LLCC hosted the regional Academic Challenge yesterday

Thank you to everyone who assisted in a successful Academic Challenge yesterday.

We hosted nearly 200 area high school students who competed as individuals and as teams (of up to 14 students) testing in their choice of two subjects — biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering graphics, English, mathematics and physics.Students take tests during the 2024 Academic Challenge

Taylor Henrikson from Athens won a $30 gift card to the LLCC Bookstore. Hugh Beeler from Pleasant Plains and Vince Weller from Rochester both won $250 LLCC scholarships.

Those teams advancing to sectional competition include: Division 300 (high schools with 300 students or less) – Pawnee and Nokomis; Division 700 (high schools with 301-700 students) – Pleasant Plains and Athens; and Division 1500 (high schools with 701-1,500 students) – Glenwood and Rochester. Individuals that placed first or second in any division, but whose team did not advance, are eligible to participate in the sectional competition (see individual rankings below). Teams and individuals that score high enough at the sectional competition will advance to the state finals, which will be held April 8-11 at Eastern Illinois University.

Read about the event and winners in LLCC News.

Updating contact information in LLCC ALERT

LLCC ALERT is the system that allows the college to communicate with you by text, phone and email in an emergency, as well as for severe weather and other closures. Current employees and students are automatically enrolled in LLCC ALERT.

We encourage you to visit www.llcc.edu/alert and log in with your LLCC username and password to check your current contact information and manage how you receive emergency notifications. LLCC ALERT uses the information about you currently stored in the college’s Colleague system, and this information may need updating. Please add your office phone number if it is not listed, and make any other revisions needed.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 217-786-2555 or helpdesk@llcc.edu.

Note: Updating your contact information in LLCC ALERT will NOT update that information in Colleague. To update your information in Colleague, please contact LLCC Human Resources.

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Volunteers needed to help at the spring Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 16-19 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the Spring Welcome Week 2024 Sign Up or email Rhilee Cochran at rhilee.cochran@llcc.edu.

PRM welcomes Angela Try

Angela TryLLCC Public Relations and Marketing welcomes Angela Try, who began work on Jan. 2. Angela will serve as the communications manager and brings with her years of experience in higher education and health care marketing and communication. She holds a master’s degree in communication from the University of Illinois in Springfield.

Sign up to help at the spring Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 16-19 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the Spring Welcome Week 2024 Sign Up or email Rhilee Cochran at rhilee.cochran@llcc.edu.

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Sign up to help at the spring Welcome Week table

LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 16-19 during the first week of spring classes.

Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.

To sign up, add your name to the Spring Welcome Week 2024 Sign Up or email Rhilee Cochran at rhilee.cochran@llcc.edu.

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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.

Dr. Carmen Allen, Vanessa Avery, Evan Barber, Debbie Bell, Megan Bierbrodt, Kristin Booher, Dr. Amy Branham, Dawn Burch, Michelle Burger, Alex Dean, Mion Denton, Dave Ferrill, Sarah Frey, Kyla Kruse, Greg Matejka, Misty Schierer, Dr. Amy Strawn, Katie Tice, Thom Whalen, Amy Williams and Carley Young.

View the December 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 in the spring 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.