LLCC will be hosting a haunted house, Fear 101, this fall at the Springfield campus! Opening night is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 13, and is open to students, faculty, staff and the community. Fear 101 will be held in the lower level of Sangamon South and is being sponsored by the LLCC Police Department with support from several other departments of the college.

LLCCPD is in need of some donated items to accessorize the haunted house:

• Old Halloween decorations
• Old picture frames
• Fake plants
• Dolls
• Men’s clothing (specifically long sleeve shirts and pants)
• Old wallpaper
• A anything else that could be used to accessorize

Donated items can be brought to the LLCCPD station. Items donated and not used will be given to Goodwill.

The LLCCPD is also looking for departments to sponsor sections of the haunted house. If your department is interested in decorating a section of the haunted house, please reach out to the police department prior to Aug. 15. Lastly, if you have always wanted to be an actor and just never took the leap, we will be looking for some volunteers to be “scare actors.” Please reach out to LLCCPD.

LLCC will be hosting a haunted house, Fear 101, this fall at the Springfield campus! Opening night is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 13, and is open to students, faculty, staff and the community. Fear 101 will be held in the lower level of Sangamon South and is being sponsored by the LLCC Police Department with support from several other departments of the college.

LLCCPD is in need of some donated items to accessorize the haunted house:

• Old Halloween decorations
• Old picture frames
• Fake plants
• Dolls
• Men’s clothing (specifically long sleeve shirts and pants)
• Old wallpaper
• A anything else that could be used to accessorize

Donated items can be brought to the LLCCPD station. Items donated and not used will be given to Goodwill.

The LLCCPD is also looking for departments to sponsor sections of the haunted house. If your department is interested in decorating a section of the haunted house, please reach out to the police department prior to Aug. 15. Lastly, if you have always wanted to be an actor and just never took the leap, we will be looking for some volunteers to be “scare actors.” Please reach out to LLCCPD.

Second Annual LLCC Cardboard Boat Regatta
Friday, Sept. 22, 2023
Start making your plans now. The competition will be fierce!

Photos courtesy of Dr. Chris McDonald, professor of political science

Ensuring the safety and security of everyone within our college is a top priority. Did you know that having quick and easy access to building and room number information can save valuable time for first responders?

We may readily know our own office numbers but may not be familiar with class or meeting room numbers. A little combined effort can go a long way in keeping our community college a safe and secure place to learn and grow.

What can you do? If you are in a room with a whiteboard, we’re asking faculty and staff to take a moment to write the room number and building in an upper corner.

Again, this may sound like a small ask, but it’s an important step to ensuring everyone’s safety on campus. Thank you in advance for participating in this initiative!

Ensuring the safety and security of everyone within our college is a top priority. Did you know that having quick and easy access to building and room number information can save valuable time for first responders?

We may readily know our own office numbers but may not be familiar with class or meeting room numbers. A little combined effort can go a long way in keeping our community college a safe and secure place to learn and grow.

What can you do? If you are in a room with a whiteboard, we’re asking faculty and staff to take a moment to write the room number and building in an upper corner.

Again, this may sound like a small ask, but it’s an important step to ensuring everyone’s safety on campus. Thank you in advance for participating in this initiative!

Please join the LLCC Police Department in congratulating Officer Scott McDermand at his swearing-in ceremony today, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room.

Ember, LLCC’s newly sworn in “pawfficer,” had an official portrait session yesterday courtesy of Terry Farmer Photography. Looking good Ember!

Ember, the new outreach and therapy dog at LLCC, was formally sworn in yesterday as a “pawfficer” in the LLCC Police Department.

LLCC Police Chief Chris Russell asked Ember to “solemnly swear to provide both students and staff with comfort and to lower stress and anxiety, to be an ambassador for the police department in their outreach to students, and to help build better relationships and increase the overall quality of life at Lincoln Land Community College.” Ember agreed to do so, affixing her signature (pawprint) to the document. She then received her official LLCC police department vest before receiving many congratulatory pets from staff and students.

Dr. Charlotte Warren, president of LLCC, led the ceremony. “LLCC has an excellent and dedicated police department that provides 24/7 security coverage as well as many educational and outreach activities. As part of that outreach, we are very pleased to welcome Ember to the LLCC family. Ember is a two-year-old rescue dog who completed her therapy and outreach training at SIT Service Dogs in Ava, Illinois. Accompanied by Officer Tammy Baehr, Ember has been making friends and spreading joy among our students and staff ever since.”

Chief Russell commented, “I could not have envisioned Ember’s popularity with students and staff. We have had more students visit our office in the last two weeks than in the entire two years before.”

Ember is sponsored by West Lake Animal Hospital and Pup.E.Tails pet grooming.

Ember, the LLCC Police Department’s new “pawfficer,” is being formally sworn in during a brief ceremony today, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. Speakers include President Charlotte Warren and Police Chief Chris Russell. Ember joined the LLCC PD on Nov. 15 after completing training with SIT Service Dogs. She has been hard at work as an outreach therapy dog and making friends ever since!

Ember, the LLCC Police Department’s new “pawfficer,” will be formally sworn in during a brief ceremony Monday, Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. Speakers will include President Charlotte Warren and Police Chief Chris Russell. Ember joined the LLCC PD on Nov. 15 after completing training with SIT Service Dogs. She has been hard at work as an outreach therapy dog and making friends ever since!