Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11

United States flagsLLCC’s 24th annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 11 at noon outside of A. Lincoln Commons. The ceremony is sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honors all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces. Following the brief ceremony, refreshments will be served inside the Commons. In the event of inclement or extremely cold weather, the ceremony will be held in A. Lincoln Commons.

The final day for PTK’s C4 “Community College Completion Corps” is today!

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is sponsoring a C4 “Community College Completion Corps” event this week. The final day for this event is today, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This initiative encourages students to sign a pledge card indicating their commitment to completing their degree or certificate.

But this event is not just for students!  There are also pledge cards and a separate banner for LLCC employees who would like to be “Completion Champions” by indicating their support for students working towards completion of a degree or certificate. Please stop by and sign either the “Completion Champions” pledge card or banner … or both!

You may have seen the table with the large banners as you walked in A. Lincoln Commons main entrance; that’s where students sign their pledge cards and/or a large C4 banner. This table is staffed by Phi Theta Kappa student volunteers.

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Lincoln Land CC Loggers on YouTube

Loggers Lincoln Land Community CollegeLet’s help out our LLCC Loggers! They need 1,000 subscribers to their YouTube channel Lincoln Land CC Loggers in order to keep live-streaming their home basketball games and expand into live-streaming other sports. Even if you’re not a regular live stream watcher, it’s free and easy to subscribe. Please subscribe, and share this message! Thanks for your help!

LLCC entries earn four city-wide OMOT ribbons

On My Own TimeCongratulations to several LLCC artists honored with awards Wednesday evening at the city-wide On My Own Time (OMOT) art exhibit. This year, 120 OMOT artists submitted 241 entries at 11 in-house exhibits in the Springfield area. LLCC employees were awarded four ribbons at the city-wide exhibit, which is on display through Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Springfield Art Association, 700 N. 4th St. LLCC winners are:

Photography – First Place – Chris McDonald, “The Local”

Drawing – Third Place – Greg Walbert, “Lincoln”

Painting– Honorable Mention – Greg Walbert, “Giraffe”

Photography – Honorable Mention – Michelle Burger, “Primpin’ Ain’t Easy”

Works of art from Springfield Area Arts Council (SAAC) board members are also featured at the exhibit. Lindee Hall’s “Cacti Defender” is on display. She currently serves as secretary on the SAAC board.

Congratulations to all of the talented LLCC colleagues participating in this year’s exhibits!

OMOT is a program of the Springfield Area Arts Council. The purpose of OMOT is to help local businesses, agencies, educational and medical institutions identify and celebrate the artistic talents of people they employ.

Misty Hagstrom, 786-2466misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu
Lindee Hall, 786-2409lindee.hall@llcc.edu

"The Local" by Chris McDonald, first placeGreg Walbert with "Lincoln," third placeGreg Walbert with "Giraffe," honorable mentionMichelle Burger and kids with "Primpin' Ain't Easy," honorable mention

Registration open yet today for “Promoting GIS in Education”

LLCC and Think Geospatial Education will host a workshop for educators on “Promoting GIS in Education” on Nov. 12, 4-7:30 p.m. in Sangamon Hall, Room 2309. The event takes place during Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 11-15.

Space is limited for this event. The cost of the workshop is $10, and registration is required by today, Nov. 8. A light dinner will be included. Register online at https://thinkgeospatial.education.

“ArcGIS online mapping allows students to design maps, analyze data and create story maps. These tools help students to learn valuable geospatial and critical thinking skills for problem solving,” says Dean Butzow, LLCC professor of geography.

Participants will learn what GIS is and why it is important, basic GIS skills that can be used with students, the potential of GIS in curriculum, how to set up a free ArcGIS online account and about the K-12 Esri GIS competition. The workshop offers three, free professional development hours (PDHs) for teachers and is sponsored by LLCC, Think Geospatial Education, Esri, the Illinois Geographic Alliance and the Geographic Society of Chicago.

VALIC rep on campus today

Register at my.VALIC.com/seminars. Enter registration code 6303SPR11ABVALIC representative David Jones will be on campus today, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the VP conference Room of Menard Hall. To schedule a 30-minute appointment for an account review and to help you understand your options and new enrollments, go to my.VALIC.com/seminars and enter registration code 6303SPR11AB.

Year-End Progress Update form

In an effort to gather progress information for the last fiscal year’s initiatives, we have created a simple Year-End Progress Update form for your completion. This will serve as a close-out for all FY19 Planning & Budgeting Projects. If you submitted a project request during FY19 Planning & Budgeting Process, you will be required to submit year end progress update information for approved projects. Updated FY19 Planning & Budgeting documents are available on SharePoint. Budget Maintenance requests are excluded from this process.

Please access the SharePoint form and provide progress information for each of your FY19 projects. The form is filtered to display the project id numbers that you will need to respond to. Select a project id number, provide the necessary information, include supporting documents as attachments and submit the form. As each project id is completed, it will be removed from the drop down list on the SharePoint form.

All submitted forms will be routed directly to your VP for review.

Your responses should include specific evidence to support your project progress.   If you have questions about what type of specific support, please contact Karie Longhta. If you have any problems with accessing the SharePoint page, contact Megan McCann.

The updates should be submitted no later than noon on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Announcement from Enrollment Management Team

All front line staff (including student workers) are invited and encouraged to attend a training in regard to the end of late registration for students on probation. All other interested faculty and staff are also welcome to attend. There are some changes in deadlines and processes for late enrolling probation and suspension students for spring 2020. Even if you attended the training for fall semester, you may want to attend training again to ensure you have the most up-to-date information. Dates for training are:

  • Thursday Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. in Menard 1172
  • Tuesday Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. in Menard 1165
  • Wednesday Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. in Menard 1165

We hope to see you there!

Still time to be a Game Changer!

The LLCC United Way giving campaign continues through tomorrow. Be a game changer and make your donation either through payroll deduction or a one-time gift.

Be a Game Changer! United Way

Three convenient ways to donate:

  1. Complete the paper form in your mailbox and return to a committee member listed below
  2. Online giving
  3. Text LLCCUNITED to 41444.

$5 per pay period can prevent multiple families in need from being without electricity or hot water. $10 per pay can feed a healthy, family-style dinner to 60 food-insecure children. $20 per pay can buy clothes and personal items for students who are victims of disaster.  Contributing to the United Way supports local agencies who devote their time to assisting those who are in need in our community.

Thank you! Tara Walk, faculty; Nicole Ralph, administrators; Leanne Roseberry, classified staff; Melissa Franzen, professional staff; Lynn Whalen 

Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 11

United States flagsLLCC’s 24th annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 11 at noon outside of A. Lincoln Commons. The ceremony is sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honors all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces. Following the brief ceremony, refreshments will be served inside the Commons. In the event of inclement or extremely cold weather, the ceremony will be held in A. Lincoln Commons.