Compassion,On Duty

Inside:

Nurturing Care Givers

Brightening Smiles for$15

New Health and Wellness Program

College of Lake County

AlumNewsPUBLISHED FOR GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY FALL 2010

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AlumNews is published three times a year by the College of Lake County's Office

of Alumni Relations and Special Events.

Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events JULIE SHROKA

Administrative Secretary DORAE BLOCK

To submit story ideas, e-mail Dave Fink,AlumNews editor, at dfink@clcillinois.edu

or call him at (847) 543-2243.

You can also share ideas and comments at the CLC alumni Website, at www.clcroundtable.org.

To Our Readers:If you’ve been treated at a Lake County

hospital, there is a very good chance that thenurse, phlebotomist, radiologic technician or EMT who aided you was a College of LakeCounty graduate.

Over the last 40-plus years, literally thousands of health care professionals havereceived their training at CLC, and this issueof AlumNews celebrates how CLC and itsgraduates have played a vital role in providingtop-quality health care in the Chicago area.

We hope you enjoy the stories in thesepages and that they inspire you to share your own success story—health care relatedor not—in the Class Notes section of ourAlumni Association website at www.clcaa.com.

Julie ShrokaDirector of Alumni Relations and Special Events

ContentsFEATURES

3 Giving and Receiving CareMeet two graduates—one, a former high school dropout, and the other a breast-cancer survivor—who have applied their experiences in overcoming adversity to creating rewarding careers in health care.

5 In Shape, Stress FreeLooking for ways to lose weight or reduce stress? The Southlake Campus is home to a new health-and-wellness program, complete with leading-edge equipment. Services, including massage therapy sessions and fitness coaching, are available at nominal cost to alumni.

6 Compassion, On DutyCarmella Mikol, who is marking her 30th year of teaching nursing at CLC, exhibits a caring, compassionate spirit and a professional savvy that have helped guide the nursing program through seismic technological changes.

8 Brightening SmilesNorth-suburban residents enjoy a $15 dental cleaning and X-rays, and CLC dental hygiene students gain real-world experience in a state-of-the-art clinic opened last year at the Lakeshore Campus.

DEPARTMENTS

9 CLC Foundation

10 Class Notes

11 News Roundup

12 Upcoming Events

Cover: Over 30 years, Professor Carmella Mikol has prepared thousands of students to become skilled and caring nurses.

Green and Accountable: The revamped AlumNews is printed on recycled paper at the same cost as the previous newsletter format.

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Giving and Receiving CareWho nurtures aspiring care givers? The College of Lake County.

“I was 22, a non-traditional

student and determined

to get a degree. I felt so

welcomed at CLC.”

—Michelle Champagne

career as a leader in HIV and substance abuseprevention and as an advocate for health careservices for the economically disadvantaged.

After graduating from CLC, Champagneearned a B.A. in psychology from Lake ForestCollege and went on to attend Harvard University,earning a master of education degree.

Professionally, she has worked for the IllinoisDepartment of Public Health and Lake CountyHealth Department, where she coordinated programs in substance abuse prevention, HIVprevention and grant writing. She has also

People who enter health care as a profession tend to be born care givers.Sometimes, however, they themselves

need a helping hand.That certainly was the case for Michelle

Champagne (’92), who came to CLC afterearning a GED, trying to overcome fears thatshe “wouldn’t amount to anything.”

The daughter of immigrant parents—a Haitian father and French mother—Cham-pagne grew up in Chicago’s Lincoln Park area.Following the turmoil of her parents’ divorce,she dropped out of Lane Technical High School.Later, after earning her GED, she began workingin clerical positions at Motorola, eventuallytransferring to the Libertyville office and discovering the College of Lake County in 1990.

“I was 22, a non-traditional student and determined to get a degree. I felt so welcomed at CLC,” she said.

