Chaps defeat Harper in first round of tournament, advance to semi-finals
The Chaparral men’s basketball team will advance to the next round in the Region IV Tournament after defeating the Harper Hawks 79-69 Wednesday night. The game was the first round of the tournament and the winner would advance to the semi-finals. The Chaps were no stranger to Harper this season. It was the fourth [...]
Read More →Science Clubs plan a panel discussion with professionals
The Chemistry Bonding Club, Pre-Physician Assistant Club, and Future Pharmacists Club will hold a Health Care Professionals Panel Discussion Tuesday, March 12th from 4-5 pm in SSC3245. Professional physicians, dental hygienists, nurses, dentists, chiropractors, physician assistants, and pharmacists will be there to discuss what their daily lives consist of, how their positions connect with other [...]
Read More →Tuition Increase
The Board of Trustees approved the $4 tuition increase at the board meeting last Thursday, Feb. 21. According to Associate Vice President of Academic Planning Joe Collins, the big reason for raising the tuition was to contribute to the raises that all of the college’s would be receiving this year. Since the Board approved the [...]
Read More →SLEA Traffic training
The Suburban Law Enforcement Academy (SLEA) prepares recruits from all over Illinois for jobs as a full time police officer through a 12-week training program. These recruits have been in the SLEA program for the last 8 weeks since Jan. 7. Last week, the recruits learned proper ways to approach a traffic stop and this [...]
Read More →Student Spotlight: German Exchange program student Josephin Salewski
Josephin Salewski, 24, is currently a student at COD, but is also a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) scholar. She has been here since August and is taking Spanish, French, and psychology classes. The CBYX program was created to strengthen ties between Germany and the United States through citizen diplomacy. The program was founded in celebration [...]
Read More →Do the Harlem Shake
It was almost a year ago that American DJ, Baauer, made a track and threw it up online; only to be discovered by Mad Decent label executive Diplo. The YouTube sensation hit COD’s campus last Wednesday, as Student Life invited student & cartoon character alike, to take part in an all-out dance fest to Billboard’s [...]
Read More →College Theater presents: Spoon River Anthology
College Theatre is just about ready to open the original student adaptation of Spoon River Anthology by Michael Moon, directed by Connie Canaday Howard (Director of Theater). A collection of poems from Edgar Lee Masters’ 1915 book of poetry, Spoon River Anthology paints a picture of life in a small, midwestern town through a series [...]
Read More →Biomedical Engineering Technology Degree
A new engineering degree has been implemented into the college’s curriculum and has already helped some students become hired once graduated. The Biomedical Engineering Technology degree helps students learn how to fix the medical machines in hospitals and gives them hands-on training. “I started thinking about this a while ago, it’s just that now was [...]
Read More →Inspiring Students to make a Difference: Founder of non-profit organization Living Lands and Waters, Chad Pregracke visits college
An environmental organization that was established by Chad Pregracke in 1998, Living Lands and Waters is a river cleanup organization where volunteers spend up to nine months a year on a barge, where they host not only cleanups, but workshops and other conservation efforts as well. Pregracke visited the college this past Tuesday to talk [...]
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