College of DuPage
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| Established | 1967 |
| Type | Community College |
| President | Dr. Sunil Chand |
| Faculty | 334 full time 1,250 part time |
| Students | over 30,000 each semester |
| Location | Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 273 acres |
| Colors | Green, Gold |
| Nickname | Chaparrals |
| Website | www.cod.edu |
The College of DuPage, or COD, is the Midwest's largest single-campus two-year community college, with its main campus located in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The college also owns and operates facilities in the Illinois communities of Addison, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Lombard, Naperville, West Chicago, Westmont and La Grange. The college serves students residing in Illinois' Community College District 502, which is most of DuPage County and parts of Cook County and Will County.
The college was established in 1967 in Glen Ellyn, with temporary facilities at 22nd Street (now Fawell Boulevard) and Lambert Road. That very same year the award-winning student newspaper, The Courier published its first issue and has been printing ever since. The first permanent buildings were constructed on this site in the 1970s. Due to the commuting nature of the college's early students, the Chaparral was adopted as the college's mascot. The main campus is also home to WDCB 90.9 FM, a public radio station founded in 1977, as well as the award-winning literary magazine Prairie Light Review, founded in 1982.
For most of the college's history, it has offered classes in an 11-week-long quarter format, with four quarters (Winter (January-March), Spring (April-June), Summer (June-August) and Fall (September-December)) in a single calendar year. As of August 2005, the college has shifted to a 16-week-long semester format, with Fall and Spring semesters and a continued summer program. The previous summer program would uniquely offer classes in three-, five-, eight-, and 10-week terms.
Between 2004 and 2009, a series of construction projects will add an Early Childhood Education Center, a Technology Education Center, a parking structure, a Health Careers and Natural Sciences building, and a Business and Community Education center to the Glen Ellyn campus, while demolishing three older buildings on the same campus. Other projects during this time period include athletic field and building renovations at the Glen Ellyn campus and projects at the Carol Stream and Naperville facilities.
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[edit] Athletics
In sports, the College of DuPage Chaparrals are a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
- Men's Sports: baseball, basketball, cheer team, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track & field.
- Women's Sports: basketball, cheer team, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, and volleyball
[edit] Notable alumni and attendees
- James Belushi, an American sitcom actor
- John Belushi, the late American film actor and comedian
- Bob Odenkirk, an American comedy writer and actor
- Steven Best, an American animal rights activist, author, talk-show host, and associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso
- Tom Krieglstein, 2001 All-USA Academic First Team from USA Today and COD Outstanding Graduate 2001
[edit] Trivia
- Even though it is called College of Du Page, parts of Cook County are in the district. The Lyons Township High School Junoir College in La Grange bacme part of this fine institution.
