LLCC administers a campus climate survey every three years. The purpose is to assess the climate and experience of college employees. The results are used for planning and institutional effectiveness purposes, and to inform continuous quality improvements at the college.

Today, Monday, Oct. 17, you will receive an email from the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE), which administers the Personal Assessment of the College Environment (PACE) survey.  If you do not receive it today, please check your junk email and/or Clutter folders to see if it was caught by spam filters. The survey subject line will read “PACE Survey- Lincoln Land Community College” and it will come from noreply@qemailserve.com.

The survey is confidential.  LLCC personnel will not have access to the raw data, including comments. NILIE will analyze the data and provide a sample representation of comments in the final report to the college.

The survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes. Thank you for taking the time to complete this important survey.

PLEASE NOTE: The PACE Campus Climate Survey is separate from a Community Survey currently underway, that you received an email about last week. We encourage you to fill out both surveys.  

The Computer Banc will be on campus TODAY with laptops and desktops available for purchase by LLCC students and employees.  The event will take place in A. Lincoln Commons, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  For details, view this flyer.

LLCC’s On My Own Time exhibit has some “fabulous” entries! Check out these and all of the others in the front atrium of Menard Hall and vote for your favorite! The exhibit continues through Oct. 26.

LLCC Student Government Association will host an Election Debate Night on Oct. 19 in Menard Hall Room 2209. Students, faculty and staff are invited to come watch the 3rd presidential debate. The event will start at 7:30 p.m.. and last until the debate is over at 9:30 p.m. Come socialize, learn about the candidates and eat pizza!

ITS and the Finance Department will soon be launching the Vehicle Request Queue in KBOX. Be on the lookout for the LincIn notice that Vehicle Requests are available through KBOX. When the queue officially opens, the Vehicle Request InfoPath form will no longer be accessible OR accepted. The information required for a request has not changed but detailed instructions will be made available. Immediate supervisor AND Cabinet Level approvals will also still be required. We are very hopeful that this system will provide for a more streamlined process that allows for all parties to know the status of a reservation at any given time.

The 2015-16 Annual Report is now online. A limited number of printed copies are also available in the Public Relations and Marketing office.

Also, the Oct. 2016 FORWARD magazine is online. Print copies are available at the Information Desk in A. Lincoln Commons or for larger quantities, visit the lower level east hallway of Menard Hall.

Both publications are written and designed by the LLCC Public Relations and Marketing office.

A total of 349 individuals attended Campus Visit Day Monday, and this year, the morning and evening events were nearly the same in attendance for the first time. (Usually, the morning session has approximately 75% of the total attendance.) We again thank all who helped with the event either by giving a presentation, engaging with visitors at a display table, assisting students in applying to LLCC, providing a career assessment or describing the many services and offerings of LLCC. We appreciate it and couldn’t do it without you.

The latest issue of FORWARD written and designed by LLCC Public Relations and Marketing is available. Grab a copy for yourself at the Information Desk in A. Lincoln Commons or larger quantities can be picked up in the lower level east hallway of Menard Hall. Outreach Centers also are receiving copies this week.

Stop by the Benefits Fair in the Trutter Center this morning! From 7-11:30 a.m., employees have an opportunity to interact with various benefit providers for the college who will be on-hand to answer your questions.  Benefits fair attendees will be eligible to participate in a drawing for prizes!

Also this morning, benefit-eligible employees have the opportunity to participate in wellness-screenings and a flu shot clinic, free of charge to those currently enrolled in an LLCC health insurance plan.  Employees completing the screening will recieve a $50 Visa gift card! For those benefit-eligible employees who are unable to attend on Oct. 11, but wish to participate and qualify for the gift card, please contact Nicole Ralph at nicole.ralph@llcc.edu.

LLCC’s in-house OMOT exhibit will be Fri., Oct. 14-26 in Menard Hall, Student Services Atrium. The opening reception will be Friday, Oct. 14, 3-4:30. Light refreshments will be served.

Be sure to stop by the exhibit and vote for your favorite piece for LLCC’s People’s Choice award. The winning artist will receive a $50 Visa gift card courtesy of the Trutter Museum. Voting will conclude at the end of the in-house exhibit.

Springfield Area Arts Council’s OMOT program provides an opportunity for LLCC employees to display original art that has been created outside the office. Judges for the city-wide exhibit will be provided by the Springfield Area Arts Council during Oct. 17-21. The first place awards from each in-house exhibit will be displayed in the city-wide exhibit at the Springfield Art Association (SAA), 700 North Fourth Street, from December 2-21. The city-wide awards, as well as the best of show award will be announced at a reception at the SAA for all OMOT participants to be held on December 6, from 6-8 p.m.

Contact Misty Hagstrom at 786.2466 or misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu with questions.