In the news

Dee Krueger, director, LLCC-Taylorville, was interviewed yesterday on the WTIM Morning Show. She discussed fall classes at LLCC-Taylorville, welcome week activities and the enrollment process.

Extended registration hours for week of Aug. 15

There is still time to register for fall 2022 classes at LLCC. The fall semester begins Aug. 20.

During the week of Aug. 15, LLCC Student Services, Bookstore and LLCC-Taylorville will be open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 20, Student Services will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The LLCC Bookstore will be open on Saturdays, Aug. 13, 20 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Current students may register for classes via LoggerCentral at www.llcc.edu/logger-central. New students should first fill out an application at www.llcc.edu/apply. Students may also visit or call the Springfield campus (217-786-2292) or LLCC Outreach Centers in Jacksonville (217-243-6699), Beardstown (217-323-4103), Taylorville (217-786-2754) or Litchfield (217-786-3401).

In addition to traditional 16-week classes, LLCC has expanded the number of eight-week classes offered. They provide the same content, number of credits, services and support as 16-week classes, but on a different schedule. To learn more and view available eight-week classes, visit www.llcc.edu/8-weeks.

For more information on LLCC enrollment, call 217-786-2292, text 217-387-8585 or visit www.llcc.edu.

In the community

people sitting in grandstand using LLCC fansLLCC Ag and LLCC-Taylorville partnered to be a sponsor of the Christian County Ag Fair this year. As part of the sponsorship, LLCC banners were placed at the main entrances of the fair and the Ag Building, LLCC was announced as a sponsor during the grandstand events and hand-held fans were disbursed during the Little Miss, Jr. Miss and Miss Christian County queen pageants.

In the news

Dee Krueger, director, LLCC-Taylorville, was interviewed yesterday on the WTIM Morning Show. She discussed full semester and module classes, summer and fall classes at LLCC-Taylorville and the upcoming grilling series demonstration at Ace Hardware in Taylorville on July 9.

The July issue of “Keep on Truckin’,” the magazine of the Mid-West Truckers Association, features a story about the donations of trucks and chassis to LLCC’s new diesel technologies program. The donations came from CIT Trucks and Rush Truck Centers. Jeff Gardner, director, diesel technologies program, is quoted in the article.

New mural at LLCC-Jacksonville honors Dr. Alonzo Kenniebrew

Mural on side of LLCC Jacksonville honoring Dr. Alonzo KenniebrewA new mural commissioned by Jacksonville Main Street has been installed on the side of LLCC-Jacksonville, 32 N. Central Park Plaza. The mural honors Dr. Alonzo H. Kenniebrew, the first African American to own and operate a hospital in the U.S. He ran New Home Sanitarium in Jacksonville for nearly 20 years in the early 1900s. A ribbon cutting will be held June 18, 11 a.m. Read more about the mural and Kenniebrew in this Jacksonville Journal-Courier article.