Each semester, LLCC will test its emergency alert system called LLCC Alert. LLCC launched the new system in December. The next test will take place Tuesday, Feb. 7 at approximately 11 a.m. 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.

If you did not do so last month, 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.

Tomorrow, you will receive a test message from LLCC ALERT. You will then receive a follow-up email to make sure you received the test message.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 6.2555 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 Human Resources.

Attached below is information regarding an opportunity for students to apply for a $1,000 scholarship through the Illinois Community College Faculty Association. Overall, there is not a significant number of applicants for these scholarships, so the odds are pretty good for a student to receive one. Please share with students who may be interested in this scholarship opportunity.

ICCFA Scholarship Poster 17        ICCFA Scholarship App 17

Congratulations to these retired full-time faculty members who were granted the honorary title of “emeritus” by the LLCC Board of Trustees Jan. 25, on the recommendation of the Faculty Emeritus Committee of the Faculty Senate:

Leslie Dickson, Mary Fortner, Maria Teresa Holcomb, Art Meyer, Lyndell Robinson, Mary Wheeler

To receive this honor, retired full-time faculty must have served a minimum of 20 full-time years at LLCC, retired from LLCC and not sought full-time academic employment elsewhere, and been retired at least one full academic year. The honor also recognizes outstanding contributions from at least one of the following areas: teaching, participation and leadership in shared governance, service to the community, and advisor roles.

Just one week remains to submit nominations for the 2017 Pearson Master Teacher Award. It’s easy to do.  Simply click here for the form or log into Blackboard. Again … nominations must be submitted by Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

For more information stop by the LLCC Foundation, Level one, Menard Hall room 1214, call 786-2217 or e-mail LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu.

LLCC is hosting the annual Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) Academic Challenge Tuesday, Jan. 31 beginning at 10:20 a.m. in Cass Gymnasium at the Springfield campus, 5250 Shepherd Road. An awards ceremony is being held at 1:05 p.m.

Students from 19 area high schools in the LLCC district are participating in the regional level competition. The Academic Challenge, hosted by more than 50 community colleges and universities in Illinois and Missouri, is sponsored by the WYSE office in the School of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIU-C). The regional level competition is being sponsored by LLCC, the WYSE office at UIU-C and the Capital Chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE).

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Founders’ Day Saturday, Feb. 18, is a day to celebrate LLCC’s rich, 50-year history. The celebration begins at 1 p.m. in the Student Union: enjoy the LLCC Big Band with music through five decades of LLCC’s existence; and speakers including Board Chair Craig Findley, Drs. Charlotte Warren (current) and Robert Poorman (first) president, founding faculty member Bill Craig, and Brandon Lewis, current student trustee.

Watch as Phi Theta Kappa members reveal the contents of a 25-year-old time capsule buried on campus, and items they’ve chosen for the new capsule to be opened in the future!

A reception follows with a chance to purchase and have signed the new book, “50 Forward! The First 50 Years of Lincoln Land Community College,” along with other anniversary items.

Then, travel upstairs to the James S. Murray Gallery to view “Forward: An Anniversary Exhibition,” featuring 50 years of historic photos and artifacts, along with an oral history by LLCC history-makers. A committee has worked more than a year to gather and preserve these treasures.

Homecoming women’s and men’s basketball games in Cass Gym will begin at 1 and 3 p.m., with the new LLCC Athletic Hall of Famers introduced during men’s halftime.

Click HERE for full details of the day!

RSVPs are appreciated at 6.2577 or email amy.flynn@llcc.edu

Facilitator: Shelby Bedford, Student Success Program Assistant

Based on the bystander intervention method of sexual violence prevention, this training is developed to engage faculty, staff and students in a conversation about sexual violence and empower them be active bystanders.  Drawing from the “It’s On Us” campaign, the focus is on how to recognize situations of potential harm, understand the structures and culture that promote sexual violence, and reduce the risk of perpetration and bystander inaction. Using this information, attendees are then instructed on methods of intervention for emergent and non-emergent situations that can safely and effectively prevent sexual violence in our community.

Click here to register for this session

Click below for the updates to the LLCC phone directory that occurred over the past month.

Monthly Phone Directory Addendum Jan 2017

A reminder that LEAGUE grant applications are due in the LLCC Foundation TODAY, Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. The application and grant guidelines are available by clicking LEAGUE Grant App 2017 or may be downloaded at http://www.llccfoundation.org/educational-support.

Approximately $10,000 will be awarded. Grant recipients will be announced at the LEAGUE kickoff on March 28.  Don’t miss this opportunity for funding that will benefit students and programs.