Champagne decided to pursue a career as a health care advocate, after experiencingfirst-hand the power of health ignorance to create fear and prejudice. She vividly recalls theAIDS stigma of the late 1980s, when familymembers were too ashamed to acknowledge the disease as the cause of her Haitian aunt’sdeath, preferring instead to say “pneumonia.”Likewise, here in the Chicago area, she some-times found that people refused to shake handswith her, fearing that because of her Haitian ancestry, she herself was infected, even thoughshe wasn’t.

“It made me feel embarrassed and horrified,”she recalled. “People had preconceived notions.It was devastating.”

Champagne turned the embarrassment intoa powerful drive to combat fear with knowledge.Over the last two decades, she has built a successful

managed capital campaigns and grants for theSinai Health System and Governors State Univer-sity and served as a senior administrator forAunt Martha’s Youth Service Center & HealthcareNetwork, managing grants and operations for26 programs among three offices in an eight-county area in the southern suburbs of Chicago.

Currently, Champagne operates her ownChicago-based consulting firm, MC CapacityBuilding Services Inc., which helps non-profitorganizations provide health, education andeconomic development to underserved populations.

Looking back on her rise to success, Champagne has become a big believer in CLCand community colleges. “They’re an excellentvalue and career ladder for those taking non-traditional routes,” she said. “I love CLC.Without the college, I wouldn't be where I am today.”

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COLLEGE FOCUS

Alumni Association members

are eligible for a discount on

appointments in the Massage

Therapy Student Clinic located

in the Health and Wellness

Center at the Southlake

Campus in Vernon Hills.

Fifty-minute appointments are

available, February through

September, at an alumni cost

of $20. Call (847) 543-WELL

to schedule an appointment.

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Reducing stress and maintaining a healthyapproach to exercise and diet can do much to eliminate such problems, Ardito said. Andhelping people become successful at maintaininghealth and wellness is the job of the future professionals being trained in CLC’s MassageTherapy and Health and Wellness programs, he said.

“Being healthy and in shape doesn’t have to be stressful, but it does require knowing how,”Ardito said. “That’s the knowledge and skill ourprograms are designed to impart.”

Students in these programs receive bothclassroom instruction and participate in clinicalexperiences, requiring them to work with clientsunder the supervision of instructors.

The clinical services—message therapy appointments, wellness coaching and personaltraining— are offered to community members(including alumni) in Southlake’s new Centerfor Health and Wellness Promotion at a veryreasonable cost of $30 per session.

The center features a fully-equipped massage therapy classroom and private massagetherapy room for appointments with clients. The adjoining rooms include an impressivearray of the latest health and fitness equipment,including:• A bed-sized scanner, known as a DEXA,

used in measuring bone density, body fat andmuscle tissue. “It tells you precisely how muchbody fat you have to lose,” Ardito explained. In hospitals, he said, the scanner is used to diagnose bone loss, but CLC is using the deviceas a preventive tool. “We’re using it to providebaseline data for an exercise plan, so we canknow how much improvement results.”• A metabolic cart that uses breath samples

to measure calorie and oxygen consumption.

• A cycle ergometer that measures aerobic capacity, used as a benchmark for determiningmaximum fitness levels.• A device, known as an arm ergometer, that

allows a legless or wheelchair user to exercise by using hand pedals.“Very few colleges in the country have these

tools,” Ardito said.Instructors in the Massage Therapy program

include Sallie Walker, massage therapist for the Chicago Bears. Instructors in the Health andWellness program include Ardito, who has beena fitness consultant with professional and Olympicathletes for more than 20 years, and Kim Rostello,exercise physiologist for the Chicago Blackhawks.Other instructors include Mike Gattone of theUnited States Olympic Committee.

The new wellness center has impressed Ali Pfeiffer (’10), who completed the massagetherapy program and is working on her certificatein wellness/life coaching. Schooled in interiordesign, Pfeiffer decided to change careers at age 40, when the 2008 recession reduced the demand for her skills. “My interest has alwaysbeen in helping people,” said Pfeiffer, whosegoal is a job that combines her two health-related majors.

