LLCC is hosting orientation sessions in April for Springfield-area high school students planning to participate in College Now during the 2024-2025 academic year. Students and their parents/guardians are invited to attend a session on Monday, April 8, 6:30 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. or Monday, April 15, 6:30 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 2202 on the main campus in Springfield.
College Now allows students, who are least 16 years old and in good academic standing, from high schools that are partnering with LLCC to earn college credit by taking morning or afternoon classes at the college during their normal school day.
LLCC currently has partnerships with the following high schools in the Springfield area: Auburn, Calvary Academy, Glenwood, Greenview, Lanphier, Lutheran, New Berlin, Pawnee, Pleasant Plains, Riverton, Rochester, Sacred Heart Griffin, Springfield, Southeast and Williamsville.
At the orientation session, participants will receive registration assistance, learn about success coaching, meet with faculty and discover the supports and resources available to them as LLCC students.
Registration and more information are available at www.llcc.edu/college-now or by calling 217-786-2582.
LLCC Academic Services is happy to announce that Lynn Gerton began work in the new position of coordinator of concurrent enrollment for main campus on Nov. 1. In this position, she will serve as the liaison for students, parents and high schools for those schools in the Springfield campus area of responsibility for dual credit and College Now offerings. Lynn brings some experience helping with these duties in her previous position as administrative assistant to the vice president of academic services. She was instrumental in helping register a large number of dual credit students this fall, and she has been working to maintain effective and cordial relationships with our high school partners.
