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College of Lake County

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WONDERINGThe Big Decision: College

Why College?

DISCOVERINGWhat’s CLC Like?

Who Goes to CLC?

College: A Time to ExploreTransfer ProgramsCareer Programs

Where Will You Take Classes?

What’s Life Like Outside of Class?Graduate Satisfaction

Lowering the High Cost of EducationPaying Doesn’t Have to be a Drag

EMPOWEREDFaculty: Inspired and Inspiring

Hans HabegerDr. Li-hua Yu

Rob Twardock

Success Starts With a Plan

CONFIDENT

Graduate StoriesAlex MasonKellie Kraft

Blake Hudson

EXCITEDSound Good?

Decided? Learn More

WONDERINGOkay, all your friendsare talking about the

I want to go to aUNIvErsIty…

Or get into the school with

the biggestbrag factor. (Heard all that?)

or maybe a small prIvate school?

I NEED to leave home!

I want to learn from

teachers who really believe

in my potential.

I want all this without taking out big loans to pay tuition.

If thoughts like these are on your mind, let’s talk further.

bIg

I’m starting out—I want a college that will give me the right foundation. I want to learn

more about meand what I want to be.

Let’s start with the basic question:

WONDERING


Maybe going to college has always beena given for you.

But with rising college costs, many peopleare wondering, is going to college still worth it?

the answer is:

People who get an education beyond high school earn significantly more over their lifetimes.

According to the College Board, with a two-year degree, on average, you’ll earn about 24 percent morethan with just a high school diploma.

And with a bachelor’s degree, you’ll earn 66 percent more.

And college is an even better investment, if you choose CLC.

yes!

For more information:

www.collegeboard.com

What’s the common thread?

If you are open and receptive, you’ll find what you need at the

College of Lake County.

It depends on

whom you ask.


ForAlex Mason, a self-described “B” student in high school, it was a place where his instructors’ passionfor their subjects opened up new ideas that have changed how he views his own abilities and the world.

For Kellie Kraft, who wants a career in medicine, it was a place she could stand out as an athlete and student while also finding warm friendships and a sense of belonging.

And forblake Hudson, whose leadership role as a student trustee confirmed his choice of political scienceas a major and public service as a career goal, it was a place that was just “conducive to success” because of the many opportunities offered.

read Alex, Kellie and Blake’s stories (plus others) at

www.clcillinois.edu/viewbook.

TO CLC?

CLC Art and Photography Students Summer 2010

Graduates of every high school in Lake County!

Currently, 19 percent of Lake County’s graduatinghigh school seniors enroll at CLC in the fall. That figuremakes CLC the most popular college choice of entering freshmen.

People like you.


More information can be found at

www.clcillinois.edu/demographics

CLC’s Student body

60% under age 2564% attend part time57% white

8% black18% Hispanic6% Asian

CLC’s Top 10*

1. Warren2. Waukegan3. Zion-Benton4. Grant5. Round Lake6. Grayslake North7. Mundelein8. Lakes Community9. Antioch10. Grayslake Central

*Top 10 in numbers of students enrolling at CLC in Fall 2010.

COLLege:

A TIME To

If you have, congratulations, you’re unusual!

Experts estimate that as many as 80 percent of entering

freshman are undecided about a major, and 50 percentof college students will change their major at least once before

earning a degree.

Not only is college a time of exploring new ideas about yourself

and the world, it’s also often a time of exploring just what you

want to be.

that’s why having lots of academic choicesis so important.

At CLC, you can choose from 52 transfer programs leading to

a bachelor’s degree, or 163 degree and certificate optionsgiving you marketable skills you can use right after graduating.

(And in several instances, you can even choose a career program

with a transfer option.)


Have you chosen

your major?

More information can be found at

www.clcillinois.edu/academics

INTERESTED IN CoLLEgE

Want to become a doctor, lawyer, engineer or college professor? at NIU, SIU and

U of I Urbana-Champaign,

CLC transfer students generally

than the students who started there.—2008 StUdy


Choosing a transfer program provides almost unlimited options. and once CLC students transfer, they do well.CLC students have gone on to earn bachelor’s and graduate degrees from institutions across the country, including premier ones like Northwestern, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois and even Harvard.

