisherkenny fisherkaren fitzgeraldDavid forkerfox lake VfWVicki francisallyn franke MemorialMr. and Mrs.

Robert franzRyan freundfriends of terry linkBill and Jean froeseJennifer frost

Gg&n Ventures

of antioch, ltd.

Janet galbraith

R.J. galla Company, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. galla

alan gans

Sue garcia fitness, Inc.

Zachary garrison

lois J. gault

kevin genger

Cynthia george

M. gianokopolous

Barbara Jean goetz

abe goldsmith

golf galaxy

Martha golz

Dennis and Henriettagomez

luciano gomez

flora gonzalez

Chad good

Matthew goodman

amy gowans

John graham

grainger International

grayslake american legion

grayslake greenery garden Club

Village of grayslake

nicholas greco IV

allen greenspon

Cathy gregory

Ruth grigson

David groeninger, Ph.D.

HDaniel Haberkorn, Jr.

Judith Haga

Debra Halas

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall

Robert Hamilton

terry Hamlin

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Haney

Steven Hannick

36 Foundation Donors

gloria Hanson

Carmie Hardison

anson Harlfinger

george Harlow

Denise Harnish

lynn Harper

Jim Hassett

e estate of PatriciaHedstrom

Here’s Wings–Round lake Beach, llC

Mary Herholz

Sherry Hernandez

kristine Hess

Paul Joseph Hettich

Hewitt associates

Michael Hewitt

Hewlett-Packard

Hilltop, llC

Jerry and Deanna Hinkley

Hinshaw & Culbertson,llP

Mike Hirsch

Mr. and Mrs. neal Hirsch

Benjamin Holtz

leslie Hopkins

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howard

Jennifer Hoy

Pearl Hoy

kurt and Beverly Hubbard

Marie Hudson

Michael and MarshaHudson

kristie Hughes

lourdene Huhra

Wayne Hummer trustCompany

Barbara Hunt

adriane Hutchinson

IIaaP lake County

Chapter

Io Consulting, Inc.

Illinois Community CollegeSystem foundation

Iskalis Interiors Inc.

Joseph and leslie Izen

JJkR financial

Consultants, ltd.

Branko Jablanovic,D.V.M.

John Jabusch

Dr. Michael Jarvis

Jazz Beaucoup

Michael Jerikian

Paul Johnson

Sylvia Johnson

Vincent Johnson and ann Hughes-Johnson

Scott Jonson

Justin Vineyard & Winery

KkJWW engineering

nick and kim kallieris

kane, Mckenna and associates, Inc.

laura karman

Jay and amy kasalis

frank kauffman

Cindy kaufmann

Dave keiler

Carol anne kelly

kenneth kelly

kenall ManufacturingCompany

Janet kennedy

Holly kerr

george and Melaniekessler

Peter king

kay klemens

Dr. Donald klusendorf

Stanley kocal

teodozy kolasa

nicholas konz

kra foods Matchinggis Program

Susan kronowitz

krueger International

Peter and Maureenkrupczak

Bill kugler

karen kuhlman

Joanne kula

Patricia kulpinski

Christopher and Margaret kyriakos

LCecilia laboy

lake Bluff golf Club

lake County art league

lake County Councilnavy league

lake County farm Bureau

lake County federationof teachers

lake County Regionaloffice of education

lake County unites for VIP

lake County Veterans assistanceCommission

lake forest Symphony

John and Deborah larsen

Pamela larson

le titi de Paris

Michael lealad

Ward lear

Michael leavitt

Holly ledvina

legat architects

Joe legat

Suzanne leibman

leland Partners

Barbara leslie

lesser, lutrey & Mcglynn, llP

Rick lesser

elaine levine

libertyville Bank and trust

libertyville High School

Village of libertyvilleParks and RecreationDepartment

libertyville Sports Complex

libertyville Woman’sClub

Rita lillydahl

Deanna lindaman

Ray linder and eresa kirby

amy linderman

lauren loPresti

Robert lossmann

kathleen lovelace

kevin lowry

John lumber

David and Jane lutrey

lynfred Winery

MMRXI Corporation

Cheryl Machak

Shannon Maczko

Jack Mallory (deceased)

april Mang

Manhard Consulting, ltd.

