LLCC’s announcement of the new GIS-based Sustain Springfield Green Map was featured the Illinois Times article, “Lincoln Land puts GIS to work on Green Map,” which included quotes from Dean Butzow, professor of geography, and Rey de Castro, geography instructor. The map can be accessed at www.llcc.edu/sustain-springfield.

LLCC Ag Club team and individual award winners from the state PAS conference were recently listed in the Illinois edition of Morning Ag Clips. LLCC’s college bowl team won first place for the third consecutive year, crops and soil specialist teams placed second, and dairy and sheep specialist teams placed third. Individual awards were given to Eston Coe for first place in the ag sales and the employment interview contests; Nathan Goebel for second place, employment interview; Lori Jackson for second place, employment interview; and Allison Benner for third place, employment interview.