National Surgical Technology Week Sept. 21-27

National Surgical Technologist week is Sept. 21- 27.  Students in the Surgical Technology program celebrated with a potluck. The students each received a gift to commemorate the week as they embark on the start of an exciting new career!

Surg Tech students FL14Surg Tech cake

Constitution Day program at LLCC Sept. 17

LLCC is presenting a Constitution Day program Wednesday, Sept. 17 at noon entitled “Free Speech Under Fire: Does the First Amendment Apply to Higher Education?” The presentation takes place in the Trutter Center on the Springfield campus.

Presenters for the event are Anthony DiMaggio, Ph.D., LLCC political science assistant professor, and John K. Wilson, co-editor of AcademeBlog.org and editor of Illinois Academe. The presentation includes what the scope of the first amendment is and should be, related to academia, in addition to recent issues concerning academic freedom and free speech.  Read more…

Update to CQI training schedule

If you have not yet attended a Continuous Quality Improvement training, please sign up for one of the below sessions being offered this school year.  Note: Session A is no longer available.  A list of those who have completed the training can be found HERE.

SESSION DATE
A September 19, 2014
September 26, 2014
B October 17, 2014
October 24, 2014
C February 27, 2015
March 6, 2015
D March 24, 2015 (PDD-held at LLCC; may have to hold more than one session)
April 3, 2015 (held at CCTC; based on first session, may need additional sessions)
E April 24, 2015
May 1, 2015

Sessions B, C & E will meet at the Capital City Training Center from 8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m. the first day, and 8:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. the second day.  Coffee will be served from 8 – 8:15 a.m. both days and lunch will be served on the first day only.

For session D, the first day (March 24) will be held at LLCC on Professional Development Day and will be an all-day session (8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m.). The second day will be held at CCTC from 8:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

To register for any of the sessions, call 524-6749 or email cctc@llcc.edu

Adjunct Instructors Fair today, 11-2

Know someone who might be interested in teaching part-time at LLCC? Invite them to attend the Adjunct Instructors Fair TODAY from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. Representatives from all academic departments will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on how to become an LLCC adjunct instructor. Refreshments will be served. There is an immediate need for daytime instructors in the fields of psychology, anthropology, humanities, speech, art, chemistry, geography and biology. Teaching assignments at the main campus and other LLCC locations are available.

Click HERE for all the details.