Facilities Services is planning on refinishing tile floors in Menard Hall during the spring mid-semester break, March 9-17. During this process, sections of the building will be inaccessible. In an effort to accommodate departments that do have work planned for this time, we ask that anyone who will need to access Menard Hall during spring break to please contact Facilities Services at David.Bretscher@llcc.edu.

Thank you to everyone who donated to the LLCC Black Student Union “Jeans Day.”  All proceeds benefited the LLCC Food Pantry. Your generous donations will make an immediate impact on the lives of many of our students. Your kindness is truly appreciated.

Registration for 2019 summer classes is now open! https://www.llcc.edu/summer-classes/ Please encourage students to register early for summer classes, which begin June 3.

Open registration for fall classes begins April 18.

LLCC is celebrating African-American History Month during February with various events. The theme for this year’s observance is “Still: We Rise as the Journey Continues.”

Activities continue tomorrow with:

• Black History Month Ebony Dance, 9 p.m. to midnight, Trutter Center. The event is co-sponsored by the African-American History Month Committee and the Open Door Mentorship program.

Read about additional events throughout the month.

We extend our sympathy to Danny Guthals, building custodian, on the passing of his brother, Allen George Guthals of Waggoner on Feb. 18.

Visitation is today from 4-7 p.m. at the Hough Funeral Home in Farmersville with services there tomorrow at 10 a.m. and burial in Rovey Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Montgomery County Animal Control.

Please vote for LLCC! We are honored to again be nominated for Best College/University and Best Trade School in the SJ-R Readers’ Choice Awards! Vote here. 

Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student run café, is open today with a full-service dining experience from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. View the menu.

Reservations are strongly encouraged, and can be made by emailing bistroverde@llcc.edu, calling 786-2821 or stopping by the café during hours of business. Cash and debit or credit cards are accepted.

Bistro Verde will be open during the spring 2019 semester on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will operate through Thursday, March 7 and again from  Thursday, March 28 through Thursday, April 25.

Spring Campus Visit Day on Feb. 18 was a great success with more than 400 individuals in attendance! LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would like to thank all who assisted with this important recruitment event. We sincerely appreciate you sharing your time, expertise and enthusiasm for LLCC!

Those who assisted include: Dr. Carmen Allen, Anne Armbruster, Chris Barry, Bill Bade, Holly Bauman, Shelby Bedford, Debbie Bell, Barb Bernardi, Laurel Bretz, Dr. Victor Broderick, Shanda Byer, Michelle Burger, Michael Clark, Julie Clevenger, Christina Courier, Jacob Deters, Brian Earley, Scott Ebbing, Kim Eddings, Nick Ferreira, David Ferrill, Melissa Franzen, Dr. Lesley Frederick, Dr. Claire Gordon, Sgt. Mike Hanson, Bill Harmon, Richard Hayes, Cathy Huffman, Tim Humphrey, Leslie Johnson, Judy Jozaitis, Sean Keeley, Tammy Kuhn-Schnell, Barry Lamb, Taylor Littig, Keri Mason, Dr. Chris McDonald, Claire Heffron-McKinney, Officer Craig Meador, Tisha Miller, Alison Mills, Patrick Moore, Janelle Murphy, Becky Parton, Michael Phelon, David Pietrzak, Mary Ponser, Ben Roth, Julie Rourke, Randy Rue, Karen Sanders, Tom Sidener, Shelly Smothers, Julie Sutfin, Jan Szoke, Ashly Thomas, Chris Tople, Officer Bryan Tweryon, Matt Vespa, Nancy Walton, Karla Wilham, Doris Williams and Dallas Woomer.

Also, thank you to the student presenters (Sierra Peterson, Natalie Baker, Austin Harris, Saleana Moore and Vanessa Robnett) and clubs that participated (Agriculture Club, Computer Science Academy, Dance Club: Express Your Seoul, Environmental Club, Honors Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Student Government Association, Student Radiographers Association and The Lamp).

LLCC is celebrating African-American History Month during February with various events. The theme for this year’s observance is “Still: We Rise as the Journey Continues.”

Activities continue today with:

• Soup & Stories “The Conversation” presented by Roderick “Odd?Rod” Borisade, spoken word artist, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Robert H. Stephens Room, Menard Hall. The event is free to students with a student ID and $3 for non-students. Register for this event by calling 217-786-2241.

Read about additional events throughout the month.

The Spanish translation of the book “Conversations with Ian McEwan,” edited by Ryan Roberts, professor/librarian, was published yesterday by Gatopardo Ediciones. The book features a revised introduction written by Ryan and a new interview with McEwan by scholar Vanessa Guignery. More details (and the cover of the book) can be found at https://bit.ly/2TqbSMm.

Translated blurb from the publisher website: “’Conversations with Ian McEwan’ brings together 14 interviews spanning 40 years of the author’s writing career, including ‘Atonement,’ ‘Saturday’ and ‘On Chesil Beach.’ In dialogue with prestigious writers such as Martin Amis, Zadie Smith and David Remnick, and the psychologist Steven Pinker, among others, McEwan reveals his vision of the creative process and his narrative obsessions with the sharpness, humor and intelligence that characterize him as a prose writer.”