NDT Students Poster Display

This week is Neurodiagnostic Technology Week (NDT). Stop by A. Lincoln Commons today between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to see what our students created to promote neurodiagnostic awareness.

In the community

The Student Radiographer Association spent time last week volunteering with HSHS Mission Outreach, an organization that accepts medical supply donations from all over the U.S. The donations are sorted at the center then shipped overseas to various countries in need.

Radiography students posing while volunteering at HSHS Mission Outreach.

Club members were given an unusual assignment! They ended up sorting, folding and boxing more than 425 freshly laundered sheets and blankets. These supplies are being sent to a medical facility in Tanzania.

Participating club members are current students in LLCC’s Associate Degree Radiography Program and always demonstrate a strong commitment to bettering health care concerns across the world!

Those in attendance included Kayla Wittenauer, Chelsea Todd, McKayla Clark, Haylee Kirkman, Lauryn Klobnak, Ainsley Matheis, Kelsi Murphy, Jared Smothers, Chris Young and club advisor Janelle Murphy.Photos of radiography students volunteering.

 

LLCC Well-Represented at 2025 Central Illinois STEM Fair

LLCC had a strong presence at the 2025 Central Illinois STEM Fair, held April 9 at Rochester High School’s Athletic Complex. More than 1,000 people attended the event, including middle and high school students, families and educators from across the region. Faculty, staff and students from multiple LLCC departments—including natural and agricultural sciences, health professions, mathematics and computer science, workforce and others—came together to offer hands-on activities and highlight the college’s wide range of STEM-related programs.photos of LLCC staff and faculty at the STEM fair.

 

Participants included David Pietrzak, program director, aviation maintenance; Annabelle Sneyd, surgical tech program; and Scott Searcy, dean, math and computer science;  along with a team from Natural and Agricultural Sciences: Dean Butzow, Jennifer Davis, Karrie Prescott, Jennifer Ramm, Liz Stamberger, Brent Todd, Lisa Volk-Draper and Rosie the Boa. Mac Warren and Channing Fullaway-Johnson also supported from other areas of the college.

LLCC staff and faculty at the STEM fair.

Student volunteers played a key role in engaging with attendees. Representing the Agriculture program were Maggie Bland, Malena Kirgan, and Michael Matesa. From the Chemistry Club: Lauren Curry, Peter Dracos, Steven Lawrence, Aaron Robertson, and Tyler Lafountain. Environmental Club participants included Cameron Hudgins, Kyra Jagels, Rae Richards, and Eleanor Stuckey.

LLCC’s space featured interactive displays ranging from chemistry and life science experiments and GIS technology to live reptiles, drawing steady crowds and sparking conversations throughout the evening.

Special thanks to all who helped make LLCC’s presence at the STEM Fair such a success!

LLCC faculty and staff at the STEM fair.

Practice Makes Perfect

Surgical Tech students holding up pigs feet they used to train suturing.LLCC Surgical Technology students practiced their suturing skills on pigs feet donated by Magro’s Meat. They made little incisions in the feet and practiced different suturing techniques with all of the different kinds of suture we have in the simulation operating room. They also used electrocautery to cauterize some vessels!

March for Your Mental Health this Thursday

The IV Leaguers Nursing Club is hosting a “March for Your Mental Health” event on Thursday, March 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., to bring awareness and resources to students, particularly those in nursing and health care professions.

The event, in Montgomery Hall, will feature the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Memorial Behavioral Health, Gateway Foundation and SIU School of Medicine. It will include nutrition and wellness information from Balance Yoga, Shake This/Eat That and the massage therapy program. The LLCC Student Care Coordinator will be available and the student care cart will be onsite.

Please encourage students to attend this “mental health matters” day!