Christine Hammond Named Interim President of the College of DuPage in Illinois

Christine Hammond has been appointed interim president of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She assumed her new role on July 1.

The College of DuPage is a community college that enrolls roughly 22,000 students. Women represent 54 percent of the student body.

Dr. Hammond’s career in higher education spans over four decades. Most recently, she served as president of Mid-Michigan College from 2014 to 2020. She previously served as chief academic officer at Northern Central Michigan College. She also worked for Michigan State University as executive director of administration in the College of Law and as senior project manager for the university’s initiative in Dubai. Earlier in her career, she held student affairs positions at Lawrence University in Wisconsin and Thiel College in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hammond is a graduate of Thiel College, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from Michigan State University.