Marine Corp. leagueauxiliary McHenryCounty unit #41

Marine Corp. leagueMcHenry County Detachment 1009

Jim Marison

louis Marolt, Jr.

Marriott lincolnshire Resort

elisabeth Martin, Ph.D.

Foundation Donors 37

Stephen and MarjorieMartin

Vasilka MaslankaDale and Jeanne MasonJanet MasonMassarelli Charitable

foundationMarjorie MatthewsDr. and Mrs.

edward R. MayJanet MayMargaret Mayamy MazurekPatricia McanallyWilliam McClellanDouglas McDowellDonna McelhoseJames Mcgrainnancy McguireMr. and Mrs.

Pete McHughMark McMahonnancy C. Mcnerney,

Ph.D.arturo MedranoJoan MeginnissMr. and Mrs.

Paul W. MeintzerJacqui MeliusRobert l. MeliusIrwin Menachof, M.D.Mr. and Mrs.

kenneth MendelsonMerrill lynch & Co.

foundation, Inc.Joyce MesrobianMichael MeyerMr. and Mrs.

Richard MeyerMicroso Matching

gis ProgramJane MilaniMilburn Cain

and CompanyBrenda MillerDoris Miller

omas B. MitchellMitutoyo CorporationMary MooneyJeffrey MooreHoward MoranDick and Cindy Moreheadgary and launa MorganBill and Sue Morrisomas and evelyn

MorrisVirginia Morrisseauamy Morton-Millernorma Claire MoruzziCindy MundaMundelein High SchoolDr. Jesse MurayamaPatricia MurphyMr. and Mrs.

Richard a. MurphyScott MurphyDonald Murray

NDr. gretchen J. naffnelnet Business

Solutionsnetwork for goodSusan newsomDave nikolaikeith nilesRobert nimitsChristopher noonnorth Chicago

Community unitSchool District 187

north Shore trust and Savings

James nuttall

OMark and ali o’Brienoctagon Spa SalonMarcia o’DayBernard o’Donnelloffice Plus of

lake County

officeMaxfrances o’Herned oilschlagerBernard olszewskiStefanie o’nealoracle uSa, Inc.kathleen ortmannBruce osborneSusan osterRosemary owens

PPMa financial

network, Inc.

loren and amy Painter

tae Soon Park

Parker Hannifin

Michael and PatriciaPasiewicz

Pasquesi Sheppard, llC

Carol Passalaqua

Christine Patrick

Daniel Patterson

Patton enterprises

John and katie Paul

Jack Pawlowski

fernando Pazmino

Pearson education

Rosa Pecoraro

e People’s Choice(family fun Center)

linda Petersen

Illinois State SenatorWilliam e. Peterson

Daniel Petrosko

elizabeth Pirman

omas a. Plein foundation, ltd.

Diane Plug

Stephen Plunkett

Monica Ply

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Polley

ted Poulos

e estate of John t. Preston

Michelle Proctor, Ph.D.Suzanne Pryga

RJim and Beth RagsdaleMr. and Mrs.

Ben Randazzoelma RansomDiane RarickJim ReinemannRachel ReinhoferRosa Reyes-ProsenBarbara e. Richardson-

CannonRuth Rickardlynn RickertSherry RidgeRinella Beverage

CompanyRinkside family

entertainment CenterRistorante BottaioRobbins, Schwartz,

nicholas, lion & taylor, ltd.

Joan e. Robertsontiwana RobinsonMr. and Mrs.