“Got Stress?”

“Struggling to Lose Weight?”

“Worried about Cancer?”

You only have to read headlines like these on magazine covers and websitesto see that Americans are increasingly

looking for answers on how to reduce stress, lose weight and improve their overall health.

The College of Lake County has respondedto this increased interest by creating two new career preparation programs—Massage Therapy and Health and Wellness, both based at the Southlake Campus in Vernon Hills.

The massage therapy program began as anon-credit offering in 2007 and became a for-credit certificate program in 2008. The healthand wellness program was introduced in 2009and includes an associate degree in health and wellness promotion and two certificates—personal training and wellness/life coaching.

The need for the programs extends far beyond physical image concerns, according toDr. Frank Ardito, faculty chairman of theHealth and Wellness department. Stress is linkedto many health problems, and lack of physicalactivity contributes to many diseases, includingdiabetes and obesity, he said.

“More than one-third of Americans are not just overweight, but obese, and diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in theU.S.—about 8 percent of the population,”Ardito said, citing statistics from the Centers for Disease Control.

In Shape, Stress FreeCLC’s Southlake Campus is home to a new health and wellness program.

The Southlake Campus’ scanner measures body fat.

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Wearing acrisp whiteclinical

coat, nursing profes-sor Carmella Mikolexudes cool-headedprofessionalism. But recalling herdays as a pediatric

nurse, she is anything but detached. Speakingwith great compassion, she tells of comforting a young mother going through the agony oflosing a child from smoke inhalation after ahouse fire had already claimed the lives of thewoman’s husband and two other children.

“The child’s lungs were ruined and had nohope of recovering,” Mikol explained, recallinghow she put her arm around the anguishedmother. “The mother made the painful decisionto disconnect the life support for the child. We made provisions for the mother to lift thechild out of the bed, and sit and rock the childwhile whispering her goodbyes.

“There’s nothing worse than losing a child.Over the years, I’ve witnessed countless joyousevents, such as a child leaving a hospital uponrecovery. I’ve also attended many wakes and funerals, and families still keep in touch withme 20 years later.”

Mikol’s recollections bespeak the caring,compassionate spirit and professional savvy shehas brought to CLC’s nursing program. Nowcelebrating 30 years of teaching at the college,Mikol has helped develop and grow a programthat has trained thousands of nurses in Lake County and beyond. Over three decades,she has been a witness and participant in enrollment growth, curriculum developmentand construction planning for the college’s

nursing wing. She has also seen seismic techno-logical changes.

“In the early 1980s, we were still using filmstrips and 8-millimeter movies,” she recalled.“Now, with the Internet, you can access videos of Mayo Clinic surgeries and just about any-thing you want. In addition, many nursing textbooks and reference guides are now down-loadable to smart phones. We even have mannequins that can be programmed to talk,moan and experience real-life symptoms suchas congestive heart failure.”

Technology is great, but it doesn’t take the place of caring for a live person, she said.“Clinicals are as important as ever,” she said.“You still need to know how to talk to patientsand physicians, and use a combination of critical thinking skills and intuitiveness. Nursingis rewarding but extremely challenging, too.”

One such challenge, Mikol said, is truly understanding the pain experienced by patients,especially those undergoing cancer treatment.In fall 2009, Mikol collaborated with the Zioncampus of Cancer Treatment Centers of Americain providing nine nursing students with a chanceto research the critical role of pain managementin fighting cancer. “Students interviewed patientsup close and personal, including a mother experiencing the pain of stage four breast cancer,” she said. “There wasn’t a dry eye in the room. It’s been very positive, and profound,for students to hear first-hand examples of what they read in their textbooks.”

Growing up in Chicago, Mikol said she wasdrawn to nursing in early adolescence, when shelabeled test tubes and delivered water pitchers to patients at Resurrection Hospital. At age 16,after completing a four-week training program,she became a nurse’s aid and was assigned to

the pediatric care unit. Eventually, pediatrics became her specialty.

