Please note the time change for the board meeting to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be preceded by a reception at 4:45 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons, honoring outgoing board members Kent Gray, Jerry Wesley and Brandon Lewis.

Agenda

The LLCC Agriculture Club invites students, faculty and staff to a presentation on April 26 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Trutter Center. The Ag club will share information on how to operate a student club in accordance with college policy, and ideas on how to increase membership and participation in their club. Ag Club members will share advice on navigating student club policies and procedures; and sharing ideas on how to grow other clubs on campus. The LLCC Agriculture Club is one of the oldest continual clubs on campus, dating back to 1997. The club currently has 59 members participating in educational, recreational and service activities.

LLCC will hold its second annual Video Game Design Tournament Thursday, April 27 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. The public is invited to attend the free event. More than 40 students from LLCC’s video game design course will make up 16 teams for this year’s tournament themed, “Don’t Stop Me Now.” The LLCC improvisational jazz band will provide music. Visitors can try out the games designed by LLCC students and vote via smartphone for best game, most innovative game and most enjoyable game. Prizes will be awarded to the top vote-getters.

More information is available from Professor Matthew Shaver at 6.9618.

Marie Watson, student engagement coordinator, along with students Brandon Lewis, Terrelle Jackson and Saleana Moore, were interviewed for a State Journal-Register story on the Zombie Run April 22, with proceeds to the Student Life Office food pantry. Saleana was also interviewed by WCIA Channel 3 news.

For the first run ever hosted by the Student Government Association and despite the cold weather (40 degrees), there were about 25-30 people participating in the event (runners, zombies and volunteers).

The run raised $160 for the food pantry along with a number of canned food donations.

Congratulations to the newest members of the Beta Nu Nursing Honor Society! The induction ceremony was held April 13. To be eligible students need to have a overall 3.0 GPA, have earned a grade of “A” or “B” in all of their nursing courses, and complete a community service project. The co- advisors are Professors Mary Goldstein and Dr. Pamela Bradley.

Front row (L to R): Karson N. Myers, Kaitlyn Wagoner, Abigale Carter Millburg

Back row (L to R): Ellyn Baker, Elizabeth Hammond, Cecelia Kathleen Eckles, Diana Brackett

Expressing my gratitude for your heartfelt concern over the passing of my stepdad. Each note and conversation have provided me moments to remember and celebrate his life. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Laurie Myers

Facilitator: Jeris Creasey, IT Trainer/Technical Writer

The college is converting what is now stored on the network drives to OneDrive. If you store documents on a network drive, you will need to be prepared to move those documents into your OneDrive account before the end of the spring semester. Attend this open lab and get one-on-one assistance with moving your network files to OneDrive.

LLCC is co-sponsoring the Illinois State Historical Society Symposium this Thursday through Saturday, April 20-22, in the Trutter Center. The symposium is titled “1917, Year of Turmoil: War and Suffrage” and is observing the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entering WWI. LLCC students and faculty are encouraged to attend any of the lectures free without registering by presenting their LLCC ID to the staff manning the welcome desk.

Professors Chris McDonald, Ph.D. and Mark Roehrs, Ph.D. are presenting at the symposium.

Eileen Tepatti, Ed.D., vice president of academic services, will provide welcoming remarks at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Dr. McDonald speaks Thursday at a presentation from 1-2:30 p.m.: “Ambulance Corps and WW1,” Debra M. Dudek, Adult and Teen Services, Manager, Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook, IL;  “Kent Hagler, Volunteer American Ambulance Driver in France,” Chris McDonald, Ph.D., LLCC.

Drs. McDonald and Roehrs speak Friday from 2:45-4 p.m. on the topic: “Root of the Prairie Division: From Illinois National Guard to the 33rd Division, August 1917-May 1918,” Mark Roehrs, Ph.D., LLCC. “33rd Into Action: Training with the British and First Combats, May-Sept. 1918,” Chris McDonald, Ph.D. Katie McAfee, associate professor of accounting, will moderate.

Friday evening, from 6-9 p.m., the symposium moves to the Illinois State Military Museum. Dr. McDonald presents: Magic Lanterns in the Great Ar,” media presentation, along with The 8th Illinois: First in Battle, First in Valor,” by Mark DePue, Ph.D.

Find more information HERE.

Click HERE for an SJ-R story about the symposium.

We extend our sincere sympathy to John Paul Jaramillo, professor of English, and Justin Knoedler, assistant baseball coach, on the recent passing of their fathers.

John Relles Jaramillo, father of John Paul Jaramillo, passed away on Saturday, April 15. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 28, at Our Lady of the Meadows Church, Pueblo, Colorado. Inurnment: Imperial Memorial Gardens. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a 30-year kidney transplant survivor.

John B. Knoedler, 61, of Springfield, father of Justin Knoedler, died Sunday, April 16, at St. John’s Hospital. Visitation: 4-7 pm, Wednesday, April 19, at St. Agnes Church. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at St. Agnes Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Springfield Southwest Baseball Association or the Prairie Heart Foundation.