Jessie Blackburn, director, LLCC-Litchfield, and Christine Marietta, administrative assistant, LLCC-Litchfield, represented LLCC at the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce Art in the Park event on Saturday, May 1. LLCC-Litchfield sponsored artist Chris Steiner who attended LLCC from fall 1992 to fall 1993.
Eric Stachera, professor of English, spoke on “The Role of Poetry” at Abraham Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Church in Springfield on April 11.
Bill Harmon, professor of agronomy, spoke to the Springfield Sunshine Rotary yesterday morning about LLCC’s agriculture programs and the growth made possible by the Kreher Farm Perpetual Charitable Trust.
LLCC transition hybrid and traditional ADN nursing students along with Dr. Pam Bradley and Dr. Amanda Roche, professors of nursing, braved the cold to administer COVID-19 vaccines in the Sangamon County Department of Public Health drive-through clinic Feb. 13-14. “The students were rock stars with their nursing and professional communication skills,” says Dr. Pam Bradley, professor of nursing. “The nursing mantra is ‘see one, do one, teach one.’ This weekend the students saw one, gave and taught hundreds. It was really amazing to see them in action and to have been invited to participate in this historic and hopefully only once-in-a-lifetime event.”
Cary Cheffy, director of personal health services, said the students were “fabulous and very professional. They were a big help to us and to the community.” The students will be back later this week to help get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible.
A photo by Tony Rothering, professor of biology, is featured on the cover of the Just Words publication of a volunteer holding a male Goldencrowned Kinglet during a recent bird banding event at Jubilee Farm. Jubilee Farm, west of Springfield, hosts bird banding events in the summer and fall.
The LLCC Child Development Center is represented at the annual Zhoulie Ghoulie Halloween event at Henson Robinson Zoo. Each classroom worked on a scarecrow for the display. This year, displays will not be staffed as additional safety precautions have been put in place for the event.
Jessie Blackburn, director, LLCC-Litchfield and Tisha Miller, enrollment coordinator, LLCC-Taylorville and LLCC-Litchfield, represented LLCC at the McKay Napa Auto Parts Tool Show in Litchfield. The annual event draws automotive technicians, farmers and private individuals from various counties. Groups of six or less attended by appointment over the course of two days.
The 25,000th bird was banded the morning of Aug. 31 at the LLCC Bird Banding Station! It was a warbler called a Northern Waterthrush (a fairly common migrant in central Illinois). Tony Rothering, professor of biology, and net-check assistants banded a total of 19 birds of seven species that morning.
In addition, a small segment of an interview Professor Rothering did in conjunction with a May bird banding event at Julbilee Farm is now available on the Jubilee Farm Facebook page.
Leslie Stalter, professor of art, has sculpted a butter cow, “Quarantina,” for the Illinois Times Miniature Butter Cow Contest, and voting is now open! You can view all the entries and place your vote on the IT website through Aug. 31 at 2:01 p.m.
“My students will tell you I’m a little bit obsessed with the fair’s butter cow,” says Leslie. “Quarantina is ready for anything this epidemic throws her way.”
View the making of a miniature butter cow:
Tony Rothering, professor of biology, recently held a bird banding event at Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary (south of Loami). The data collected helps inform the sanctuary of the diversity of bird species present and the quality of habitat. For safety considerations, the event was not open to the public and CDC recommendations were followed.
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Downy Woodpecker
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Common Yellowthroat Warbler
Male Indigo Bunting
Red-Bellied Woodpecker