Youth from the Springfield Urban League visited the LLCC campus yesterday, taking a tour and learning about concurrent enrollment and career training programs. The session was part of a three-week series LLCC has provided this summer to share the many opportunities the college has to offer.
During the session on agriculture, students toured the simulation and soils labs and took part in hands-on activities, including practicing their drone flying skills!
Bill Harmon, professor of agronomy, was interviewed by WICS/FOX Illinois about the campus visit made by Springfield Urban League youth to learn about hands-on training programs, including the many opportunities in agriculture. The State Journal-Register also covered the event.
Jay Kitterman, consultant, LLCC Culinary Institute, wrote today’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register entitled, “Gazpachos are a summertime favorite.”
Representatives from LLCC Public Relations and Marketing, Workforce Institute and Workforce Equity Initiative attended yesterday evening’s Chamber of Commerce Job Fair in Springfield, sharing information on training opportunities and services available at the college.
Kim Wilson and Candace Silas
David Pietrzak, Tom Spears, Curt Robinson, Nancy Sweet and Sheridan Lane
Rick Schnetzler has recently joined LLCC as director, IT support. He comes to the college with nearly 20 years of experience in IT end user support. Most recently, he served as the help desk manager for United Community Bank. Rick has a bachelor’s degree in business with a focus on IT management.
He can be reached at ricky.schnetzler@llcc.edu or 217-786-2891. Welcome, Rick!
As a reminder, LLCC Facilities Services will be coordinating testing of fire alarm systems in all LLCC buildings beginning this morning. While we strive to keep disruptions to a minimum, it is necessary to sound the horns and activate the strobes during testing. As always, your patience is greatly appreciated as we perform this vital service.
Local and regional employers with jobs available are invited to post them on a new online job board offered by LLCC Career Services. The LLCC job board aims to connect LLCC students and alumni with available jobs in the community.
Benefits to employers include free registration, unlimited job postings and direct access to LLCC student and alumni job seekers. The system can accommodate full-time and part-time job openings as well as internships and apprenticeships. LLCC Career Services will review and approve each new employer and job posting to ensure compliance with LLCC policies.
Students and alumni can review work opportunities and upload their resumes to apply for jobs or follow the employer’s specific application instructions.
More information is available at www.llcc.edu/job-board or by emailing career_development@llcc.edu. Area employers can also visit the job board directly and register at llcc.emsicc.com/work-opportunities.
Marina Wirsing, career coach, was interviewed by WCIA yesterday about LLCC Career Services’ online job board.
LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during fall Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Aug. 23-26 during the first week of fall classes.
Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes. Because social distancing may not be possible when providing assistance to students, we ask those fully vaccinated to consider volunteering as greeters.
To sign up, add your name to this fall Welcome Week sign-up sheet or contact Amy Flynn at amy.flynn@llcc.edu.
The college is now requiring vaccinated employees to provide documented proof of their vaccination status to LLCC Human Resources. This can be done by scanning in your vaccination card and sending the file electronically, or by making a copy and delivering to anyone in the Human Resources office. Please do this as soon as possible, so that it is not assumed you are unvaccinated and subject to mask wearing requirements while on campus.
As a reminder, the COVID-19 testing site is open at the Trutter Center on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Routine testing is a great way to ensure you are COVID free and not risking the infection of others.
We continue to strongly encourage all of our employees and students to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. With the prevalence of the Delta variant that is spreading across the country, the best defense against this is to be fully vaccinated. While vaccinations are widely available through the health department and many other locations, LLCC will be holding another vaccination clinic on Aug. 23 from 8:30 a.m.-noon and 4-6:30 p.m.
LLCC Facilities Services will be coordinating testing of fire alarm systems in all LLCC buildings beginning the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 3. While we strive to keep disruptions to a minimum, it is necessary to sound the horns and activate the strobes during testing. As always, your patience is greatly appreciated as we perform this vital service.