Join us in welcoming new LLCC staff members!

Whitney Brandenburg is our new workforce development program coordinator at LLCC’s Capital City Training Center. She previously worked as an admission counselor for the adult accelerated programs at Benedictine University. Whitney graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in management and organizational behavior and a Master of Business Administration from Benedictine University. She can be reached at 785-0477 or whitney.brandenburg@llcc.edu.

Libby Tennikait has returned to LLCC as an academic success professional in the LLCC Center for Academic Success where she specializes in science study skills. She previously worked for LLCC as a study skills specialist, after which she taught full time at Springfield High School and then Rochester High School. Libby earned her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University. She can be reached at 786-2396 or elizabeth.tennikait@llcc.edu.

At the Oct. 25 board meeting, the LLCC Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Dr. Vern Lindquist as vice president of academic services. Dr. Lindquist is presently the dean of faculty and chief academic officer at Richard Bland College of William & Mary in Petersburg, Va. Prior to that, he served as the dean of liberal arts and sciences at the State University of New York at Delhi. He holds a doctor of philosophy in English from Indiana University. Dr. Lindquist will be starting at LLCC on Jan. 3, 2018.

LLCC Arts and Humanities will host a free film and discussion series this fall entitled, “Through a Different Lens: Cultural Perspectives through Film.” The film series will be held on select Thursday evenings from 6-9 p.m. in the Trutter Center, hosted by Ashley Green, Ph.D., professor of English and Joseph Hoff, Ph.D., professor of Spanish.

The films included in the series are:

• Oct. 26 – “Diarios de Motocicleta” (Motorcycle Diaries)
• Nov. 16 – “Monkey King II”
• Dec. 7 – “Romero!”

Read more about these films.

In addition, the Trutter Museum will be open until 6 p.m. on the Thursdays on which the films are shown. The museum will feature a display of cultural items from the country highlighted in the film that evening!

Congratulations to several LLCC artists honored with awards Tuesday evening at the city-wide On My Own Time art exhibit. This year, 115 OMOT artists submitted 247 entries at 12 in-house exhibits in the Springfield area. LLCC employees were awarded 10 ribbons at the city-wide exhibit on display through Monday, Oct. 30 at the Springfield Art Association, 700 N. 4th St. The LLCC winners are:

Painting
Second Place – Greg Walbert, “The Carillon”
Honorable Mention – Judy Jozaitis, “Vilija in the Garden”

Drawing
First Place – Greg Walbert, “The Candidate”
Honorable Mention – Greg Walbert, “Jefferson-5 Cents Worth”

Mixed Media
First Place – Jan Szoke, “Urban Tulip Garden”

Photography
First Place – Esteban Cruz, “Dabbing in Style”
Honorable Mention – Tricia Kujawa, “Table with a View?”

Jewelry
First Place – Tricia Hardway, “XOC”

Other
Second Place: Ryan Roberts, “Talking It Over”
Third Place – Gary L. Wendt, “Wine Cabinet”

Participation Awards
Deanna Blackwell, “A boy will learn the way of the warrior”
Misty Hagstrom, “Reel Time”

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

Congratulations to all of the talented LLCC colleagues participating in this year’s exhibits! The LLCC artwork from the city-wide exhibit will be returned to the “Inspired” exhibit in the LLCC Trutter Museum, where it will continue to be on display through Dec. 7.

Misty Hagstrom, 786-2466, misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu
Judy Jozaitis, 786-2420, judy.jozaitis@llcc.edu
Janet Semanik, 786-2217, janet.semanik@llcc.edu

The LLCC Chemistry Club and LLCC Quiz Bowl Team are hosting the fifth annual “Haunted Lab” tomorrow, Oct. 27 from 5-6:30 p.m. Children ages five and older and their parents/guardians are invited to the free event. Pre-registration is required at www.llcc.edu/haunted-lab.

Children will see “spooky” science demonstrations and learn about experiments they can do at home. Experiments will be conducted by club members under the guidance of Jennifer Ramm, LLCC professor of chemistry.

Science demonstration shows will run about 20 minutes and will take place in room 2215 on the upper level of Sangamon Hall. Shows begin every 30 minutes at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. While waiting for shows to begin, children can participate in hands-on activities and face painting across the hall in room 2216.

Children are welcome to wear Halloween costumes to the event. Chips and drinks will be available for purchase.

The public is invited to tour the new Levi, Ray and Shoup Aviation Center at Lincoln Land Community College, located at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, today, Oct. 25, from 4-5 p.m. A ribbon cutting is planned for 5:30 p.m.

LLCC aviation instructors and students will be on hand to guide visitors through the facility, made possible through a generous gift from Dick Levi, CEO of Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc. The facility was constructed adjacent to the existing LLCC aviation center and provides expanded classroom and hands-on training spaces for LLCC’s aviation mechanics program.

Read more.

LLCC Arts and Humanities will host a free film and discussion series this fall entitled, “Through a Different Lens: Cultural Perspectives through Film.” The film series will be held on select Thursday evenings from 6-9 p.m. in the Trutter Center, hosted by Ashley Green, Ph.D., professor of English and Joseph Hoff, Ph.D., professor of Spanish.

The films included in the series are:

• Oct. 26 – “Diarios de Motocicleta” (Motorcycle Diaries)
• Nov. 16 – “Monkey King II”
• Dec. 7 – “Romero!”

Read more about these films.

In addition, the Trutter Museum will be open until 6 p.m. on the Thursdays on which the films are shown. The museum will feature a display of cultural items from the country highlighted in the film that evening!

LLCC will be hosting an auction this Saturday, Oct. 28, starting at 10 a.m. for obsolete furniture and equipment. Some of the items that will be included in the auction are filing cabinets, desk chairs, stackable chairs, desks, vans, weights, band saws and other miscellaneous items. The auction will take place on the far east parking lot close to the storage building.

LLCC employees received 13 first place ribbons: Deanna M. Blackwell, Esteban Cruz, Misty Hagstrom, Tricia Hardway, Judy Jozaitis, Tricia Kujawa, Ryan Roberts, Jan Szoke, Greg Walbert and Gary L. Wendt. These first-place pieces have now moved on to the On My Own Time city-wide exhibit/competition at the Springfield Art Association (SAA), 700 N. Fourth St., Springfield. The city-wide awards, as well as the best of show award, will be announced at a reception at SAA today, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Awards will be presented at 6:15 p.m. The OMOT city-wide exhibit will continue at SAA through Oct. 30.

The artwork will return to the “Inspired” exhibit at the LLCC Trutter Museum on Oct. 31, where it will remain on display through Dec. 7.

Misty Hagstrom, 786-2466, misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu
Judy Jozaitis, 786-2420, judy.jozaitis@llcc.edu
Janet Semanik, 786-2217, janet.semanik@llcc.edu

Print by Ellen Price

The James S. Murray Gallery is featuring the art exhibit, “Nexus: Drawing in Printmaking,” a portfolio invitational curated by Micah Zavacky Oct. 23-Nov. 16. The exhibit is open for viewing Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The gallery is located on the upper level of Menard Hall.

The invitational portfolio is comprised of 19 artists that view printmaking as an extension of drawing. All prints were completed in 2016.

“A ‘nexus’ is defined as a connection or series of connections that link people, places and/or things,” explains Zavacky, MFA printmaking candidate at Illinois State University. “This portfolio is an intersection of various drawing vocabularies, printmaking processes and subject matter. The artists are innovative, yet are attuned with tradition, thoughtful and committed to the syntax of printmaking.”