The Juneteenth Committee would like to thank everyone for their participation in the Juneteenth Freedom Walk. Approximately 100 staff, faculty, students and community members participated. For those who couldn’t view Faith to Freedom, which was shown yesterday, please visit the LLCC Library’s Juneteenth webpage for the entire documentary.

Committee Members:
Kim Wilson, co-chair
Candace Silas, co-chair
Katrina Quattlander
Kristin Booher
Mion Denton
Brandon Lewis
Amanda Turner
Marina Wirsing
Laurie Clemons, retiring chairperson
Michelle Pulce-Flynn

Each semester/term, LLCC tests its emergency alert system LLCC ALERT. LLCC ALERT allows the college to communicate with you by text, phone and email in an emergency, as well as for severe weather and other closures. Current employees and students are automatically enrolled in LLCC ALERT.

The next test is taking place today, Tuesday, June 13, at approximately 11 a.m. You will receive a test message from LLCC ALERT.

We encourage you to visit www.llcc.edu/alert and log in with your LLCC username and password to check your current contact information and manage how you receive emergency notifications. LLCC ALERT uses the information about you currently stored in the college’s Colleague system, and this information may need updating. Please add your office phone number if it is not listed, and make any other revisions needed.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 217-786-2555 or helpdesk@llcc.edu.

Note: Updating your contact information in LLCC ALERT will NOT update that information in Colleague. To update your information in Colleague, please contact LLCC Human Resources.

Each semester/term, LLCC tests its emergency alert system LLCC ALERT. LLCC ALERT allows the college to communicate with you by text, phone and email in an emergency, as well as for severe weather and other closures. Current employees and students are automatically enrolled in LLCC ALERT.

The next test will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, June 13, at approximately 11 a.m. You will receive a test message from LLCC ALERT.

We encourage you to visit www.llcc.edu/alert and log in with your LLCC username and password to check your current contact information and manage how you receive emergency notifications. LLCC ALERT uses the information about you currently stored in the college’s Colleague system, and this information may need updating. Please add your office phone number if it is not listed, and make any other revisions needed.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 217-786-2555 or helpdesk@llcc.edu.

Note: Updating your contact information in LLCC ALERT will NOT update that information in Colleague. To update your information in Colleague, please contact LLCC Human Resources.

LLCC will be closed on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. Regular summer hours will resume on Tuesday, May 30.

Erin Shanle, assistant professor of biology, and Jan Dowell, adjunct instructor of biology, are developing an open education resource (OER) textbook for LLCC ‘s Human Nutrition course as part of Illinois Support for Creation of Open Educational Resources (SCOERs) grant project funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education. The LLCC Illinois SCOERs team received a 3D printer as part of the grant program, and Carmen Allen, professor of computer science, will design and develop projects for students to complete as a part of the class. The Human Nutrition course will incorporate a gardening project for students to learn how to grow their own food and to begin community gardens. The 3D printer will be used to produce gardening hand tools to support the gardening project and models of macromolecules associated with human nutrition to assist with student learning. The Illinois SCOERs grant project supports lessening financial barriers of textbooks costs for students and increasing community engagement by promoting community gardening. As part of the grant project, a team of LLCC employees with a variety of skills and expertise has been formed to support the OER process.

The LLCC Illinois SCOERs team members and their team roles:
Carmen Allen, 3D Printing Coordinator
Jan Dowell, Industry Sector Representative
Kim Eddings, Accessibility Coordinator
John Freml, Instructional Designer
Tammy Kuhn-Schnell, Principal Investigator
Leslie Ross, Grant Librarian
Erin Shanle, Subject Specialist and Author
Brent Todd: Co-Principal Investigator and Proofreader
Amanda Wiesenhofer: Copyright Coordinator

CARLI representatives in photo: Michele Leigh and Nicole Swanson

Today at 3:15 p.m. a there will be a short and informal dedication ceremony at the tree that has been planted in Adrienne (Ada) Range’s honor. Ada is a former LLCC Natural and Agricultural Sciences faculty member who taught Anatomy and Physiology and who passed away in May 2022. The tree is located in front of the Millennium Center. All are invited to attend to honor Ada and share stories and memories. Anyone who has an “Ada’s Army” T-shirt is encouraged to wear it today.  Her family will also be present.