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Dr. Sobek wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season.

Due to a water main break, the Sugar Grove Campus will be closed during the day on Wednesday, December 13. All classes and other campus activities are cancelled. Students, faculty and staff are to not come to the campus during the day.

At its meeting on December 5, the Waubonsee Community College Foundation welcomed Matt Winkle of Aurora to its board of directors.

Mathematics is a requirement for most college majors. The faculty of the Mathematics Department at Waubonsee Community College are making great strides in enhancing the student experience in these important core classes. For these efforts, the department is being recognized as a college Student Success: Featured Faculty and Program in November. 

The straight-line distance from Aurora, Ill. to the Northern Patagonia Ice Field in Chile is slightly more than 6,000 miles. It is nearly 7,500 miles if traveling by land on the shortest route. Such a journey would be an adventure under any circumstances. For Isaí Madriz that journey has been nothing short of remarkable.

The signs of fall are all around us. There is a bit of a chill in the air and holiday decorations are going up in homes, businesses and across communities. With this time of year comes renewed attention on things to be thankful for and ways to help others.

Often, when one thinks about college student life – activities that happen outside of the classroom – the mind automatically pulls up images of Greek Life, athletics, or maybe a coffeehouse musician. While these are some of the typical options for involvement in college, they don’t represent what truly happens when students get involved during their college years.