After more than 18 years of dedicated service to LLCC, Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer, is retiring. Please join us in wishing Lynn a happy retirement on Monday, Oct. 30, from 1-3 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room.
Category Archives: PRM
Share your “Wear It Pink Day” photos with PRM
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you’re wearing pink today, Oct. 20, we’d like to share with the LLCC community that we support those past and present who have dealt with this diagnosis. Share your “Wear It Pink Day” photos with PRM! Please email photos to Sarah Frey, website and social media writing coordinator (sarah.frey@llcc.edu).
You know? Registration is open for spring classes!
The “You know?” student message for the latter part of October highlights registration for spring classes. Assistance in sharing this important message with students is appreciated!
Registration is open for spring classes!
Students can attend in-person or online, and the semester begins Jan. 13.
Success tips:
- Classes fill up quickly. It’s a good idea to register early!
- Student success coaches are available to help. Students can schedule an appointment at www.llcc.edu/success-appointment.
View classes and register at www.llcc.edu/loggercentral.
Retirement reception for Lynn Whalen Oct. 30
After more than 18 years of dedicated service to LLCC, Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer, is retiring. Please join us in wishing Lynn a happy retirement on Monday, Oct. 30, from 1-3 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room.
Wear pink Oct. 20 to support breast cancer awareness and research
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join your colleagues in participating in LLCC’s Wear It Pink Day on Oct. 20 in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you wear pink on Oct. 20, we’d like to share with the LLCC community that we support those past and present who have dealt with this diagnosis.
Taking it social: Share your “Wear It Pink Day” photos with PRM! Please email all photos to Sarah Frey, website and social media writing coordinator (sarah.frey@llcc.edu).
Wear pink to support breast cancer awareness and research
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join your colleagues in participating in LLCC’s Wear It Pink Day on Oct. 20 in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you wear pink on Oct. 20, we’d like to share with the LLCC community that we support those past and present who have dealt with this diagnosis.
Taking it social: Share your “Wear It Pink Day” photos with PRM! Please email all photos to Sarah Frey, website and social media writing coordinator (sarah.frey@llcc.edu).
KUDOS to these employees!
KUDOS to the employees listed below for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate.
Debbie Bell, Megan Bierbrodt, Kristin Booher, Mackenzie Bryant, Dave Cox, Brandon Davis, Alex Dean, Mion Denton, Dr. Joel Dykstra, Tim Ervin, Nick Ferreira, Adrienne Frazier, Kathi Frieden, Lynn Gerton, Jamie Glick, Dr. Bryan Goers, Sarah Goodman, Megan Hallberg, Kerry Harden, Tim Humphrey, Carrie Jacobs, Leslie Johnson, Marcy Koches, Chelsy Lovelace, Tiffany Luxner, Christine Marietta, Jeff Martin, Katie McDannald, Tisha Miller, Lori Oldenettel, Lucas Ostendorf, Amanda Peabody, Travis Rath, Samantha Reif, Jennifer Roberts, Robert Schuerman, Matt Shaver, Lindsay Shelton, Shelly Smothers, Tom Spears, Dr. Sonja Spencer, Libby Tennikait, Binh Trinh, Mac Warren, Lindsey Weihmeir, Doug Whitaker, Amy Williams, Kim Wilson, Marina Wirsing and Kim Young.
View the October 2023 KUDOS Award Winners to read about how these faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC and who nominated them for this recognition.
The next KUDOS award announcement will be made later in the fall semester. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS recognition. You can nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS Nomination tab in the upper-right corner of LincIn.
Reminder regarding email signatures
As a reminder, new email signatures have been created to provide a professional and branded look for LLCC employee emails. It is recommended that these replace former campaign-related email signatures or email signatures designed by individuals or departments.
Access the LLCC email signatures, which you can customize with your own information: name, preferred pronouns (if desired), title, office, address, office phone number and logo.
Copy and paste this into the “Signature” box in Outlook and customize with your own information. When copying and pasting from the browser version of Word, the image size can vary. Right-click on the image after pasting > Picture > Size tab and make sure the height is set at 0.49″.
Note: These instructions work if you are using Outlook on your desktop. If you need further assistance, please email llcc.news@llcc.edu.
Latest edition of LLCC’s FORWARD magazine available
The latest edition of Lincoln Land Community College’s FORWARD magazine will soon be arriving in mailboxes and is now available online.
The magazine covers the latest happenings at LLCC. There are articles about occupational therapy assistants helping others regain or improve life skills, using an “escape room” to teach nursing, lessons learned from the pandemic in online education, LLCC’s Teacher Education Pipeline, SkySoar Fest and the use of drones, and learning how machines work in industrial maintenance.
This edition also provides spotlights on Matthew Griffin (faculty), Brandon Sharp (alum), Elaine Higgason (staff) and Rayna Herzog (student).
There is also a list of LLCC degrees, certificates and short-term training opportunities as well as Community Education classes.
PRM wins NCMPR awards; Whalen presents
LLCC Public Relations and Marketing won gold and silver Medallion Awards at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) Districts 3 and 5 conference last week in St. Louis.
Gold: 2022 Cardboard Boat Regatta poster, designed by Greg Walbert, graphic design manager
Silver: Workforce Institute brochure, written by Kyla Kruse, director of communications, and designed by Greg Walbert.
Also, Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer, presented at the conference with three other NCMPR presidents emeriti on lessons learned in their careers in community college marketing and public relations.