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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.

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.”

Waubonsee Community College is offering a free Fall Prevention Workshop for seniors on Monday August 20 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

The Waubonsee Community College Foundation has awarded 374 scholarships to 293 recipients. The total value of the scholarships is more than $350,000. The scholarships are for the upcoming academic year.

Waubonsee Community College recently announced a reinvention plan designed to enhance the college’s ability to benefit students and the community. The reinvention will more closely align some existing efforts by removing distinctions between certain units within the college. Because of the reinvention plan, the college has redefined some existing positions resulting in four people being appointed to the new positions.