CLC Annual Report

Marks of DistinctionChanging Lives

College of Lake CountyAnnual Report 2010|11College of Lake County

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Letter from the Board Chairman 2

Message from the President 3

Strategic Plan: Setting the targets for success 4 , 5

Goals

Learning and Success 6, 7

Faculty: working to solve the puzzle of student success

Robert Remedi: Illinois’ Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year

Educational Opportunity 8, 9

CLC: Building a bridge to academic success

Men of Vision chapter named best in the U.S.

Sustainability and Stewardship 10, 11

Master Plan and Sustainability: Better facilities and good stewardship

CLC receives national, local recognition for sustainability efforts

Diversity and Global Engagement 12, 13

New Diversity Commission: Fostering a welcoming campus

CLC gains distinction as host of Chinese academics

Innovation, Excellence and Improvement 14, 15

Data Warehouse: New tool for tracking student success

CLC chosen for college completion project

Premier Educational Institution 16, 17

College of Lake County: Achievements, Honors and Awards 2010-2011

Winning awards for telling the CLC story

College of Lake County Financial Statement 18, 19

College of Lake County Foundation 20 — 22

Mission: Raising dollars to change lives

Message from the Foundation President

About the Foundation

College of Lake County Foundation Board 23

Foundation Donors 24 — 27

College of Lake County Foundation Statements of Financial Position 28




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2 College of Lake County 2011 Annual Report

Letter from the Board Chairman

It seems every governmental entity is trying to find more ways to stretch its resources these days. at was certainly true at the College of Lake County in Fiscal Year 2011.

e board of trustees began the fiscal year by once again passing a very lean budget that minimized discretionary spending, emphasized instructional needs and set aside contingency fundsin the event of a shortfall in state funding.

While directing the administration to develop a lean budget, wealso made the difficult decision to raise tuition and fees, receiving the support of the Student Government Association. With statefunding levels in question, we believe this two-pronged approachwas a responsible decision, and, as a result, we were able to endthe fiscal year with a revenue surplus and to increase our fundbalance from 23 percent to 25 percent of operating expenditures,a further hedge against uncertain times.

We approached finances on other fronts, as well. We hired a new financial advisor to work with the college administration in developing a capital investment plan, approved a responsibleand fair contract with our facilities union and encouraged the administration to seek outside funding through grants, whichthis year reached an all-time high—$4.9 million, and through exploring the feasibility of a fundraising campaign with our partner, the CLC Foundation.

Finally, we took advantage of emerging opportunities in support of our ongoing master planning process, which is identifying facilities needs at all three of our campuses for the next several years. roughprudent negotiations, we were able to acquire several properties adjacent to our Lakeshore Campus in Waukegan at reasonable costs.ese purchases will ensure the college’s ability to enhance programsand services and accommodate future enrollment growth in northeastLake County.

is has been a year requiring us to keep one eye focused on currentneeds and the other on the future. We’ve been able to do that with thesupport of our students, employees and community.

William M. Griffin, Ed.D.Chairman, Board of Trustees

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College of Lake County Board of Trustees:(Left to right)

Lynda C. Paul

Richard A. Anderson, Vice-Chair

Amanda D. Howland

William M. Griffin, Ed.D., Chair

Barbara D. Oilschlager

John W. Lumber

Jeanne T. Goshgarian

Nathan Wegbreit, Student Trustee

Message from the President

Our graduates’ success in transferring to universities in Illinois and across the nation, or in entering rewarding careers throughout Lake County, suggests thatour college has made a very positive mark on students’ lives.

Because we are very proud of our students’ achievements, we are challengingourselves to do even more to support their success. This year, the college hasbegun implementing a new strategic plan, intended to impose even higher standards on ourselves for achieving real results in supporting student success.

Last year’s annual report introduced our new strategic plan. This year’s report focuses on how we are beginning to implement the plan and measure our success in achieving its goals.

Inside these pages, for example, you’ll read about the campus master plan we are completing, and how it will further our goal of sustainability and stewardship of resources. Likewise, you will read about what faculty like Professor RobertRemedi—named Illinois’ outstanding community college instructor—are doing to help students learn. And how we’re adopting innovative strategies like ournew data warehouse system to provide real-time tracking of student success.

We have set specific metrics called “key performance indicators” to measure the success of projects and activities in support of our strategic goals—learning,opportunity, sustainability, diversity, innovation and reputation-building. These will tell us whether we have met the mark in improving our performance.

And though the college is proud of the many awards and recognitions it receives—and you’ll also read about several of them in this annual report—our true “marks of distinction” can only be measured in our progress in fostering our students’ success.

Jerry W. Weber, Ph.D.

President

W hen College of Lake County employees talk about turning uptheir “Q Dials,” they’re not talk-

ing about the thermostats in their offices.Rather, the topic is turning up the energythey devote to the college’s values and goals.

e “Q Dials” campaign was launched inFall 2011 when faculty and staff receivedmagnets that used the “Q Dials” acronym as a device to help them remember the college’s values—quality, diversity, integrity,accountability, learning and service andhow they are associated with the college’sstrategic goals.

Building employee awareness of the importance of the strategic plan, and its values and goals, was an important focus of Fiscal Year 2011.

“We developed the strategic plan to identifyour priorities for the future and provide a roadmap to get us there,” said CLC President Jerry Weber. “It’s important foremployees to understand the directionwhere we’re headed and their role in the journey.”

e strategic plan was approved by theboard of trustees in May 2010. is fiscalyear, the college focused on beginning toimplement the plan in several ways.

In addition to building employee aware-ness, the college also began aligning and integrating the strategic plan with other institutional planning processes like budgeting, academics, facilities and tech-nology. Substantial work on several of these“operational” plans—finance, technology,sustainability and campus master plan—was completed or largely completed thisyear, and a new system linking budgeting requests to the strategic plan goals and objectives was also implemented.

But the most significant work was in developing targets and metrics for measuring the college’s success in achieving the strategic plan, which is focused on six broad goals—Learning, Educational Opportunity, Stewardship, Diversity, Innovation and Reputation.

Each of the goals has several objectives with intended outcomes. Objectives for

the Learning goal, for example, include improving retention of first-year studentsand increasing graduation and transferrates. Likewise, objectives under the Opportunity goal include increasing enrollment of recent high school graduatesand increasing enrollment among male students, particularly minorities, veteransand adult males.

But, for each goal and objective, how muchimprovement should the college target?And how will it measure the improvement?

A Strategic Planning Group composed of18 faculty and staff was charged with developing recommendations for targetsand metrics. e group analyzed CLC datatrends and conducted benchmarkingagainst other colleges, according to TonittaWhite, quality assessment manager.

Oen, the metrics recommended related todata that is tracked by the Illinois Com-munity College Board, or that is beingidentified through national efforts likeComplete College America, White said.


When possible, the targets were set by reviewing how other Illinois communitycolleges are doing, particularly CLC’s peercolleges. “When comparison data was available, we set our targets to meet or exceed our peer institutions’ performanceover three years,” White said. “We believethe targets are ambitious but attainable.”

White said the dra metrics and targets are being entered into CLC’s new auto-mated data warehouse system for testingand prototyping. Eventually, a web-based“dashboard” will be available for reviewing data.

“Our plan is to create a website where anyone can see how we’re doing on meeting our goals,” said CLC PresidentJerry Weber.

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Goals

LEARNING: Advance student learning and success.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY:

Maximize educational opportunity within the district.

STEWARDSHIP:

Ensure institutional sustainability and stewardship of resources.

DIVERSITY: Promote diversity and global engagement as strengths

within the college and Lake County community.

INNOVATION: Enable a culture of innovation, excellence and

continuous improvement.

REPUTATION:

Build the college’s reputation as a premier educational institution.


B efore trekking out to the CLC prairiefor an up-close exploration of itsecosystem, award-winning professor

Robert Remedi holds up a large square ofwhite PVC pipe and poses a question to his25 environmental biology students.

“So how many different types of prairieplants do you think will fit in this onesquare meter?” Aer students call out random guesses, Remedi enthusiasticallysays, “Hey, let’s go outside and find out!”

Hands-on learning activities – inside theclassroom and out — are just one methodthat CLC faculty members use to provideavenues for real-world exploration to rouse students’ curiosity.

Because the college has made a commitmentto continuous quality improvement (it’s actually part of CLC’s accreditation process),faculty are constantly challenging them-selves to find new ways to solve the puzzleof how best to motivate students and helpthem succeed. For example, this year 14 instructors (and their deans) focused onwhat could be done to improve students’success in nine “high impact” courses—ones that teach the foundational basics of a major or have high enrollments like required general education courses.

