11.23.15

Just two weeks remain until L.E.A.G.U.E. grant application deadline

A gentle reminder . . . applications for approximately $10,000 in L.E.A.G.U.E. grants are due in the LLCC Foundation Wednesday,2016GrantsWebArtwork Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. The application and grant guidelines are below, or may be downloaded at http://www.llccfoundation.org/educational-support.

Faculty and staff donations to the L.E.A.G.U.E. campaign support LLCC students through grants, scholarships and other funds, including the “Pay It Forward” fund which helps students with emergent needs.

Grant recipients will be announced at the L.E.A.G.U.E. kickoff on March 29, 2016. For questions, call 786.2785.

2016LEAGUEGrantGuidelines   LEAGUE Grant App Budget Worksheet_2016

11.23.15

Ag Career Expo being held today

LLCC is expecting more than 200 students on campus today for the Ag Career Expo being held in the Trutter Center. Parking Lot #10 will be reserved for bus parking to accommodate LLCC’s Agriculture Career Expo, 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m.

11.23.15

LLCC Traveling Theatre class to perform “Operation Super Hero” in December

The LLCC Traveling Theatre class is going on the road for a series of 16 performances in the central Illinois area beginning Dec. 3. The 17 cast members will present their children’s theatre production of “Operation Super Hero,” at four different locations every day on Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11.

Adjunct theatre instructor Ken Bradbury said that the experience harkens back to the days of traveling tent shows and vaudeville. “It’s a joyous and grueling experience,” said Bradbury. “The Lincoln Land vans pull up, we unload the equipment truck, set up the show in fifteen minutes and the curtain’s up.” The traveling troupe will be performing for approximately 3,000 elementary and middle school students in this year’s road tour.

Bradbury is especially gratified that many of this year’s LLCC actors signed up for the class because their first introduction to theatre came by watching the previous Lincoln Land theatre tours. “So many of my students tell me that they once sat in the audience and said, ‘I want to do that some day.’”

For a schedule of this year’s road tour, contact ken@bradbury.cc.

11.22.15

Loggers volleyball second in nation!

Congratulations to Coach Jim Dietz and the Loggers volleyball team on placing second at the NJCAA Division II championship! The Loggers (No. 6 seed) played region rival Parkland College (No. 1 seed) in the title game Saturday in Phoenix, Ariz. The final season record for the Loggers is 40-6. Way to go, Loggers!

11.20.15

Congratulations to Marnie Record and the Value-Added Food program!

LLCC’s Value-Added Food Program and Marnie Record, workforce specialist, have been selected as winners of the Illinois StewardshipGolden Beet webtag Marnie Record Golden Beet webtag Marnie Record2 Alliance (ISA) Scaling Up Golden Beet Award.

The Golden Beet awards are given out annually by ISA in order to recognize those outstanding individuals, organizations and businesses that are paving the way for local food system development throughout Illinois.  Six Golden Beets are awarded each year under the following categories: farm to school, restaurants and institutions, community food projects, innovative farmer, scaling up, and other varieties.

An unbiased selection committee made up of individuals involved in local food work around the state selected Marnie as the winner of the Scaling Up category for your work in creating the Value Added Food Program at Lincoln Land Community College.  The awards will be presented Thursday, Dec. 3 at the ISA’s annual meeting.

Congratulations, Marnie!

11.20.15

Loggers win first match at nationals

The LLCC Loggers volleyball team won their first match at nationals against No. 11 seed Pasco-Hernando State College, Fla. At LincIn press time Thursday, the Loggers were scheduled to play in the quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. against No. 3 seed Johnson County Community College, Kan. Good luck, Loggers!

11.20.15

In the news

LLCC student Emily Montgomery was featured in this article in the Fulton Sun (Mo.) about the North Callaway FFA Livestock judging team landing fifth place at the national competition in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 30.

LLCC was featured in this article in AgriNews about nitrogen management demonstrations.