The LLCC Foundation received a generous $150,000 gift from the M.G. Nelson Family Foundation to support the Grow Beyond Endowment Campaign! Our community friends continue to support the mission of the college and the great work being accomplished by LLCC faculty and staff. For more on Grow Beyond, visit our website.
Category Archives: Foundation
Brian McMillen Memorial Run/Walk raises over $5,700
Four hundred participants were on campus last Saturday for the Veterans Club’s 8th Annual Brian McMillen Walk/Run to raise funds for the LLCC Veterans Scholarship and other charities. The event raised more than $5,700. Winners include:
5K Female Overall – Jenna Montague
5K Male Overall – Chris Owen
10K Female Overall – Bethany Erwin
10K Male Overall – Chad Sutton
Registrations still being accepted for McMillen Run/Walk
Registrations are still being accepted for the 8th Annual Brian McMillen Memorial Run/Walk to be held this Saturday, May 23. This year, any Lincoln Land Community College student/faculty/staff member with a valid LLCC ID receives a $5 discount. To register: http://getmeregistered.com/BMcMVeterans5k.
Proceeds from the event support the LLCC Brian McMillen Veterans Scholarship. Any questions can be directed to Craig McFarland at craig.mcfarland@llcc.edu. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday!
Foundation launches new website
The LLCC Foundation has launched an updated website … check it out!
Registrations still being accepted for Brian McMillen Run/Walk
Registrations are still being accepted for the 8th Annual Brian McMillen Memorial Run/Walk to be held Saturday, May 23. This year, we are providing a $5 discount to any Lincoln Land Community College student/faculty/staff member with a valid LLCC ID. To register: http://getmeregistered.com/BMcMVeterans5k.
Also, if you’d like to volunteer for the event please email Alison Mills at alison.mills@llcc.edu. Any additional questions can be directed to Craig McFarland at craig.mcfarland@llcc.edu. We look forward to seeing you on May 23rd!
Last week to visit the WW I exhibit in the Trutter Center
This is the final week to view the special exhibit in the Trutter Center foyer, presented in conjunction with Dr. Chris McDonald’s 
new book, “‘Three Lying or Four Sitting’ — From the Front in a Ford.” The book is an eyewitness account of World War I through the letters of Springfield native and Harvard student Kent Dunlap Hagler. The exhibit will be up through Friday and features many of Mr. Hagler’s original letters written to his parents during the war, as well as some irreplaceable personal items.
The weather looks good for a lunchtime stroll around campus this week, so stop by the Trutter Center! For more on the exhibit, visit the Trutter Museum web page.
All proceeds from Dr. McDonald’s book sales benefit the LLCC Foundation general scholarship fund in honor of Kent Dunlap Hagler. The book is available in the LLCC Bookstore.
HSHS St. John’s presents ambulance simulator to LLCC
A state-of-the-art, indoor ambulance simulator that will allow emergency medical services (EMS) students to practice life-saving skills in a realistic environment was presented today, April 15, to the Lincoln Land Community College Foundation by the HSHS St. John’s Foundation.
“We are excited for this partnership between HSHS St. John’s Hospital and Lincoln Land Community College,” said Charles L. Lucore, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of HSHS St. John’s Hospital. “We’re looking forward to the educational opportunities this collaboration will allow our future colleagues in health care.”
The simulator, recently installed in the LLCC EMS classroom, will be 
used in teaching scenarios from patient contact through hospital transport. Students will practice treating patients in a realistic working environment that is very similar to what they will see in their future professions.
Read more HERE.
Soup and Stories April 15 features Dr. Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald, Ph.D., political science professor, is the featured presenter at Soup and Stories Wednesday, April 15 from noon-1 p.m. in the R.H. Stephens Room. Dr. McDonald will present “From Springfield to Schlestadt,” which is based on his newly published book “‘Three Lying or Four Sitting’–From the Front in a Ford.”
Chris McDonald to present “From Springfield to Schlestadt” Saturday
Faculty, staff and students are invited to hear Political Science Professor Chris McDonald, Ph.D., present “From Springfield to Schlestadt” tomorrow, April 11 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Trutter Center. The public is invited to the free event.
Professor McDonald’s presentation is based on his new book, “‘Three Lying or Four Sitting’—From the Front in a Ford,” which gives an eyewitness account of World War I through the detailed, literate and humorous letters of Springfield native and Harvard student Kent Dunlap Hagler.
A book signing will follow the presentation. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Cost is $20, which includes tax. All proceeds from book sales will benefit the LLCC Foundation general scholarship fund in honor of Kent Dunlap Hagler.
In addition to the presentation and book signing, an exhibit containing WWI artifacts is being presented by the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum.
Chris will also present at Soup and Stories next Wednesday, April 15 from noon-1 p.m. in the R.H. Stephens Room.
Faculty and Staff invited to reception and talk featuring Dr. Chris McDonald
The LLCC Foundation would like to invite faculty and staff unable to make Saturday’s book signing and lecture by Dr. Chris McDonald to a similar event tonight at the Trutter Center. The reception begins at 5 p.m. in the Trutter Center foyer, with Dr. McDonald’s talk about his recently released book at 6 p.m.
Professor McDonald’s book, “‘Three Lying or Four Sitting’— From the Front in a Ford,” provides an eyewitness account of World War I through the letters of Springfield native and Harvard student Kent Dunlap Hagler. Professor McDonald will provide a glimpse of Mr. Hagler’s life as an ambulance driver and the local connection to the Great War.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Cost of the book is $19.95, plus tax. All proceeds from book sales will benefit the LLCC Foundation general scholarship fund in honor of Kent Dunlap Hagler.
The Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum is also presenting an exhibit throughout April featuring many of Mr. Hagler’s original letters written to his parents during the war, as well as some irreplaceable personal items.
For more information, visit the Trutter Museum web page.