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The COD News Bureau is the College's primary source of news and information. Whether it happens in the classroom, in a laboratory or out in the field, the News Bureau brings you timely stories about every aspect of learning and discovery at COD.
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Featured News
For the first time in school history, COD earned the prestigious LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup as the top community college athletics program in the nation for 2022-23.
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New cutting-edge equipment, including X-ray mannequins, helps COD Radiography students learn to capture images more efficiently and accurately.
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Keith Tyrka brings an extensive background in computer networking and data analysis to his new role as Vice President for Planning, Performance and Technology.
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Janice Kaushal brings with her a wealth of knowledge and more than 30 years of experience in higher education to her new role as Dean of Business and Applied Technology.
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COD's new Accounting Specialist Certificate provides an advantageous start to build toward other certificates and credentials in accounting.
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COD Experts
The 1980’s in the U.S. was a time of excess and social disruption. Fashion designers
and other creatives of the period gave alternate views of gender and sexuality that
continue to influence how we view ourselves and the communities we live in. Assistant
Professor of Fashion Studies Nelson Cantada unpacks this decade of breakthrough fashion.
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Success Stories
"It may sound like a pipe dream, but I want to eventually start a College like COD in Liberia. Being a student and now staff at COD has opened my mind to just how much is missing in my country’s educational sector." - Princess Siafa, Mass Communication
Siafa's COD StorySuccess Stories
“COD set the foundation for everything I needed to progress in my career and in my education. It has helped me to be where I’m at in life today.” - Greg Romero, Automotive Service Technology
Greg's COD StorySuccess Stories
"By the end of my degree, I had made an entire fashion collection and learned many valuable lessons about finding myself in a different country." - Aby Cardenas, Fashion Studies
Aby's COD StorySuccess Stories
“I am forever grateful to the Political Science program and professors. They teach the subject with passion and connect lessons to events that are happening in real time." - Devin Oommen, Political Science
Devin's COD StorySuccess Stories
"My architecture professors at COD gave me great love and appreciation for architecture. I am confident in the education I received at COD and that it will help me after I transfer.” - Monica Basili, Architecture
Monica's COD Story
Thought Leaders
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News Videos
See how Architecture program students put their design and building skills to the test to create a new storage shed for COD's Fuel Garden.
Learn how COD and SIU's new partnership expands Career and Technical Education four-year degree opportunities on the Glen Ellyn campus.
Students in kindergarten through eighth grade can participate in programming in the arts, STEM fields and academic enrichment at COD.