James D. RockRockenbach ChevroletRogan Medical Devicesangela l. RohallaJoanna P. RolekMichael RosemanDr. Merwin B. Rosengerry RosenquistJ. kenneth RoskoDavid Ross, Ph.D.lucy Rossen

Rotary Club of Waukegan

Philip and laura Rovang

Sue RowanRodolfo and eresa

Ruiz-Velasco

38 Foundation Donors

SRose SajuanRai Salazar, J.D.San luis obispo Parks and

Recreation Departmentada SandersSharon Sanders-funnyeSusan Sandskamlesh Sanghviloyda SantiagoRobert SchachnerJohn and Susan SchaperBarbara Schaufred and amy Scheuevelyn R. SchieleJudy SchinaglMargaret SchrimpfDr. and Mrs. John R. Schwabtom SchwabMr. and Mrs.

omas Schwartzeresa and gary

Sebastiananthony SerenoJean Severingaylis Ingram ShakirMarla Sheadelinda ShepherdShepherd’s Crook golf Clublindsey ShifleySandra ShinskyDerek Shoubaken and Julie ShrokaBecky ShultisMr. and Mrs.

edward W. ShultisRoyce Simondsenalisa SippySmith Barney and

Madison InvestmentsBrian and kathleen SmithR.W. “Skip” SmithDorcas SokolowRick Soller & nedra

adams-Soller

erik SolomonSomethings BrewingJoseph SonnPhyllis Soybel, Ph.D.Dolores SpapperiSpectrum office Serviceslars Birger SponbergJennifer Staben, Ph.D.Stanczak family fundStarbucks–gurneeState Bank of the lakesedward Stauber Wholesale

Hardware, Inc.Sharon SteigerJulie Stephensadlai Stevenson High SchoolMuriel StobieJeffrey Stomper, Ph.D.Stonewall orchard

golf ClubStoney River Steaksella g. Studer trustSheryl SummersSunset foodsJean SuterDelores SwanDonald SwansonMr. and Mrs.

Richard SwansonSymantec CorporationSynergy Diagnostic and

erapy Center, llCSynergy fitness and Sportsgenerose Szostak

TDouglas taveirneMr. and Mrs.

allan ellefsonMargaret eobaldMarilyn o’Reilley iessenRama immapayaelena omasJacinta omas, Ph.D.Doria ompson

karin tietjeRandy eugene tillisHelen timantina’s Italian Bake ShopRobert townsend, Jr.trattoria PomiglianoMr. and Mrs. Paul tribbstrustmark foundationturner and associatesRob twardock

UuBg Digital Media, llCuPSuniquely Sweetuniversity Center of

lake CountyMary urban

Voleg and faina Vakhovskykristy ValentinJulian Van WinkleMarilyn VancreyWilliam VargasMarylyn VaritekSandra VernonVietnam Veterans of

america Chapter 242Vietnam Veterans of

america Illinois StateCouncil

e Vinefrank Vioski

Wlaura WalsworthCynthia WashburnePauline WaskiewiczSuzanne Watringglenn WattMichael WattersWaukegan Citizen’s

Police academyCity of WaukeganWaukegan lions Club

Waukegan Park DistrictDr. and Mrs. girard W. Weberellen WehrsMarvin Weileramy WeimannJennifer WeinbergWest Insurance agency, Inc.Mr. and Mrs.

anthony R. Whiteelizabeth Whitten-Misunaslarry and Diane WhittierCeline Wicksnorman and Joy Wideburglynn WiechertCarla WigstoneWildfiretimothy WilhelmDonna WilliamsSamantha WilliamsCharles WillmsRhonda WinnMary Winter, Ph.D.Rosa Wisleralice WittDiane WolterWomen In Management, Inc.Dr. Roycealee WoodWorld equity group, Inc.Ray and Sue Wynn

Xyang Xiang

Yolivia yanez, Ph.D.Betty yaoSusan yaseckotina ye, Ph.D.li-hua yu, Ph.D.

