3/4/26
Our Club has a long time association with the College of DuPage, with many of our collegiate and vocational scholarship recipients attending or having attended the College. (https://www.cod.edu/)
Today, our guest speaker was Dr. Muddassir Siddiqui. He has been at the College since July, 2025. Background: Siddiqui earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Northern Alabama, a master’s degree in industrial technology from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a doctorate of education from Northern Illinois University. Siddiqui served in administrative roles at other community colleges. At Morton College in Cicero, Ill., he served as interim president, vice president and provost. Siddiqui also served as president of Central College in Houston, Texas. Most recently, he is the vice chancellor of Instructional Innovation and Digital Strategy for the Houston Community College system.
With five locations:Glen Ellyn (main campus), Addison, Carol Stream, Naperville and Westmont, COD offers over one hundred areas of study from Accountancy to Writing Studies (https://cod.edu/academics/areas/index.html) (https://cod.edu/academics/areas/new-degrees.html).
Priorities
- Affordability
- Responding to the needs of & opportunities in existing and emerging industries
- Innovation (https://www.innovationdupage.org/) (https://cod.edu/business-development-center/index.html)