LLCC-Taylorville is looking for volunteers to represent LLCC and walk in the Edinburg Labor Day Parade. The parade will be held on Monday, Sept. 4, with step off at 10 a.m. Contact Tisha Miller at tisha.miller@llcc.edu with any questions and to volunteer.
Category Archives: In the Community
In the news
Jolene Lamb, culinary coordinator, LLCC Community Education, is demonstrating the preparation of an easy radish sandwich on today’s WICS Marketplace program which begins at 11:30 a.m.
This demonstration will also be featured tomorrow evening, 4-6 p.m., at the Thursday evening Illinois Product Farmers Market in the Shed at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Jolene will be providing another demonstration on Aug. 24. View the recipes she’ll be demonstrating: 2023 IL Products Farmers Market Recipes.
In addition, Lamb wrote today’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register, “Cooking on the campfire.”
Nursing club donates breakfast food items to D186
Recently LLCC’s IV Leaguer student nursing club challenged their student nursing peers to see which cohort could donate the most breakfast food items. The winning class would have bragging rights and select the school district that would be the recipients of the collected food items. The winning cohort was the graduating class and they decided Springfield D186 students should benefit!
On Monday, students of the winning class and club officers delivered four boxes of collected breakfast foods to the students of Grant Middle School. The graduated nursing students shared some of their tips for success with the middle school students, which include starting each day with a healthy breakfast.
Pictured (l-r) with GMS sixth grade students are Betsy Squires, outgoing club secretary, Lily Anderson, outgoing club president, Sarina Sloman, club vice president, and Kim Young, one of the club’s advisors.
Decision Day at Southeast High School
Another great Decision Day was held at Southeast High School on Friday, May 12. Our staff were there to cheer on seniors who have decided to attend LLCC and present scholarship certificates. We look forward to all of them achieving college success with us!
In the community
LLCC staff attended two Making the Grade events coordinated by D186 Family and Community Engagement Liaisons at Springfield High School and Southeast High School last week. Please contact Kim Wilson, recruitment specialist, if you would like to join them next year for this event. Four times a year, they meet with students and speak with them about their grades and future goals. They become mentors for the students and follow up with them every quarter. Picture shown is at Southeast High School.
Decision Day at Lanphier and Springfield High Schools
A great Decision Day was held at Lanphier High School on Friday, May 5 and at Springfield High School on Monday, May 8. LLCC staff were there to cheer on seniors. Two scholarships were presented at SHS: Eleanor Stuckey was awarded the LLCC Trustees’ Honors Program Scholarship and Katy Gietl was awarded the L. Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Health Care Scholarship. We look forward to all of them achieving college success at LLCC!
In the community
Leigh Giles-Brown, program director, diagnostic medical sonography, attended the Minority Health Fair hosted by the Springfield-Decatur Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The event was held at the Kerasotes YMCA on Saturday, April 29, and was well attended. Activities included fitness instruction, health screenings and free farmers market produce. At the LLCC display table, information about the DMS and other health professions programs was offered along with giveaways. The event was recommended by Tracey Benn-Cockayne, the DMS Diversity and Equity Fellowship Initiative (DEFI) fellow, and provided the opportunity to increase community awareness about the college’s health care training opportunities.
In the community
Jessie Blackburn, director, LLCC-Litchfield and Tara Walk, professor, criminal justice, were among guests from the Hillsboro community who spoke with Hillsboro junior high students about different career opportunities. The career exploration day was held at Hillsboro Junior High School on Friday, April 28.
BSU hosts event for D186 seniors
Members of the LLCC Black Student Union (BSU) welcomed approximately 60 District 186 seniors to BSU Fest Friday, April 21, on the Springfield campus.
The event was held to help students explore educational options and enhance community connection and inclusion among Black students.
Participants toured campus; participated in sonography, poetry or natural hair care workshops; and heard from BSU alumni, faculty and staff.
In the community
On Thursday, Rashawn Jones, program navigator, PATH; Brandon Lewis program navigator, WEI; and Jeff Martin , workforce recruitment coordinator, Workforce Institute, attended the District #186 Lawrence Education Center/Springfield Learning Academy Education Fair. They spoke with students about the many opportunities at LLCC.