Are you a Responsible Employee? Do you want more information about how to best respond to disclosures of sexual harassment, sexual violence, dating/domestic violence or stalking? Come to the next Responsible Employee training session on May 24 to learn more! View a list of additional training dates and the session sign-up. Additionally, a training can be scheduled at a department or team meeting by contacting Shelby Bedford, LLCC’s compliance and prevention coordinator, at shelby.bedford@llcc.edu.
Sexual Assault Awareness Denim Day
In correlation with National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the LLCC Feminist Activist Coalition and SAVE Taskforce are hosting Denim Day today, April 25. For this awareness campaign and fundraiser, faculty and staff wearing denim are asked to donate a minimum $5 to LLCC Student Life. All proceeds will benefit the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault. The fundraiser also connects with Denim Day 2018, an annual campaign that focuses on protesting destructive attitudes and misconceptions about sexual assault. Learn more about the background of this campaign.
View additional events during Sexual Assault Awareness Week of Action.
2018 Earth Week vendor fair
In celebration of Earth Week, the LLCC Sustainability Committee would like to invite you to participate in the annual Earth Week vendor fair today, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. This is one of the most popular events on campus for students and employees, and it is a great time to promote sustainability and learn about environmental issues and solutions in a fun, educational atmosphere of celebration.
More and more students, staff and community members are excited about energy, the environment and the overall wellness of Earth. Vendors will provide information, merchandise for purchase, samples and hands-on activities. Bath soaps, vegetable plants, bee bombs, a hive display, environmental fashion alternatives, coffee products, fiber weaving demonstrations and Goat Yoga are just some of the products and activities at the fair this year. Come celebrate Earth!
Today’s Academic Innovation & eLearning workshop
LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning is offering the following workshop today:
Exploring Open Educational Resources through Blackboard
Andy Mitkos, learning management systems coordinator & Amy Chernowsky, instructional designer
Wednesday, April 25 from 10-10:30 a.m. in Sangamon Hall 0119
Not many people know that Blackboard has a built-in open educational resources system called Blackboard Open Content. This system is curated and contains course content for a wide variety of subjects. In this workshop, we will go through the process of looking at the different types of content available, finding content relevant to your course needs, and deploying that content in your Blackboard course shell. Register at http://bit.ly/2EY3bCe.
Note: Current online faculty participating in the Online Proficiency Program can receive one point for successful completion of this workshop.
Film screening of “SINK” on May 7
LLCC Alumni Services invites all faculty, staff and students to attend an original film screening on Monday, May 7 at 6 p.m. in Menard 2209. A question and answer period will follow the screening.
LLCC alum Sean Freeman (’14) is a filmmaker based in central Illinois. He graduated from SIU-Carbondale in 2016. Sean has been a part of several film productions serving in various positions. His first feature film, “SINK,” is currently in the final stages of post-production, and he will begin shooting his newest short film, “TAKE CARE,” which he is writing, directing and acting in, at the end of April 2018.
“SINK” is a very personal project to him. It was loosely based on an experience that he had his sophomore year of college, and it was not until his senior year when he decided to pen a screenplay about it. Through about a year of pre-production and financing, he and his team of collaborators were able to shoot the film in 15 days over the summer of 2017. Though shooting the film was incredibly taxing and a huge learning experience for everyone involved, he could not be more proud of the film they all created.
“SINK” addresses conflicts many college students go through on a daily basis such as depression, grief, loss and the feeling of being a burden to others. With this film he wanted to address those feelings head on with honesty and authenticity, leaving the audience with a sense of hope.
Open interviews for fall 2018 peer tutors May 1 and 2
Open interviews for fall 2018 peer tutors will be held Tuesday, May 1 and Wednesday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the LLCC Center for Academic Success. Please refer qualified students (3.0 or higher GPA, 12+ college credits earned, plan to enroll in six hours for fall, great personality) to attend these open interview sessions. Tutors are needed for all subjects, but there is a great need for ACC, MAT (but especially 141), Logic, Physics, Chemistry (101+), Culinary, CAS 121 and other computer applications, and ECO 131 and 132.
Notice regarding end-of-month deposits
The deadline to submit deposits to the LLCC Finance Department is Friday, April 27 before noon. Please hand the deposit to Elyse Calhoun, Nichole Coffey or Robin Ackman as monies should not be left unattended.
As a reminder, if you’ve taken in funds, it is necessary to submit them and corresponding deposit slips to the finance department on a daily basis.
If you have questions, please contact LLCC Student Accounts at 786-2480. Thank you!
In the news
Sean Keeley, culinary specialist, is the author of this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register, “Have a salsa party!”
BSU hosts Haircut Wednesday
The LLCC Black Student Union is hosting Haircut Wednesday for our LLCC students in A. Lincoln Commons today. Let students know that they can stop by and receive a free haircut from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
$18 million gift benefiting LLCC Agriculture in the news
LLCC is mentioned at the top of The Chronicle of Higher Education April 22 online edition’s “Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education” page. “In a rare large gift to a community college, an elderly couple in Illinois left $18 million to Lincoln Land Community College to expand its agricultural program.” The gift is also described in the chart and ranked as the eighth largest in the country since the last list was compiled by the Chronicle in March.