LLCC Public Relations and Marketing will have a professional photographer/videographer on campus today taking scheduled and unscheduled photos for the website and other uses. We will ask permission before entering any classroom. We will also be taking outdoor drone footage of campus from 10 a.m. to noon. Thanks for your cooperation!
Nominate a deserving colleague for KUDOS!
Key or Unique Demonstrations of Outstanding Service award nominations are now open! They will be accepted through Tuesday, Oct. 5. Nominate a deserving colleague by filling out the online submission form. (Please use a Chrome or Firefox browser when completing this form.) The KUDOS awards will be announced Friday, Oct. 15.
The KUDOS awards are an informal way to recognize the special contributions — small and large — made by faculty and staff that create the positive environment that is LLCC. Brighten someone’s day. Say, “Thank you! Great job!” by nominating that person for a KUDOS award!
Canvas Communication
Please read below to learn about registering for InstructureCon 2021 and to view another video from the “Did You Know?” Canvas video series from the LLCC Academic Innovation and eLearning team.
Register for Virtual InstructureCon 2021!
What is InstructureCon?
InstructureCon is the yearly Canvas LMS user’s conference, offering numerous Canvas presentations, resources and networking opportunities with fellow Canvas educators and Canvas employees. Register to hear awesome guest keynote speakers and to learn more about ideas and best practices for using Canvas in instruction, Canvas product updates and more.
When is Virtual InstructureCon 2021?
InstructureCon 2021 will be held virtually on Oct. 7, 2021, and will consist of live and pre-recorded webinars by Canvas educators, employees and guest keynote speakers.
Is InstructureCon free?
Yes. InstructureCon is free but does require you to register with your email address.
Can I access the InstructureCon resources and webinars later if I am unavailable on Oct. 7?
Yes. If you cannot watch live, you will have access to these resources later with your free registration.
Where can I register and learn more?
Registration and details are available through the following links:
Note: you can use the Filter option and choose “Segment” to view sessions geared toward higher education.
“Did You Know?” Video
The following video gives an overview of the Notification Settings in Canvas.
Canvas Notification Settings
Transfer Tuesdays
The LLCC Office of Student Success is hosting virtual Transfer Tuesdays for current students looking to transfer after graduation to a four-year college or university. They can meet with representatives from four-year institutions and gather information to help them choose a school. Transfer Tuesdays will be hosted by an LLCC staff member every Tuesday afternoon from Sept. 7-Dec. 7, 1-2:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Next session: Sept. 28 – Aurora University
Please encourage your students to attend these Transfer Tuesdays sessions. For more information, please direct students to contact their student success coach.
“On My Own Time” entry forms and fees due this week
Artwork entry, identification forms and fees will need to be submitted by Thursday, Sept. 30, to one of the LLCC coordinators (Misty or Lindee). Artwork is due to the LLCC coordinators by Wed., Oct. 6.
Springfield Area Arts Council’s On My Own Time (OMOT) program provides LLCC faculty and staff the opportunity to display original art created outside the office. Faculty and staff may enter up to three works of art each. Works previously entered in OMOT or created prior to 2020 are not eligible. The artist fee is $5 per artwork submitted. The fee assists SAAC with costs of the OMOT program.
Access entry and identification forms, categories and rules.
LLCC’s in-house exhibit will be featured on the LLCC-Springfield campus Oct. 12-28. The artist of the favorite piece at LLCC will win the LLCC People’s Choice Award and receive a $100 Visa gift card courtesy of the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum.
The city-wide exhibit at the Springfield Art Association (Nov. 3-20) will showcase first place award-winning artwork from all participating businesses, agencies and institutions. At the previous OMOT in 2019, three LLCC employees had four pieces of art move on to the city-wide exhibit!
Misty Hagstrom, 217-786-2466, misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu
Lindee Hall, 217-786-2409, lindee.hall@llcc.edu
Library hosting 9/11 poster exhibit through Sept. 30
View the walk-through exhibit “Sept. 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World” yet this week (through Sept. 30) in the LLCC Library. Posters are featured on the square pillars on the first floor, northwest side of the library.
This educational exhibition recounts the events of Sept. 11, 2001 through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. Told across 14 posters, the exhibition includes archival photographs and images of artifacts from the 9/11 Memorial and Museum’s permanent collection. It explores the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and communities at the local, national and international levels, and encourages critical thinking about the legacies of 9/11.
The poster exhibition was made possible through the efforts of Leslie Ross, librarian/professor. It was developed by the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and supported in part by the National Endowment of the Humanities.
2020-2021 Annual Report now available
The 2020-2021 Annual Report, “Expanding Access Accelerating Opportunity,” is now online. Take a look back at the many accomplishments and innovations that took place at LLCC in the past year. A limited number of print copies are also available; contact amy.flynn@llcc.edu.
PRM hosting photo/video shoot
LLCC Public Relations and Marketing will have a professional photographer/videographer on campus again Monday taking scheduled and unscheduled photos for the website and other uses. We will ask permission before entering any classroom. Thanks for your cooperation!
A few Around the World dinner kits still available
There are still a few more dinner kits available! If interested, view the menu and place an order yet today at llccfoundation.org/around-the-world.
The LLCC Foundation, in partnership with LLCC Culinary and Hospitality Arts, is offering a five-course gourmet dinner kit pickup on Friday Oct. 1 (Institutional Improvement Day). The Around the World themed menu will feature cuisine from a variety of regions and gives culinary students a first-hand opportunity to prepare and serve the meal which can then be finished with a little preparation at home. Gourmet dinner kits with drink pairings are $125, and each kit serves two people.
After Institutional Improvement Day activities have concluded, pick up your dinner kit in front of the Workforce Career Center from 3-6 p.m.
Nancy Sweet and Sheridan Lane present at ICCB conference
Nancy Sweet, dean, Workforce Institute, and Sheridan Lane, director, culinary program and operations, presented at the Illinois Community College Board’s Forum for Excellence Conference on Career Technical and Adult Education: Building Pathways for All Students, which was held Sept. 23 in Bloomington. The presentation, titled “Make Assessment M3 – Manageable, Measurable and Meaningful,” discusses how LLCC’s workforce programs now have actions plans that focus on curricular improvements backed by industry feedback on standards and competencies.