You are INVITED: Valic onsite visit communication

In an effort to provide you with the tools to better prepare to meet your financial and retirement goals, Terri Bailey from Valic will be onsite to address any questions you may have regarding

• Planning, setting up your retirement plan
• Budgeting, to meet your savings goals
• Managing your investments
• Calculation contributions to meet your future retirement needs

If you have not met the Valic advisor, here is your opportunity to get acquainted.

I’ll be onsite on: Friday, Jan. 27 ,  2017

            10:00 – 2:00pm (before or after by appt)

   Advisor: Terri L Bailey

                 Valic Financial Advisor

                 Contact: (217)306-2455

 *Come learn about the differences between the 403B and the 457(deferred compensation) plans available at LLCC*

 Click here to Register!

Or: my.valic.com/seminars   Registration code: 4361SPR11AA

Christie Hovey, professor, computer applications, has assumed the role of First Vice President of the Illinois Business Education Association (IBEA). She is responsible for planning the 55^th annual IBEA Fall Conference in November 2017, at the end of which she will be installed as the president of the organization.

Christie received the Writers’ Hall of Fame award at the November 2016 conference for her work with Labyrinth Publishers during the past year. Each year, the Writer’s Hall of Fame recognizes IBEA members for their contributions to written professional materials in business education.

From November 2015-16 she served as the elected Second Vice President of IBEA on the IBEA executive board, recruiting volunteers for the fall conference break-out sessions, actively participating as the IBEA representative on the Illinois Association of Career and Technical Education (IACTE) board, contributing at the New Skills for Youth Initiative career readiness stakeholder meetings as one of only a few Illinois educators, and serving as the Mid-IBEA (MIBEA) president.

The Pearson Master Teacher annually recognizes an exceptional faculty member for his or her professional contributions to LLCC … so why not submit a nomination today!

It’s easy to do. Simply click here for the nomination form or log into Blackboard. Nominations must be submitted to the Foundation by Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

For more information stop by the LLCC Foundation, level one, Menard Hall room 1214, call 786-2217 or e-mail LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu.

Student Accounts would like you to be aware that the college has a phone line dedicated to 1098Ts, which is a tax form the IRS requires colleges to provide to their students for eligible expenses. The 2016 1098Ts were recently made available to LLCC students. If students happen to contact you with questions regarding their 1098T, please direct them to call 786-9645. Thank you!

The Honors Program Student Organization is once again selling Krispy Kreme donuts in A. Lincoln Commons on Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Original glazed donuts are available for $6 per dozen. Accepting cash or checks payable to “LLCC.” Proceeds help fund the Chicago Museums Day Trip for the Honors Program students. Please consider purchasing a dozen (or two!).

Please share your thoughts on purchasing LLCC grown food and flowers through this 3-5 minute survey. Your answers will determine what the campus farm stand will have available, where and when. We greatly appreciate your time in responding to the survey!

MYTH: If you think someone is stalking you and they are making you uncomfortable and/or fearful, it is best to ignore them. REALITY: Stalkers rarely go away and their stalking behaviors typically escalate over time, even when victims completely ignore them. Stalking is one of the few crimes where early intervention can prevent violence and death. Join SAVE Taskforce’s efforts to debunk common and dangerous myths by discussing the facts you learn from the LincIn posts, table tents and bathroom posters. For more information, visit www.llcc.edu/sexual-violence-resources.

For many years, the Curriculum Team has had in its bylaws that proposals must be submitted to the Academic Effectiveness Manager two weeks prior to the meeting date. Recent history has seen that deadline being more fluid. Because of this, proposals have not been submitted to team members within the Shared Governance Council guidelines.  Starting with the February meeting, the two-week deadline will be enforced. That means that for the Feb. 24 meeting, proposals must be launched by the originator, go through assessment review and department review, and be to Step 4 Transfer Coordinator (Elaine Guthals) by Feb. 10. If proposals are not at Step 4, they will not go on the meeting agenda.  It is the originator’s responsibility to track the proposal by clicking on the icon that looks like a C with an ! in it to ensure approvals are moving through the process as expected. If you have any questions, contact the Office of Academic Effectiveness.

Elaine Guthals, academic effectiveness manager, completed a Master of Science in Higher Education with a specialization in Integrative Studies from Capella University. Her focus was on outcomes-based assessment, program evaluation, instructional design, research methods and learning theories.  She completed the program Dec. 16, 2016 and will walk in the ceremony March 10 in Atlanta, Ga.  Elaine is continuing with a Ph.D. in Professional Studies at Capella. Congratulations, Elaine!