The vice president of student services is currently seeking nominations for Outstanding Graduate for Commencement 2021.  The recognition of a student as the Outstanding Graduate is an important part of the commencement tradition at LLCC.

Each year, you have the opportunity to nominate candidates for consideration for this recognition. If you would like to nominate a student, instructions and graduate listings are attached below for your convenience. Submit the Outstanding Graduate nomination form by by the end of the day, April 8, 2021.

Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of summer term 2020, fall semester 2020, or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2021 or summer term 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact Gailyn Draper at gailyn.draper@llcc.edu.

Outstanding Graduate Nomination Memo
2021 Grads with a 3.0 GPA or higher

The vice president of student services is currently seeking nominations for Outstanding Graduate for Commencement 2021.  The recognition of a student as the Outstanding Graduate is an important part of the commencement tradition at LLCC.

Each year, you have the opportunity to nominate candidates for consideration for this recognition. If you would like to nominate a student, instructions and graduate listings are attached below for your convenience. Submit the Outstanding Graduate nomination form by by the end of the day, April 8, 2021.

Nominees must have completed graduation requirements at the end of summer term 2020, fall semester 2020, or be candidates for graduation at the end of spring semester 2021 or summer term 2021.

If you have any questions, please contact Gailyn Draper at gailyn.draper@llcc.edu.

Outstanding Graduate Nomination Memo
2021 Grads with a 3.0 GPA or higher

As we prepare to launch our fall semester using a range of new technologies to facilitate our interactions with students in a virtual environment, we are reaching out with a reminder about student support resources and employee reporting responsibilities. Virtual technologies introduce a new dimension to our interactions with students; while our programs were previously conducted primarily within LLCC’s controlled physical environment, we are now virtually reaching students in environments of their choosing. Whether students are taking a recorded exam while on break at work, virtually meeting with their student success coach from their dining room table or participating in a synchronous remote course, we are increasingly exposed to glimpses of students’ lives outside of school. At the same time, there may be understandable confusion about our reporting responsibilities while operating in these virtual environments. With this in mind, we are providing a few points of clarification and reminders.

Overall, it is important to note the obligations of all LLCC employees to report forms of violence, abuse, or student behaviors of concern are still applicable in LLCC’s virtual environments, including live or recorded virtual classrooms, test proctoring, and meetings. Prompt reporting allows LLCC to provide student support and comply with state and federal laws. As a reminder, details about specific reporting requirements and reporting official contacts follow:

• Any knowledge of sexual harassment, domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and/or stalking must be reported to LLCC’s Compliance & Prevention Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator, Shelby Bedford. Shelby can be reached at shelby.bedford@llcc.edu or 217-786-4682. An online reporting form is also available at LLCC’s Equal Opportunity website. More information regarding support resources, survivor rights & options, and applicable legal mandates can be found at LLCC’s Sexual Violence Resources website. In addition, Responsible Employee trainings are available for your department by contacting Shelby, or periodically throughout the year as advertised in the LincIn.
• Student conduct issues or behaviors of concern that are not emergencies should be reported using LLCC’s online reporting form or by contacting Leslie Johnson, AVP, Student Success. Leslie can be reached at leslie.johnson@llcc.edu or 217-786-2848. More information regarding Student Rights & Responsibilities, including behavioral expectations, can be found at Student Rights & Responsibilities. Incidents or behaviors that constitute an emergency, such as imminent threats of violence to self or others, should always be immediately reported to LLCC Chief of Police Chris Russell by calling the LLCC Police Department emergency number at 217-786-2222.
• All LLCC employees are considered Mandated Reporters under the Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Mandated Reporters are required to call the DCFS Hotline when they have reasonable cause to believe that a child (under 18 years old) known to them in their professional capacity may be an abused or neglected child. All Mandated Reporters must call 1-800-24-ABUSE (800-252-2873) to report such information, or if the situation is not an emergency, an online reporting system can be used. More information is available in the DCFS Manual for Mandated Reporters. In addition, a training for Mandated Reporters is available at no cost and can be accessed at any time from the DCFS website.

Thank you for working with us to help ensure student safety.

The recognition of a student as the outstanding graduate is an important part of the Commencement tradition at LLCC. Each year, you have the opportunity to nominate candidates for recognition as the outstanding graduate.  The selected student will be recognized at the Virtual Commencement Ceremony later in the year (exact date of virtual ceremony is TBD).

An ad hoc committee will select the recipient using the completed nomination form and the unweighted criteria listed below. Please be sure to include these criteria in your nomination.

• GPA
• Leadership
• Motivation
• Service to the college community
• Extracurricular activities
• Ability to overcome obstacles

Access the nomination form and a list of eligible graduates. Please submit your nominations by email to Gailyn Draper at gailyn.draper@llcc.edu by noon on Friday, May 1, 2020. If you have any questions regarding this process, please call Gailyn Draper at 217-786-2213.

LLCC was honored with the 2019 Volunteer of the Year award at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois Great Futures Gala Oct. 17. LLCC offered the Teen Career Launch Program for the third year in a row last summer, where Boys and Girls Club members learned about a variety of career fields and participated in hands-on activities. Receiving the award were Marina Wirsing, career development professional; Dr. Deanna Blackwell, director, TRIO Student Support Services; and Dr. Lesley Frederick, vice president, Student Services. They are shown with Michah Jackson, a Career Launch participant who was named “Youth of the Year” at the gala.