Mayor Richard C. Irvin and the Aurora City Council will honor tomorrow Dr. Christine Sobek as she prepares to retire this week as president of Waubonsee Community College.

The award-winning post-secondary education leader will be feted at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 

Dr. Christine J. Sobek became the fourth president of Waubonsee Community College on July 1, 2001, where over the past 21.5 years, the college has served 177,724 students earning 2,547,986.5 credit hours. Through her vision and steadfast leadership, the college has grown in stature locally and regionally across a network of four permanent campuses located in the 624-square-mile college district. Two of those campuses were built during Sobek’s presidency – Plano in 2010 and Downtown Aurora in 2011 - as were five new buildings on the main campus. She also led the complete overhaul and renovation of Aurora’s Fox Valley Campus in 2016. The heights reached under Dr. Sobek’s leadership have been recognized throughout the region and state.  

As she retires from Waubonsee, Dr. Sobek will also retire as vice-chair of the Aurora Education Commission, a position she has held since its inception in 2018.

The Aurora City Council meeting is held at Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place and can be viewed online at www.facebook.com/CityofAuroraIL.