Success in these “gatekeeper” courses is vital to students’ prospects for continuingand actually earning a degree, according to Lori Oriatti, a marketing professor andmember of the project team. Oriatti was distressed that a high number of students in Introduction to Business, a foundationalclass required of business majors, did poorly on the comprehensive exam.

“Instructors want to see all their studentssucceed, and it’s about finding different ways to help students with different learning styles succeed,” she said.

e faculty team surveyed students, con-ducted literature reviews on best practicesfor improving student performance, identified strategies to try at CLC and beganimplementing them. Two-pronged in approach, the strategies included conductingworkshops for faculty to share best teachingpractices and providing many additionallearning opportunities for students—supplemental instruction, group tutoringsessions, open laboratories, practice sessionswith instructors and pre-examination review sessions.

“We really just scratched the surface,” saidOriatti, indicating that the project is continuing and data will be analyzed to assess which strategies are working the best.

Another faculty-led project is aimed at improving the success of male students.Men of Vision, a student club, engages at-riskmale students outside the classroom by providing them with role models, mentor-ing and service and leadership opportunitiesdesigned to help them succeed academicallyand in life. Dr. Eric Rogers, a psychologyprofessor, is a co-advisor of the group.


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“I look on Men of Vision as a ministry. It is a commitment—academically, professionallyand personally—that I have made to ensurethat males (and specifically minority males)are given role models and mentoring tobuild their self-esteem, character and academic success,” said Rogers.

For Rogers, working with the young men inMOV is a way of paying back those who helpedhim become successful. He credits his ownsuccess—getting a graduate degree fromHarvard and going on to earn a Ph.D. fromthe University of Kentucky—to the mentoringhe received from his father and grandfather.

Rogers meets weekly with the students involved in Men of Vision. “I have to be involved in their lives beyond academics because male success is primarily predicated upon bonding, relationships and connections outside of the classroom.When they see and understand you care,they care enough to try to succeed, achieve and be accountable.”


No doubt the proudest honor received by the College of LakeCounty this year was the selection of biology professor Robert Remedias the Illinois Community CollegeTrustees’ Association 2011 OutstandingFull-Time Faculty Member. The prestigious honor has been presentedannually since 1985 to honor an outstanding community college instructor in Illinois. This is the firsttime a CLC instructor has receivedthe award.

“I can’t imagine doing anything else in life but teach,” Remedi said in a written statement the college submitted in support of his nomination for the award. “I seeteaching as an opportunity to share my talents and experiences in a way that willstimulate interest in the topic and encourage students to want to discover more.”

CLC President Dr. Jerry Weber expressed the college’s pride in Remedi’s award thisway: “At community colleges, we focus on teaching and believe the quality of ourfaculty sets us apart. With this distinction, Bob Remedi has been recognized as one of the best of the best.”

Previously, in 2010, Remedi also received the two-year college biology teachingaward from the National Association of Biology Teachers. Despite winning recogni-tion two years in a row, he remains modest about his achievements. “I have many,many colleagues at CLC who are equally deserving of recognition,” he said.


“I’ve taught at several community colleges and twofour-year colleges, and CLC is by far the best. I’m proud to teach at an institution that values teaching so much.”

— Robert RemediBiology ProfessorCollege of Lake County


S tanding on the muddy bank of Willow Lake, engineering studentVivian Sandoval excitedly launches

her Honors Scholar project. Aer monthsof research, building and experimentation,Sandoval is ready to test her robotic “CLC Manatee.”

Constructed of white PVC pipes, black netting, four red floats and containing tiny motors and propellers, its ultimate purposeis to collect water samples for biology classes and to measure temperature levels at different water levels.

Sandoval’s unusual project (patterned aerthe Sea Perch program at MIT) allowed her to explore robotics and engineering

concepts as a participant in the CLC’s Honors Scholars Program. Aimed at offer-ing high-performing students an enrichedlearning experience, it is a new addition tothe college’s long-standing Honors Program.

Twelve students were selected for the HonorsScholars program this year, receiving freetuition, fees and textbooks. In addition, theywere mentored by faculty, attended culturalactivities and performed research or given a work-study experience related to their academic interests.

“Our honors programs really seek to challenge high-performing students andprovide them with a rigorous program of study,” said Dr. Richard Haney, vicepresident for educational affairs. “e Scholars Program is designed to create acommunity of scholars that provides evenmore of a challenge to high-achieving students, with the goal of preparing them to transfer to top-tier universities.”

Honors students like Sandoval come to CLC well prepared for college study. But,

for a variety of reasons, not all students are as ready.

Nationally, 41 percent of students at two-year public colleges take at least one developmental course. For fall 2010 at CLC, 28 percent required a developmentalcourse before being ready for college-levelEnglish composition.

is kind of under-preparedness not onlymakes it take longer to earn a degree, it also can lead students to give up on their college goals.

“Approximately a third of the students whoplace into both developmental math andEnglish don’t come back for a second semester,” said Dr. Haney.

One strategy CLC is using to tackle theproblem is a “bridge” program for enteringfreshmen. During the summer of 2011, 42 students participated in a very successfulprogram designed to help students completeremedial English before arriving on campusin the fall.



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“We saw fantastic success with the program,”Haney said. “irty nine of the 42 studentspassed the course, allowing them to enrollin college-level courses in the fall.

Noemi Tinajero heard about the programwhile enrolled at the Lake County HighSchools Technology Campus. She plannedto attend CLC but was surprised to learnthat her English test score placed her in de-velopmental English at CLC, which wouldkeep her from taking college-level courses.

Tinajero took the PACE bus from RoundLake to the Grayslake campus to attend thesummer bridge program and earned a B.

“Taking English 109 over the summer was agreat opportunity,” she said. Her successfulcompletion allowed her to enroll in a fullload of classes in fall 2011.

“We write a lot of essays in the English com-position class I’m taking now, and I am get-ting good scores,” Tinajero said. “I wouldn’tbe able to take CLC classes right now if Ihadn’t taken English 109 last summer.”


Men of Vision, an organization that promotes the success of malestudents at the College of LakeCounty, received the National Chapter of the Year Award at theSAAB (Student African AmericanBrotherhood) National Convention,held in Indianapolis.

Men of Vision is composed of nearly60 active young men of diverse ethnicities and socioeconomic, cultural and religious backgrounds,working to achieve academic, collegiate, professional, personal,social and community growth, stability and success.

Begun in 2009 with the sponsorship of CLC President Dr. Jerry Weber, the college’s Men of Vision chapter was recognized and ranked #1 out of 283 chapters nationwide as judged by its members’ character, maturity, accountability, responsibility, focus, academic achievement and community activism.

Steven Cartwright, who was 2010-11 chapter president, was awarded the National Outstanding College Undergraduate Member Award for his leadership.

Men of Vision operates as an initiative of the college’s Student Development division, led by Vice President Darl Drummond.

In addition to helping the college host a “Man Up” male student success conference in 2010 and 2011, the students in Men of Vision have built friendshipsas they help each other study and mentor area high-school students.


“Male students need positivemale role models in order to besuccessful. Supporting all partsof our students’ lives, Men of Vision exists to help educate,empower and enlighten. Webuild character, relationships,responsibility. Our motto is ‘saving lives, salvaging dreams.’”

— Dr. Eric RogersCLC Psychology ProfessorCo-Adviser, Men of Vision


Imagine adding new science and studentservices buildings on the Grayslakecampus without increasing energy

costs. Or equipping every classroom withthe latest in high-speed Internet technology allowing a new level of virtual learning experiences? Or providing convenient bustransportation between all College of LakeCounty campuses?

ese aren’t fantasies but bold ideas beingexplored as part of a college master plan-ning process conducted this year.

e master plan is one of several opera-tional plans being prepared to implementthe college strategic plan completed lastyear. “e strategic plan sets the prioritiesand future direction for the college,” saidDavid Agazzi, vice president for adminis-trative affairs. “e master plan will lay out how we will provide the facilitiesneeded to support those priorities.”

Agazzi worked with Legat Architects ofWaukegan and a steering committee consisting of faculty, staff and communitymembers on the master planning process,which included a thorough review of demographic trends, enrollment patternsand CLC’s current facility use patterns.

e goal of the process, he said, was to develop a five-year plan to meet the college’s facilities needs at all three campuses.

In October 2011, a survey, drawing responses from about 1,400 faculty, staff,alumni and community members, was

conducted to obtain feedback on optionsfor siting science and student servicesbuildings on the Grayslake campus, abuilding expansion and consolidation of the Lakeshore Campus, and future expansion of the Southlake Campus.