“I have a strong affinity for children,” saidMikol. “They are very honest about explaininghow they feel. Beyond the nurturing aspect, pediatrics is actually a challenging field intel-lectually. You need to know not only the child’shealth, but also the family’s health in additionto family theory, sociology and psychology.”

After earning her B.S.N. degree at LoyolaUniversity of Chicago, Mikol earned a M.N. at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1987, she completed the pediatric nurse practitioner(P.N.P.) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and in 2007, she completed a Ph.D.from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,writing her dissertation on amusement park injuries in school-age children. Throughout her career, she has combined teaching withworking part-time as a nurse and nurse practitioner in Lake County.

Mikol’s professional footprint has reachedwell beyond Lake County and the Chicago area.She reviewed all three volumes of a nursingtextbook titled “Teaching Nursing: The Art andthe Science.” And in 2009, as one of eight Americans presenting at a World Health Organi-zation conference in New Zealand, she discussedthe findings of her study of amusement park injuries. Her conclusion: Amusement parks aregenerally very safe, but injuries occur primarilybecause children and adults are doing things on a dare and often ignore the safety rules. “The most common injuries are strains, sprainsand fractures,” she said.

Did Mikol go on any rides as part of herstudy? “Oh, yes,” she said with a smile and a giggle, fitting for someone who loves caringfor children.

Compassion, On DutyFor 30 years, Carmella Mikol has guided and inspired nursing students.

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Cancer survivor Karen Britten (’98), a nurse at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, enjoys paying forward the care she received.

Being on the receiving end of caring concern also motivated Karen Britten(’98) to pursue a career in health care.

When she was going through the anxiety ofbreast cancer treatment in the early 1990s, itwas the warmth and care giving of her oncologynurse that inspired Britten, an insurance broker,to change careers and become a nurse herself.

For the past 15 years, she has worked atNorthwestern Lake Forest Hospital as a criticalcare nurse. Assigned to the telemetry unit, she caresfor patients with cardiac and respiratory issues.

Britten’s own “vulnerable” period occurredat age 35. Pregnant only 14 weeks, with a babygirl at home, the Highland Park resident washorrified to learn she had breast cancer.

Fortunately, the cancer turned out to be stage two, and Britten was able to delay themastectomy and chemotherapy until after herson was born. Nevertheless, the anxiety would continue during the next several months.

“It was a very frightening time in my life,” she recalled. “You lie in your hospital bed, andyou try not to think about it, but you can’t turnyour mind off. I equated cancer with death, and I had a husband, an eight-month-olddaughter and a newborn son at home.”

Following many surgeries and difficultrounds of chemotherapy, Britten began to consider a career change. Holding an M.B.A.from Loyola University Chicago, she had been an insurance broker for four years, but

had always been attracted to medicine. “Becoming a nurse would allow me to pay forward the care that I received,” she explained.

Once enrolled in CLC’s nursing program,Britten appreciated the expertise and encourage-ment of instructors like Carmella Mikol(“great conversations about dealing with thewhat ifs of patient care”) and CathleenBrzezinski (“asked her to pin my nursingbadge at graduation”) and the experience shereceived her clinical training at sites includingGreat Lakes Naval Training Station and Lake Forest Hospital.

Significantly, the close friendships she made with other nursing students have continued. “Many nurses at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital went to CLC, so there’s a camaraderie among us.”

Giving and Receiving Carecontinued from page 3

Pregnant with her son,

the Highland Park resident

was horrified to learn

she had breast cancer.

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Caption

Hanh Kantorski, an unemployed IslandLake mother who lacks dental insur-ance, has good reason to appreciate the

$15 dental cleaning and X-rays offered by theCollege of Lake County’s new state-of-the-artdental hygiene clinic at the Lakeshore Campusin Waukegan.

