Get your Flu Shot today

Today is the second (and final) day of the health screenings. Employees can have lab work and get their flu shot. The screenings will take place in the Student Union in Menard Hall from 7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. All benefit eligible employees who participate in the screening and complete the health risk assessment survey will receive a $50 Visa give card! For questions, please contact the HR office at HR@llcc.edu.

2024 Cardboard Boat Regatta

Crowds gathered on Lake Macoupin to watch the boat regatta.
The 3rd annual Cardboard Boat Regatta drew a large crowd on Friday. Students, faculty and staff enjoyed grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and Kona Ice while they watched this year’s competition. For more photos, see LLCC Facebook and Instagram posts. Read on for this year’s winners.

Boats racing in the 2024 regatta

Collage of LLCC Library's boat in the regatta.

First Place – RV Swan Linc

 

For the third straight year, the LLCC Library took top honors with their boat titled RV Swan Linc. The library boat also received awards for fastest boat, with a finish time of 2:09, and LLCC Spirit.

Collage of photos for the Financial Aid regatta boat.

Second Place – Pell Pirates – also won Best Design

Collage of photos from the Birds and Bees cardboard boat.

Third Place – The Birds and the Bees at LLCC

Collage of photos from the Games Club cardboard boat.

Titanic Award – LLCC Games Club: FenRir 2

Photos of the SSBSU cardboard boat.

Longest Time in the Water (without sinking) – SS BSU

Other equally engaging and entertaining boats included:

Photos of the LLCC Honors Club cardboard boat.

LLCC Honors Club – Professor McDonald’s Revenge

Photos of Enrollment Management's cardboard boat.

Enrollment Management – Enrollment Splashtastic

Photos of LLCC PD's cardboard boat

LLCC Police Department – Hanson’s Heroes

In the news

Dr. Charlotte Warren, LLCC President; Gordon Gates, president, LLCC Board of Trustees; Shanda Byer, VP student services; Braden Nicoll, student trustee; Eleanor Stuckey, student worker; student success, were interviewed by WTAX and WICS during the ribbon cutting for the new Student Services Hub.

Student Open Mic today and more

Lit Fest continues today with a student open mic event in A. Lincoln Commons. See all of today’s events listed below. LLCC English and Humanities has planned two weeks worth of activities to recognize Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28 and October’s National Book Month. This week’s activities include:

2024 Lit Fest. A blue graphic with a rainbow quill pen.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, Sept. 27

  • Noon-2 p.m. – Student Open Mic in A. Lincoln Commons.
  • 3-5:45 p.m. – Film screening of “Hugo” in Menard Hall, Room 2207.
  • 6-8 p.m. – “All Booked Up”: An Evening of Literary Reading with Local Authors in A. Lincoln Commons.

Sunday, Sept. 29

  • 3-5 p.m. – Literary Arts Vendor Fair in A. Lincoln Commons.
  • 5-7 p.m. – Expressions in the Dark: Slam Poetry in A Lincoln Commons.

Teachers as Writers Panel Today

Lit Fest continues today with a writers panel in the LLCC Library. LLCC English and Humanities has planned two weeks worth of activities to recognize Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28 and October’s National Book Month. This week’s activities include:

2024 Lit Fest. A blue graphic with a rainbow quill pen.

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Sept. 26

  • 1-3 p.m. – Teachers as Writers Panel in the LLCC Library

Friday, Sept. 27

  • Noon-2 p.m. – Student Open Mic in A. Lincoln Commons.
  • 3-5:45 p.m. – Film screening of “Hugo” in Menard Hall, Room 2207
  • 6-8 p.m. – “All Booked Up”: An Evening of Literary Reading with Local Authors in A. Lincoln Commons.

“Well, I’ll be Banned” happens today in A. Lincoln Commons

LLCC English and Humanities has planned two weeks worth of activities to recognize Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28 and October’s National Book Month. This week’s activities include:

Wednesday, Sept. 25

  • Noon-2 p.m. – “Well, I’ll be Banned”: A Celebration of Banned Books in A. Lincoln Commons.
  • Kickoff of the InstaHaiku contest, open to LLCC students. The contest, sponsored by the LLCC Writing Center, will close Oct. 3.
  • 2-3:30 p.m. – Quiet Reading Party – A bring your own book (BYOB) event with tea and cookies, in the Writing Center.

Thursday, Sept. 26

  • 1-3 p.m. – Teachers as Writers Panel in the LLCC Library

Friday, Sept. 27

  • Noon-2 p.m. – Student Open Mic in A. Lincoln Commons.
  • 3-5:45 p.m. – Film screening of “Hugo” in Menard Hall, Room 2207
  • 6-8 p.m. – “All Booked Up”: An Evening of Literary Reading with Local Authors in A. Lincoln Commons.

Parking Changes today for Ag & Workforce Careers Expo

Local employers will be moving in equipment today for the Ag & Workforce Careers Expo. To help our current students with parking, employees are asked to park in lots 9, 11, 13 or 15 or in Cass Gym lots. View campus map.

Thank you for your assistance as we prepare for this event, which connects high school students with local employers to learn about careers in ag, health care and the skilled trades.

(Note: LLCC students are encouraged to park in Lots 1, 3, 5 and 7.)

Parking Changes for today and Thursday

Local employers will be moving in equipment today for the Ag & Workforce Careers Expo. To help our current students with parking, employees are asked to park in lots 9, 11, 13 or 15 or in Cass Gym lots. View campus map.

Thank you for your assistance as we prepare for this event, which connects high school students with local employers to learn about careers in ag, health care and the skilled trades.

(Note: LLCC students are encouraged to park in Lots 1, 3, 5 and 7.)