MYTH: AUTISM IS CAUSED BY VACCINES.
FACT: There is no link between autism and vaccines. In 1998, a British doctor named Andrew Wakefield published a paper that linked the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism and thereby created a kind of mass hysteria. But further studies have shown absolutely no link between vaccines and autism. In fact, Dr. Wakefield’s paper has been officially retracted and his medical license revoked.
Be sure to stop by the Edible Book Festival to check out the entries on display and vote between 11 a.m.-noon for your favorite! We’ll announce the winners at noon, then eat! All are invited to taste the books.
Congratulations to Tera Spellbrink, the winner of $235 from the LEAGUE 50/50 drawing, and to Leanne Roseberry, who won the portable gas grill and IL State Fair Pork Package.
Thanks to all who purchased tickets in support of the LEAGUE Campaign, which benefits our programs and students like Tess Tyler, who is from a family of six and the first of her siblings to attend college. Her parents can’t afford to assist her financially and she receives no financial aid from grants. With the help of a Foundation scholarship, Tess will graduate from LLCC this May with a 4.0 GPA and pursue her dream of becoming an English teacher.
If you would like to make a donation to the LEAGUE Campaign to help students like Tess, please complete the LEAGUE enrollment form and return to the Foundation office. Make your donation by April 29 using payroll deduction and you will be eligible to win $150 in cash.
For more information call the Foundation at 786-2785.
The Capital City Training Center is offering LLCC employees the opportunity to attend a free leadership training course this Thursday, April 14, 1-4 p.m. If you are interested in participating, please email laurel.bretz@llcc.edu by the end of the day Wednesday, April 12.
O’Shea Builder’s Director of Employee Development and Engagement, Tess Fyalka, will be piloting “Building Effective Teams,” a leadership training class, at the Capital City Training Center and is looking for individuals to participate and provide her with feedback on how she can fine tune the class. There is no cost to register as it is a pilot program.
Attendees will participate in a team simulation experience designed to help them better understand the following:
Welcome to Shelly Smothers, admission and registration services representative. Shelly is located in Admission and Registration and can be reached at (78)6-3685 or shelly.smothers@llcc.edu.
Our sympathy goes out to Tamie Penning, project and web services manager, on the passing of her brother, Cliff Ehlert, Jr. Services and burial will take place April 15 and 16. For more information, view the obituary. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made directly to the family for Mackenzie’s education.
WICS covered the Expanding Your Horizons STEM conference for junior high girls April 9 sponsored by College for Kids and Community Education. They returned to cover the Junior First LEGO League Expo Sunday, also sponsored by College for Kids and Community Education. The SJ-R also ran a story with photos on the event.
The April 8 article, “Art show showcases students’ work” featured the annual ROE Spring Art Show held at LLCC-Jacksonville.
MYTH: AUTISM CAN BE CURED.
FACT: There is no cure for autism – in fact, some in the autism community find it offensive to say that they need to be “cured.” However, when children receive early and intensive behavioral therapy, they often develop the social and communication skills they lack, and can be so effective that the child will eventually move off the spectrum and function normally in almost every area of life. But such treatment is still not a “cure.”
It’s National Library Week! Our favorite way to celebrate, the Edible Book Festival, takes place tomorrow, April 12. Join the LLCC Library in this annual tradition and bring a creation of your own! Edible Books can be dropped off any time after 7:30 a.m. Books are on display and voting is 11 a.m.-noon. We’ll announce the winners at noon, then eat! All are invited to taste the books.
RSVP is not required but welcomed for planning purposes: Contact Leslie Rios, faculty librarian, associate professor at leslie.rios@llcc.edu or 786.4617.
Want to see some of the Edible Books our very own LLCC crew has created over the years? Check them out here.
The Library also hosts “Food for Fines” beginning this week in celebration of National Library Week, continuing for the rest of the semester.
A BIG thank you to everyone who got their picture taken with our Reader’s Choice Award! Take a look at all of the great photos from this week! The contest for the gift certificate and prize basket ends on Friday, April 15 at 1 p.m. so please vote for your favorites by give them some “likes.”
Whether you had your picture taken or not, it is really all of us that make LLCC “the best.”