One major goal of the master plan is to add new buildings—an additional 250,000square feet—without increasing CLC’s energy bill, Agazzi said. “is requires constructing the buildings as efficiently as possible and using alternative energysuch as geothermal, wind and solar,” he explained. “It also requires a major energyconservation effort on everyone’s part at all three campuses.”

“e long-term goal is to get ‘off the grid’ to save money, reduce carbon emissionsand ensure energy stability,” he said.

e sustainability aspects of the plan,Agazzi said, support the college’s dra sustainability plan, which was also developed this fiscal year. e three-


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year plan sets 16 priorities, ranging from energy conservation in campus buildings to using locally grown food in the college’s food service, he said.

e master plan is scheduled for further review by the public in early 2012, beforebeing submitted for approval to the college’s board of trustees in March 2012,Agazzi said.


In recognition of its sustainabilityachievements, the College of LakeCounty received two accolades in2011: a STARS Silver Rating from theAssociation for the Advancement ofSustainability in Higher Education(AASHE) and a Green Business of the Year Award from the Lake CountyChamber of Commerce.

STARS, the Sustainability Tracking,Assessment & Rating System, is a new program that measures and encourages sustainability in all aspects ofhigher education. CLC registered as a pilot participant in the STARS program in2010 and has been working across the institution to document all sustainability initiatives, according to Dara Reiff, CLC sustainability coordinator.

STARS participants report achievements in three overall areas: education/research; operations; and planning, administration and engagement. CLC’s effortshave ranged from an annual RecycleMania campaign to reduce landfill waste to a purchasing policy requiring that all cafeteria napkins, flatware and to-go containers consist of bio-degradable materials, she said.

“College of Lake County has demonstrated a substantial commitment to sustainability by achieving a STARS Silver Rating and is to be congratulated fortheir efforts,” said AASHE Executive Director Paul Rowland.

The Green Business of the Year Award recognized the work of the college’s Sustainability Center and the Green Economy Center. Projects of the centers includehosting sustainability-focused conferences in 2010 and 2011, events to help municipal and county leaders, business owners and non-profit organizations adopt sustainability practices.


“College of Lake County hasdemonstrated a substantialcommitment to sustainability byachieving a STARS Silver Rating.”

— Paul RowlandExecutive Director AASHE

Walk down any College of LakeCounty corridor and you willquickly see that CLC’s students

come from all ethnic backgrounds. Little wonder diversity—embracing and respecting the uniqueness of all students,employees and community members—is one of the college’s six core values.

But every culture needs nurturing, evenone that is based on the belief that our differences make us stronger. at’s why CLC conducted a major project to develop a formal structure to encourage diversity practices and multicultural appreciation.

is project, aimed at discovering the most effective ways of “walking the walk,” not just “talking the talk” came to comple-tion in October 2010, when the board of trustees approved the creation of a newdiversity commission. A charter for thecommission, consisting of faculty, staff,students and community members, was formally approved in May 2011.

“For students, this is a place that formsmany of their views for the rest of theirlives,” said omas mitchell, a theatre professor and former faculty senate chair,who participated in the project leading to formation of the diversity commission.“Students are sponges of what is happeningat this college, and they can benefit greatly from the kind of culture we’re trying to create.”

e research that led to the creation of adiversity commission was done under the Academic Quality Improvement Project(AQIP), which is part of the college’s accreditation process under the Higher

Learning Commission of the North CentralAssociation. e AQIP project was led byfour co-chairs—Darl Drummond, vicepresident for student development; Gaylis Shakir, counselor; Susan Yasecko, executive director of human resources; and omas Mitchell.

e AQIP project team conducted a reviewof demographic data, benchmarked CLCagainst best practices at other colleges andgathered input from CLC students, staff andmembers of the Lake County community.

Mitchell and Yasecko visited several collegesto investigate their diversity practices. Notonly did they speak with administratorsabout the colleges’ official diversity initiatives,they also went undercover. ey knockedon doors in student government offices to ask students whether their college wasactually doing what the administration saidit was doing to promote diversity. ey alsotalked with faculty members to find out, for example, what they were doing to infusemulticulturalism into the curriculum and how


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difficult or easy that process was for them.Yasecko called it the “reality check” tour.

“For us it was fascinating to sit in a roomwith administrators and hear them say thatthey have a diversity program that studentsadore,” Yasecko said. “And then we’d askedtheir students about it, and they would rolltheir eyes.”

“What the commission will do is providewhat I consider a comprehensive, co-ordinated, systematic approach to help CLC accomplish its diversity goals,” said Gaylis Shakir.

“We’ve always done work related to diversity,but it has been fragmented. Now there willbe a more structured approach that trulydemonstrates our commitment,” she said.

“e diversity commission is about changingattitudes, changing the way things are doneand trying to create a world that is moretemperate, with more of a global humanityto it,” Mitchell said.

China and Lake County may be on opposite ends of the earth geographically, but relations aregrowing closer between College of Lake County administrators andtheir counterparts in the Far East.

In fall 2010, CLC hosted a group of academic vice presidents fromfive Chinese vocational colleges.Visiting all three CLC campuses and the Lake County High SchoolsTechnology Campus, the group sampled everything from green practices to a stir-fried, meat-and-vegetable meal prepared by the college’s culinary arts students.

The group was part of a delegation visiting a select group of U.S. community colleges and the U.S. Department of Education offices in Washington, D.C. The visits were part of a program called Vocational Education Leadership Training (VELT), sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and the China Education Association for International Exchange.

Being included on the tour was a tribute to CLC’s growing reputation as a community college leader in international education, said CLC President Dr. Jerry Weber.

Over the last several years, CLC has been awarded U.S. Department of Education grants for international study programs in China, Japan and India, and the college received the Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education from the American Association of Community College’s Institute for International Education.



“At CLC, there is a really goodteaching and administrativeteam and there is a big focus on serving students.”

— Chao YePresident Qinghai Vocational and Technical College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science


H ow many College of Lake Countystudents have graduated within two years of enrolling? Within five

years? How many African American students are registered this fall compared to last fall? Which courses are strugglingwith low enrollment?

As CLC administrators make decisions on everything from scheduling classes to funding programs, they need answers to the above questions and hundreds of others.

Fortunately, many of the answers are available at a computer desktop in minutes,thanks to a powerful new system known asa “data warehouse” that the college acquiredin 2011. It’s the most current, real-time infor-mation that the college has ever compiled,said Arlene Santos-George, who workedon implementation of the project when she was data research manager with the college’s Office of Institutional Effectiveness,Planning and Research.

e database includes detailed academicrecords of roughly 120,000 students who enrolled in any CLC class beginning withthe fall 2005 term, said Kathy Dempsey, a project consultant. is includes credit,adult education, vocational education and non-credit classes. “e data allows administrators to track a student’s persistenceor success rate,” she explained.

e college began exploring a new databasein 2010 and implemented it last August, said Santos-George. “is was an institution-wide effort,” she noted. “We created a user’sgroup made up of faculty, administration

and staff, to establish consensus on ourneeds and to ensure that the database isreliable to meet those needs. And weworked with the college’s information technology services department to have a complete database that is refreshed every night.”

e new database employs a drag-and-droptechnology that can generate reports easily understood by deans and others at a highlevel, Dempsey explained. “ey can drilldown or up to see the data that is most im-portant to them,” she explained. Before thenew database arrived, the IEPR office han-dled virtually all data requests. With theprevious soware, reports would some-times take two weeks to compile, Santos-George added.

Two CLC administrators who laud the new data warehouse are Dr. Jeff Stomper, dean of the Social Sciences division and Kathryn Rogalski, associate dean.Among their projects, the two are researching the dropout rate in online and face-to-face classes.


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“Our data collection and formatting normally took us about two full days, andnow takes less than an hour to compile andformat,” said Stomper, who typically accessesthe database about four times per month.“e data warehouse allows me to grabsome basic information quickly withoutclogging up IEPR’s pipeline with requests.”

Stomper added that he uses data to helpmake scheduling decisions, such as increasingor decreasing online or aernoon courseofferings based on enrollment trends.

Ultimately, the new data warehouse will bea critical tool to help CLC administrators measure results as the college expands beyondits accessibility mission to focus on studentcompletion, said President Jerry Weber.“We know this is a complex challenge, and we need to tackle it on many fronts—curriculum, teaching practices and activesupport for students, for example. We’regoing to be trying a number of approaches,based on the best research. And most of all,we’re going to hold ourselves accountable bysetting high goals and tracking our results.”