During a routine visit, the CLC dental hygiene students not only did a “very good” job of cleaning her teeth, Kantorski said, they spotted a potentially cancerous growth on hertongue, for which she is seeking treatment.

Mike Paz, a Waukegan landscape contractorand property manager who also lacks dental insurance, admitted to being skeptical when he saw the price listed on the CLC marquee

Brightening smilesNew dental hygiene clinic serves Lake County residents

advertising the clinic. But after two visits, he’snow a convert and has been spreading the wordto family and friends. “In the visits, you’re examined by a student, a hygienist and a regis-tered dentist,” he said. “Everyone was extremelypolite and capable, and you can’t beat the price.”

Such stories are increasing in number, especially since the new clinic opened in June2009 at 111 N. Genesee St. The previous clinic,offering the same low-cost services, was locatedin a much smaller facility two blocks down the street.

Funded in part from a $150,000 grant fromthe Chicago Dental Society, the new lab featuresdigital technology and 12 workstations, accord-ing to Sue Nierstheimer, chair of the dental

hygiene program. “Each dental chair is flanked by two flat-screen monitors, one for digitalrecordkeeping and the other allowing the patient to see inter-oral pictures of his or herown mouth,” she explained. “In addition, two side labs allow students to practice takingdigital X-rays and study tooth sealants and other dental materials used on the job.”

The low-cost cleaning and X-ray services are open to anyone and include a blood pressurescreening and a review of medical history, Nierstheimer said. “This thorough approach has helped identify other health issues in patients, from high blood pressure to potentiallycancerous growths,” she said.

“What CLC is doing for the community is fabulous,” said Dr. Robert Bitter, a Glenviewdentist and vice president of the Illinois StateDental Society. “I’m so happy to see this clinicin Waukegan, which has been an underservedpopulation. Also, students get excellent, hands-on experience.”

CLC graduate Melissa Krause (’10)agrees about the quality of the program. “Thelab is up to date with everything,” said Krause, a dental hygienist in Barrington. “I was well-prepared, coming from CLC,” she said, notingboth the clinic’s equipment and range of patients of every age and ethnic background.

The CLC dental hygiene

students not only did a

“very good” job of cleaning

her teeth, Kantorski said,

they spotted a potentially

cancerous growth

on her tongue.

Beach Park resident Mike Paz (foreground) appreciates the $15 teeth cleaning offered at the new dental hygiene clinic on the Lakeshore Campus.

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CLC FOUNDATION

Not John Marcus and ElizabethLayne, who both graduated from CLC’s nursing program in May. For

them, reaching midlife has been a time of exciting changes, moving from corporate lifeinto the world of patient care.

Both made the decision to change careers following layoffs. And both credit theCLC Foundation’s Joseph F. Damico Nursingscholarship with helping them complete theirnursing studies.

“For a good portion of my time in the nursing program, I was unemployed and didn’thave funds to pay for classes,” said Layne, 56.“The scholarship paid close to half my expenses.”

“A lot of students are not aware of scholar-ships,” noted Marcus, 51. “I hunted out scholarships because with five children at home,funding was tight. The Damico scholarship,

combined with the continuing education scholarship, meant that I didn’t have to borrow money.”

Layne previously earned a bachelor’s degreein biology and worked as an administrative assistant. But after three layoffs in six years, the Round Lake Beach resident wanted a careerthat was “more stable, hands-on and offered achance to make a difference in a person’s life.”

Marcus, a Grayslake resident, had earned abachelor’s degree in technology and managedcorporate IT departments until the outsourcingtrend took its toll and he left his job in 2004. Hesaid he wanted a new career that allowed him“to make decisions, help people and think.”

Both said that CLC’s nursing program confirmed their decision to change careers andprepared them well for the health care industry.

“CLC’s program really prepped us,” Laynesaid, particularly noting the strength of the clinical portion of the program. “I couldn’thave passed the licensing exam without theskills I learned from the clinicals,” she said.

