KUDOS to these employees!

Lincoln Land Community College KUDOS: Key or Unique Demonstrations of Outstanding ServiceKUDOS to the employees listed below for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate.

Debbie Bell, Megan Bierbrodt, Kristin Booher, Mackenzie Bryant, Dave Cox, Brandon Davis, Alex Dean, Mion Denton, Dr. Joel Dykstra, Tim Ervin, Nick Ferreira, Adrienne Frazier, Kathi Frieden, Lynn Gerton, Jamie Glick, Dr. Bryan Goers, Sarah Goodman, Megan Hallberg, Kerry Harden, Tim Humphrey, Carrie Jacobs, Leslie Johnson, Marcy Koches, Chelsy Lovelace, Tiffany Luxner, Christine Marietta, Jeff Martin, Katie McDannald, Tisha Miller, Lori Oldenettel, Lucas Ostendorf, Amanda Peabody, Travis Rath, Samantha Reif, Jennifer Roberts, Robert Schuerman, Matt Shaver, Lindsay Shelton, Shelly Smothers, Tom Spears, Dr. Sonja Spencer, Libby Tennikait, Binh Trinh, Mac Warren, Lindsey Weihmeir, Doug Whitaker, Amy Williams, Kim Wilson, Marina Wirsing and Kim Young.

View the October 2023 KUDOS Award Winners to read about how these faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC and who nominated them for this recognition.

The next KUDOS award announcement will be made later in the fall semester. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS recognition. You can nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS Nomination tab in the upper-right corner of LincIn.

Reminder regarding email signatures

As a reminder, new email signatures have been created to provide a professional and branded look for LLCC employee emails. It is recommended that these replace former campaign-related email signatures or email signatures designed by individuals or departments.

Access the LLCC email signatures, which you can customize with your own information: name, preferred pronouns (if desired), title, office, address, office phone number and logo.

Copy and paste this into the “Signature” box in Outlook and customize with your own information. When copying and pasting from the browser version of Word, the image size can vary. Right-click on the image after pasting > Picture > Size tab and make sure the height is set at 0.49″.

Note: These instructions work if you are using Outlook on your desktop. If you need further assistance, please email llcc.news@llcc.edu.

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Latest edition of LLCC’s FORWARD magazine available

Cover of fall 2023 FORWARD magazine featuring Loggers baseball at Busch Stadium. Also previews of articles on horticulture and latest at LLCC.The latest edition of Lincoln Land Community College’s FORWARD magazine will soon be arriving in mailboxes and is now available online.

The magazine covers the latest happenings at LLCC. There are articles about occupational therapy assistants helping others regain or improve life skills, using an “escape room” to teach nursing, lessons learned from the pandemic in online education, LLCC’s Teacher Education Pipeline, SkySoar Fest and the use of drones, and learning how machines work in industrial maintenance.

This edition also provides spotlights on Matthew Griffin (faculty), Brandon Sharp (alum), Elaine Higgason (staff) and Rayna Herzog (student).

There is also a list of LLCC degrees, certificates and short-term training opportunities as well as Community Education classes.

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PRM wins NCMPR awards; Whalen presents

Lynn Whalen holding awards in front of the letters NCMPR.LLCC Public Relations and Marketing won gold and silver Medallion Awards at the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) Districts 3 and 5 conference last week in St. Louis.

Gold: 2022 Cardboard Boat Regatta poster, designed by Greg Walbert, graphic design manager

Silver: Workforce Institute brochure, written by Kyla Kruse, director of communications, and designed by Greg Walbert.

Also, Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer, presented at the conference with three other NCMPR presidents emeriti on lessons learned in their careers in community college marketing and public relations.

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Today is the LLCC Open House!

Find your path with footprints and pawprintsPlease help us welcome prospective students and their families today, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., for the LLCC Open House! The event is being held at the LLCC campus in Springfield and at Outreach Centers in Jacksonville, Litchfield and Taylorville.

Visitors can check in at the event information tent.

Please feel free to talk to any visitors you encounter about the advantages of enrolling at LLCC, and let them know we’re ready to help them experience college success!

New WEI bus ad

Side of bus with WEI Workforce Equity Initiative ad. www.llcc.edu/grit. Free career training. Got Grit? LLCC. Lincoln Land Community College.
The Workforce Equity Initiative has a new bus ad traveling around Springfield, featuring an LLCC HVAC student.

Nominate a deserving colleague for KUDOS yet today

Lincoln Land Community College KUDOS: Key or Unique Demonstrations of Outstanding ServiceKey or Unique Demonstrations of Outstanding Service award nominations are open yet today, Sept. 29. Nominate a deserving colleague by filling out the online submission form. (Please use a Chrome or Firefox browser when completing this form.) The KUDOS awards will be announced Friday, Oct. 13.

The KUDOS awards are an informal way to recognize the special contributions — small and large — made by faculty and staff that create the positive environment that is LLCC. Brighten someone’s day. Say, “Thank you! Great job!” by nominating that person for a KUDOS award!

In the news

Kim Wilson and Mackenzie Bryant, recruitment specialists, were interviewed as part of the LLCC education sponsorship of Friday Night Rivals football broadcasts. Kim’s live interview aired on Sept. 15 and Mackenzie’s will air Sept. 22 on WBUI. They discussed the LLCC Open House Oct. 9, Haunted House and other information about the college.