For more information go to

www.clcillinois.edu/transfer.

AssOCIAtE IN Arts IN tEACHING early Childhood educationSecondary MathematicsSpecial education

AssOCIAtE IN sCIENCE MAjOrs Biology Chemistry Computer Information technology Computer Science earth Science ecology Mathematics Microbiology physics pre-dentistrypre-Occupational therapy pre-physical therapy Surveying Wildlife Management Zoology

AssOCIAtE IN ENGINEErING sCIENCE DEGrEE

engineering

AssOCIAtE IN FINE Arts MAjOrsartMusic educationMusic performance

AssOCIAtE IN Arts MAjOrsaccounting anthropology art Business administration Communication Criminal Justice dance early Childhood education economics elementary education english French Gender and Sexuality StudiesGeography History Humanities International Studies Music philosophy physical education political Science pre-Medicine pre-pharmacy pre-veterinary Medicine psychology recreation Social Work Sociology Spanish theatre

About

of CLC students are enrolledin a transfer program.59%

CERTIfICATE oPTIoNS!

CArEErs IN:

Architecture/ Construction

Arts/Communication

Business

Education

Health science

Hospitality

Human services

Information technology

Law/Public safety

Manufacturing

Natural resources

science/technology

service technologies

that in the next decade, a large percentage of jobs in Illinois—41 percent — will be at the “middle skill” level, requiring more

education than a high school diploma but less than a bachelor’s degree?

What are these middle skills jobs? They come in a wide range of industries

and occupations— engineering technicians, health care professionals

(nurses, dental hygienists, radiologic technicians, etc.), paralegals,

automotive technicians, first-line construction managers, heating and

air conditioning repairers and many more, offering annual salaries that

can reach nearly $70,000.

These opportunities mean that for many students one of the college’smore than 160 Associate in Applied Science or career certificates is a verygood option.


Did you know

Some employers of recent Career program Graduates

ABBOTT | ADvOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER |A T & T | BAxTER HEALTHCARE | CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL | GRAINGER | AON HEWITT ASSOCIATES NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL

NORTHSHORE UNIvERSITY HEALTH CARE | QUILL CORP. vISTA MEDICAL CENTER | WALGREENS

For more information go to

www.clcillinois.edu/careers.

Begin at CLC Careers

WILL YoU TAKE CLASSES

AT CLC?

GrAysLAKE | LAKEsHOrE | sOUtHLAKEEach campus has its own personality.

gRAYSLAKE

• 226.1 acres—largest location— beautiful buildings and lush natural areas.

• Home to the greatest number of academic programs.

• Newest facility additions: state-of-the art technology building and professional-quality performing arts center.

• Three-quarters of students take most of their classes here.

LAKESHoRE (Waukegan)

• Urban environment.

• Complex of three buildings on Genesee Street.

• Offers all courses for Associate in Arts degree.

• Home to three health care programs: dentalhygiene, medical assisting and phlebotomy.

SoUTHLAKE (vernon Hills)

• Site of CLC’s newest building,a spacious light-filled facility on Milwaukee Avenue.

• Offers all the course work for the Associate in Arts degree.

• Home to one of CLC’s mostcutting-edge programs—Nanoscience Technology—and to the new Health and Wellness Center.

plus online options!

at each campus you’ll also find the best in facilities, equipment and technology.


CLC Fall Welcome Week Activities

WHAT’S LIfE

LIKE oUTSIDE

of CLASS?

At CLC, you’ll enjoy lots of opportunities to get involved,participate in activities and find a “home away from home.”

With more than 25 student clubs, 14 competitive sports teams, a fitness center, student government, the Emerging Leaders program and much more oncampus, you’ll find many opportunities to make friends, develop leadership skills and explore your own personal interests.