The College of Lake County was selected in Fiscal Year 2011 to be one of only 40 community collegesacross the U.S. to participate in theAmerican Association of CommunityCollege’s Voluntary Framework of Accountability pilot project.

The effort is aimed at developingmetrics that will be used across the country by community collegesto enable benchmarking and collaboration on important nationalissues like increasing graduationrates, according to Dr. Sean Hogan, executive director of the college’s Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research Office.

“This project is important because it will lead to common definitions and measures of success,” Hogan said.

“What’s important is developing measures that take into account the many goals students have in enrolling at community colleges,” Hogan explained. “Administrators acknowledge that some students enroll only to take a few courses, while other students would benefit from completing degrees and are encouraged to do so.”

Having agreed upon metrics of success is increasingly important, Hogan said, because many states are moving toward performance-based funding.


“Community colleges were created to expand access tohigher education, and fundingwas based on enrollment. at’s changing.”

— Sean HoganExecutive directorInstitutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research College of Lake County


R eputation-building isn’t about brag-ging—it’s about demonstrating thatthe college is as good as it says it is.

But how does the College of Lake Countydemonstrate its quality? One way, of course,is through the success of its graduates intransferring to premier institutions and inentering almost every profession. Otherways include surveys of student satisfaction(99 percent favorable) and through receivingrecognition from professional organizationsand others.

Here are some of the recognitions CLC received in the past year:

Students• CLC student Jeff Carroll won a goldmedal in technical draing at the SkillsUSANational Competition in June 2010 inKansas City.

• Student Trustee Edgar Maldonado wasappointed Student Member of the IllinoisCommunity College Board for 2011-12.

• Daria Constantinescu and Anna De Sando were selected to the 2011 Phieta Kappa All-Illinois Academic Team,honoring high academic achievementamong community college students across the state.

Veterans• CLC has been named by G.I. Jobs maga-zine as a 2011 Military Friendly School.

• CLCwas selected as a Military AdvancedEducation Top Military-Friendly Collegesand Universities Honoree. CLC’s submis-sion form and essay were published in theDecember 2010 issue of the Military Advanced Education Journal.

Staff and Departments• Ben Bates, ceramics lab assistant, haswork on display in the 3rd Annual LillstreetInternational exhibition in Chicago, a juried exhibition that is designed to address contemporary issues in and theever-changing scope of ceramic art.

• e Judicial Services departmentreceived awards in October from the National Safety Council for the defensivedriving courses it offers.

• Two Robert T. Wright CommunityGallery of Art staff members had pieces selected for an exhibition, “ContemporaryRealism Biennial 2010” at the Fort WayneMuseum of Art (Indiana). Steve Jones,gallery curator, exhibited an oil entitled,“Language of Diplomacy” and Jane Ellefson, preparator, exhibited two oils,“Pewter Pitcher with Oranges” and “Orange Spiral #3”.

• Darl Drummond, vice president for student development, Dr. Eric Rogers, psychology professor, and Beverly Phelps,


retention specialist, were named “2011Most Influential African Americans in LakeCounty” by the People’s Voice newspaper.Drummond and Rogers were honored inthe education category and Phelps in thecivic leadership category.

• Under the leadership of David Agazzi,vice president for administrative affairs, the college received the Certificate ofAchievement for Excellence in FinancialReporting from the Government FinanceOfficers Association of the U.S. and Canadafor its Comprehensive Annual FinancialReport. e honor is the highest form ofrecognition in government accounting and financial reporting.

Sustainability• CLC received a STARS Silver Rating inrecognition of its sustainability achievementsfrom the Association for the Advancementof Sustainability in Higher Education(AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Track-ing, Assessment & Rating System, is a newprogram that measures and encourages sus-tainability in all aspects of higher education.


Most people know about the affordability of community colleges like CLC. However, they don’t always know about the high quality education that also is offered. That’s why reputation building is so important.

“Some people might be surprised that the college has a strategic goal focused onbuilding its reputation,” said Evelyn Schiele, executive director of public relationsand marketing. “What we’re after isn’t about bragging. It’s about helping peopleknow about all the college offers and how really good it is so that they take advantage of all the opportunities available.”

CLC’s marketing efforts focus on helping people better understand that the college’s educational value is based both on price and delivering an outstandingeducation. For the last two years, such communications have won awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, a community college marketing association.

In winter 2011, the college won two gold medals in the national Paragon awardcompetitions sponsored by the organization—one for the college’s Fiscal Year2009 annual report titled Speaking Volumes: A 40th Anniversary Anthologyand another for a 30-second television commercial series. In Fall 2010, the collegewon regional awards from the same organization for the annual report and for a television commercial promoting summer session.

Most recently, the college also won two gold medal regional awards from the organization for the FY 2010 annual report focused on CLC’s new strategic plan and for a series of newspaper supplements. CLC also received a silver award for a publication aimed at high school students.


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• Dara Reiff, sustainability coordinator,was a presenter at e Association for theAdvancement of Sustainability in HigherEducation (AASHE) and American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) conference in Denver, Colo. Reiff served on a panel titled “Higher Ed in the Green Economy.”

Academic Programs• e Health and Wellness Promotion Associate Degree program has beenawarded full accreditation by the NationalWellness Institute. CLC is the first commu-nity college to receive the accreditation. Program Chair Dr. Frank Ardito organizedthe site visit. e program accreditation will remain in effect until December 2018,when the program will be eligible for re-accreditation.

Community Leadership• e College Readiness Summit held atCLC in November was attended by approxi-mately 250 local high school students.

Faculty• Dr. Ben Almassi, philosophy instructor,published “Disability, Functional Diversityand Trans/feminism” in the InternationalJournal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics3.2 (2010). In October, Almassi made apresentation called “Moral Trust and PonziSchemes” at the Vincentian Business EthicsConference at DePaul University.

• Elizabeth Aiossa, Sean Murphy andMary Winter, English instructors, wrote an article called “Preparing Future Faculty:Ten Years Later,” for the May 2010 issue ofTeaching English in the Two-Year College.

• Dr. Nora Benjamin, psychology instructor, was first author in an article titled “Enhancing building, conversation,and learning through caregiver-child interactions in a children’s museum,” published in Developmental Psychology,March 2010.

• James Crizer, associate dean of Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts, recently published the poem“Pink as Hell” in the Winter/Spring 2010issue of e Portland Review, published by Portland State University.

• Dr. Lance David, automotive technologyinstructor/department chair, was appointedto a new Advisory Council for the MotoristAssurance Program (MAP), which wasformed by the Automotive Maintenanceand Repair Association (AMRA) Board of Directors.

• Hans Habeger, professor of art, exhibiteda painting titled “Night Jewel” as part ofBuildings of New York: A Two-PartCityscape Exhibition at the George BillisGallery in New York.

• Linda Holden, adjunct instructor inAdult Education, wrote a chapter called“Teaching Smart Using Art: Creativity atWork in Mixed Ability Classes” in the textbook Multilevel and Diverse Classroomsby Bradley Baurain and Phan Le Ha. is is part of the Classroom Practice Seriespublications of TESOL (Teachers of Englishto Speakers of Other Languages).

• Barbara Hunt, nursing professor, co-authored a chapter in Teaching Nursing:e Art and Science, a textbook used ingraduate nursing programs.

• Suzanne Leibman (ESL instructor), received an honorable mention in the E Pluribus Unum awards presented by theMigration Policy Institute for her distancelearning project with McDonald’s Corpora-tion called English Under the Arches.

• Kathleen Lovelace, faculty librarian, authored the featured article, “Library Education: Bringing the Outside In,” in the October 2010 issue of e Reporter, the official publication of the Illinois Library Association.

• Jennifer O’Connor, adjunct instructor in Computer Aided Design, wrote her firsttextbook Mastering mental ray: RenderingTechniques for 3D and CAD Professionals,published by Wiley Publishing.

• Robert Remedi, biology instructor, won the National Association of BiologyTeachers (NABT) Two-Year College BiologyTeaching Award, sponsored by NABT’sTwo-Year College Section and McGraw-Hill. e award recognizes an educator who employs new and creative teachingtechniques. Remedi received the award atthe NABT Professional Development Conference in Minneapolis in November.e award includes $1,000 and a one-yearcomplimentary NABT membership.

• Sociology instructor John Tenuto gavetwo presentations at the Chicago Star Trek Convention in October—one on directorNicholas Meyer’s photo collection from theStar Trek II: e Wrath of Khan movie andone on 44 years of Star Wars collectibles.Tenuto is an expert on sociology principlesused in the Star Wars and Star Trek moviesand TV series.

