I wish to express my heartfelt thanks for all the cards, gifts and well-wishes in honor of my retirement. I have been blessed to work with so many wonderful, dedicated individuals throughout my career at LLCC as we strived to improve the lives of the many students we served. As I embark on a new chapter of my life, I wish all of you and the college great success.
Thanks for all the wonderful memories!
Diane Clark
Hope you had a wonderful holiday break!
ITS will be performing network maintenance during the following times: Tuesday, Dec. 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 3 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Expect intermittent outages during these timeframes.
Blackboard will be unavailable on January 4, 2016 between 8:00 a.m. and noon. During this time we will be conducting system maintenance in preparation for the Spring 2016 semester. We will send an email on the fourth when the system is up and ready for use.
Scott Stallman participated in a graduation and hooding ceremony on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena. He received his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration & Foundations. His dissertation title was “Implicit Bias in Student Conduct Systems.” Congratulations to Scott on this achievement!
KUDOS to these employees for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate.
Dr. Janice Badgett, Dr. Pam Bradley, Shelby Bedford, Kenny Bridgeford, Dr. Victor Broderick, Gloria Buhr, Michelle Burger, Shanda Byer, Elyse Calhoun, Jill Campbell, Gaye Catlin, Brittany Clark, Diane Clark, Michelle Coakes, Connie Costello, Culinary Arts Program, Culinary Institute, Stephanie Cummings, Dwayne Curry, Maureen Curry, Nancy Derrig, Julie Eason, Libby Elder, Ada Fleeharty, Sharon Fritts, Suellen Funk, Melissa Glossop, Mary Goldstein, Christa Gorman, Steven Handy, Bill Harmon, Carrie Henry, Matt Hobrock, Valarie Howse, Tracy Kesinger, Sonja Koontz, Britta Lothary, Dr. Cynthia Maskey, Megan McCann, Jamie McCoy, Dr. Brenda Michel, Ashley Miller, Andres Morales, Janet Moulton, Tamie Penning, Patty Petersen, Karrie Prescott, Mary Russo, Donna Satterlee, Al Shull, Leslie Stalter, Jennifer Thornton, Theresa Till, Paula Vehlow, Danyle Watkins, Thom Whalen, Amy Williams and Leon Williams
Click December 2015 KUDOS Awards to read what the above employees did and who nominated them.
The next KUDOS awards will be announced in March. Nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS tab in the upper right corner of LincIn.
The KUDOS award is an informal way to recognize the small and large ways our faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS.
Attend the “Spread the Cheer” Holiday Party TODAY from 2-4 p.m. in the Student Union, Menard Hall. Enjoy food, holiday music and social time with your colleagues.
In conjunction with the 
annual holiday party, a coat drive is being held. Donate a new or gently used coat (or scarf, hat or mittens) and your name will be entered in a drawing for door prizes! You will receive one ticket per item you donate and prizes will be drawn at the party. Donations will be sent to Contact Ministries and Springfield School District 186.
The Fall 2015 Assessment Newsletter is available: LLCC Assessment NewsletterFall 2015
Distributing documents electronically through email rather than by regular mail can significantly reduce postage costs. This is especially true for larger documents. A 1996 case study found that because of shipping, producing and delivering five thousand 1,000-page documents on CD-ROM cost less than half as much as producing and delivering the documents on paper. Savings can also be significant for a lighter weight but higher volume mailing. AT&T, for example, found that paper and postage together account for 72 percent of the cost of billing their corporate customers. Online billing can reduce the costs of rendering bills dramatically. Using lighter weight paper, such as 20 lb. instead of 24 lb., can also reduce postage costs.
Associate in Science degree requirements review due at 5 p.m. Contact Amy Williams, amy.williams@llcc.edu, ext. 62212, with any questions.
KUDOS award submissions due at 5 p.m. Click on the KUDOS tab in the upper right corner of LincIn to nominate a deserving staff or faculty member. Awards to be announced Thursday.
Parking lot north of Cass Gym closed for maintenance.
Writing Center office/school supplies drive for Harvard Park Elementary School ends.