SPoRTS

GolfMen’s and Women’s Cross CountryMen’s and Women’s SoccerMen’s and Women’s TennisMen’s and Women’s BasketballWomen’s volleyballMen’s BaseballMen’s and Women’s TennisWomen’s Softball

LITERARY JoURNALS

Willow ReviewPrairie voices

CLUbS

Addiction Awareness and Recovery Aikido American Sign Language Club Anime Club Asian Student Alliance Associate Degree Student Nurses Automaniacs Black Student Union Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) Chronicle CLC Ceramic Arts Club CLC Radio College Bowl Computer Club Engineering Club Environmental Club Forensic and DebateInternational Club Lakeshore Campus

Student Association

MUSIC

Wind Ensemble Concert BandJazz ComboMonday & Tuesday Night Jazz EnsemblesChamber SingersCLC Singers Choir of Lake County CLC Gospel Choir

DANCE

Prairie Spirits Dance Troupe

THEATRE

(Five productions per year)

Latino Alliance Literary Arts Society Math Club Medical Imaging Club Muslim Student Association NAACP Newman Catholic Club Paranormal Thrill Seekers (P.T.S.) Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Photography Club Pre-Health Professionals Club Pride Alliance Psychology Club Pupils of Paralegal Studies (POPS) South Asian Student Association (SASA) Student American Dental

Hygienists Association (SADHA) Student Government Association Student veterans of CLC vICA/Skills USA

In a survey of recent graduates, CLC received a overall satisfaction rating. 99%

SATISfACTIoN

And in a survey of current students, rated the quality of education at CLC

as “excellent” or “good.”

How well are students prepared for transfer?

CLC students are well-prepared. For example, a 2008 study showedthat CLC students who transferred to Northern Illinois University,Southern Illinois University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had higher GPAs than students who started at these institutions.

A sampling of colleges and universities that students have attended after CLC:

Indiana University

Lake Forest College

Loyola University of Chicago

Milwaukee Institute of Art

Northern Illinois University

Northwestern University

Roosevelt University

And what about the workplace? Even in the current economic downturn, a survey of recent

graduates found that 84 percent of respondents who sought

jobs found them. Those working full-time in a field related to their

studies had an average annual base salary of $44,190.


86%

Southern Illinois University

University of Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Wisconsin-Madison

A sOLUtION TO THE

of EDUCATIoN


Public University 4-year tuition and fees:

$39,096

Private University 4-year tuition and fees:

$92,696

Yes, college can be expensive:

CLC transfer savings:

CLC (2 years) +Illinois Public University

(2 years) $25,908

sAvINGs

$13,000

4 yearS

4 yearS

CLC+

2 yearS

CLC+

2 yearS

CLC (2 years) +Illinois Private University

(2 years) $52,708

sAvINGs almost

$40,000

PUBLICUNIvErsIty

PrIvAtEUNIvErsIty

DoESN’T HAvE

To bE A DRAg.

Even though CLC tries to keep tuition as affordable aspossible, many students still have access to financial aid.

Aid comes in the form of need-based grants, which donot have to repaid; work-study jobs; low-interest loans; and scholarships, some awarded based on need, others based on academic achievement, careergoals or other criteria. (Best of all, scholarships also don’t have to be repaid!)

Financial aid is funded by the federal and state government and privatedonors such as the CLC Foundation, which raises and awards funds exclusively for CLC students.

For more information go to www.clcillinois.edu/financialaidor call the Financial aid Office at (847) 543-2062.

About 1 in 5 CLC students receivessome form of financial aid.

CLC awarded more than $10 millionin Federal and State grants and work study in 2009.

The average CLC financial aid package was $3,121.

The CLC Foundation in 2009 made877 scholarship awards, totaling$551,945.


financial Aid

You don’t have to have a straight-A average (or even a solid B) to receive financial aid. Though somescholarships are based on grades,others aren’t.

Even if your family income is higherthan average, you may still be able to receive financial aid. Some scholarships aren’t need-based.

Many factors affect financial aid decisions. Don’t assume you won’t qualify.

Apply!

INSPIRED AND INSPIRINg

CLC Faculty: Frederic Hutchinson, Sociology; Janet Mason, Human Services / Social Work; Natalia Casper, Mathematics


average class size:

Full-time Faculty:

adjunct Faculty:

have master’s degrees.

have doctorates

19221740

71%

23%6%

Outstanding faculty who have earned graduate degrees at premier institutions and are focused on teaching rather than research.

in career programs have bachelor’s degrees and specialized experience.