Marcus, too, found the hands-on experienceof the clinical work “outstanding,” and helearned that nursing was definitely a professionrequiring thinking skills.

“In healthcare, even at low levels, all workers make decisions that can make a differ-ence in a person’s comfort level or health,” he explained.

Layne is now a nurse in the rehabilitationunit of a Lincolnshire nursing home. Marcus isactively seeking a nursing position. His advice to mid-life career changers: “Don’t give up.”

Rx for a Great CareerA CLC health care scholarship is just the right prescription.

About the Scholarship

The Joseph F. Damico Nursing Scholarship awards $2,500 ($1,250 per semester) for a full-time studentpursuing a degree in nursing. If thestudent attends part time, the awardis $1,250 or $625 per semester. Students must maintain a grade point average of 2.5 to qualify.

The scholarship is named for Joseph F. Damico, a Libertyville resident whohas worked for more than 30 years in senior management positions atleading healthcare companies. He is afounding partner and co-chairman ofRoundTable Healthcare Partners, LLC.,a Lake Forest-based private equityfirm. Previously, Damico worked forCardinal Health Inc., Allegiance Corp.,Baxter International Inc. and AmericanHospital Supply Corp.

When Damico retired from CardinalHealth Inc. in 2000, he decided to fore-go a retirement gift, asking his fellowemployees instead to contribute to thescholarship fund, with the companycontributing a matching amount.

“For a good portion of my

time in the nursing program,

I was unemployed and

didn’t have funds to pay for

classes. The scholarship paid

close to half my expenses.”

—Elizabeth Layne,CLC Nursing Program Graduate

Joseph F. Damico

Who thinks age 50 is too late to change careers?

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CLASS NOTES

Alumni News

Rich Garling (’77) owns YellowbirdMarketing Solutions, an Island Lake, Ill.-based marketing firm specializing in small- to medium- size companies.

Maria Perez-Oberbruner (’86), Ph.D., is a psychotherapist at the Sixteenth Street Community HealthCenter in Waukesha, Wis.

James Henley (’99) lives in Redding,Calif., where has worked as a helicopterparamedic for both the U.S. Air Forceand for a private air ambulance service.

Amanda Wallace (’06) is a correctionsofficer at the Chesterfield County WorkCamp in Chesterfield, S.C.

Donald Griffin (’09) is a registerednurse in the surgical unit of United Hospital System, St. Catherine’s Medical Center Campus in Kenosha, Wis.

What have you been doing lately?Let your fellow grads know! Post yoursubmissions online at www.clcaa.com.Look for the message board that corresponds with your graduationdecade. Selected entries will also bepublished in the AlumNews.

Alumni with health related degrees & certificatesOver 3,000 degrees and certificates have been awarded in health-related professions over the last 10 years.

Nursing

Health InformationTechnlogy

Medical OfficeAssistant

Medical LaboratoryTechnology

Medical Imaging

Health & Wellness andMassage Therapy

Dental Hygiene

Emergency Medical TechnicianSurgical Technology

Dental Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Emergency Medical Technician . . . . . . . .215

Health Information Technology . . . . . . . .497

Health and Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Massage Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Medical Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Medical Laboratory Technology . . . . . . .506

Medical Office Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,678

Surgical Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

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NEWS ROUNDUP

Projects focus on branding, student retention

With a new strategic plan in place, the College of Lake County is launching three continuous quality improvement projects to support the plan.

CLC participates in the Academic Quality Improvement Plan (AQIP), an option for accreditation offered by the HigherLearning Commission of the North Central Association. Under AQIP, the college each year selects projects focusing on improving a specific area important to its operations or student success.

The three projects for the 2010-11 academic year address branding and image, high-impact courses for first-year students,and promoting the success of male students, especially veterans, Latinos and African Americans.

• Branding is aimed at increasing awareness of the college and enhancing its image. The project will include brandpositioning research, message and creative strategy development and producing a graphic identity manual.

