College of DuPage

College of DuPage is a two-year community college in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.The college owns and operates facilities in the Illinois communities of Addison, Carol Stream, Naperville and Westmont.The college serves students residing in Illinois' Community College District 502.in 1967, the college was founded in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The chaparral is the college's mascot. Dr. Joseph Collins is the college's acting interim president. College of DuPage has more than 29,000 students and is the second largest provider of undergraduate education in Illinois.the college is a member of National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and has won national championships in 11 sports. The campus has a variety of facilities covering a variety of disciplines including culinary studies, homeland security, health and arts.

College of DuPage was established after the Illinois General Assembly adopted the Public Community College Act of 1965 and the approval of DuPage high school district voters in a referendum. The college opened on September 25, 1967 under the leadership of the college's president, Rodney K. Berg, and Board of Trustees Chairman George L. Seaton. At the time, classes were held in office trailers and leased suburban sites throughout the newly established Community College District 502. Due to the college's students, faculty and staff having to drive from building to building for classes, the Chaparral was adopted as the school’s mascot. That year, The Courier, the school's student newspaper, published its first issue.

In 1968, the Glen Ellyn campus location was acquired. A year later, three interim buildings were constructed west of Lambert Road in Glen Ellyn. The Berg Instructional Center, the college's first permanent building, opened in 1973. WDCB, a public radio station owned by the college, was founded in 1977. Harold D. McAninch was appointed as the college's second president in 1979. In 1982, the college began publishing the Prairie Light Review, a literary magazine. The Student Resource Center (SRC) and Physical Education and Recreation Center opened in 1983.the McAninch Arts Center was built in 1986. In 1990, the Seaton Computing Center was built and housed computer-specific classrooms for the Computer Information Systems, Computer and Internetworking Technologies, and Office Technology Information programs. A year later, the college opened new campus locations in Naperville and Westmont, Illinois.

Michael T. Murphy became the college's third president in 1994.In 2002, voters approved a $183-million bond referendum that provided funds for renovating and rebuilding the Glen Ellyn campus and off-campus locations. Funds from the referendum were used to build the Homeland Security Education Center, the Student Services Center and the Culinary & Hospitality Center. In 2003, Dr. Sunil Chand replaced Murphy as the college's president. That year the College expanded with the opening of the Bloomingdale Center for Independent Learning. The Carol Stream Community Education Center opened in 2004 and the West Chicago Community Education Center in 2005. In fall 2005, College of DuPage converted from a quarter system to a semester system.

In 2006, College of DuPage and the Indian Prairie District 204 created the Frontier Campus, a magnet school for District 204 seniors and an additional college regional center. The college's Early Childhood Center and new campus roadways and parking lots were completed in 2007. The following year, the College received a maximum seven-year re-accreditation through the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.in January 2009, Dr. Robert L. Breuder became the college's president. The Health and Science Center and Technical Education Center opened that summer on the Glen Ellyn campus. The Technical Education Center is 178000 square feet (16,500 m2) and houses the Automotive Technology, HVAC/ELMEC, Architecture, Horticulture, and Interior Design programs, and in a new steel, glass and precast concrete panel building on the west side of campus. The building was awarded LEED Silver certification and was designed to support horticulture, construction trades, architecture, interior design, construction management, and automotive technology.

The 475,000 square foot (44,100 m2) BIC Renovation (phase one completed 2011), and (phase two completed 2012) and new 65,000 square foot (6,000 m2) Student Services Center (SSC) (completed 2011) included the reorganization of faculty and administrative departments, expanded student commons, updated classrooms and labs. The addition of the new Student Services Center which now connects the SRC and BIC with a large naturally lit commons, a new coffee shop and 'one-stop-shop' student services offices and operations. The renovation and Student Services Center replaced the deteriorating BIC exterior with a new, modern panel and glass exterior and bright interior spaces. The transfer of the classes to the BIC enabled the construction of the next phase of the Homeland Security Education Center expansion on the west side of campus.

The Culinary and Hospitality Center (CHC) was completed 2011. It houses culinary kitchens and bakeries, a six room boutique hotel run by students of the hospitality program, two gourmet restaurants open to the public, a culinary amphitheater and the college's Multimedia Services department. Waterleaf, one of the college's two restaurants, seats 150 people and is led by Executive Chef Nadia Tilkian.phase one of the Homeland Security Education Center was completed in 2011. The center houses the college's Criminal Justice and Fire Science Technology programs, as well as the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy and the COD police department.

On November 5, 2015, the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV revealed that a student sought to sue the college and two of its Public Safety officers after alleged misconduct which occurred on December 7, 2014. The alleged incident started with the student having been confronted by Public Safety officers for smoking on campus, which after complying, went inside to her class. She was subsequently followed, and arrested for trespassing on school property, and it was revealed that, through a released video by the student's professor, the student was aggressively being arrested, in which she sustained shoulder and wrist injuries. There were also allegations of the officers threatening a student who was videotaping the event with their phone with a taser. The video which was captured on the student's phone was deleted.