Nominations for commencement student speaker due April 6

The LLCC Office of the Vice President of Student Services is currently seeking student speaker nominations for Commencement 2018. Please take a few minutes to consider students you would recommend as a potential speaker. If you would like to nominate a student, instructions along with an application and graduate listing are attached below for your convenience.

All nominations should be returned to Menard Hall, room 1255, no later than noon on Friday, April 6. Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of the summer 2017 or fall semester 2017, or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2018 or summer term 2018. All nominated students need to have their speech ready to audition on Wednesday, April 11 at 2 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 2207.

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2018 Graduates eligible for Commencement

Outstanding graduate nominations due April 6

The LLCC Office of the Vice President of Student Services is seeking outstanding graduate nominations for Commencement 2018. The recognition of an outstanding graduate is an important part of the commencement tradition at LLCC.

If you would like to nominate a graduate, instructions, application and graduate listings are attached below for your convenience. Please complete and return to Gailyn Draper, Menard Hall, room 1255, no later than noon on Friday, April 6. Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of the summer term of 2017 or fall semester 2017, or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2018 or summer term 2018.

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2018 Graduates eligible for Commencement
2018 Graduates with GPA 3.00 or greater

Murray Gallery features “Herbaria and Otherwords” March 19-April 5

art by MazrimThe James S. Murray Gallery is featuring the exhibit “Herbaria and Otherwords” by local artist Ruthan Mazrim starting today through April 5. The campus community as well as the public is invited to attend a reception with the artist on March 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

“Herbaria and Otherwords” represents a body of work influenced by the tradition of botanical collections that was popular during the Victorian era. However, unlike standard collections, Mazrim alters and manipulates dried plant remains, adding pigment, fibers and found objects. “The use of text adds to or changes the meaning of the specimens,” says Mazrim.

Her exhibit also includes works that incorporate pages or covers from vintage books. “It is a reference to the speculation about the future demise of printed books,” she explains.

Mazrim was born in rural Minnesota but has spent most of her adult life in central Illinois. She studied art at LLCC, Sangamon State University, University of Minnesota, Arrowmont School in Tennessee and Penland School in North Carolina. Her work has been exhibited in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Seattle and throughout the Midwest.

Spring film series presents “The Way” on Thursday

The LLCC Arts and Humanities Department will hold a showing and discussion of the film “The Way” on Thursday, March 22, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Trutter Center.

In “The Way” (2010), a father hears that his son was killed in an accident in the north of Spain while walking the over 1,000-year-old pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago. The father goes to Europe to claim his son’s body. Once there, he decides to complete his son’s pilgrimage to honor his son’s memory. This is the story of a man and the people he meets on the Camino de Santiago who find meaning and purpose while on pilgrimage. Speaker and facilitator is Joseph Hoff, LLCC professor of Spanish.

Prior to the film showing, the Trutter Museum will have culturally relevant artifacts from the Trutter collection on display in the reception area. Film series attendees are encouraged to come early to enjoy the art and history.

The event is the second installment in LLCC’s spring film and discussion series entitled “Through a Different Lens: Cultural Perspectives through Film,” which is hosted by Ashley Green and Paul Van Heuklom, LLCC professors of English, and Professor Hoff. The final film in the spring series, “Your Name” (Kimi No Na Wa) (2016) will be shown on April 19. There is no charge to attend.

Chamber Music Recital with Brickhouse Brass and Blackwater Strings Sunday

LLCC’s Recital Series will feature a Chamber Music Recital with Brickhouse Brass and Blackwater Strings on Sunday, March 25 at 4 p.m. in the Trutter Center, free and open to the public.

The Brick House Brass Ensemble consists of Wil Adams, trumpet; Vince Camille, trumpet; Austin Wilson, horn; Jason Waddell, associate professor of music at LLCC, euphonium; and Tom Philbrick, tuba. The ensemble will be performing a variety of Brass Quintet literature including classical selections and popular brass selections.

The Blackwater Strings Ensemble is comprised of Ashley Peterson Rescot, violin I; Mary Gamble Lueking, violin II; Rachel Gamble Helton, viola; and Chet Lord-Remmert, cello. The ensemble will be performing classical quartet selections with fate-based themes by the composers Schubert and Beethoven.

Soup & Stories “The Radium Girls: An Illinois Tragedy” today at 11 a.m.

The LLCC Feminist Activist Coalition  is hosting a Soup & Stories today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event features Tara McClellan McAndrew, writer for NPR Illinois, presenting “The Radium Girls: An Illinois Tragedy.” In the early 1900s, women hired by the U.S. Radium Corporation as watch-dial painters later died from radium poisoning. Women who worked in the plant located in Ottawa, Ill., were victims of the radium poisoning. The Soup & Stories event will take place in the large lounge of A. Lincoln Commons. The event is free for students and $3 for faculty and staff.

#TalkItOut workshop tomorrow

The LLCC Feminist Activist Coalition is hosting a “Talk It Out” workshop and discussion that explores gender bias. The discussion is co-sponsored by the Sexual Assault & Violence Education Task Force and will take place on March 20 in the Robert H. Stephens Room, from 1-3 p.m. The featured topic is sexual harassment and how women and men can advocate and educate each other about solutions and healing. Students, faculty and staff are asked to wear black in solidarity with victims of sexual harassment. Lunch will be provided.