HANS HAbEgERASSISTANT PRofESSoR of ART


Doesn’t everyone have mounds of ceramic clay in their basement?

That’s what Hans Habeger and his sisters thought while growingup. The son of an artist/teacher, Habergers’ talent was nurtured by hisartistic family. He discovered his passion for art during a basic drawingclass at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in the mid 1990s.

“I was by no means the best one in my drawing classes, but I really enjoyed it and I kept working at it,” he said.

“that’s how I got better. you have to be patient.”

As part of his work toward a M.F.A. in painting at Indiana University, he taught studio art classes, where he realized that teaching was another enjoyable creative outlet. After continuing to create and show his art, teaching at Iowa State University and serving as a visiting artist at the Community College of Philadelphia, Habeger became an assistant professor of drawing and design at College of Lake County in 2006.

Habeger’s award-winning drawings and paintings have been shown at 35 national and regional juried shows.

“If you’re not a practicing artist, you’re really losing out on being able to share that experience with your students,” he says.

“I know what it’s like to want to throw down your pencil and quit,” he says laughing. “that can be comforting for students to know.”

Learn more at http://hanshabeger.com.

DR. LI-HUA YUPRofESSoR of SoCIoLogY


sociology Professor Dr. Li-hua yu has a personal mission to openstudents’ eyes to a rapidly changing world. As a native of China, she has seenher homeland transform itself from a closed-off Communist country to becoming the world’s number one economic power.

“I lived through China’s hideous ‘great cultural revolution of the 1960s,” she said.

Following high school, Dr. Yu was sent to work in a factory in a remote city innorthwest China. After three years, she was chosen by her co-workers to attendthe newly reopened xi’an International Studies University (xISU). After earninga bachelor’s degree and teaching English and American literature at xISU fornine years, she moved to the U.S. in 1984. At Bowling Green University, sheearned a master’s degree in American Studies and a Ph.D. in sociology. She came to CLC in 1991.

Dr. Yu’s life story embodies how political and economic forces are shrinking theworld, bringing people together in economic and cultural alliances that wereunimagined 30 or 40 years ago.

“there is a very good chance that a student graduating thisyear will work for a company doing business overseas, and this work will require understanding how people from other countries think,” she said.

Dr. Yu has helped write proposals for recently awarded federal grants for two Asian studies programs offering CLC students opportunities to study in China, Indian, Japan and Jordan.

read about CLC’s innovative international education program at

www.clcillinois.edu/international

Rob TWARDoCK, R.P.E.PRofESSoR of CIvIL ENgINEERINg


If studying to become an engineer is your goal at CLC, you can count on

Professor rob twardock to bring his practical, real-world experience into each class session.

twardock believes problem solving is perhaps the essential engineering skill.

“I like to ask probing questions so students learn how toframe a problem, which is a first step to identifying possiblesolutions,” he said.

Often, he uses real life examples, such as a building project that encountersproblems with the subsoil.

“the question is: Whose problem is it? the property owner’s?the engineer’s? someone else’s? How do you determine theextent of the problem? I like to ask questions so students respond as a—contractor, owner, architect or engineer—would in real life.”

Twardock’s practical approach isn’t surprising. A registered professional engineer, he worked as a civil engineer in Michigan and Illinois for 10 yearsafter earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois.Prior to joining CLC in 2000, he taught for two years at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore.

Teaching, in Twardock’s view, is a balancing act between challenging and nurturing students.

“Good teachers demand enough to bring out students’ best,but they are also encouraging and supportive, helping students get through rough spots.”

Twardock’s approach has resulted in his being named the 2010 Mentor ofthe Year by the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers.

read more at

www.clcillinois.edu/engineering


Counseling and advising services at CLC are designed to give youthe right start on your studies and keep you on track. As a new student,you will participate in a thorough new-student orientation that will include a campus tour, information about financial aid, an academic program overview, an individual meeting with an academic adviser, presentations on campus life and services and class registration. At regularpoints in your academic studies, you’ll also continue to meet with an adviseror counselor to ensure your courses meet your academic and career goals.