• Mary Zenner, accounting instructor and department chair, was selected by theIllinois CPA Society as its OutstandingTwo-Year College Educator for 2010. e extensive selection process includedreferences from current and former students, the dean and fellow faculty, including those at other colleges.

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College of Lake County Financial Statement

Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011

Education Operation and Total Percent Fund Maintenance Fund Operating Funds of Total

Beginning Fund Balance $ 12,251,594 $ 6,836,461 $ 19,088,055

Revenues

Local Resources $40,345,946 $ 17,189,072 $ 57,535,018 61%

State Resources 8,445,243 — 8,445,243 9%

Federal Resources — — — 0%

Tuition and Fees 27,911,740 — 27,911,740 30%

Interest on Investments 52,393 — 52,393 0%

Other 113,692 58,887 172,579 0%

Total Revenue $ 76,869,014 $ 17,247,959 $ 94,116,973 100%

Expenditures

Instruction $37,703,344 — $37,703,344 46%

Academic Support 4,477,268 — 4,477,268 6%

Student Services 6,472,607 197,442 6,670,049 8%

Public Services 1,961,532 — 1,961,532 2%

Operations/Maintenance of Plant — 7,911,539 7,911,539 10%

Institutional Support 18,323,997 4,351,660 22,675,657 28%

Scholarships/Waivers 127,290 — 127,290 0%

Total Expenditures $ 69,066,038 $ 12,460,641 $ 81,526,679 100%

Operating Transfers (172,129) (2,738,000) (2,910,129)

Ending Fund Balance $ 19,882,441 $ 8,885,779 $ 28,768,220


I t’s not surprising that many students struggle to pay tuition, even at the College of Lake County,

an institution dedicated to affordable and accessible education.

Faced with rising costs, CLC has raised tuition and fees by 36 percent in the last five years. About one in five CLC studentsreceives some form of financial aid. Oen this aid is not enough. On average, financial aid and family support runs shortof meeting students’ basic living expensesby about $2,500. And for many of CLC’s financial aid students, staying in school is a constant financial battle. In a districtwith a median household income of nearly$80,000, these students’ families have anannual income of under $23,000.

“Most financial aid awarded to CLC students comes from federal and state programs,” said CLC President Dr. JerryWeber. “Each year, the CLC Foundationalso awards about $500,000 to support a scholarship program for students.But the need is still great.”

Weber approached the CLC Foundationwith a proposal to launch a major campaignto raise scholarships. e CLC Foundationenthusiastically came on board, launchingthe Changing Lives campaign to raise fundsfor scholarships and other institutional needs.

“I was the first in my family to go to college, and it was made possible because of a scholarship,” said Teresa Hall Bartels, who with her husband Charles R. Bartelsis serving as a community co-chair of the Changing Lives campaign. “We think education is tremendously important for individuals and for our communities.”

During 2011, the Foundation and collegeconducted the preliminary or “silent” phase of Changing Lives, exploring

corporate and community interest in supporting the campaign.

Already the campaign is showing promisingresults. By June 30, 2011—the end of FiscalYear 2011, $550,000 had been pledged tothe campaign, even before the campaignwas publicly launched. And by the end of calendar year 2011, as the campaign entered its public phase, $990,000 has been pledged.

Individuals and organizations are support-ing the campaign for many reasons, CLCPresident Dr. Jerry Weber said. Some people received a scholarship and want to do something to pay back the help theyreceived. Others, he said, are impressed by the fact that a donation to CLC scholar-ships can go so much further than at a university. “At CLC, a $10,000 donation can pay the annual tuition and fees of more than three students, whereas at a public university, it would support justabout one student,” he said.

TERESA HALL BARTELS

CHARLES R. BARTELS




As a College of Lake County graduate (‘79), I am honored to serve as president of the CLC Foundation Board of Directors. The college and the Foundation haveboth grown so much since the late 1970s, when I attended CLC. The Grayslake campus has been expanded, new campuses opened and enrollment has surged.The Foundation’s board has grown, along with its ability to raise money in support of the college and its students. But one fundamental remains unchanged:the college and the Foundation are still working together to provide students with a life-changing path from dreams to bright futures.

This year, the Foundation made nearly 1,100 scholarship awards, totaling more than $533,000. It provided more than $55,000 to support the arts through theRobert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art and more than $17,000 for educationally-enriching projects. We know that in these economically tough times, this supporthas been especially helpful, contributing to educational opportunity and relievingmany, many families from the struggle to pay for college.

But the Foundation wants to do more. That is why this year we launched our Changing Lives campaign to raise a significant amount for scholarships and other institutional needs. Past Foundation Board President, Ben Randazzo, and I are serving as the Foundation board campaign chairs, and long-time Lake County community leaders, Chuck and Teresa Bartels, are the community co-chairs. We believe strongly that significant dollars can be raised for studentscholarships, even in a tough economy, because CLC is making a difference in so many people’s lives.

On behalf of the Foundation Board, I want to thank you, our generous donors, for your support. With your help, we will continue to make a significant impact on the lives of our students and our community.

Carol PassalaquaPresidentCLC Foundation Board of Directors

The Impact of ScholarshipRecipients, left to right

“I really appreciate the Foundationscholarship. ere are a lot of expenseswith going to school, and with a largefamily, I cannot personally work at the same time that I am enrolled in the nursing program.”

– Charlene BiondoAcademic AchievementScholarship Recipient

“e scholarship helps immensely. I come from a family of seven kids, so it’s a great li of a financial burden for my parents.”

– Valerie PerronHonors Scholarship Recipient

“I’m the first in my family to attend college and to have gone as far as I have. I want to inspire my children and grandchildren to attend college. If I was talking to a donor, I would let them know that their contribution is giving a student a hand up and not a hand out.”

– VerDéna Jones-DavisCareer Scholarship Recipient

“I’m very proud of the fact that I came back and got my GED. I wasn’t a very good student in high school. A woman in the college’s GED program inspired me to go to college. So I ended up applying to CLC andturned my life around.”

– Ryan StiversHonors Scholarship Recipient



e College of Lake County Foundation was formed in 1974 as an Illinois not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation to provide financial support for student scholarships and college programs and projects that exceed the resources available through the college’s tax-supported budget. e need for this support has steadily increased over the past 37 years, as state support has become an ever-smaller percentage of the college’s funding.

Currently, Foundation funding supports:

Scholarships for StudentsBy far, scholarships receive the largest proportion of the funds raised by the CLC Foundation. e Foundation funds eight major award programs (Diversity, Leadership-Student Activities, Leadership-Arts, Academic Achievement, GED, ESL, Career and Returning to Education). In addition, it supports more than 100 individual scholarships created through specific donation designations. Last year, the Foundation made nearly 1,100 scholarship awards, totaling $533,000. Becausemany students struggle to pay even CLC’s tuition, the Foundation has launched the Changing Lives campaign, a challenge to do even more to keep the dream of a college education within reach.

Grants for Educational Projects at CLC e college fosters a culture of innovation, and each year, many valuable projects can’t be funded. e CLC Foundation’s Institutional Grants program provides additional resources for such projects.

Funding for the Artse CLC Foundation supports the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art on the Grayslake campus, bringing very high-quality art exhibits to Lake County.

Veterans Memorial e CLC Veterans Memorial honors those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. e Foundation is raising funds to complete the memorial.

“People are sometimes surprisedto learn how very much the College of Lake County offers.We’re currently providing studyabroad opportunities for studentsin China and Japan, and we’veeven been awarded a federalgrant to open an American studies center in China—the only community college chosenamong universities like the University of Chicago!

College and grant funds usually can’t cover all the costs of these opportunities. I, for example,took students down to Belize toexcavate a Maya Mesoamericansite, and without the Foundation’ssupport, we would not have beenable to go. It is expensive to runan excavation, and student’s tuition would never have covered our costs.

I’m grateful for the Foundation’ssupport, and every day in theclassroom, I see students who alsoneed extra help to afford theirstudies. For these reasons, I’vevolunteered to serve on the CLCFoundation board and to lead thefaculty and staff component ofthe Changing Lives campaign.”

