The date of officially re-opening the campus has yet to be determined, but the number of essential employees needed on campus is increasing as we get ready for the summer term. For those coming back to campus this week, please note that a face mask or face covering will be required whenever you are in common spaces (hallways, restrooms, classrooms, etc.) or when interacting with others. Please let your supervisor know if you don’t have a face mask, and one will be provided to you. More formal protocols for returning to work are forthcoming, once a re-opening date has been determined.

LLCC Human Resources is currently advertising for the following full-time position: welding instructor. Full details can be found on the HR Employment site.

Last week, Employee Recognition Week drew to a close. It was bittersweet, as we wish we were together at this time of year, but we will be celebrating together again soon. In the meantime, it has been great fun celebrating members of the LLCC family, and we’re happy that you have enjoyed these video presentations. They have been such a hit that we plan to make this a new recognition tradition moving forward!

On Friday, we celebrated the outstanding employees who have been with the LLCC family for 25 (!) and 30 (!) years with the video presentation below.

We also bid a fond farewell and best wishes to the retirees featured in the following video.

Unfortunately, we do not have email contacts for all of our retirees who have already moved on to the next chapter of their lives. You can send best wishes to those about to retire and congratulate those celebrating these amazing service anniversaries using the links provide below.

25 Years

Laurie Clemons, Student Success Coach I
Becky Parton, Dean, Academic Innovation and eLearning

30 Years

Paula Luebbert, Assistant Vice President-Corporate/Government Training and Economic Development

Retirees

Bill Bade, Dean, Mathematics and Computer Science
Lyn Buerkett, Director, Adult Education and Literacy
Rick Burge, Truck Driver Training Specialist
Stephanie Coleman, Webstore Technician
Brad Gentry, Chief of Police
Bob Howard, Director, Truck Driver Training
Judy Jozaitis, Vice President, Workforce Development
Judy Nichols, Professor of Psychology
Teresa Rigney, Program Assistant, Athletics
Denese Udey, Program Assistant, Community Learning

Also view the recognition for 2020:

• 20-year honorees
• 15-year honorees
• 10-year honorees
• Five-year honorees

We’re making our way through our weeklong celebration and loving every minute of it! The next video features the fantastic group of employees who have been with the LLCC family for 20 years. If you would like to personally congratulate these folks on this amazing milestone, please use the links provided below. Enjoy the show!

Janice Badgett, Professor of Nursing
Joni Bernahl, Director, IT Support
Deborah Brothers, Professor of English
Jeris Creasey, IT Trainer/Technical Writer
Maureen Curry, Facilities Office Coordinator
Danny Guthals, Building Custodian
Richard Hayes, Student Success Coach I
Bob Howard, Director, Truck Driver Training
Tisha Miller, Enrollment Coordinator, LLCC-Taylorville/Litchfield
Tamie Penning, Information Technology Specialist
Ryan Roberts, Professor/Librarian
John Ryan, Building Custodian
Matt Shaver, Professor of Digital Media
Al Shull, Professor of Art
Shirley Warfield-Jones, Child Development Center Teacher

Also, view the recognition for 2020:

• 15-year honorees
• 10-year honorees
• Five-year honorees

Employee Recognition Week rolls on! Dr. Warren’s video introduction is still available if you missed it earlier this week.

The next video presentation celebrates the outstanding staff and faculty who have been with the LLCC family for 15 years. If you would like to personally recognize your colleagues, feel free to use the links provided below.

Enjoy today’s show!

Shawn Allen, Student Records Evaluator
Anne Armbruster, Student Success Coach II
Kim Elder, Employee Benefits and Retention Coordinator
Misty Hagstrom, Graphic Design Specialist
John Paul Jaramillo, Professor of English
Craig Norman, Truck Driver Training Specialist
David Reynolds, Professor of Sociology
Curt Robinson, Truck Driver Training Specialist
Randy Rue, Professor of Criminal Justice
Katie Tice, Professor of Accounting
Nancy Walton, Professor-Basic Nurse Assistant
Lynn Whalen, Executive Director, Public Relations and Marketing
Amanda Wiesenhofer, Electronic Resources and Library Systems Administrator

Also, view the recognition for 2020:

• 10-year honorees
• Five-year honorees

This week is Employee Recognition Week and was kicked off by a video introduction by President Charlotte Warren, Ph.D.

We are next celebrating the outstanding faculty and staff who have been with the LLCC family for 10 years with the following video presentation. If you would like, please use the links below to send a quick note to these fine folks!

Enjoy the show!

Michelle Burger, Scholarship Program and Alumni Services Coordinator
Philip Burnett, Facilities Maintenance Technician
Dennis Farrand, Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Cathleen Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Basic Nurse Assistant
David Ferrill, Information Technology and Audio Specialist
Carrie Henry, Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Mathematics and Computer Science
Lisa Heyen, Adult Education Coordinator
Jennifer Meyer, Administrative Assistant, LLCC-Jacksonville
Dave Pietrzak, Program Director, Aviation Mechanics
Karen Riddell, Program Assistant, Adult Education and Literacy
Matthew Vespa, Professor of Mathematics
Danyle Watkins, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education

View the recognition of 2020 five-year honorees.

On Thursday, May 7, the college was scheduled to honor employees at the annual Employee Recognition Ceremony.  Unfortunately, the ceremony will have to be postponed, but we still want to honor those employees who are celebrating milestone anniversaries or those retiring or have retired during FY2020. Every day this week, we’ll celebrate a different group of people who we would have honored at the Employee Recognition Ceremony. No worries, though … we will still have a ceremony at some point, when it’s deemed safe to do so. Until then, President Charlotte Warren, Ph.D., offers this video introduction to Employee Recognition Week!

