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The Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Eamon Newman to the position of Assistant Dean for Online Learning and Flexible Delivery at its regularly scheduled meeting on June 20.

According to a report from the Wisconsin Hope Lab in April 2018, 46 percent of students at community colleges are affected by housing insecurity and 12 percent identify as being homeless. Initial studies indicate that insecurity affecting a student’s basic needs also affects their likelihood of completion. Waubonsee Community College alumna, Moji Ayorinde, persevered to ensure that she and her children would not become defeated by this statistic.

Crain’s Chicago Business recently named Christine J. Sobek, Ed.D. as one of “Chicago’s Notable Women in Education 2018.”

Waubonsee Community College is offering an academic program that allows students to earn an associate degree with an emphasis in business at its Aurora Downtown Campus.

Waubonsee Community College has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award was given for the college’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).

The GFOA Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.

At its meeting on June 5, the Waubonsee Community College Foundation approved Matthew Miller and Jenni Shook-Harris to join its board of directors.

Waubonsee Community College has named its 2018 Outstanding Faculty Member. Steven Zusman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, has served as a full-time philosophy professor at Waubonsee since 2012.

Waubonsee Community College is offering an academic program that allows students to earn an associate degree in just one year.

The Dunham Fund QuickPath Degree Program gives motivated students the opportunity to earn an Associate in Arts Degree in a year by taking a series of hybrid classes that combine face-to-face meetings on the Sugar Grove Campus with online classes.

Waubonsee Community College provides opportunities to people with diverse backgrounds from across the region, as well as from around the world. One of those people is Victoria Garcia, Waubonsee’s Student Success: Featured Student.

Waubonsee Community College announced its 2018 Distinguished Contributor and Distinguished Alumnus at the college’s annual commencement ceremonies on Saturday. Jerome A. Rich, Chairman of the Board of Rich Harvest Farms, is this year’s Distinguished Contributor. Ashley Lewis, singer, songwriter and performer, is this year’s Distinguished Alumnus.