Employee Recognition Week began yesterday, and every day this week, the college is celebrating a different group of people in recognition of their hard work and dedication. We will celebrate employees who achieved milestone anniversaries during fiscal year 2021, as well as those who have or will be retiring this fiscal year. Employee Recognition Week will wrap up with a live Zoom presentation of the Distinguished Service Awards on Friday, May 7, at 11 a.m. Check LincIn for a Zoom link to this event. (It will be be recorded, for those unable to attend the live presentation.)

Yesterday featured a video introduction to Employee Recognition Week from President Charlotte Warren and a video celebration of the outstanding faculty and staff who have been with the LLCC family for five years: James Bast, mechanical maintenance technician; Shelby Bedford, compliance and prevention coordinator; Kat Chamberlain, financial aid processor; Casandra Medina-Troxell, instructor of surgical technology; Gailyn Draper, assistant to the vice president, student services; Julie Eason, assistant to the vice president, administrative services/chief information officer; Amy Flynn, public relations and marketing assistant; Mark Freeman, public safety assistant; Charles Goodin, general maintenance technician, LLCC-Taylorville; Andrew Graeff, systems administrator I; Sean Keeley, culinary specialist; Jolene Lamb, coordinator, LLCC Culinary Institute; Katie LeGrant, course materials purchasing coordinator; Amanda Roche, professor of nursing; Irene Siewert, program assistant, LLCC Center for Academic Success; Shelly Smothers, student success coach I; Ana Till, professor of nursing; Chelsea Vance, student records evaluator.