— Wendy BrownAnthropology ProfessorCollege of Lake County

Board of Directors

David Aho

Kathryn M. Allen

Dale E. Barina

Phillip L. Batchelor

Brandon Bennett

Elaine T. Brettmann

Wendy Brown

Tyrone Burno

Dr. Philip J. Carrigan

Edward T. Duffy

Linda S. Dunn

Judy Haga

Brad Hanahan

Robert W. Hauswirth

Jerry Hinkley

Darrell Katz

Larry A. Kaufman

Holly Kerr

Timothy B. Klein, Treasurer

Peter P. Krupczak

Senator Terry Link

David M. Lutrey

Joseph Massarelli

Sue Morris

Bruce L. Osborne

Carol L. Passalaqua, President

Christopher Piazzi

Ben Randazzo, Immediate Past President

Barbara Richardson, Secretary

Joanna P. Rolek, 1st VP/President-Elect

Kenneth Rosko

Sandra Shinsky

Karen Silverberg

Amy Spitzer

Bill Tate

Lisa Dooley Trace

Evelyn Tribbs

Michael S. Trimble

Sam Valenti, CLC Alumni AssociationPresident

Brian Will

Robert R. Worobow

Jannes E. Zobus

CLC Board of Trustees Liaisons:John Lumber

Lynda Paul

Ex-Officio Members:Dr. Jerry Weber, President

William L. Devore, CFRE Executive Director CLC Foundation

Julie B. Shroka, Director Alumni Relationsand Special Events

Beverly H. Hubbard, Development Officer

Board of Ambassadors

David AgazziCollege of Lake County

Kathryn M. AllenAllen Investments

Dr. Denise AnastasioCollege of Lake County

Rich BabjakWorld Equity Group, Inc.

Connie BakkerCollege of Lake County

Brandon BennettHewitt Associates

Paul BlumbergMesirow Finance

Dr. Philip J. Carrigan

Darl E. DrummondCollege of Lake County

Ed Duffy

Judy Haga

Dr. Richard J. HaneyCollege of Lake County

Lourdene HuhraCollege of Lake County

Joseph J. LegatLegat Architects

Dr. Nancy C. McNerney

Dick Morehead

Bruce L. OsborneRetired, Discover Financial Services

Carol L. PassalaquaMorgan Stanley Smith Barney, Inc.

Dr. DeRionne PollardMontgomery College

Barbara RichardsonRetired, Lake County Coroner

James D. RockAncel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.

J. Kenneth RoskoJ. Kenneth Rosko, Ltd.

Tom SchwartzFirst Midwest Bank

Dolores Spapperi

Harit TalwarDiscover Network

Doug TaveirneDam, Snell, Taveirne

Dr. Jerry WeberCollege of Lake County


College of Lake County Foundation Board

545 North Bar and Grill

9 bar espresso

AAA Charters

Abbott Fund Matching Grant Plan

Abbott Laboratories

Fred and Anna Abdula

ABT Electronics

Ace Hardware - Round Lake

Pamela N. Adams

Adlai Stevenson High School

Affirmative Services, Inc.

David Agazzi

Roslyn Agpasa

Teresa Aguinaldo

David and Suzanne Aho

Air Con Refrigeration & Heating, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. M. Scott Allen

Kathryn M. Allen, CPA

Allstate Insurance Company

Alpha Baking Company

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

Alpine Resort and Golf

Eiko Alvandi

AMD

American Legion Post 1170

American United Life Insurance Company

Amgen Foundation Matching Giftsand Staff Volunteer Programs

AMS Auction Merchandise Source

Anastasia’s Restaurant & Lounge

Dr. Denise Anastasio

Robert Anderson and Cheena Wade

Ellen Anderson

Deanna Anderson

Roger Andrews

Maya Angelou

Anonymous

Janet Antal

Roger and Shirley Antes

Michael and Virginia Anthony

Antioch Community High School

Antojitos Tonatico

AON Hewitt

Nelly Aquino

Arlington Toyota

Armor Systems

Rayne Armour

The Arrow Shop, Ltd.

Saul Arteaga

Jim and Linda Ayers

Mike and Cathy Babicz

Rich and Margaret Babjak

Thomas Baboyian

Connie Bakker

Robbie Balan

Alec Baldwin

Dr. Alphonso Baldwin

William and Jill Ballock

Dale and Kara Barina

Dale Barnstable

Marc and Judith Baron

Lamont Barrientos

Dave Barry

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Bartels

Phil and Cathy Batchelor

Ben and Martha Kelly Bates

David and Jan Bauer

Baxter Employee Giving Campaign

Baxter Credit Union

Baxter Healthcare

Baxter International Foundation

Baxter International, Inc.

Bed Bath & Beyond

Gary and Patricia Beggan

Sharon Beitel

Jim Belushi

Belvidere Muffler and Brakes

Brandon and Susan Bennett

Candace Bergen

Jim Bernardi

Bernardi Securities

Vic and Gloria Berner

Bernie DiMeo Communications

Bill’s Pub North

Pamela Bland

Duane and Madeline Blanton

Carole Blass

Terry and Dorae Block

Bob Chinn’s Crabhouse

Boller Construction

David Bolton

Randy and Roz Bonar

Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Bond, Sr.

Derick and Adriana Bonewitz

Bonnie Brook Golf Club

Books Are Fun, Ltd.

Borrego Springs Bank

Bowes Enterprise LLC

Sandra Braber-Grove

Bill Braman

Scott Brand

John Brandstetter

John and Heather Bratsakis

Mary Ann Bretzlauf

Bretzlauf Foundation Corporation

Dudley and Kim Bright

Gwethalyn Bronner

Patrick and Rita Brosnan

Margaret Scanlan Brown

Wendy Brown

Bob Brown

Laura Bryce

Lawrence and Rosetta Buescher

Buffalo Wild Wings–Vernon Hills

Mary Bunch

Paul and Armie Bungcayao

Linda Burdette

Harriet Burgess

Carolyn and Tyrone Burno

Roger Bury

Kevin Butler

Mary Byrne

Jim Byrne

Gerard and Donna Byrne

Cafe Pyrenees

Claudia Cahill

Ismael Campos

Cancer Federation, Inc.

LaVerne Caples

Domenic and Valorie Caprice

Paula Carballido

Jeffrey Carlisle

Sylvia Carlson

Kent and Donna Carlson

John Carobine

Philip J. Carrigan, Ph.D. and Mary Clare Jakes

Erin Carrigan

Michael and Tamra Carroll

Karen Carstens

Kelly Cartwright

Benito and Maria Carvajal

Mary Carver

Jason Cashmore

Natalia Casper

Arlene Cederberg

Thomas and Iza Celewicz

CenterStage in Lake Forest

Patricia Centonzio

Central Illinois Manufacturing Co.

Centre Club Gurnee

Lyla Chandy

Louis and Karen Chauvin

Chicago Architectural Foundation

Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Trust Company

Joel and Beth Anne Chmara

Joseph and JoAnn Chovanec

Chuck Wagon

Cisco

Citadel Theatre Company

Citizens for Judge Margaret J. Mullen

City of North Chicago

City of Waukegan

John and Eileen Clarke

Robert and Kathy Clary

Classic Toyota

College of Lake County

–Admissions & Records

–Alumni Association

–Artcetera

–Biology and Health Sciences Division

–Bookstore

–Business Division

–Business Office

–Center for Personal Enrichment

–Communication Arts, Humanities and Fine Arts

–Community Education

–Counseling, Advising and Transfer Center

–Educational Affairs

–EMPS

–Enrollment Services

–Federation of Teachers

–Foundation Office

–Horticulture

–Institutional Effectiveness, Planning and Research

– James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts

–Lakeshore Campus

–Lancer Athletics

–Libraries and Instructional Services

–Literary Arts Society

Foundation Donors


–New Faculty 2010

–Office of the President

–Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art

–Southlake Campus

–Student Activities

–Student Government Association

–Student Massage Clinic

Clear Pipe Inc.

Coalicion Latinos Unidos De Lake County

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

George and Virginia Coil

Reginald Coleman

Dr. Cathy Colton

Comcast Cable

Concierge Unlimited International, Inc.

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates

Margaret Cooper

Joseph and Anne Coughlin

The Country Squire

Charlene Crooks

Cunningham Insurance Agency

Amy Curry

Lynne Curtis

Dr. Viki S. Cvitkovic

D. P. Murphy Ambulance

Kristen Dahl

Joe and Pam Damico

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Davis

Robert and Jane DeBaun

Decorum Inc.

Deerfield Italian Kitchen

Del Parra

Del Rancho Corp.

Nancy DeMuro

James and Christine Dennor

Dr. and Mrs. Gehl Devore

Bill and Jan Devore

DiCarlo’s Fine Wine & Spirits

Mary Lou Diebold

Steven and Pamela Dieck

Joseph and Ellen Dimock

Suzanne Dinardi

Discoteca Mayra’s

Discover Financial Services

Gene and Patricia Doll

Dominick’s–Gurnee

Diane Downs

Richard Drake

The Drake Hotel

Darl Drummond

Michael and Linda Dunn

Richard Durante

Edward Fox Photography

Egg Harbor Cafe

Charles and Vicky Eiden

Einstein Bros. Bagels–Lake Forest

Bill Eiserman

Jerald and Mary Patricia Eiserman

El Antojito

El Guerrero Western Wear

Emil’s Pizza

EnerNOC, Inc.