ZDebra ZegarZion Park DistrictJannes e. ZobusJoe and Marge Zoeller

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Board of Directors

David ahokathryn M. allenDale e. BarinaBrandon BennettImmediate Past Presidentelaine t. Brettmanntyrone BurnoJ. Bert CarstensJoe Damicoedward t. Duffylinda S. DunnDennis gomezJudy HagaJerry HinkleyHolly kerr

timothy B. kleinTreasurerPeter P. krupczakRay linderSenator terry linkDavid M. lutreyJoseph MassarelliSue MorrisBruce l. osborneCarol l. Passalaqua1st VP / President-Electlynda C. PaulBen Randazzo PresidentBarbara Richardson-CannonSecretary

Joanna P. RolekJ. kenneth RoskoRobert t. SchachnerJohn n. SchaperSandra ShinskyBill tateevelyn tribbsSam Valenti CLC Alumni AssociationPresidentState Representativeeddie WashingtonRonald l. WhaleyBrian WillRobert R. WorobowJannes e. Zobus

CLC Board of Trustees Liaisons:Richard a. andersonJohn lumber

Ex-Officio Members:Jerry Weber, Ph.D.PresidentWilliam l. Devore, CfReExecutive Director CLCFoundationJulie B. ShrokaDirector Alumni Relationsand Special EventsBeverly H. HubbardDevelopment Officer

David agazziCollege of Lake County

kathryn M. allenAllen Investments

Rich BabjakWorld Equity Group, Inc.

Brandon BennettHewitt Associates

Darl e. DrummondCollege of Lake County

Judy Haga

Richard J. HaneyCollege of Lake County

lourdene HuhraCollege of Lake County

Brooks kellogge Beth Corporation

Joseph J. legatLegat Architects

Dr. nancy C. McnerneyCollege of Lake County

Dr. gretchen J. naffRetired, College of Lake County

Bruce l. osborneRetired, Discover Financial Services

Carol l. PassalaquaSmith Barney, Inc.

Dr. DeRionne PollardLas Positas College

Barbara Richardson-CannonRetired, Lake CountyCoroner

James D. RockAncel, Glink, Diamond,Bush, DiCianni &Krahefer, P.C.

J. kenneth RoskoJ. Kenneth Rosko, Ltd.

Marty SlusarzRetired, Discover Financial Services

Dolores Spapperi

Bob StewartAbbott Laboratories

Harit talwarDiscover Network

Doug taveirneDam, Snell, Taveirne

Jerry Weber, Ph.D.College of Lake County

george WelchSolutus Group

Robert R. Worobow

Board of Ambassadors

College of Lake County Foundation

Statements of Financial Position

Assets 2009 2008

Cash and cash equivalents $ 414,209 $ 420,745 Investments 2,067,473 2,306,441Pledges receivable, net 5,000 45,366Deferred expenses 10,281 584

Total Assets $ 2,496,963 $ 2,773,136

Liabilities and Net Assets

accounts payable $ 3,121 $ 4,163Miscellaneous payable 9,551 6,519Deferred revenue — 13,700grants and scholarships payable 6,338 50,293Due to College of lake County 2,244 2,244Total Liabilities 21,254 76,919

net assets:unrestricted $ 93,824 $ 329,116temporarily restricted 1,836,774 1,805,403 Permanently restricted 545,111 561,698 Total Net Assets 2,475,709 2,696,217

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 2,496,963 $ 2,773,136

College of Lake County

Grayslake Campus19351 W. Washington St.grayslake, Il 60030

www.clcillinois.edu

Lakeshore Campus33 n. genesee St.Waukegan, Il 60085

Southlake Campus1120 S. Milwaukee ave.Vernon Hills, Il 60061

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 toSouthern Illinois University, where I majored in theater and also minored inGerman. Eventually, I studied in Germany for a year, earned another B.A. inGerman 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 siteat www.clcillinois.edu/40years.

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