Couldn’t make their session on Professional Development Day, but interested in what ended up happening with all those post-its on Institutional Improvement Day?  Join us for a brown bag lunch today, noon-1 p.m. in Sangamon Hall, room 0120.

Here is your chance to spend an hour with Jason Dockter, Ph.D., Professor, English & Scott Stallman, Ph.D., Associate VP, Education Outreach, as they catch you up on the information captured that day with a summary of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats identified by you and the other folks who work here.  They will also offer related information from the environmental scan. The session will be informative, casual and fun, so bring your lunch and learn more about strategic planning.

Let Academic Innovation and eLearning know you’re coming: Click here to register.

The LLCC bird banding station just banded the 15,000th bird (female northern cardinal) since the its opening in the fall of 2012.  Other facts from Tony Rothering, professor of biology:
– We also banded our 800th House Finch yesterday.
– So far this fall we have banded 2268 birds of 77 species.
– The fall banding season will end this coming Friday 11/18.
– A final report for this fall’s banding season will be forthcoming.
– The spring banding season will begin the last week of March 2017.

Does your class have a service project coming up? Know a group of faculty, staff or students that has a community service project planned? Be sure to let us know and we will get it listed on the 50 Acts of Service webpage. If you have donated your time anywhere throughout your community, log onto the webpage to complete the google form so we can track all of our hours, too! So far, we have over 60 service projects on the schedule! Thank you LLCC!

LLCC SGA is sponsoring an Angel Tree to spread joy and cheer to local senior residents of Springfield Retirement Village. Students, faculty and staff are invited to take an angel from the holiday tree located in A. Lincoln Commons and purchase a gift for the resident named on the angel tag. Gifts can be returned to the Student Life Office with the angel tag included.

Group invited to perform in Cuba in December

LLCC’s Recital Series continues Sunday, Nov. 20, with a performance by the Millikin University Latin Jazz Project. The recital begins at 4 p.m. in the Trutter Center.

Director Brian Justison, professor of percussion at Millikin University in Decatur, has announced that the Millikin University Latin Jazz Project has been invited to perform at the Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 16-18. Millikin Chamber Percussion Ensembles have been widely acclaimed for their performances of concert repertoire for percussion instruments.. 

All LLCC Recital Series performances are free and open to the public.

The Arts and Humanities department invites you to view and discuss the film “Still Walking” on Thursday, Nov. 17, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Trutter Center. “Still Walking” (2009) tells of 12 years after their beloved eldest son, Junpei, drowned while saving a stranger’s life, the parents welcome their surviving children home for a family reunion. The younger son still feels that his parents resent that he isn’t the one who died, as his wife is awkwardly introduced to the rest of the family for the first time.

The event is part of LLCC’s fall film and discussion series entitled “Through a Different Lens” and is hosted by Ashley Green, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Paul Van Heuklom, professor of English; and Joseph Hoff, Ph.D., professor of Spanish. There is no charge to attend.

The final film in the series is:

Dec. 8: “Birth of a Family” (2012)

Go Loggers! The LLCC Loggers volleyball team, coached by Jim Dietz, is seeded third in the NJCAA Division II Volleyball National Championship in Charleston, West Virginia. LLCC opens Nov. 17 at 8 a.m. against #14 seed Metropolitan Community College-Longview (Missouri). The Loggers placed second to Parkland College at the national championship last year.The Loggers (37-8) are making their second straight trip to the 16-team national tournament.

Dr. Chris McDonald, professor of political science, and Dr. Mark Roehrs, professor of history, will present Saturday at the Great War Encampment at the Illinois State Military Museum, 1301 N. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield. Throughout the day, there will be educational programs for children, a scavenger hunt around the museum, outside exhibits and a hands-on artifact analysis. LLCC employees and families are invited and Chris will have uniforms to try on and will take photos. Mark will speak at 1 p.m. on “Mobilizing for War, 33rd at Camp Logan” and at 3 p.m., Chris speaks on the “33rd Division in Combat.”

LLCC-Litchfield was chosen as the November Litchfield Chamber Member of the Month. Congratulations!