INFORMATION OF INTEREST

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY-RELAY FOR LIFE OF ADDISON/LOMBARD

The Addison/Lombard Relay for Life will be held June 23 & 24, 2006 at Willowbrook High School. The Planning Committee is holding their 2006 Relay Kick-Off on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at the Helen Plum Memorial Library (110 W. Maple Street, Lombard) at 7:00 PM.

A short presentation will explain Relay for Life followed by a quick ìhow toî on putting together a team - and an opportunity to register your 2006 team. For more information call Jen Briggs at 630-932-1141 or Jen.Briggs@cancer.org

FIVE STAR BUSINESS EXPO - FEBRUARY 17, 2006 -10TH ANNIVERSARY!!!

By now you should have received registration information for the upcoming Five Star Business EXPO. If you haven't received your copy, please call the ACCI office right away (630-543-4300) since exhibit space is limited and last year we sold our long in advance of the EXPO and had a waiting list that could not be accommodated.

This is one of the very best business expositions in the area. If you cannot be a
SuperStar Sponsor (which provides your business with exceptional advertising opportunities), a Sponsor (also excellent opportunities for advertising - although not as extensive as a SuperStar Sponsor), or an exhibitor, please be certain to mark the date of the EXPO and the Kick Off Party on January 12, 2006 from 5:30 to 9 7:30 PM at the Bloomingdale Golf Club, in your calendar so that you don't forget to attend!

See you there!

ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2005
OAK MEADOWS GOLF & BANQUETS
OUR SPEAKER WILL BE HON. MAYOR LARRY HARTWIG

Enclosed in this issue is an information sheet and nomination form. If you wish to add any name(s) as write-in candidates, please do so and return the form to the ACCI office.

The proposed slate of candidates is as follows:
President Jeff Hintz, A-1 Air Compressor
Vice President Brigette Kubin, Hampton Inn & Suites
Treasurer Bonnie Brumm, Oxford Bank & Trust
Directors: Don Layne
Brad Simmons, First American Bank
Frank Esposito
Cyndi Perron, Wal*Mart
Dr. Manish Pandya, Optimal Health Institute
Bill Shaub, Sir Speedy Printing

Directors completing their second term of office are:
John Berley, Village of Addison
John Petrik, DeVry University
Mary Link, Driscoll Catholic High School
Tim Delawder, SWD, Inc.

You'll be receiving your meeting registration via hotfax in the near future.
Be sure to join us at this important meeting, cast your ballot
and see your new officers and directors sworn in.

Credit-Based Internship Program
To Roll-Out at DeVry University

DeVry University now offers a creditñbased internship class for upper term students enrolled in our Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program. We are seeking businesses who would like to host an intern for a business project. Here are details about this internship class (MGMT 439).

• This is a 15 week, 3 credit hour field experience course that coincides with our semesters which begin either the first week of March, July, or November.
  
• The course is open to upper term business students who have at least a 3.0 grade point average and who complete an application and interview process with the school. These business students may have concentrations in one of the following areas:
  
  • Accounting
  • Business Information Systems
  • Operations Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • E-Commerce
  • Health Services Management
  • Hospitality Management
  • Project Management
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Security Management
  • Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship
    
• Student interns usually work at the employer's site for at least 12 weeks within the semester and average 12-16 hours per week on a defined project. Examples of intern projects could be:
  • Developing an EXCEL spreadsheet or ACCESS database to meet your needs
  • Conducting research for a specific project and reporting on the results
  • Compiling information for a manual to support product, service, or internal business procedures
  • Enhancing internal business systems or web-site to better meet your business needs
    
• Although the internships can be either paid or unpaid, we encourage employers to provide students with a stipend or salary that will help offset some of their expenses related to the internship.
  
• A faculty member works as a liaison between the employer and the student to ensure that the internship project fits with the student's major and is able to be completed within the semester timeframe. Employers have an option to interview internship candidates before the semester begins.

For more information about DeVry University's Business Internship Program, or to arrange a meeting to discuss this program, please contact John Petrik, Dean of Career Services at 630-652-8600 or Petrik@dpg.devry.edu