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Waubonsee Community College is offering a day trip to Chicago’s South Side to enjoy the city’s baseball rivalry.

Waubonsee Community College is offering a day trip to Waterloo, Wis. to explore practical applications of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) studies.

Waubonsee Community College will host a career fair on Wednesday, Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon in Aurora. The event is free and open to the public.

Waubonsee Community College will host College Night on Monday, Oct. 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. on its Sugar Grove Campus.

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.

September brings changing temperatures and scenery. While these changes happen around us, students are settling in to the routine of a still-new academic year on college campuses. This is certainly the case at all four of Waubonsee’s campuses.

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

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.

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