All new or current employees who have not completed Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) training are encouraged to sign up now for the next session on March 30, 2018! Facilitators will be Nicole Ralph and Karen Sanders. Register by calling 524-6749 or emailing cctc@llcc.edu.

The LLCC Fitness Center as well as the women’s and men’s locker rooms will be closed as of 10 a.m. tomorrow, March 9. They will reopen on Monday, March 19.

We extend our condolences to Shirley Warfield-Jones, child development teacher, LLCC Child Development Center, on the passing of her mother, Dorothy Warfield, March 6. Visitation will be held Friday, March 16, 11 a.m. at Abundant Faith Christian Center in Springfield. A service will be held at noon, and interment will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery. Read the obituary.

LLCC hosted an Illinois Community College Board workshop on “Acceleration – Not Remediation” March 5 in the Trutter Center. Approximately 120 community college faculty and staff, including a contingent from LLCC, attended.

Please accept our thanks for your continued support in making this year’s African-American History Month a success. The assistance you provided was much appreciated. We look forward to working with you again this time next year.

LLCC has been named “Best College or University” in the SJ-R Readers’ Choice Awards for two years in a row, and we’d like to continue the trend. You can still cast your vote for LLCC in the “Services” category yet today!

We extend our condolences to Dr. Cynthia Maskey, dean, health professions, on the passing of her mother, Sandra “Sandy” King Koebler, March 3. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 7 from 9-10:45 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Springfield. A funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m., and burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Read the obituary.

Our condolences also to Dr. John Vinzant, professor, political science, on the passing of his mother, Bonnie Jean (Samson) Vinzant on March 1 in Centerville, Iowa. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6 at First United Methodist Church in Centerville. Interment will follow at Oakland Cemetery. Visitation and an Eastern Star ceremony took place on Monday, March 5. Read the obituary.

Our sympathy to family and friends of Dr. William M. Cross, former LLCC adjunct faculty member in history from 2008-2016, who passed away March 2. A memorial ceremony will be held Friday, March 9, 11:30 a.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Springfield. Read the obituary.

LLCC has been named “Best College or University” in the SJ-R Readers’ Choice Awards for two years in a row, and we’d like to continue the trend. Cast your vote for LLCC in the “Services” category by tomorrow, March 6!

The LLCC Fitness Center as well as the women’s and men’s locker rooms will be closed as of 10 a.m. on Friday, March 9. They will reopen on Monday, March 19.

The National Weather Service will offer a free two-hour “Severe Weather Storm Spotting” class at LLCC today starting at 6:30 p.m.

The class is open to the general public. In addition to learning about the formation and tracking of tornadoes, the session will give attendees an opportunity to become official NWS storm spotters. The training program will be held in the Student Union on the lower level of Menard Hall.

Co-sponsored by the Capital Area Amateur Radio Emergency Response Team (CAARERT) and LLCC, there is no age limit for those who wish to attend. However, attendees must be at least 18 years old to receive storm spotter certification. Pre-registration is not required.

The session will be led by Chris Miller, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Lincoln. The class will cover the formation and movement of tornadoes and other severe storms. Also included will be a discussion of personal safety considerations when severe weather is threatening. Read more.

For more information, contact Dean Butzow, professor of geography, at dean.butzow@llcc.edu or 786-4923, or visit www.weather.gov/Lincoln/spotter.