04.19.21

2021 Distinguished Service Award nomination deadline extended

The deadline for Distinguished Service Award nominations has been extended to Monday, April 26, at 5 p.m. The nomination form is available on the HR portal. Please provide concrete, specific examples to support your nomination. Exemplary writing skills are not required! All nomination forms should be submitted to the LLCC Human Resources office.

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes more than the “employee of the year.” This award is given to LLCC employees who demonstrate exemplary leadership and service to the college community, promote a student-focused environment and exhibit a strong commitment to the college’s core values. Service is a matter of the job. Leadership can be provided in subtle ways. This award recognizes those who provide service and leadership beyond the minimum. Nominations should clearly describe what qualities exhibited by the nominees — through their performance, attitude, behavior and action — put them in the elite class of “Distinguished Service Award Recipient.”   

Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award will be selected from the nomination pool. If no one is nominated in a particular category, no award will be given. The committee does not widen the pool beyond those nominations received, so your nomination is important! The selection committee is comprised of past recipients of the award and other members of the college community. All employment classifications are represented. 

For more information, please feel free to contact Kim Elder at 217-786-2214 or kimberly.elder@llcc.edu. 

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04.19.21

ILCCO’s “Breaking Down Barriers” accessibility conference

Registration is available for ILCCO’s “Breaking Down Barriers” accessibility conference, which is free to all. Register for the conference.

Save the dates! Breaking Down Barriers - Free Virtual Conference. Stories & REsources: Community, Culture and Accessibility. Fridays in May 2021, 10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Central. May 7 - Advocacy (Keynote: Thomas Tobin, Ph.D.). May 14 - Inclusive and Accessible Educational TEchnologies (Featured Speaker: Dawn Monroe). May 21 - LEgal, Timelines, and Institutional Governance (Featured Speaker: Robert Gibson, Ed.D.). May 28 - Inclusive Course Design (FEatured Speaker: Vance Martin, Ph.D.). REgister Now at bit..ly/BreakingDownBarriers2021. Sponsored by Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO).“Breaking Down Barriers” provides an opportunity to engage in best practices in moving your instruction and your campus to a more inclusive culture. Each Friday in May, you will have the opportunity to engage with expert presenters that highlight and celebrate being accessible, designing with educational technologies that work for everyone, working toward institutional compliance and designing your course to have a focus on inclusive course design. Not only will you be engaged and hear from experts, you’ll also hear from peers and students. Each Friday begins with a keynote presentation followed by the option of selecting one of three tracks during the Zoom session. Choose to attend a lightning round with four, 15-minute presentations, a panel presentation track or hear more from the keynote presenter. Afterward, engage with participants all month long in the back-channel chat.

04.19.21

This week’s AIeL workshops

LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning Spring 2021 Workshop Schedule
LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning spring 2021 professional development workshops are being offered in three different formats: online, live via Zoom and on-demand. Workshops cover both teaching topics and instructional technology tools. There are also many opportunities, both live and on-demand, to learn to use the new Canvas learning management system. Access links and view the spring 2021 AIeL workshop schedule.

In addition to the workshop schedule you will also find additional offerings from the Faculty-to-Faculty Support Team, including the new Virtual Faculty Break Room, offered twice a month, and Trivia Night – Pandemic Style.

This week the following are being offered:

  • Monday, April 19, 3:30-4:30 p.m. – The Virtual Faculty Break Room
  • Monday, April 19-Wednesday, April 21 – Advanced SoftChalk: Take Your Interactive Lessons to a New Level – Delivery: Online via Canvas
  • Thursday, April 22, 3-4 p.m. – Building Course Content in the Canvas Course Template
  • Friday, April 23, 3 p.m. – Seinfeld Trivia Game
04.19.21

Transfer Tuesday

This week’s Transfer Tuesday, from 1-2:30 p.m. on Zoom, features the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL). LLCC students looking to continue their education after graduation by transferring to a four-year institution can meet with a college representative, who will be able to show videos/pictures, share documents and talk with students.

