Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner visited the Illinois Small Business Development Center yesterday morning during National Small Business Week, to speak to the Sangamon CEO class. He discussed how he started and grew several businesses and gave advice to students aspiring to business success. He’s shown with LLCC Trustee Jeff Fulgenzi and President Charlotte Warren. Kevin Lust, ISBDC at LLCC director, introduced the governor.

As you may be aware, Google has reported a major phishing scheme that began attacking users yesterday afternoon.  If you receive an email saying that someone shared a document with you and you click to open the document and the screen asks for permission to access your account – DO NOT ALLOW PERMISSION!! If it were a legitimate Google doc it would not be asking you this.  This phishing scam affects Google accounts, not LLCC accounts.

Here is what to do if you already clicked on the phishing link and gave spammers third-party access to your Google account:

• Revoke access to “Google Docs” (the app will have access to contacts and drive) by following this link: https://myaccount.google.com/permissions 

The following are good security practices:

• Turn on multifactor authentication.
• Change your password.
• Report phishing attacks to Google by clicking on the top right arrow in your inbox.
• Always use caution when clicking on links sent to you and/or granting access to resources.
• Never share usernames, passwords, SSN, bank accounts, etc.

For more information about Google phishing scam go to: http://www.zdnet.com/article/fake-google-docs-phishing-deluge-hits-gmail/

Public Relations and Marketing is hosting the entire 7th grade from Chatham Middle School this week for tours and presentations. The first half visited campus Tuesday and the second half will be on campus this morning.  Thank you to all faculty and staff assisting with tours and presentations!

At the end of Tuesday’s presentation, students from each class were asked to tell one thing they learned on their tour. One student raised his hand and answered, “Everything at Lincoln Land is cool!”

Stop by A. Lincoln Commons get your picture taken with the “Best College or University” plaque that LLCC has won two years in a row from the State Journal-Register’s Readers’ Poll! Photos are posted on the LLCC Facebook page, and whoever gets the most likes wins a prize. We’re taking photos today from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Thursday, 11:30 a.m. -2:30  p.m.: and Friday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. #backtoback

See the latest photos!

Kari Grafton has joined the office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness as research and analytics associate. Her service dog is named Pepper Pots.  Kari is currently completing her M.S. in management information systems from UIS. She also holds a B.S. in anthropology from ISU and an A.S. from Heartland Community College. Welcome, Kari and Pepper Potts!

Dave Cox, professor of biology, shared this blog with photos from his recent Marine Biology – BIO 208 trip to Belize.

Thanks, Dave!

This fall, LLCC will once again be participating in the Springfield Area Arts Council’s On My Own Time (OMOT) program. This unique program provides LLCC faculty and staff an opportunity to display original art they have created outside the office, truly, on your own time. There will be an in-house exhibit at LLCC and the city-wide exhibit at the Springfield Art Association showcasing first place award-winning artwork from all participating businesses, agencies and institutions.

LLCC’s in-house exhibit will be featured this year in the L. Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum.  Mr. Trutter was a Springfield architect with a lifelong love of art, even taking classes here at LLCC well into his 70s.  This exciting exhibit will showcase LLCC’s OMOT works, some of Mr. Trutter’s artwork created on his own time, as well as a few pieces of the Trutter world collection.  The LLCC community is invited to the opening exhibit which will be held Thursday, Sept. 21.

Faculty and staff may enter up to three artworks each, created since 2014, for a fee of $5 per entry. The fee assists with costs of the OMOT program. Artwork and registration fees will need to be submitted by Wednesday, Sept. 6. 

So spend time this summer using your imagination and skills to create new artwork! Find a detailed list of the categories, as well as the rules: 2017 OMOT Categories and Descriptions   2017 OMOT Rules

Please contact us with any questions.

Misty Hagstrom, 786.2466, misty.hagstrom@llcc.edu
Judy Jozaitis, 786.2420, judy.jozaitis@llcc.edu
Janet Semanik, 786.2217, janet.semanik@llcc.edu

LLCC President Charlotte Warren, Ph.D. and Dick Rogers, automotive technology professor, presented auto tech student Trevor Clardy with a plaque yesterday to honor his bravery and heroism.  Trevor saved the life of a man who crashed into Lake Springfield last week.

A reception yesterday honored retiring LLCC Trustees Kent Gray of District 3, who served on the Board for 18 years; Jerry Wesley of District 7, who served eight years;  and Brandon Lewis, student trustee for the past year. They were presented with framed resolutions and plaques by Chair Craig Findley at the Board of Trustees meeting following the reception.

Newly elected Trustees Gordon Gates, District 3; Ken Elmore, District 7; and Student Trustee Saleana Moore took the oath of office, along with re-elected Trustees Craig Findley, District 6; and Jeff Fulgenzi, District 5.

The newly seated Board then elected Dennis Shackelford as chair, Wayne Rosenthal as vice chair, and Ken Elmore as secretary.