The LLCC Black Student Union is establishing a new scholarship through the LLCC Foundation! Each year one student will be awarded $250 to help with tuition, fees and books. To raise money for the scholarship, BSU members are hosting monthly bake sales in A. Lincoln Commons. Join them for the last one this semester on Monday, Nov. 20, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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LLCC’s Student Radiographers Association is in the community
On Thursday, Nov. 9, 11 members of the LLCC Student Radiographers Association and Janelle Murphy, program director, radiography, volunteered at HSHS Mission Outreach. Mission Outreach is an organization that accepts medical supply donations from all over the U.S. These donations are sorted at the center and then shipped overseas to various countries in need. The club members sorted, counted, weighed and boxed supplies to help expedite the process. They are current students of LLCC’s associate degree radiography program and demonstrated a strong commitment to bettering health care concerns across the world!
Front row (l-r): Macy Mullally, Grace Cox, Allison Vaira and Jordan Broaddus; back row (l-r): Gabby Carroll, Olivia Hickman, Syndey Skeeters, Kayla Wittenauer, Kori Estes, Katie Lindsey and Erin Quinn.
Beta Nu nursing honor students are in the community
On Saturday, Nov. 11, the Beta Nu nursing honor students volunteered at the Girls on the Run 5K in the first aid tent. This sunny morning had some chilly winds, but that did not deter participation! While waiting for the race to begin, Beta Nu students invited children in attendance to roll the dice and complete the corresponding yoga pose.
Beta Nu students (l to r) Maggie Crocker, Sarina Sloman and Jackie Romer.
Honors Program hosting Holiday Drive
The LLCC Honors Program student club is hosting a Holiday Drive to support MERCY Communities, an organization in Springfield addressing the crisis of family homelessness.
Items in the highest need are baby diapers (sizes 4, 5 and 6), pull-ups, baby wipes and cleaning supplies. Other items in need include household paper products (tissues, toilet paper and paper towels).
Club members will be accepting donations in A. Lincoln Commons from Nov. 27-29 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. Additionally, boxes will be in Crystal Norris’s office (upper level Sangamon) and the Honors Lounge (upper level Menard).
Linc Con 3 Nov. 21
All are welcome at “Linc Con 3: The Fun Before the Feast” sponsored by the LLCC Games Club. The event will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 21, from 5:30-10 p.m. and will span four classrooms (Sangamon 2209, 2210, 2214 and 2216).
This will be a fun night of faculty-led games, including board games (like “Blokus” and “Trekking the National Parks”), role-playing games, miniatures and party games. Free snacks will be available for all participants, and door prizes will be given away throughout the evening.
Parade of Food for Operation Full Belly today
Faculty and staff, if you or your department is participating in Operation Full Belly, please make sure to have your donation items ready by 9:45 a.m. today outside, behind Sangamon and Menard Halls (weather permitting). Look for the balloons to guide you to the collection point. The LLCC Child Development Center will collect your donations for the food pantry. If you require assistance with getting your donations to this location, please get in touch with LLCC Student Life, and we’ll do our best to help you out. In case of inclement weather, we will be meeting in the Student Union.
Thank you from BSU
LLCC’s Black Student Union would like to thank Phi Theta Kappa and everyone who donated coats to the One in a Million, Inc. kids coat drive. We donated over 40 coats to help children stay warm this winter. BSU club members also volunteered on Saturday to help with the distribution of over 300 coats to families! If you know of any students whose school-age children are still in need of coats, please have them contact Kim Wilson, BSU advisor. Again, we thank you!
BSU to sponsor Jeans Day Nov. 29
LLCC’s Black Student Union is sponsoring a Jeans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to raise funds for their scholarship. Each year one student will be awarded $250 to help with tuition, fees and books.
Faculty and staff can wear jeans with a minimum donation of $5 to be paid in LLCC Student Life (lower level, Menard Hall). A sticker to wear on Jeans Day will be given to those who donate.
LLCC Veterans Day Ceremony today, 12:30 p.m.
LLCC is honoring veterans at its 28th annual Veterans Day Ceremony today, Nov. 10. The ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons on the LLCC-Springfield campus, and a reception will follow. The public is invited to attend.
Chatham American Legion Post #759 will post the colors. The program also includes Gordon Gates, LLCC Board of Trustees Chair, serving as master of ceremonies; Jonathan Gebhardt, LLCC student and retired Senior Airman, U.S. Airforce, providing remarks; LLCC Student Trustee Rayna Herzog presenting the wreath; Calia Cole singing the national anthem; and Jeremy Peck playing “Taps.”
The Veterans Day Ceremony is sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honors all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces.
Operation Full Belly
Faculty and staff, if you or your department is participating in Operation Full Belly, please make sure to have your donation items ready by Tuesday, Nov. 14, 9:45 a.m. outside, behind Sangamon and Menard Halls (weather permitting). Look for the balloons to guide you to the collection point. The LLCC Child Development Center will collect your donations for the food pantry. If you require assistance with getting your donations to this location, please get in touch with LLCC Student Life, and we’ll do our best to help you out. In case of inclement weather, we will be meeting in the Student Union.