Students interested in attending should contact their student success coach for more information and the Zoom link.

View the full Transfer Tuesday spring semester schedule.

04.16.21

Graduate Parade information for faculty/staff

LLCC will hold an outdoor Graduate Parade on Thursday, May 13 at 6 p.m. All LLCC employees are invited to participate and should arrive on campus no later than 5:30 p.m. Campus roads/entrances will be shut down around that time to prepare for the parade. Employees will line the parade route. Ideally, employees will be near the area where they “live” on campus (employees who primarily work in the Workforce Careers Center will be on the sidewalk in front of that building, etc.) Employees who usually work in Cass, Menard and Sangamon, and the Outreach Centers and other off-campus locations, will be assigned to the area where the parade is preparing to exit campus (just past Trutter/Millennium). All employees should wear masks, maintain appropriate social distancing and wear the “Driven to Succeed” T-shirts ordered through PRM. Employee participants are also encouraged to make signs congratulating the graduates, but should do so at limited expense (no professional banners, etc.) We will have decorations with  “Congrats Grads” banners at the campus entrance. It is also important to note there is no stopping of parade traffic. To ensure appropriate COVID protocols and maintain safe social distancing, graduates and their guests will be instructed to remain in their vehicles for the duration of the parade.

Rain date for the Graduate Parade is Saturday, May 15 at 10 a.m. Participants would need to arrive by 9:30 a.m. if that occurs.

04.16.21

2021 Distinguished Service Award nominations due Monday

To nominate a colleague for the Distinguished Service Award, please submit the nomination form (available on HR portal), along with an essay about the nominee by Monday, April 19, 2021. The essay can be as long or short as you want it to be. The quality of the writing is not what is important; what is important is providing concrete examples of the areas identified in the nomination form. Simply stating that the nominee exhibits these qualities is not sufficient. The information provided in the essay will be the basis of the evaluation for the selection committee.

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes more than the “employee of the year.” This award is given to LLCC employees who demonstrate exemplary leadership and service to the college community, promote a student-focused environment and exhibit a strong commitment to the college’s core values. Service is a matter of the job. Leadership can be provided in subtle ways. This award recognizes those who provide service and leadership beyond the minimum. Nominations should clearly describe what qualities exhibited by the nominees — through their performance, attitude, behavior and action — put them in the elite class of “Distinguished Service Award Recipient.”   

Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award will be selected from the nomination pool. If no one is nominated in a particular category, no award will be given. The committee does not widen the pool beyond those nominations received, so your nomination is important! The selection committee is comprised of past recipients of the award and other members of the college community. All employment classifications are represented. 

For more information, please feel free to contact Kim Elder at 217-786-2214 or kimberly.elder@llcc.edu. 

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04.16.21

In the news

Dee Krueger, director, LLCC-Taylorville, was interviewed by WTIM yesterday.  She discussed registration being open for summer and fall 2021 classes.

04.15.21

Registration open for fall classes

Registration for 2021 fall classes is now open! Please encourage students to register early for fall semester classes, which begin Aug. 21.

Five class formats will be offered: fully face-to-face (with a continued commitment to safety); fully online; remote, which meets on scheduled days and times via Zoom or other video conferencing technology; flex, which combines face-to-face with online and/or remote learning; and hybrid, which are provided mostly online with some face-to-face components.

Current students may register for classes via LoggerCentral (www.llcc.edu/logger-central) or by phone. Students are encouraged to contact their success coach at www.llcc.edu/meet-your-coach to discuss course options. New students should first fill out an application at www.llcc.edu/getting-started. Students may also call the Springfield campus (217-786-2292) or an LLCC Outreach Center in Jacksonville (217-243-6699), Beardstown (217-323-4103), Taylorville (217-786-2754) or Litchfield (217-786-3401). In-person services are also available by appointment.