FOr trANsFErCLC counselors will meet with you to choose a transfer school and plan your studies to meet your chosen school’s requirements. In addition, transfer guides and many other resources are available in the Counseling, Advising and transfer Center to help you. With a little careful planning, your transfer should be easy and smooth!

A MAjOr Or A CArEErIf you’re undecided about a major, or career goal, counselors will help youfind the best match for your talents and interests using career inventories, other assessments and exercises.

FOr sUCCEssCLC takes students from where they are to where they want to go. So even if you encounter problems along the way, we’re here to help you succeed. Sometimes all that’s required is learning better study skills, time management strategies or test-taking techniques. Other times,working one-on-one with an instructor or tutor can make all the difference.At CLC, counselors, instructors and tutors are just some of the resourcesyou’ll have.

tO stAND OUtOur Honors Program provides high-performing students the opportu-nity to enjoy an enriched, more challenging academic experience and develop a close working relationship with a faculty mentor. Participation in the Honors Program is noted on your transcript—a plus when applying for transfer. In addition, students accepted into the program receive scholarships for all their honors courses.

PLAN:

ALEx MASoNHigh School Attended:

Libertyville

Transfer School:

New York

University

Alex Mason was a “B” student at Libertyville High School who wasmore interested in extracurricular activities than academics. Although he came to CLC with low expectations, thinking it would be just an extension of high school, Mason’s passion for learning was stimulated here, where he found opportunities to excel, explore the world and prepare to transfer to a premier institution.

“the wide variety of course offerings at CLC is great,” Mason said. “And almost every teacher, if I talked to them, took a huge interest in me and my success and made sure I did well. I started to become interested in my classes because the faculty wanted me to succeed and because they were so interested in the subjects they were teaching.”

After working part-time during his first semester, Mason steadily becamemore involved with his classes and campus life. Through roles in college productions of “Animal Farm” and “Macbeth,” Mason made new friends, and while he took the courses he would need to transfer, he also exploredhis many developing interests through courses in humanities, film, digitalmedia and design, Shakespeare and Asian history.

Encouraged by humanities instructor Pat Gonder, Mason jumped at the opportunity to spend a semester studying at xi’an International University in China during fall 2009, an experience that led him to choose cross-cultural media studies as his bachelor’s degree major.

Mason was accepted for transfer by five excellent schools across the country – Emerson College in Boston, the University of Washington in Seattle, Indiana University in Bloomington, the University of Miami in Florida and New York University. In the end, NYU offered the academicmajor he wanted as well as media internship opportunities, which sealed his Big Apple decision.

“the spark that really drove me to do well at CLC was definitely the teachers,” Mason said.

More student profiles at

www.clcillinois.edu/viewbook


KELLIE KRAfT

High School Attended:

Warren

Transfer School:

University of Minnesota

CLC is a great place to make new friends.

Just ask Kellie Kraft, a Gurnee resident who graduated from Warren Township High School in 2008. She got to meet a lot of people from different schools that used to be athletic rivals, such as Grayslake, Antioch or Lakes.

“I was able to break out of my ‘Warren bubble,’ and I madesome of my best friends from other schools.”

Kraft was the catcher for the CLC women’s softball team from 2008-10.

“In my sophomore year, I was able to be one of the team leaders,” she said. “It was exciting to see how the team evolved.After we’d lose a game, there was tension at first, but wesophomores encouraged the freshmen to just shake it off.One coach emphasized: fix your mistakes, but don’t ponder over them.”

The positive attitude paid off, as the team posted an 11-1 record in 2009-10and won the conference championship.

Kraft gives high marks to CLC instructors and the personal attention they give students.

“When I started here, I was nervous about my General Chemistry class because it was my first college-level science class,” she said, indicating her instructor, Jeanne Simondsen,

resolved her fears by making learning fun. “One time, in a lectureabout gases and expansion, she demonstrated an idea bytaking one of those little candy-coated marshmallow birdsand put it in a gas chamber, where it really grew in size.”

A biology major, Kraft eventually hopes to enter medical school or study medical forensics.




