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There I was, in a SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus…) like you see firefighters wear and a full firefighting outfit to go back down into the reactor plant to check for a steam rupture. I was put in this wonderful outfit because I was the chief reactor watch, and supervised the mechanical watch-standers of that reactor plant.  The reactor had been scrammed, the engineering spaces were hot (think sauna hot), and everyone had been evacuated. My “newbie” (newly qualified watch-stander) had reported to a steam rupture. While steam powers turbines, and powers your home through the electrical grid, it also quickly kills.... 

Today, I teach most of the classes in the Automation Technology Degree (AMT) Program at Waubonsee Community College.

Waubonsee Community College welcomes Mr. Timothy Bizoukas to the position of Director of Employee Development.

A résumé that includes the jobs artillery cannoneer, howitzer section chief, county veterans service officer and superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission (VAC) of Kendall County, indicates an interesting career. That is the career of Chad Lockman, a 2014 graduate of Waubonsee Community College.

Waubonsee is experiencing an issue with the telephone service at the Sugar Grove Campus. Callers cannot direct dial to offices or people at Sugar Grove. Calls can be made by dialing 630-466-7900 then dialing the extension. This only affects calls to the Sugar Grove Campus. Extensions at other campuses can be dialed directly. 
 
The college's IT department is working on the issue and will have it resolved as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience.

Waubonsee Community College welcomes three new full-time faculty members for the coming academic year.

There is an emergency, a fire, someone has passed out, a car crash, what do you do? The answer for most is to call 9-1-1. We know with that call we can get the help we need: the fire department, an ambulance, a police officer. As first responders, you call, we come, regardless of the emergency or the situation. Without question we show up. What many don’t realize is that we spend a large portion of our time talking to the public about prevention and preparedness. As we educate our Fire Science and Emergency Medical Technician students at Waubonsee Community College, we stress the driving purpose of this profession is to keep our citizens safe.

I was drawn to a career in higher education because of the power of education to change lives. I was drawn to a career in community colleges because nowhere else within higher education is this transformative power so evident. In the coming weeks, thousands of students will arrive on one of Waubonsee’s four campuses to begin or continue their academic journey. Many of them are first-generation students and many are part of a long family line of college students. Many will attend class full-time, others part-time.

Each one of these students has a unique story that we can all learn from and be inspired by.

Waubonsee Community College is offering a new program this fall for students interested in advancing their career in health care.

Waubonsee Community College has completed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts for the college’s Legal Interpreting Program. This agreement allows Waubonsee students in the program who have completed the course Introduction to Legal Interpreting (LGI100) to be exempt from the required orientation process to become a registered legal interpreter.

Waubonsee Community College will hold auditions for “Shrek the Musical.”