We celebrate the outstanding faculty and staff who have been with the LLCC family for five years in the following video:

If you would like, please use the links below to send a quick note to these fine folks! Enjoy the show!

Michael Bates, Public Safety Assistant
Jessie Blackburn, Director, LLCC-Litchfield
Gretchen Conway, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Assistant
Christina Courier, Program Assistant, Aviation Mechanics
Andrea DeRosa, Financial Advisor and Loan Specialist
Kim Eddings, Accessibility Services Coordinator
Scott Maruna, Public Safety Assistant
Andres Morales, Building Custodian
Ada Range, Assistant Professor of Biology
Brenda Schuster, Site Coordinator, LLCC-Beardstown
Greg Snyder, Instructor of Chemistry
Brian Tweryon, Police Sergeant
Travis Watret, Building Custodian

The college will be closed on Fridays during the 12 weeks of summer beginning Friday, May 22, 2020 and ending on Friday, August 7, 2020. Please see the attached memo from LLCC Human Resources regarding the upcoming summer hours schedule.

Summer 2020: 36-Hour Work Schedule

The annual open enrollment process for all benefit options begins today, May 4, and ends Thursday, June 4. Please thoroughly review the benefit guide HR emailed on April 28. It provides an overview of provided benefits, including information about the health and dental insurance premiums and coverage for the plan year beginning July 1, 2020. You may also view this short benefit summary video. Open enrollment offers the opportunity to make changes to all benefit options, including, Voluntary Life and AD& D Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Cancer and Critical Illness Benefit and Accident Benefit.

Open Enrollment Process

The open enrollment process will be conducted entirely online. Today you will receive an email with the subject line: “You need to complete your FY21 open enrollment checklist.” The email will contain a link to access your open enrollment tasks. You will use your LLCC login credentials to access the system. You will be immediately taken to the My Tasks page, which will list all of the items you must complete. If you are not immediately taken to the My Tasks page, click on the three dots in the upper left-hand corner of the page and select Employee Records. Please view each item and complete according to the instructions by no later than Thursday, June 4, 2020. To aid you in completing this process, we will be mailing a benefit statement to your home this week, which will list what your current coverage is for all options. If you have trouble with the online process, we are happy to assist you via a Microsoft Teams meeting.

Benefit Information

For plan year 2021, there are no changes to any plans with a minor exception for the High Deductible Plan. The individual deductible for the High Deductible Plan was increased from $2,750 to $2,800 in order to meet IRS guidelines for qualified high deductible plans.

View more detailed information regarding benefit options. You will find detailed information including:

• Schedule of benefits for Open Access and High Deductible Plans
• Schedule of benefits for vision
• Schedule of benefits for dental
• Non-discrimination notice for your dental benefit
• FAQs for the High Deductible Plan and Health Savings Accounts
• Information about Allied Benefit Systems and our network, HealthLink
• Information about DirectPath, a health plan advocacy and healthcare cost transparency tool
• Important notices about insurance
• IRS documents on health savings accounts
• Affordable Care Act Summaries of Benefits and Coverage
• Benefit overviews for Life/AD&D, Long-Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness and Cancer

Questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to Nicole Ralph, Kim Elder or Kirsten Taylor.

The annual open enrollment process for all benefit options begins on Monday, May 4 and ends Thursday, June 4. Please thoroughly review the benefit guide HR emailed yesterday. It provides an overview of provided benefits, including information about the health and dental insurance premiums and coverage for the plan year beginning July 1, 2020. You may also view this short benefit summary video. Open enrollment offers the opportunity to make changes to all benefit options, including, Voluntary Life and AD& D Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Cancer and Critical Illness Benefit and Accident Benefit.

Open Enrollment Process

The open enrollment process will be conducted entirely online. On Monday, May 4, you will receive an email with the subject line: “You need to complete your FY21 open enrollment checklist.” The email will contain a link to access your open enrollment tasks. You will use your LLCC login credentials to access the system. You will be immediately taken to the My Tasks page, which will list all of the items you must complete. If you are not immediately taken to the My Tasks page, click on the three dots in the upper left-hand corner of the page and select Employee Records. Please view each item and complete according to the instructions by no later than Thursday, June 4, 2020. To aid you in completing this process, we will be mailing a benefit statement to your home this week, which will list what your current coverage is for all options. If you have trouble with the online process, we are happy to assist you via a Microsoft Teams meeting.

Benefit Information

For plan year 2021, there are no changes to any plans with a minor exception for the High Deductible Plan. The individual deductible for the High Deductible Plan was increased from $2,750 to $2,800 in order to meet IRS guidelines for qualified high deductible plans.

View more detailed information regarding benefit options. You will find detailed information including:

• Schedule of benefits for Open Access and High Deductible Plans
• Schedule of benefits for vision
• Schedule of benefits for dental
• Non-discrimination notice for your dental benefit
• FAQs for the High Deductible Plan and Health Savings Accounts
• Information about Allied Benefit Systems and our network, HealthLink
• Information about DirectPath, a health plan advocacy and healthcare cost transparency tool
• Important notices about insurance
• IRS documents on health savings accounts
• Affordable Care Act Summaries of Benefits and Coverage
• Benefit overviews for Life/AD&D, Long-Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness and Cancer

Questions?

If you have any questions or need assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to Nicole Ralph, Kim Elder or Kirsten Taylor.