High School Attended:

Zion-benton

Transfer School:

University of Illinois,

Urbana-Champaign

bLAKE HUDSoN

Blake Hudson said a quick prayer for courage and wisdom before he stood up at a national meeting of community college trustees to ask a question. Feeling that the town hall meeting was going off track, he tried to steer the discussion back to the central issue on the table — how to interest charitable foundations in funding community colleges.

The discussion leaders, who worked for such major funding organizations as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation, wereso impressed with Hudson’s remarks that they immediately invited him upto the speakers’ table to provide insight from the student perspective and to talk about the College of Lake County. After the meeting broke up, he was “swarmed” by community college trustees.

The October 2009 meeting of the Association of Community CollegeTrustees Congress was an exceptional experience for Hudson. He was only18 years old, serving as a student trustee on the CLC board of trustees andhe was being given the opportunity to attend meetings with Senator DickDurbin, Rep. Melissa Bean and Rep. Mark Kirk in Washington, D.C.

“Experiences like this reaffirmed that political science is my calling,” he said.

But aside from these high-profile experiences, the most valuable parts of Hudson’s time at CLC were the faculty and staff he met and the opportunities offered to participate in campus life through student government, Campus Crusade for Christ, Emerging Leaders, Men of vision, peer mentoring and the Student Ambassadors program.

“I’ve said it a million times: When you come here, it’s whatyou make of the experience that counts. If you’re open to it,the environment at CLC is conducive to success in a lot ofways. Everyone goes out of their way to help you,” he said.




Does what

you’ve read so far

sound good?


Meet with a CLC representative at your school. The college’s Enrollment Services staff visit all high schools in Lake County. visit your counseling office for information about when CLC will be at your high school next.

take a campus tour.We’re proud of all our campuses, and eager to give you a guided tour. To arrange a Grayslake Campus tour, call (847) 543-2090; for Lakeshore Campus, call (847) 543-2112; for southlake Campus,call (847) 543-6501.

Attend an open house or AIM session.Attend CLC’s next open house for prospective students. Details are in your high school counseling office. Or attend an Academic Information session. sign up at www.clcillinois.edu/aim.

just stop by. Our Enrollment Services staff always welcome drop-ins. Stop by to talk, ask questions and get a feel for what CLC is like. Enrollment services is located on the Grayslake Campus in Room B101. For an appointment, call (847) 543-2090.

There’s so much more

to learn, and lots of ways

to do it.

We’ve covered only a fraction of the reasons to feel excited about attending CLC!

Apply. It’s easy!

submit a College of Lake County student Admission Form available online at www.clcillinois.edu/apply. Once you’ve submitted your admission form, you will receive an official acceptance letter from the College of Lake County.

submit your high school transcript and ACt or sAt scores.Have your test scores and official high school transcript to:

CLC Office of Admissions and records 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake, Illinois 60030.

(If for some reason, you did not take the ACT or SAT, or scored less than 17 in the math, reading and English sections, arrange to take CLC’s proficiencyand placement tests for English and mathematics. Information at www.clcillinois.edu/apt.

register for a mandatory New student Orientation. You can do this online at www.clcillinois.edu/nso. During your orientation, you will meet with an advisor and register for classes.

Apply for financial aid and CLC scholarships. CLC offers many options to help you pay for college. First, there’s an installment payment plan to help you manage your payments. And there are many kinds of financial aid and scholarships that can help you pay for your educational expenses—tuition, books, transportation and more.

For more information, visit

www.clcillinois.edu/financialaid.


How to get started.

Questions on: Call or stop by the Grayslake Campus:

Application Information admissions and records Room B101a (847) 543-2061

Financial Aid Financial aid Office Room B114(847) 543-2062

Academic Advising/ Counseling, advising and Room C110Counseling transfer Center

(847) 543-2060

Campus Tours enrollment Services Office Room B101(847) 543-2090

Disabilities Services Office for Students Room L112with disabilities(847) 543-2055 tty (847) 223-0134

Testing testing Center Room L115 (847) 543-2076

Registration admissions and records Room B101a(847) 543-2061

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