James English

Susan English-Kovar

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Erzen

The Estate of Lucy Holman

Wesley and Rhonda Farr

Fifth Third Bank

Kurt Filiatreault

The Firkin

First Bank of Highland Park

First Bank of Highland Park Foundation

First Midwest Bank

Betty J. Fisher

William and Joan Flader

Pete Flatebo

Fred Fleming

Nathan and Monnette Floyd

Ann and Dave Forker

William Freitag

Friends of Lake County Discovery Museum

Friends of Terry Link

Jane Gackle

Lily Gaines

Jo Anne Galbavy-Kriens

Richard and Annette Galla

Casey Gantt

Mary Garner

Eduardo and Joyce Gatto

Columba Gaytan-Morales

Edwin George and Arlene Santos-George

Mike Geske

E. Joan Goepel

Abe J. Goldsmith

Chad Good

Barbara Gorman

John and Jeanne Goshgarian

John Graham

Grayslake North High School

Great Lakes Credit Union

Green Promoting

Mary Grenning

John and Margitta Grigg

The Grille on Laurel

Thomas and Mary Lou Grimes

Dr. David Groeninger

Thomas and Sandra Groeninger

Karen Grover

Maria Guaman

Rosa Maria Guzman

Peter Haack

Hans Habeger

Judy Haga

Debra Halas

John Hamm

Brad Hanahan

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Haney

Andrew Hankins

Hank’s Cleaners

Steven Hannick and Nancy Lyons Hannick

Larry Hanson

Harbor Shores on Lake Geneva

Tara Harl

Valerie Harper

John and Barbara Harris

Jason and Kim Hasbrouck

Robert and Kelly Hauswirth

James Hawkins, Kenall Manufacturing Company

Alan and Gayle Heatherington

Dean and Sandra Hedeker

Here’s Wings Round Lake Beach, LLC.

Heritage Construction

Harvey and Carol Herrington

Owen and Cyndi Hickman

Sandra Hill

Jerry and Deanna Hinkley

Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Karen Hlavin

Michael and Laura Hobart

Deborah Hoem

Hollister Incorporated

Leslie Hopkins

Justin Horodeck

Amanda Howland

Tracey Hoy

Pearl Hoy

Kurt and Beverly Hubbard

Jennifer Hubbard

James Hudson

Blake Hudson-Cecil

Lourdene Huhra

Barbara Hunt

Frederic and Adriane Hutchinson

Richard and Janice Hyde

IAAP Lake County Chapter

Illinois Community College System Foundation

Branko Jablanovic

Jack’s Pizzeria & Burgers

Kenneth and Sheryl Jacobs

Gregory Jereb

Michael Jerikian

Jesus’ Name Apostolic Church

Roberta Jeter

Jewel–Libertyville

Jewel–Grayslake

John G. Shedd Aquariam

Thomas and Doretha Johnson

Ted and Heidi Johnson

Nadine Johnson

Susan M. Johnson

Paula Johnson

Bill and Tammie Sue Johnson

Benjamin Johnson

Annette Jones

Geraldine Jones

Burdette Jones

JR Roofing

Justin Vineyard & Winery

Robin Kacel

Susan M. Kane

Annette Katich

Darrell and Wendy Katz

Larry and Charmaine Kaufman

Dean Kehr

Timothy and Maureen Kelleher

Janet and Joe Kennedy

Holly Frost Kerr

Diane Kerr

Lorena Killebrew

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Thomas Kim

Patricia Kirschhoffer

KJWW Engineering

Brett Klein

Timothy and Susan Klein

Kay Klemens

Rory Klick

Leslie Klocek

LeeAnn Kmiecik

Robert and Alice Kohn

Hugo and Maria Kosteski

Russell Kraly

Jeanne Kriechbaum

Jerry Kroll

Norman and Susan Kronowitz

Krueger International

Peter and Maureen Krupczak

Krystal Kucharski

Eric Kurtz

La Luz Bakery

Lake County Art League

Lake County Council Navy League

Lake County Fielders

Lake County Regional Office of Education

Lake County Women’s Coalition

Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company

Lake Forest Symphony

Lake Lawn Resort

Michael and Rita Lakin

Martha Lally

Meg Largay

John and Deborah Larsen

Michael and Julia Latza

Andrea Lawrence

Mick and Cathy Leafblad

Tiffiny Lean

Nicole Leconte

Holly Ledvina

Kathryn Leep

Legat Architects

Suzanne Leibman

Paula Clayton Lenczycki

Leno’s Sub

Rick Lesser

Lesser, Lutrey & McGlynn, LLP

The Liberty Restaurant

Libertyville Bank and Trust

Libertyville Car Spa

Libertyville High School

Libertyville Sports Complex

Libertyville Woman’s Club

Robert and Lisa Lindel

Ray Linder and Theresa Kirby

Anne Lindsey

Senator and Mrs. Terry Link

Literacy Volunteers of Lake County

LKQ Star Auto Parts

Theresa Loerch

Kristi Long

Luis Lopez

Los Compadres

Sharon Losacco

Robert Lossmann

Earl and Valentina Lourcey

Barbara Lovsin

Pamela Lowrey

Kevin and Diana Lowry

Kris Ludington

Ryan Luetzow

John Lumber

Roger and Kimberly Lunt

David and Jane Lutrey

Allen and Susan Lynch

Lynfred Winery

Patricia Macholmes

Kathie MacIsaac

Magic Hands

Lawrence and Janet Magnuson

Henry Maier

Stanley and Lynn Makow

Mano a Mano

Carl and Ana Marcyan

Lou Marks

Marjorie L. Martin

Elisabeth Martin, Ph.D.

Henry Martin

Masco Engravers

Mark and Janet Mason

Massarelli Charitable Foundation

Thomas Maurer

Dr. and Mrs. Edward May

Margaret May

The Honorable Karen May

Robert and Beth Mayo

Ana Mazilu

Edward and Patricia McAnally

Margaret (Peggy) McClain

McClure’s Garage

Robyn McGarrigle

Mark McMahon

Cynthia Medalle

Richard and Joan Meginnis

Don and Anne Meisner

Robert and Judith Melius

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mendelson

Merry’s Purse

Metro Paint Supply, Inc.

Michael Meyer

Jay David Meyer

Michael’s Window Cleaning

Microsoft Giving Campaign

Midwestern Regional Medical Center

Doris Miller

Brenda Miller

Roland and Amy Miller

Peggy Miller

Vanessa Miller

Althea Miller

Miguel and Tammy Mireles

Thomas Mitchell

Mary Mooney

Lourdes Mordini

Richard and Cindy Morehead

Gary and Launa Morgan

Morgan Stanley Foundation

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Bill and Sue Morris

Amy Morton-Miller

Motor Werks

Leon Muff

Cindy Munda

Jesse Murayama, D.N.

Dr. Sean Murphy

Scott Murphy

Tom Myers

Russell Myers

NAACP Lake County Branch

Michael and Patricia Neenan

Nelnet Business Solutions

NICASA

Frank and Cheryl Nickels

Jorge Nieto

Robert and Kelly Nightingale

David and Robin Nikolai

Robert Nimits

Audrey Nixon

Bertine Nixon

Christopher and Jill Noon

North Shore Garden Club

North Shore Gas Company

North Shore Trust and Savings

Northbrook Bank & Trust

Northern Illinois Funeral Services, Inc.

NyproMold Chicago

Charlie Nystrom

Mark and Alyssa O’Brien

Octagon Spa Salon

Marcia O’Day

Thomas O’Donovan

Ohkea Castle

Frances O’Hern

Ed Oilschlager and Denise Williams

Ron Olesiak

Isabel Olsen

Aldona Olson

Rasheeda Omar

Orlowsky & Wilson, Ltd.

David and Juanita Orozco

Cesar Ortega

Bruce and Janelle Osborne

Luz Osorio

Bret and Nina Owen

Paasche Air Brush Company

Pace Butler Corporation

Paddock Publications, Inc./ Daily Herald Media Group

Sarah Palin

The Palm Beach Pops

Philip and Jenny Partridge

Pasquesi Sheppard, LLC

Joseph Passalaqua

Carol Passalaqua

Christine Patrick

Patton Enterprises

Cliffton and Lynda Paul

Bradley and Linda Peacock

Peacock Family Restaurant

Pepsi Beverages Company

Charles Perkey

Faith L. Peters

Inez Petersen

Daniel Petrosko

Samuel and Martha Pettineo

Janna Philipp

Mary Phillips

Christopher and Katie Piazzi

Maria Pineda

Elizabeth Pirman

Mike and Chris Piskule

Stephen Plunkett

PMA Financial Network, Inc.

