This U.S. News and World Report article sums up the advantages of attending community colleges, including money, academic flexibility, financial aid, school/life balance, STEM education opportunities, transfer agreements, elements of traditional colleges, personalized attention, professional certificates and online class options.

Dee Krueger, new director at LLCC-Taylorville, was the subject of a feature article yesterday, June 7, in the Taylorville Breeze-Courier.

Sister Mary Gianna, LLCC’s 2015 outstanding graduate, wrote the LLCC essay in the State Journal-Register yesterday, June 7, entitled, “The community I experienced at LLCC.”

July 1, 2015 is the date that LLCC goes smoke and tobacco-free. Quitting will not only improve your health, but save you money. Fines will be imposed for smoking on any LLCC-owned or operated property: $25 for the first offense and $50 for subsequent offenses.

There are resources to help you kick the habit.

Read other details of the new state law and LLCC’s policy pursuant to that law.

Happy Birthday to all faculty and staff born in June! Click on the “Birthdays” tab at the top of LincIn to see who is celebrating.

I’d like to express a sincere thank-you to the very caring and supportive people that make LLCC such a great place to belong. Your condolences on the passing of my mother were very thoughtful and much appreciated.

Thank you, Janelle

Chris McDonald, Ph.D., captured on camera this heron that caught two fish. The heron caught the two fish, put one down while eating the other. Then the heron took the dropped fish back to the water, rinsed it off and then ate it too!

Click: Line of March 2015

The Line of March for Commencement is determined by the hire date for a full-time, Board of Trustees-approved position.  Adjunct instructor positions do not fall into this category.  If an adjunct instructor fills a full-time, benefit-eligible, Board-approved position, the date they were hired into that position becomes the hire date used to determine position in the line of march.  If someone leaves LLCC, vacating a full-time, Board-approved position, and then returns, the date on which they were re-hired becomes the new hire date in determining their position in the line of march (because employment was not continuous). Individuals who are unable to attend the ceremony in a given year are removed from the line of march for that year. As a result, there is some shifting every year based on who is and who is not attending the ceremony.

We do our best to ensure that the line of march is accurate. However, there may be some instances in which a hire date is inaccurate. If you believe you should be somewhere else in the line, feel free to stand there. The line of march is more of a guide as opposed to a hard and fast rule. The commencement ceremony is focused on graduates, and that is where the majority of effort and preparation occurs. We appreciate your attendance at the ceremony and look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of our students.

Office of the Vice President, Student Services

Craig McFarland, financial aid advisor, was named the Lella M. Schaaf Advisor of the Year at the annual Student Recognition Ceremony.  Craig advises the LLCC Veterans Club. Congratulations!

For a complete list of all students honored at the ceremony, click HERE.

Congratulations to the most recent group to complete Project Redesign through the Instructional Technology and Distance Education department. The Project Redesign program is a faculty professional development program for current online faculty led by Jason Dockter, Ph.D. (left).  New graduates of the 10-week program are Dave Cox, Dean Butzow, Melinda P. Kaye, and David Leitner, Ph.D. In the program, participants discuss current online teaching and learning methods, course design processes, and online learning technical tools. Faculty share and discuss experiences and issues related to online teaching and learning, while also redesigning a current online course they teach.