Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC is endorsing challengers over two incumbents; the incumbents warn of the danger of a faculty-endorsed Board.
A College of DuPage faculty political-action committee has endorsed challengers Ed Agustin and Frank Flores Jr. for the COD Board over incumbents Dave Carlin and Joe Wozniak (and other candidates Kathy Hamilton and Mike Lanners). The endorsement has become a bone of contention between the candidates, the Daily Herald reports. According to the paper, the endorsements made by Friends for Education COD Faculty Association PAC are notable, contentious and perhaps a double-edged sword in an election coming after 16 months of negotiations that led to a teachers' contract imposed on faculty without union approval last May. Both sides worked out a new deal that was unanimously approved in June. "The board is elected by the community. It's not …
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Cold beer and cool jazz highlight the weekend.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend. Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit and new bars/restaurants/shops to explore. 1. WINTER JAZZ FEST Where/When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday on the McAninch Arts Center Mainstage, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn. Why Go: Friday's show is Henry Johnson and The Organ Express, and Two for Brazil: Paulinho Garcia and Greg Fishman. Saturday's headliner is the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Pricing: Friday: $30, $28 for seniors, $20 for youth. Saturday: $50-75, $48-73 for seniors, $40-65 for youth. 2. LIVE MUSIC AT COOPER'S HAWK Where/When: 7 p.m. Thursday at Cooper's Hawk, 510 …
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
College of DuPage will use the sale of bonds to refurbish school buildings.
The College of DuPage bond referendum for Community College District 502 narrowly Tuesday night after getting nearly 55 percent of the vote to allow the college to sell $168 million in bonds to pay for repairs to aging buildings, construction of a new multi-tiered parking structure and continuing with phase two of construction of a new Homeland Security Center. Much of the money will be used specifically in projects on the McAninch Arts Center, the Physical Education Building and improvements to the Student Resource Center. College officials said earlier in the day on Tuesday that they expected the referendum to pass. "We believe that the referendum has a very good chance of passing," said Joe Moore, associate vice president of external …
Dan F.
11:40 am on Saturday, April 6, 2013
If there were D's and R's behind their names at least there would be more honesty and information for the voter. As for the "Faculty Association" http://www.codfaculty.org/ It's a union. more ›