Please join us in welcoming Holly Bauman who recently joined LLCC as agriculture program specialist. She comes to the college with experience in teaching high school agriculture and in serving as the agronomy training coordinator for Effingham Equity. She earned her bachelor’s degree in ag education from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Holly can be reached at 786-2276 or holly.bauman@llcc.edu.
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Retirement celebration May 8
Mark your calendars for a retirement reception that will be held for Phil Schaefer, Jeff Mehan, Gloria Buhr, Dr. John Roberts, Sharon Cheek and Dr. Wendy Howerter on Tuesday, May 8, from 2-4 p.m. in the Trutter Center. Join us in congratulating them on their retirement!
ICCFA scholarships available
Encourage full-time students with a GPA of at least 3.5 to apply for the Illinois Community College Faculty Association (ICCFA) scholarships. There are up to six $1000 scholarships available for the 2018-2019 academic year. View the scholarship criteria and application form. The application deadline is August 1, 2018.
Responsible Employee training sessions
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.
VALIC representative on campus tomorrow
Are you saving enough? Terri Bailey, VALIC financial advisor, will be on campus Wednesday, April 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the VP conference room to answer questions about the 403(b) and 457(b) deferred compensation plan options available to LLCC employees from VALIC. View the invitation to find out how you can register for a consultation time. Deferred compensation options are available to employees from VALIC and TIAA-CREF.
Flags at half-staff
The U.S. flag and the state flag are being flown at half-staff in honor of Former First Lady Barbara Bush.
LLCC wins “Best College/University” in 2018 Readers’ Choice awards
LLCC has been named “Best College/University” for the third consecutive year in the 2018 Readers’ Choice awards sponsored by the State Journal-Register! In recognition of this honor, you can copy the image below and paste it into your email signature.
Extra Brian McMillen Run T-shirts available
Some extra Brian McMillen Run T-shirts in the following sizes and quantities are available for free on a first-come, first-served basis:
- Extra-large – two
- Medium – two
- Small – four
Contact Alison Mills at alison.mills@llcc.edu.
Message from President Charlotte Warren
Faculty and staff,
I sent an email to you last evening in which you will find several pieces of information regarding work around team restructuring. I shared with you Tuesday the brainstorming process we had undertaken to merge our Shared Governance Structure with our AQIP Structure, hopefully to be more effective and more efficient. As you review, remember these are larger oversight teams that will create working groups as needed to assist in identified needs.
As I mentioned, work on this project had representation from the Faculty Senate, Shared Governance Council and the AQIP Steering Team. Members included Jason Dockter, Colin Suchland, Karie Longhta, Leslie Ross, Tricia Kujawa, Chris McDonald, Lesley Frederick, Vern Lindquist and myself. We had three months of lively discussion in working through this process. Now, we need your input so that we can work towards having a redesigned structure in place by fall.
In the email attachment, I included:
1) a possible functional chart for our work,
2) team proposals,
3) a proposal for how deans/departments/ faculty might work together on development and maintenance of academic courses/programs (knowing that we need to address how curriculum/standards work fits into the process),
4) a document on the processes and questions for a quality institution that we should be able to address and answer on an ongoing basis.
We look forward to your feedback. You can do so with either a response to Bobbi Henry (she will pull together responses and the pass them on with anonymity) or by coming to the Stephens Room or Outreach Centers next week to study these more closely, have questions answered by someone from the brainstorming team and an opportunity to submit feedback.
Springfield Campus Feedback Opportunities:
Monday, April 2 – 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3 – 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Thursday, April 5 – 12-3 p.m.
Outreach Center Feedback Opportunities:
LLCC – Litchfield – Monday, April 2 – 9:30-11:30 a.m.
LLCC – Taylorville – Monday, April 2 – 1:30-3:30 p.m.
LLCC – Jacksonville – Wednesday, April 4 – 9:30-11:30 a.m.
LLCC – Beardstown – Wednesday, April 4 – 1:30-3 p.m.
Thank you in advance for your input.
Dr. Charlotte J. Warren
President
LLCC hosts La Petite Delta Academy Tea
(Photo by Jay Kitterman)
LLCC Culinary hosted the La Petite Delta Academy Tea this past Saturday. Delta Sigma Theta members mentor eighth grade girls and approximately 20 were in attendance for the tea. Also attending were their mothers and members of the Sorority. Past president of the sorority, Carolyn Farrar, spoke on the traditions of teas in the African-American Culture. Former LLCC adjunct instructor Lesa Schaive presented on etiquette. Traditional savory and pastry items were prepared by culinary students.