The PNC Financial Services Group

Warren Michael and Monica Polley

The Popcorn Factory

Margie Porter

Christopher and Maureen Potter

Ted and Margene Poulos

Precision Quincy

Celeste Pregracke

Mary Price

Patricia A. Price

Produce Jalapeno Market

PSI Distribution

Karyn Quick

R. E. Decker

R.J. Galla Company, Inc.

Douglas Raffel

Ben and Linda Randazzo

Thelma Ransom

Stephen and Diane Rarick

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Katerine Pakieser-Reed and WilliamReed

Joel and Nancy Reed

James and Deborah Reinemann

Rob Reiner

Barbara Richardson-Cannon

Robert and Laurie Riley

Ristorante Bottaio

Riverhouse Hotel & Convention Center

Sharelle Roach-McGee

Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton &Taylor, Ltd.

Joan Robertson

Shirley Robinson

Jeanette Robinson

Rocco Shirts Chicago

Rodriguez Home Inspectors, Inc.

Roe Automotive, Inc.

Joanna Rolek

William Rolli

Rollins Family Dental

Lou Rosen

Dr. Judy Rosenberg

J. Kenneth Rosko

Rotary Club of Waukegan

Philip and Laura Rovang

Erick Rowe

Rowe-Thrush

Rowland Custom Frame & Art Gallery

Royal Furniture

Chris and Patricia Rudolph

Rudy’s Mexican Grill, Inc.

Rodolfo and Theresa Ruiz-Velasco

Syvel Sabandal

Dr. Rai Salazar

San Luis Obispo Coast Dist. Parks & Recreation Dept.

Joann Sanders

Susan Sands

Kam and Netali Sanghvi

Stephen and Marilyn Sarich

Lydia Sawyer

Otis and Clara Sawyer

John and Susan Schaper

Barbara Schau

Fred and Amy Scheu

Lawrence Schicht

Evelyn Schiele

Clarence and Hilary Schnadt

Linda Schneider

Dr. Russ Schneider

Schneider Electric

Robert and Yoke May Schoenborn

Steven and Judith Schulte

Dr. and Mrs. John Schwab

Kim Marie Schwaderer

Thomas and Barbara Schwartz

Rebecca Schwarz

Lynn Scott

Theresa Sebastian

Second City

Judy Sengstock-Lange

Jim and Darlene Shackelford

Gaylis Ingram Shakir

Marla Sheade

John and Alvera Shelton

Linda Shepherd

Shepherd’s Crook Golf Course

Young Shin

Sandra Shinsky

Jean Short

Ken and Julie Shroka

Ray Siegel

Sign-A-Rama

Signs Now Highland Park

Karen Silverberg

William and Kim Sims

Dixie Siwinski

Brian and Kathleen Smith

Susan Smith

Dave and Pat Smith

Snap-on Tools

Rick Soller and Nedra Adams-Soller

Somethings Brewing

Dr. Phyllis Soybel

Dean and Nikki Spangle

Dolores Spapperi

Sperian Protection Americas, Inc.

George Speros

Amy Spitzer

Sports 11

Spring Lake Golf Resort

Dr. Janakimala Srinivasa

Jeff Sronkoski

Dr. Jennifer Staben

Joe and Donna Stachowicz

Martha Stamper

Stanczak Family Fund

Larry and Kathryne Starzec

State Bank of the Lakes

Barry N. Stein D.D.S.

Greg Stepanek

Dr. Christopher Stephenson

Sterling Collision Centers, Inc.

Don Stewart

Alice Stiller

Dr. Jeffrey Stomper and Elizabeth Pope

Strang Funeral Chapel and Crematorium Ltd.

Sunset Foods

Superior Remodeling, Inc.

Supermercado El Mexicano

Supermercado Y Taqueria Villasenor, Inc.

Samuel and Jean Suter

Dee Swan

Kerry and Leticia Swift

Synergy Fitness and Sports

Tacos Bueno

Tag Team LLC

Tala Restaurant

Gregory and Wendy Tankson

Glenn and Myretta Taylor

TDS

Elaine Teltz

Terryberry Company

Robert and Roberta Therry

Dr. Jacinta Thomas

John Thomas

Marty Thompsen

Doria Thompson

Thomas Thompson

Michael Thompson

Tina’s Italian Bake Shop

Mark Toch

Robert B. Townsend Jr.

David and Lisa Trace

Trattoria Pomigliano

Paul and Evelyn Tribbs

Michael Trimble

True North Retirement Partners ofRaymond James & Associates

Tim and Karen Trush

Trustmark Foundation

Trustmark Insurance Company

Robert Twardock

University Center of Lake County

Tim and Simone Unroe

Mary Urban

Andrea Urban

USPT Gear

VAC of Lake County

Sam Valenti

Sue Valentine-French

Tag and Valerie Van Winkle

Bill Vargas

Marylyn Varitek

Thomas Varney

Luis Vazquez

Vern & Bunny Thelen Family Foundation

Agnes Vetese

Vianney Hair Salon

Village Optical Shop

The Vine

Marc and Sally Violante

Simone Virden

Donise Virden

Vision Care Associates

Vista Health System

Kathleen Vogl

Wayne and Kimberly Voss

W. W. Grainger

Brad Waggoner

Matthew and Katherine Wagner

Mr. and Mrs. Herscel Wallace III

John Wallin

Frank and Laura Walsworth

Edwina Walton

Waukegan Color Supply

Waukegan Little Fort Lions Club

Waukegan Township

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Weber

Mrs. Robert Weismantel

Theodore and Anita Wells

Robert and Melissa West

West Insurance Agency, Inc.

Yuppy Puppy, Inc.

Tonitta White

Darielle White

White Deer Run Golf Club

Larry and Diane Whittier

Norman and Joy Wideburg

Eva Wilczenski

Wildberry

Brian Will

Michael and Cathy Williams

Charles Willms

Wine Knows

Glenn Winters

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Klaus and Karin Wisiol

Jeffrey and Patricia Wojtowicz

Diane Wolter

Roycealee J. Wood

World Equity Group, Inc.

Robert and Michelle Worobow

Jeffrey Wright

Yang Xiang

Olivia Yanez

Susan Yasecko

Marine Yasz

Dr. Tina Ye

Dr. Li-hua Yu

Michael and Cheryl Zabroski

Gordon Zachary

Maria Zermeno

Zion-Benton Township

High School

Jan and John Zobus

Zogo Technologies



Assets 2011

Cash and cash equivalents $ 214,173

Investments 2,412,001

Other receivables 3,166

Deferred expense 7,600

Total Assets $ 2,636,940

Liabilities and Net Assets

Liabilities:

Accounts payable $ 696

Miscellaneous payable 11,522

Deferred revenue 15,800

Grants and scholarships payable 3,882

Due to College of Lake County 2,244

Total Liabilities 34,144

Net assets:

Unrestricted $ 253,324

Temporarily restricted 1,547,464

Permanently restricted 802,008

Total Net Assets 2,602,796

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 2,636,940

Clockwise from top

Student Assistance $ 532,827.42 65.71%

Restricted Grants 187,756.11 23.15%

Institutional Development 17,019.12 2.10%

Operational Expenses

(Office Expenses) 17,811.45 2.20%

Cultural Enrichment

(Gallery) 55,426.61 6.84%

TOTAL EXPENSES $ 810,840.71 100.00%

College of Lake County Foundation Statements of Financial Position

The College of Lake County is governed by a

seven-member board of trustees, elected from

among the citizens of Community College District

532, to ensure accountability. In addition, a CLC

student is appointed each spring for a one-year

term, casting advisory votes.

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the Office of Public Relations and Marketing.

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Opportunities to Invest in Changing Lives

YOUR GIFT TO CHANGING LIVES MAY BE MADE TO SUPPORT:

• CLC Foundation Scholarships in general.

• A specific CLC Foundation Scholarship.

• Create a new scholarship of your choice.

• Contribute to other institutional needs.

Gifts of any size are deeply appreciated, and giving is easy. Gifts may

be made outright, pledged for up to five years or designated through

planned giving. Contributions may be made through cash, stock, real

estate, personal property, a bequest, charitable annuities, charitable

remainder trusts, life insurance, retirement plans or IRA rollovers.

To discuss giving opportunities, please contact:

William DevoreExecutive Director, CLC [email protected](847) 543-2640

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