The Student Government Association (SGA) is still collecting coats in conjunction with Eastside Pride until Dec. 4! Gently used coats can be dropped off in the Student Life Office. In addition, the SGA is hosting an angel tree. Pick a tag from the SGA angel tree in A. Lincoln Commons to select an item to donate to the Springfield Retirement Village and return your item to the Student Life Office by Wednesday, Dec. 16.
Retirement reception for Diane Clark Dec. 14, 2-4 p.m.
Please mark your calendars for a retirement reception for Diane Clark, assistant director, public relations, Monday, Dec. 14 from 2-4 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room. Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
Today at LLCC
Honors Club Krispy Kreme doughnut sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., A. Lincoln Commons, $8/dozen.
Bistro to Go and LLCC garden farm stand open 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Workforce Careers Center. Menu: Bistro to Go 113015
Student music recitals: Informal, 4 p.m. and Honors 7 p.m., room 2250, Menard Hall
“Winter Blues” art sale preview event, 5 to 8 p.m., Trutter Museum. $10 per person, offers an exclusive first opportunity to buy art and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and blues music presented by LLCC students. A cash bar will be available.
Shop Amazon and help the LLCC Foundation; LLCC Foundation LEAGUE grant apps due Dec. 9
Shop Amazon and help the LLCC Foundation!
Help the Lincoln Land Community College Foundation by shopping at Amazon! Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the LLCC Foundation whenever you shop on AmazonSmile.
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LLCC Foundation L.E.A.G.U.E. grants due Dec. 9
A reminder that applications for L.E.A.G.U.E. grants are due in the LLCC Foundation Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. The application and grant guidelines are below or may be downloaded at http://www.llccfoundation.org/educational-support.
Approximately $10,000 in grant money will be awarded. Grant recipients will be announced at the L.E.A.G.U.E. kickoff on March 29, 2016. For questions, call 786.2785.
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Writing Center staff collecting supplies for Harvard Park Elementary School
This year we are extending our giving efforts to Harvard Park 
Elementary School. We are collecting school and office supplies to deliver to them at the end of the semester. Jim Hayes, Harvard Park’s principal, has given us the following wish list to help students and teachers start off well in the spring: #2 pencils, spiral notebooks (wide-ruled paper), colored pencils, washable markers, scissors (blunt-edged), rulers, wide-ruled loose leaf paper, copy paper, Post-It® Notes, staples, push pins and any general office supplies. (Glue is not needed.)
We will have a box in the Writing Center for any supplies you would like to donate. We are collecting items until Tuesday, Dec. 15. If you would prefer to make a cash donation, we are also planning to purchase some gas cards to donate for students in need here at LLCC. As we have done in previous years, we will pass the cards along to Mary Beth Ray who oversees helping the students in this way. So, please, when you are holiday shopping, keep these students in mind and pick up an extra item.
Thank you!!
Writing Center Staff
Retirement reception for Paula Hermes Dec. 7
Faculty and staff are invited to a special reception to honor Paula Hermes, programmer analyst, as she retires from LLCC after 32 years of dedicated service. The reception is being held Monday, Dec. 7 from 2-4 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room. Refreshments will be served.
In the news
Jolene Adams, coordinator, Culinary Institute, is the featured author of this week’s SJ-R Epicuriosity 101 column with “Mason jar food gifts for the holidays.”
Student music recitals Dec. 2
LLCC student music recitals are being held Wednesday, Dec. 2 in room 2250, Menard Hall. The Informal Students Recital begins at 4 p.m. and the Honor Students Recital at 7 p.m.
LLCC garden farm stand open Wednesday
The LLCC garden farm stand is open Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and is featuring spinach, cilantro, scallions, carrots, mesclun mix and kale grown on campus. Some quantities are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Congratulations to Craig McFarland!
Congratulations to Craig McFarland, financial aid advisor,
and his wife, Anna, on the birth of their son, Liam Michael. Liam was born at 9:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. He weighed 5 pounds and 9 ounces.