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.
A sincere thank you to all who helped make the Fall 2016 Campus Visit Day a great success. Whether you participated at the event, helped with setup or teardown or provided other needed services, we greatly appreciate your support with this significant recruitment event. We had over 300 visitors to campus between the morning and evening sessions, with almost half of those being prospective students!The Public Relations and Marketing staff
Today, Oct. 10, is the fall Campus Visit Day from 9-11:30 a.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Presentations will take place in the Student Union and informational booths and tours are in the Commons and Workforce Careers Center. Please help us welcome these prospective students and family members to campus!
Kenneth Bridgeford, grounds maintenance worker, and his family would like to sincerely thank everyone for their well wishes, flowers and cards in the recent passing of his mother.
LLCC has been re-certified for three years as a “Storm Ready” campus by the National Weather Service. LLCC was the first downstate college to earn this recognition in 2013. The designation recognizes the college’s advance planning, awareness campaigns and preparedness to keep the campus community safe in the event of severe weather.
Springfield Campus – Student Life is hosting the 13th annual Multicultural Fest TODAY from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside A. Lincoln Commons. LLCC Outreach Centers in Beardstown, Jacksonville, Taylorville and Litchfield will also have events.
The annual Multicultural Fest showcases various cultures with entertainment and cultural exhibits. Exhibitors participating include Sol Peru, Springfield Baha’i Center, Sokol Polish Folk Dancers, LLCC Student Government Association, LLCC Hablamos, Logger Activities Board and more.
DJ Yinka will provide music from various regions of the world such as Latin America, Asia and Africa. Local restaurants offering ethnic food samples from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. include Clay’s Popeye’s Bar-B-Q, Flavor of India, Hunan Chinese Restaurant, Omar’s Latin Fusion Cuisine, Palermo’s Sicilian Cucina and Kingsway African and Caribbean Cuisine.
LLCC-Beardstown – TODAY, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Entertainment includes an African drum presentation and dance. The event also includes a native dress fashion show. Cultural food served will include African, Chinese, French, German, Hispanic, Irish and Italian cuisines. LLCC students will provide instruction on cultural arts and crafts and henna art hand painting.
In an effort to provide you with the tools to better prepare to meet your financial and retirement goals, LLCC’s VALIC rep, Terri Bailey, will be onsite Thursday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the VP conference room, Menard Hall, to address any questions you may have regarding your financial and retirement goals, such as:
Planning, setting up your retirement plan
Budgeting, to meet your savings goals
Managing your investments
Calculation contributions to meet your future retirement needs
If you have not met the Valic advisor, here is your opportunity to get acquainted. Come learn about the differences between the 403B and the 457(deferred compensation) plans available at LLCC! Faculty and staff can make appointments HERE. If you need to make an appointment outside of what is available, contact Terri at (217)306-2455.
LLCC has been honored for exemplary efforts to promote sustainability education, practices, programs and training.
LLCC is one of nine community colleges across the nation to receive the 2016 Green Genome Award from the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and its Sustainability Education and Economic Development Center (SEED). The $10,000 prize, made possible through the Kresge Foundation, will be used to further support the college’s high tunnel local foods initiative, and to restore Lake Macoupin on the LLCC-Springfield campus with native plantings.
LLCC was one of two awardees in the Community Engagement category.
“We are very honored that AACC has recognized our ongoing sustainability efforts with this generous award,” said Dr. Charlotte Warren, Ph.D., president of LLCC. “LLCC is a very green campus, with 15 acres of native prairie, a community garden, high tunnels for growing local food year round, and a long-standing commitment to sustainable practices.”
The college is in its 10th year of being formally committed to sustainable operations and emerging as a leader to advance green economy industry job growth and healthy sustainable regions. LLCC organized a Sustainability Team in 2007 to create a culture of sustainability throughout the college. Recommendations from the Sustainability Team offer financial and resource conservation benefits to the campus and community.
LLCC established native prairie landscapes on campus that replaced high maintenance grass, creating habitats for native wildlife and saving the college money, time and an estimated 200 gallons of gas annually. Descriptive signage indicates the various blooming prairie flowers and grasses for those walking nearby. The different native plant species added to the grounds have provided additional teaching opportunities for biology and environmental students. In addition, the bird banding project at the college has documented an increase in the types of birds found on campus.
Energy efficient upgrades to campus facilities totaling $1.2 million have included replacing aged boilers and chillers with high efficiency units, replacing constant volume air handlers with variable air volume handlers, installing energy efficient T8 lighting, replacing windows with energy efficient models, and installing energy management systems.
The LLCC Sustainability Team further integrated sustainability into the fabric of the college by adopting the use of green cleaning products, switching all vending machines to energy star compliant models, and installing occupancy sensors in classrooms.
“Community colleges continue to take the lead on sustainability,” said Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of AACC. “Whether developing cutting-edge training for green collar jobs or implementing green practices, sustainability efforts at community colleges benefit students, local business and the community. We are very proud to work with Kresge Foundation to provide leadership in green efforts on campuses across the nation.”
AACC’s SEED Center and the Green Genome Awards are supported by the Kresge Foundation. The Kresge Foundation works to expand opportunities for vulnerable people living in America’s cities and promotes post-secondary access and success for low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students.
WebAdvisor is now open for spring class viewing. Please encourage students to review the spring classes, speak to an advisor, and be ready to register! Open registration for spring classes begins Oct. 20.
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.
LLCC has been re-certified for three years as a “Storm Ready” campus by the National Weather Service. LLCC was the first downstate college to earn this recognition in 2013. The designation recognizes the college’s advance planning, awareness campaigns and preparedness to keep the campus community safe in the event of severe weather.
LLCC has been honored for exemplary efforts to promote sustainability education, practices, programs and training.