03.06.15

LLCC Quiz Bowl team competes in national championship for 4th straight year

The LLCC Quiz Bowl team competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournaments community college championship on Feb. 27-28 in Atlanta, Ga. This was the fourth straight year that the LLCC team qualified for the national tourney.

The LLCC Loggers won four matches and finished 20th in the competition. Jake Montgomery of Athens placed 18th individually out of 121 participants.

Other members of the LLCC team are Allison Penrod of Athens (captain) and Jacob Webb of Virden (lieutenant captain) along with Ashley Fields, Jefferson Gentry, Nick Shelton and Jarely Ventura of Springfield; David Western of Rochester; Holden Smith of Edinburg and Tim Schaeffer of Taylorville.

The team is coached by LLCC professor Eve Fischberg.

03.06.15

LLCC students participate in 37th annual Model Illinois Government

Two win awards; five elected to leadership position

LLCC students participated in the 37th annual Model Illinois Government (MIG) simulation on Feb. 26-March 1 at the Illinois State Capitol. Two were honored with awards and five were elected to leadership positions.

Donald Shimkus of Petersburg earned the Lisa Tripp VanDuser Award-Outstanding Office of Management and Budget Analyst.

Elizabeth Roehrs of Springfield earned the Outstanding House Freshman Delegate Award and was also elected as the Democratic Committee spokesperson for the Education Committee.

Silas Tockey of Springfield was elected as a House whip responsible for communication and organization of the House of Representatives Democratic caucus. Emma Todd of Springfield was elected as the Democratic Committee spokesperson for the Senate. Josh Scaife of New Berlin was elected as Republican spokesperson of the Firearms, Gambling, Alcohol and Tobacco Committee for the House, and James Travis Heller of Petersburg was elected spokesperson for the same committee in the Senate.

Other members of the team were John DeRosa and Christian Todd of Springfield, Connor Benbrook of Chatham and Brendan Little of Riverton.

LLCC MIG team members are students in the Model Illinois Government class taught by John Vinzant, Ph.D., professor of political science, of Chatham.

03.05.15

Participate in Penny Wars!

Get a team together and participate in the LLCC LEAGUE Committee’s Penny Wars! Penny Wars is a fun competition to see who can collect the most pennies and raise funds for LLCC Foundation’s Pay It Forward Fund, which provides assistance to students with emergency needs. To participate in Penny Wars:

Can you guess the name of this TV game show where passengers have to answer trivia questions with mounting cash values before they reach their destination or get kicked out?

Can you guess the name of this TV game show where passengers have to answer trivia questions with mounting cash values before they reach their destination or get kicked out?

• Contact Barb Eades in the LLCC Foundation at 786-2255 or Barbara.Eades@llcc.edu.
• Pick up an empty Penny Wars container in the Foundation, Menard Hall, room 1214.
• Decorate your container anyway you want – or use this year’s LEAGUE TV Game Show theme as inspiration.
• Start collecting pennies in your department or area and place them in your container.
• Sabotage your opponents by placing silver coins or paper money in their containers.
• Bring your decorated containers to the L.E.A.G.U.E. luncheon on Tuesday, March 24 by 11:30 a.m. in the Student Union where people will vote for their favorite and more money can be placed in the jars.

See the flyer for additional details: Penny Wars flyer 2015

For more information, contact the LLCC Foundation at 786-2255.

03.04.15

Delayed openings due to weather

Yesterday, LLCC experienced a delayed opening of 10 a.m. district wide due to icy conditions early in the morning that were expected to clear up by mid-morning.

Should a delayed opening occur again, please note that any class or activity scheduled to begin prior to the delayed opening hour is cancelled. For instance, in the case of a 10 a.m. opening, an 8 a.m. to noon class or a class that begins at 9:30 a.m. would both be cancelled for the entire class time.

03.04.15

Position changes in Health Professions

Ashley Miller, formerly an admission and registration services representative, has moved to the Health Professions department as administrative assistant to the dean. Her new phone number is 6.2445 and she is located in Millennium 2221.  Her position was formerly held by Gaye Catlin. Gaye is now administrative assistant to the dean in the position formerly held by Bev Provines, who recently retired. Gaye may be reached at extension 6.2449 or visiting Logan 1107.