General Advising
Counseling
Student Support and Cultural Center
Career Services
Health and Special Services
Student Success Program
New Student Orientation
Faculty Advising
Meet the Counseling Faculty
Resource Links
STARS
Student Advising Resource System
Academic Advising Calendar
Transfer Tips
Conversion Student Handbook, Second Edition, March 2005
Services for Online Students
Student Planning Worksheets
Advising Reference Index
Food for Thought Workshops
Student Success Workshops
Education 105,
Career Development
Education 110,
Interpersonal Skills for Life Work
Social Science 188,
Exploring Diversity ...
Meet the Counseling Faculty
Ron Jerak is a counselor and professor in the Counseling and Advising department. He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). He received his master's degree in counseling from Northern Illinois University and his bachelor's degree in math and computer science from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ron began teaching at College of DuPage in 1985. He taught in the Computer Information Systems department (CIS) both as an adjunct faculty member from 1985 until 1990, and as a full-time faculty member from 1990 until 1998. Ron was the co-coordinator of the CIS department in 1997-1998. After receiving his master's degree in counseling he transferred into the counseling discipline at C.O.D. in 1998. Ron has recently completed certification as a Family and Divorce Mediator, as well as coursework on “Aggression in the Classroom” and “On-Campus Violence.”
As a counselor, Ron enjoys the combination of one-on-one sessions with the students/community members, as well as the classroom teaching experience. Ron teaches the Career Development (EDUC 1105) course and the Interpersonal Communications (EDUC 1110) course, as well as College Arithmetic (MATH 0460) and Beginning Algebra (Math 0481). His favorite course to teach is the Interpersonal Communications course, for it involves such a variety of interpersonal activities and non-traditional learning experiences. Ron's counseling style is deliberately eclectic, though he finds himself gravitating toward the Rational Emotive (Albert Ellis) school. Though he doesn't claim to be a perfect adherent to the “Golden Rule,” he does try to treat others as he would like to be treated.
[back to alphabetical list of counselors]
