College of DuPage
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| Established: | 1967 |
| Type: | Community College |
| Faculty: | 305 full time [Institutional Portrait, 2006-2007] |
| Students: | 28,767 total headcount Fall 2006 [10th Day Enrollment Report], down from 34,073 in Fall 1999 |
| Location: | Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban, 273 acres |
| 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, Naperville, West Chicago, and Westmont. 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 student newspaper, The Courier published its first issue and has been printing ever since. Due to the college's early students having to run from building to building for classes, 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 literary magazine Prairie Light Review, founded in 1982.
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[edit] Expansion
COD has expanded much over the years. Initially there were temporary buildings on the West side of the campus, and they are still up today. The first permanent buildings were constructed on this site in the 1970s. The first such building was the IC building. Other to follow were the SCC, Art Center, and the Gym. Currently the facility master plan calls for expanding the campus. Under it the ECEC building was built, and the Science and Tec buildings are being constructed.
[edit] Semester conversion
For most of its history, the College of DuPage 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. In May 2002, the Board of Trustees voted to convert to semesters. The conversion was effective August 2005.
[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, American 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] National championships
- NJCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship (Champion: 2002; Runner-up: 2001, 2003)
- NJCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship (Champion: 2000, 2002; Runner-up: 1998, 2004)
[edit] Notable faculty and students
- 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
- Paul Spicer, NFL football player
- Diane Zak, author of numerous technology-related texts
- Dave Della Terza Internet entreprenuer founder of Vote for the Worst.
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