• High Impact Courses for First-Year Students is intended to reduce drop-out rates by improving student success in major courses taken by first-year students.

• Success of Male Students with a Focus on Veterans, Latino and African American Students is also aimed at improving student retention. College research indicates that minority males, aged 18-25, are particularly at risk of dropping out.

For more information on the college’s strategic plan and AQIP projects, visit www.clcillinois.edu/aqip/pdf/StrategicPlan.pdf.

Alumni enjoy day at ballpark

Nearly 50 CLC alumni, family and friends enjoyed the Aug. 6 Lake County Fielders’ baseball game atthe Fielders’ new stadium in Zion — despite the 4-3loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats. Competing inthe independent Northern League, the Fielders areowned in part by Academy Award-winning actor,Kevin Costner.

Reaching out to former CLC athletes

Did you play a competitive sport at CLC? The college is forming a Lancer Alumni Club that will help you to reconnect with former teammates. Interested? Send an e-mail to Chad Good, CLC’s director of athletics/physical activities, atped263@clcillinois.edu. Include the sport that you played and the years that you attended CLC.

Keep in touch with fellow alumni online

Joining the CLC Alumni Association online is the best way to keep in touch with your alma mater. For more information on membership benefits and how to join, visit www.clcaa.com and click on the Alumni Assoc heading at the far left of the screen. Once inside the page, scroll down to “How to Join” and then click the membership link.

Sally Joy (‘03) and husband George Anderssonenjoy an August Lake County Fielders baseballgame with Lucky, the team’s mascot.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Lancer Prancer 5K RunSaturday, Dec. 4

Grayslake campusPhysical Education Building (#7)

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the

professionally timed run will begin at 9 a.m.

Runners and walkers are welcome. The entry

fee—$20 for early registration and $25 at the

door—includes a T-shirt and energy snacks.

All proceeds will go toward the completion of

the fitness trail on the Grayslake campus.

To register, go to www.clcroundtable.org/run,

or call the Alumni Office at (847) 543-2401.

Tickets for James Lumber Center performances are available at the CLC Box Office on the Grayslake campus, 19351 W. Washington St. Purchase tickets in person, by phone at (847) 543-2300 or online at www.clcillinois.edu/tickets. Prices include a $1 per ticket James

Lumber Center facility fee.

Orestes by EuripidesTranslated by Anne CarsonDirected by Rebekah Scallet

March 11-12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.March 13, 2011 at 2 p.m. March 17-19, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.March 18, 2011 at 10 a.m. (High-school group matinee for grades 9 and above.)

Studio Theatre

The play centers on Elektra and Orestes, just

your average siblings, who happen to be the

offspring of a child-sacrificing father and a

husband-murdering mother. Guided by Apollo

and their own sense of righteousness, Elektra

and Orestes kill their mother to avenge their

father’s death. But as this third chapter of

Euripides’ tragic trilogy shows, no “good deed”

goes unpunished. As Elektra and Orestes

face stoning for their crimes, audiences are

confronted with the question: Does an eye

always deserve an eye? This strikingly modern

translation shows a family caught in an unending

cycle of violence and retaliation that leads to

an examination of the very nature of justice.

$10 General admission

$8 CLC Students/Alumni/Staff/Seniors 65+

and JLC season subscribers.

Led Zeppelin Tribute BandFriday, March 25, 20118 p.m.

Mainstage Theatre

Rock to the tunes of Get the Led Out,

a Led Zeppelin tribute band that has

captured the essence of the recorded

music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to

the big concert stage. This Philadelphia-

based group consists of six accomplished

musicians who re-create Led Zeppelin

songs in all their depth and glory with

the studio overdubs that Zeppelin

themselves never performed live.

Alumni receive a special group discount

of $30 per ticket. To register, go to

www.clcroundtable.org/rockout, or call

the Alumni Office at (847) 543-2401.