This year we are extending our giving efforts to Harvard Park Elementary. We would like to collect 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.
Bistro to Go is open today from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. View today’s menu: Bistro to Go 11 16 15
Also, the Epicurean Club is extending their soups and stocks sale. There is one final chance to purchase stocks/soups today in Bistro Verde from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For more information, contact Nancy Sweet, club advisor.
So, you’re probably thinking, “What’s the big deal? The department I work in isn’t costing the college much in paper.” But what most people don’t realize is that the cost of buying paper is just the tip of the paper iceberg. For each sheet of paper used, the college incurs not only purchasing costs, but also storage, copying, printing, postage, disposal, and recycling—and it adds up.
A recent study estimates that secondary paper costs could be as much as 31 times the purchasing costs (not including labor). So, that ream of paper that the college paid $5 for really could cost up to $155! Citigroup, a large financial services company, determined that if each employee used double-sided copying to conserve just one sheet of paper each week, the firm would save $700,000 each year. Bank of America cut its paper consumption by 25% in two years by increasing the use of on-line forms and reports, e-mail, double-sided copying, and lighter-weight paper.
We wish the best to the Loggers volleyball team as they play their first game Thursday at 10 a.m. at the NJCAA tournament!
Three LLCC baseball players signed letters of intent Monday to continue their college baseball careers at four-year institutions. Konnor Aherin committed to the University of Tennessee-Martin, Ryan Arnold to Grand Valley State University-Michigan and Conor White to the University of Indianapolis. Congratulations!
LLCC welcomes Dr. Mario Masvidal Saavedra, a distinguished professor at the University of the Arts in Havana, Cuba as well as a popular Cuban radio and TV host.
Dr. Masvidal will speak TODAY at 10 a.m. in the Trutter Center to students, faculty and staff on Ernest Hemingway’s connection to Cuba. His morning presentation, “Hemingway and Cuba,” is a Dine & Develop program sponsored by Student Life. Breakfast snack foods and refreshments will be served. Encourage students to attend.
At 6 p.m., he will speak on “USA vs. Cuba? A Love Story,” taking an in-depth look at Cuban/American relations before and after U.S. involvement, and through the Castro regime, along with his outlook for future relations. The presentation is being held in the Trutter Center and the public is invited to attend.
For those unable to attend, both presentations will be streamed live at the links below.
Currently, Dr. Masvidal is a full professor in the Linguistics Department, University of the Arts in Havana, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in semiotics, communication theory and other related disciplines. He also teaches courses at University of Havana (foreign languages, social communication, arts and letters), “Jose Marti” International Institute of Journalism, and The Center for TV and Radio Studies, all in Havana; as well as the International Film and TV School in San Antonio de los Banos,
Dr. Masvidal has also taught courses and workshops on the history of the English speaking countries, English as a second language, linguistics, English and Spanish stylistics and professional communication at the Enrique J. Varona Teachers Training College and the Paul Lafargue Foreign Language Teachers Training College, both in Havana.
He currently hosts the talk show “Catalejo” at Habana Radio Station and participates in four TV programs: “Cuerda Viva,” in which he interviews musicians; “X-Distante,” an animated show for adults in which he presents and comments on the cartoons; ”Ritmoclip,” a music video program where he presents and comments on artistic music videos; and “Banda Sonora,” where he is a script writer.
Dr. Masvidal’s visit is at the invitation of LLCC president Dr. Charlotte Warren and other Illinois community college presidents who met with him and several other Cuban academics last February. LLCC is his first U.S. speaking engagement before traveling to several other community colleges in the state.
We are experiencing high demand for use of college vehicles. Reservations are first-come, first-served. Please make sure you get your approved vehicle reservation request to Property Control via the electronic request form located on the Finance Department Portal Page no later than three (3) business days before the reservation. This will help to ensure we can provide you with a vehicle.
Because of the high demand, we are currently having to rent additional vehicles from outside agencies. If you are no longer in need of your vehicle, you MUST contact Matt Hobrock and/or Rachel Patarozzi via email to cancel this reservation as soon as possible. If you do not cancel your reservation with us and an outside rental occurs because of said reservation, you will be responsible for the rental charges incurred by the outside agency.
Additionally, you may pick up the keys and clipboard for an upcoming reservation the day before you leave, or Friday for weekend or early Monday morning reservations. However, you are not allowed to physically take the assigned vehicle until the exact time of your approved reservation. That vehicle may be reserved for another party. If this occurs and the vehicle is not available for that person, you will be responsible for whatever transportation charges are incurred for that party. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please feel free to contact Matt Hobrock or Rachel Patarozzi.
The LLCC campaign through United Way raised $14,146 to assist those in need in our communities. Thank you to all donors, including Dave Sykes, professor of physics, who won the faculty gift basket (other gift basket winners were pictured in LincIn Friday.) We also thank LLCC Student United Way, advised by Melissa Franzen, student development professional, who provided swag bags for all donors and assisted with promotion of the campaign.
The Epicurean Club is hosting a stocks and soups sale today Nov. 16 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Bistro Verde and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. For more information, contact Nancy Sweet, club advisor.
