12.09.15

Feedback request–proposed changes to AS degree requirements

From: AS Degree Review Workgroup—Bill Bade, Barb Bernardi, Melissa Franzen, Angie Gum-Miller, Elaine Guthals, Carrie Henry/Amy Williams

This workgroup was created by the Academic and Admissions Standards Team at its Nov. 20, 2015 meeting to review the current AS degree requirements at LLCC in light of the new requirements which were just released by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) at the end of September of this year.

Why the urgency? A few weeks ago ICCB indicated they will be asking all community colleges to begin operating under this new degree effective fall 2016. This will require us to amend our old AS degree requirements to meet the new AS degree requirements, as well as alter all our AS paradigms to conform to the guidelines of this new degree. With these new requirements, it is quite possible that some former AS degree paradigms, may instead opt to become AA degree paradigms. And, all of this deliberation and decision making must be accomplished over the next three Curriculum Committee meetings during the spring semester of 2016. Thus, this subcommittee is working on a short time frame to get a recommendation to the Academic Standards Committee to act upon during its Jan. 22, 2016 meeting.

View the new ICCB guidelines, in contrast to the old guidelines for the AS degree:  ICCB AS Degree Requirements.

The workgroup reviewed these new guidelines and is proposing LLCC adopt the AS degree requirements as reflected in ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE – Dec 8 2015 which provides an outline of the catalog requirements for the AS degree with markups reflecting the proposals made by this workgroup.

We ask that you please review the proposed changes and provide feedback to the support person for this workgroup, Amy Williams, amy.williams@llcc.edu. All responses should be made by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.

For more in-depth information, please refer to the employee-wide email sent Dec. 8.

 

 

12.09.15

Flags at half-staff in honor of firefighter

Governor Rauner has issued a proclamation that the U.S. and state flags be flown at half-staff beginning at sunrise Wednesday, Dec. 9 to  sunset Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 in honor of firefighter Mark Zielinski, Matteson Fire Department.

12.08.15

LLCC Holiday animated e-card available!

This year LLCC is going green and providing an LLCC holiday animated e-card, designed by Misty Hagstrom in PRM, for employees to send to others, rather than a printed version. You can insert this image into your emails and add a personal message. You may also attach the image to an email. LLCC-Happy-Holidays

Note: If you insert the e-card image into your email, the animation in the snow globe does not work on some email providers, including Outlook. Your recipient can click on the attached image, however, and see the animation. Please contact Misty Hagstrom if you have any questions.

12.08.15

Next KUDOS awards to be announced Dec. 17

The next KUDOS award recipients will be announced Dec. 17. Nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS image below or the KUDOS tab in the upper right corner of LincIn. Deadline for nominations is Tuesday, Dec. 15.

The KUDOS award is an informal way to recognize the small and large ways Kudos logoour faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC. The person you nominate will receive a KUDOS certificate, with winners announced in LincIn, along with what they did to deserve the award. A nominator has the option for his/her name to be published or to remain anonymous in any LLCC correspondence. However, nominations must include the nominator’s name for the nominee to be recognized. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with the KUDOS award.