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Nominations are now being sought for Waubonsee Community College’s 2018 Distinguished Contributor and Distinguished Alumnus awards. Nominations must be received by Friday, March 30. This year, awards will be presented to the recipients at the college’s commencement ceremonies on May 12.   

Waubonsee Community College, in partnership with Northern Illinois University’s Pick Museum of Anthropology, will host “In/Visibility: Hmong America and the Art of Storytelling.” The exhibition will feature first-person reflections, textiles and artwork by Aurora native and Waubonsee alumna J. Tshab Her. The presentation considers how Hmong life has changed since refugees first entered the United States in the 1970s and what it means to be Hmong American today.

Study abroad programs are great opportunities for students to build the skills necessary to succeed in the global economy. This summer, Waubonsee Community College is offering a study abroad program in Cambodia that will give students experience in service learning, community engagement and enriching learning experiences as part of the immersion in Cambodian culture.

Part of the college experience is meeting new and interesting people. Some of the people you meet in college can be called characters. Sometimes you meet a real character.

Rusty, the mascot for the Chicago Steel hockey team, visited the Sugar Grove Campus on Wednesday, Feb. 21 to hang out with students.

Waubonsee Community College will host an open house event at its Aurora Downtown Campus on Saturday, March 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is family-friendly, free and open to the public.

Waubonsee Community College’s Workforce Development Division has partnered with Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital on Project SEARCH, a program to assist adults with disabilities in the development of job skills leading to an increased level of independence.

Waubonsee Community College, in partnership with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) North Aurora Area Office, will host a Safety Day on March 14. 

Community colleges have a rich history of cooperation. This is part of our history at Waubonsee, as well as our present. Our collaborations and connections with the community take on many forms and involve many staff members. In my role as the director of government and community engagement, I sit on various non-profit boards and am involved in various community efforts.

The nominating committee of the Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Dickson Center Community Board Room on the Sugar Grove Campus, Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive.

Visit www.waubonsee.edu/about/leadership/board/ for the agenda for this meeting and the schedule of future meetings of the board of trustees.

The Dean’s List at Waubonsee Community College celebrates excellence among students who achieve a minimum 3.5 grade-point average out of a possible 4.0 while enrolled in at least 6 semester credit hours. The Dean’s List honors the following students for the fall 2017 semester at the college.