Per the Illinois Flag Display Act, flags will be flown at half-staff today in recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Welcome, Jim Bast!
Welcome to Jim Bast, mechanical maintenance technician, Facilities Services.
In the news
Tisha Miller, operations analyst, LLCC-Taylorville/Litchfield/Hillsboro, was interviewed Dec. 3 by the Panhandle Press about programs and services LLCC provides.
Leslie Johnson, assistant vice president, student success, and Chris Barry, director, retention and student success, were interviewed by the SJ-R Dec. 4 regarding the First-Year Experience course.
Today and this weekend at LLCC–winter art sale and piano recital
TODAY: The annual Winter Art Sale continues, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Trutter Center. Original student art including ceramics, fine art, note paper and more. Cookies and coffee available from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. courtesy of the Trutter Museum. Cash, checks and credit cards accepted. Proceeds benefit LLCC art students and the Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum.
Sunday, Dec. 6: “Christmas for Two” piano recital, 2 p.m., Trutter Center. LLCC music instructors Denise Edwards and Barbara Lanham will present the arrangement of Christmas carols for four hands by Robert D. Vandall. Event is free of charge and open to the public.
Final grades due Monday, Dec. 21
This is a reminder to all faculty that final grades must be posted in WebAdvisor (not Blackboard) no later than Monday, Dec. 21 at noon. It is important that grades are posted on time. Failure to do so keeps students from being notified about missing prerequisites, hinders their ability to get financial aid, holds up their transcripts for transferring to other schools and applying for jobs, and bars them from graduating.
In addition to the impact on students, staff are here working during the break and cannot enjoy the time off with their families until all of the end-of-term grade processing is done. Final grade processing cannot be completed until all grades are turned in for the semester.
Thank you for your support in getting grades in on time! If you have any questions about submitting your final grades to WebAdvisor, please contact Shanda Byer at ext. 62290 or via email at Shanda.Byer@llcc.edu.
New mobile device power station installed
A new mobile device power station has been set up in the lower level 
of Sangamon Hall near the Blackboard Student Support Center. The mobile device power station provides students easy access to electrical power and includes connections for a wide variety of devices. Partial funding for the station was provided through an LLCC 
Foundation L.E.A.G.U.E grant written by Becky Parton, associate dean, Instructional Technology and Distance Education, and Amy Chernowsky, academic success professional.
Position vacancy
The Human Resources office is currently advertising for a utility worker in Taylorville. Complete information on this position can be found on the HR Employment site.
Check your date stamps
Please check your date stamps to ensure that 2015 is not the last year on your stamp. If you need a date band replacement, contact Holly Walton at holly.walton@llcc.edu or ext. 62260.
Ag Club collects 1,515 pounds of food for Central Illinois Foodbank!
The LLCC Ag Club just finished their annual food drive collection to support the Central Illinois Foodbank and fight hunger in our 
communities. The club sponsored the event as a contest among the agriculture classes, with the class that brought in the most food getting breakfast served to them by the club. The winning class was Rich Teeter’s ABM 105 Crop Production, followed closely by the AFO 250 Plant Operations class. The club set a new record for its collection, bringing in 1,515 pounds of food. Special thanks goes to LLCC ag alum Cameron Ayers of Rochester for his donation.
In the news
Janet Semanik, development specialist, LLCC Foundation was interviewed Dec. 2 by Fox Illinois about the “Winter Blues”event being held on campus.
Marnie Record, workforce specialist, was interviewed by the SJ-R Dec. 1 about the Value-Added Food program. The story is scheduled to run in the Dec. 6 A La Carte column.