LLCC Open House happens today

The words Open House and smiling student.Join us in welcoming prospective students who will be on campus today for the LLCC Open House from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. The event is also being held at Outreach Centers in Jacksonville, Litchfield and Taylorville.

Visitors can speak with faculty and staff, view exhibits, tour select areas of campus, learn about the basics of college and choosing a major, and apply for admission.

In the news

Dee Krueger, director, LLCC-Taylorville, was interviewed by WTIM Monday, Feb. 12, about LLCC’s upcoming open house events taking place on Monday, Feb. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prospective students interested in starting or restarting college or training for a new career are invited.

LLCC’s Lincoln Lecture was covered by WICS yesterday. Jacob K. Friefeld spoke to an audience of approximately 50 in-person and 17 Zoom attendees on “Abraham Lincoln and the Making of the American West.”

The LLCC Lincoln Lecture Happens today!

Abraham Lincoln and the Making of the American West. Lincoln Lecture. Monday, Feb. 12, a.m. at the Trutter Center. Presented by Jacob K. Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at UIS. Free event, refreshments will be served.Join us today at the annual Lincoln Lecture.

“Abraham Lincoln and the Making of the American West” will be presented by Jacob K. Friefeld at 9 a.m. in the Trutter Center on the LLCC campus. The presentation will also be available via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89790657720).

Friefeld will discuss Lincoln’s legacy in the West and the Homestead Act of 1862, enriching the conventional story of who settled the West. He will explore how the Homestead Act can be seen as one of the most important social policies ever enacted in the United States and that it worked in combination with the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th and 14th Amendments to give Black Americans an opportunity to own land after the Civil War.

There is no charge to attend, and refreshments will be served.

Friefeld is the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at University of Illinois Springfield. His new book, “The First Migrants,” tells the story of Black Americans who left the South between 1877 and the Great Migration and went west seeking land and freedom. His first book, “Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History,” examines the Homestead Act of 1862.

LLCC Outreach Centers in Jacksonville, Beardstown, Taylorville and Litchfield also plan various Lincoln-themed activities to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

LLCC invites public to annual Lincoln Lecture Feb. 12

Abraham Lincoln and the Making of the American West. Lincoln Lecture. Monday, Feb. 12, a.m. at the Trutter Center. Presented by Jacob K. Friefeld, director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at UIS. Free event, refreshments will be served.LLCC’s annual Lincoln Lecture will be held Monday, Feb. 12, and is open to the public.

“Abraham Lincoln and the Making of the American West” will be presented by Jacob K. Friefeld at 9 a.m. in the Trutter Center on the LLCC campus. The presentation will also be available via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89790657720).

Friefeld will discuss Lincoln’s legacy in the West and the Homestead Act of 1862, enriching the conventional story of who settled the West. He will explore how the Homestead Act can be seen as one of the most important social policies ever enacted in the United States and that it worked in combination with the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th and 14th Amendments to give Black Americans an opportunity to own land after the Civil War.

There is no charge to attend, and refreshments will be served.

Friefeld is the director of the Center for Lincoln Studies at University of Illinois Springfield. His new book, “The First Migrants,” tells the story of Black Americans who left the South between 1877 and the Great Migration and went west seeking land and freedom. His first book, “Homesteading the Plains: Toward a New History,” examines the Homestead Act of 1862.

LLCC Outreach Centers in Jacksonville, Beardstown, Taylorville and Litchfield also plan various Lincoln-themed activities to commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.