New FORWARDS are here!

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The latest issue of FORWARD 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.

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Classroom Furniture Forum Today!

The Purchasing Department is hosting two Classroom Furniture Forums in the R.H. Stephens Room on Thursday, March 24. They will be open house style and will be held 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. We invite all faculty and staff for a viewing and evaluation of new classroom furniture options the College is considering. You will have the opportunity to try out some sample furniture and complete a feedback ballot for our use in the decision making process. There will be around 12 different pieces available. So if you are able to come and check it out, please do so. The Student Life Office will be inviting a group of students to participate as well. We hope to see many of you there!

Congratulations Britta Lothary!

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Congratulations to Britta Lothary, nursing instructor, on the birth of her baby girl, Samantha Emerson Lothary. She was born on the morning of March 18 – 6lb 8.5 ounces and 20 inches long.

Congratulations to Quiz Bowl Team

The Lincoln Land Community College Quiz Bowl team competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments community college championship on Feb. 26-27 in Atlanta, Ga. This was the fifth straight year that the LLCC team qualified for the national tournament.

The LLCC Loggers won four matches and finished 15th in the competition. Gina Suszko of Springfield (lieutenant captain) placed 15th individually out of 102 participants and received a tournament All-Star award.

Other members of the LLCC team are Jacob Montgomery of Athens (captain); Ashley Fields of Springfield; Eric Gray of Sherman; and Catherine Wittler of Williamsville.

The team is coached by LLCC professor Gregory Snyder of Springfield.

Ribbon cutting for new bird banding station

Biology students conduct research in new structure built by construction trades students

(Click HERE for a short video of the ribbon cuttig ceremony and demonstration.)

Ribbon cutting Rothering, Kleen, Roehrs, ShackelfordLincoln Land Community College cut the ribbon yesterday on a new structure that will house the college’s bird banding research program. In cooperation with the Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders, LLCC biology students participate in the capture, banding and release of birds, recording information which is added to a massive data pool on bird migration patterns.

The 36’ by 24’ building with a porch and overhang was built by LLCC construction trades students, a program funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Cutting the ribbon were LLCC Trustee and Board Secretary Dennis Shackelford, LLCC Biology Professor Tony Rothering, Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders (LLABB) President Vern Kleen, and LLCC bird banding student Lizzie Roehrs.

Bird banding Rothering, Roehrs

Professor Rothering and Mr. Kleen began the program in fall of 2012 on the northeast edge of the LLCC campus and to date, approximately 11,000 birds representing 113 species have been banded. LLABB members, school groups and organizations also participate in banding activities. Until the new structure was built, all bird banding took place outside and was cancelled during inclement weather. Banders can now do research inside when needed during the fall and spring banding seasons.

Speaking at the ribbon cutting, Rothering thanked the LLCC Board of Trustees, college administrators, LLABB and the construction trades program for support on the project. He noted the significance of the collected data on international weather and climate change research.

“The LLCC bird banding station provides students with a practical scientific experience outside of the classroom,” said Rothering. “Our hands-on approach allows students to appreciate the biological importance of studying bird population and migration patterns and how they relate to the greater ecological world.”

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In the News

Tony Rothering, professor of biology; Tom Spears, workforce development program coordinator; and Lizzie Roehrs, LLCC student, were interviewed by the State Journal-Register and WICS at the bird banding ribbon cutting ceremony March 22.

Upcoming Student Club Events

The LLCC Choir is sponsoring a Jeans Day on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Bring your $5 to the Student Life Office. All funds raised will benefit the choir.

Also, the Epicurean Club will be having a Stocks, Soups, & Sauces Sale on April 7 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Bistro Verde.