Category Archives: General

07.13.15

Free NISOD webinar Thursday!

As a NISOD member college, we have access to the free webinars described below. Feel free to sign-up and view this webinar from a convenient location.  
 
NISOD Webinars are free to all Lincoln Land Community College employees by using the following information to log in and register:
Username: llcc.edu
Password: nisod225

Five Secrets to Spectacular Student Engagement

Are you looking for a way to effectively use technology in your classroom? Even the best teachers struggle to keep the attention of distracted students browsing their email and newsfeeds during class. Dr. Colin Montpetit boosted participation by 49 percent after introducing a student engagement solution into his large enrollment course. Using the cloud-based system, Dr. Montpetit is able to achieve a 99 percent participation rate by easily adding diverse question formats into his presentations. Students in turn participate anonymously using their own laptops, tables, and smartphones that enables them to learn “fearlessly.” This new approach helps Dr. Montpetit transform his class into an “active learning zone” while increasing engagement, defeating in-class device distractions, and most importantly, improving learning outcomes. Uncover Dr. Montpetit’s five secrets to spectacular student engagement and put them to the test in your own classroom!
Colin Montpetit, Assistant Professor, Biology, University of Ottawa
Thursday, July 16
Central: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Register for webinar

07.13.15

LLCC hosts Road Scholar® choral program July 13-18

LLCC is hosting a Road Scholar®/Elderhostel choral program July 13-18. Twenty-five individuals from across the United States and Canada will visit Springfield to participate in “Singing in the Heart of America: A Choral Workshop.”
 
Each year, new and repeat participants come together because they appreciate the opportunity to share in the enjoyment of raising their voices in song. A highlight of the week is a concert featuring music from various periods—both sacred and secular—on Friday, July 17 at 2 p.m. in the Old State Capitol. The concert is free and open to the public.
 
Sue Hamilton, LLCC music instructor, serves as music director and Ann Kramer is LLCC coordinator for the Road Scholar® choral program, which is hosted annually by LLCC.
07.07.15

Campus photos

These are several photos that Professor Chris McDonald captured of a fawn and its mother early Monday morning in the bean field west of the truck driver training lot. They crossed over the road to the edge of the prairie before getting spooked by a car and running into the woods by the truck driver lot. Do we dare tell the ag professors the deer nibbled on some of the soybeans?!

Fawn 1Fawn and motherFawn and mother2Fawn2

 

 

06.23.15

If you see smokers on campus after July 1, say something!

One week from the today is the last day smoking and tobacco use will be allowed on campus, per state law.  If you observe smoking after that date, Vice President for Student Services Lesley Frederick encourages you to speak up, and ask the smokers (nicely) if they are aware that smoking is no longer allowed on campus. Here are the basics you can share:

  1. State law now prohibits smoking and tobacco use on college campuses.
  2. At LLCC, you can only smoke in your vehicle.
  3. Police will enforce the smoking ban with a $25 fine the first time and $50 fines if caught again.
  4. Want to quit? Student Life will sponsor lunchtime presentations on kicking the habit Sept. 10 and Nov. 12 in the Commons.Print
06.23.15

Short film produced on LLCC’s bird banding station

LLCC student and bird banding station volunteer Mark Gordon recently produced this excellent short film on the LLCC bird banding station as an independent study project. Tony Rothering, professor of biology, and Vern Kleen, master bird bander, are featured, along with LLCC students and station volunteers. Samantha Reif, assistant professor of geosciences, is also in the film.  This spring, 1064 birds of 75 species were banded at LLCC, and fall banding will begin again Aug. 24.