A retirement reception is being held for Jay Kitterman, director of the 
Culinary Institute and special events, Thursday, Dec. 11 from 2-4 p.m. in Bistro Verde in the Workforce Careers Center.
Faculty: Grade changes due Dec. 12 for spring & summer 2014 “Incomplete” grades
Grade changes for an “Incomplete” assigned during the spring or summer 2014 semesters are due in the Records office by Friday, Dec. 12. If no grade change is submitted by this deadline, the student’s grade will automatically roll to the grade specified on the original “Incomplete” form or an “F” (if grade area was left blank). Contact Student Records at 786-2424 if you have questions.
Donations sought for Karla Martin following fire
Karla Martin, the 2014 LLCC Outstanding Graduate and part-time 
employee in Admission, Records and Registration, was the victim of a devastating fire last weekend. She and her children lost beds, Christmas presents, food and clothing, and were displaced from their home. The Admission, Records and Registration staff is collecting grocery cards/gift cards/money for Karla. Contributions may be dropped off to Shawn Allen, Shanda Byer or Susan Mendenhall.
Openings still available for culinary scholarship lunch and dinner Dec. 9 & 10
Openings are still available for the annual culinary scholarship lunch and dinner in Bistro Verde. Lunch will be served on Tuesday, Dec. 9 with seatings at 11:30 a.m. and noon. Dinner will be served on Wednesday, Dec. 10 with seatings at 6 p.m. and 6:30 pm. Money raised goes for student scholarships.Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Nancy Sweet at nancy.sweet@llcc.edu or 217.786.4613. See menu: Scholarship Dinner Menu
Purchasing notice: Check date stamps
Please check your date stamps to ensure that 2014 is not the last year on your stamp. If you need a date band replacement, please contact Holly Walton at holly.walton@llcc.edu or 62260.
Holiday cards available
LLCC holiday cards designed by Greg Walbert are now available for use by LLCC employees to send to professional colleagues outside LLCC. You may pick them up at the Information Desk in A. Lincoln Commons or for those off campus, call 786.2577. There is a limited number available.
Recital Series Sunday features Flute Chamber Music with Abigail Walsh
The LLCC Recital Series continues Sunday, Dec. 7 with Flute Chamber Music featuring Dr. Abigail Walsh. The performance begins at 4 p.m. in the Trutter Center and is free and open to the public.
Illinois-based flutist Dr. Abigail Walsh has performed as a solo, orchestral and chamber musician throughout the U.S. Dr. Walsh is on the faculty at the University of Illinois-Springfield where she coaches chamber groups and music ensembles, teaches music courses and performs in solo and chamber recitals.
Other performers at the Dec. 7 recital include Margaret Kegel, flute; Greg Cohill, clarinet; Missy Thibodeaux-Thompson, narrator; Yona Stamatis, violin; Chris Lynch, horn; Jeni Phelps, bassoon; and Troy Rasmussen, oboe.
Other upcoming performances in the LLCC Recital Series include:
Jan. 25: Skibbereen Celtic Influenced Music
Feb. 1: River Ramblers bluegrass
March 22: Brick House Brass Quintet
April 19: Jane Hartman Jazz Trio
Festival of Trees events at Litchfield and Springfield
Children of all ages were delighted by the Christmas display that filled the auditorium at LLCC-Litchfield Nov. 21-23, for the 12th annual City of Litchfield Festival of Trees. Approximately 1,000 guests visited this year’s activities, which brought in $3,500 for local charities.
This year’s event included 50 entries of Christmas trees, wreaths, holiday 
centerpieces and a new category this year, gingerbread houses. The event also included live entertainment by a barbershop quartet, Jim Lutz, Lynne and Thomas Taylor, Mark York, the Rafferty family, the Zion Lutheran Church hand bell choir and the Lincolnwood High School choir. Volunteers from the Elizabeth Ann Seton program and the Litchfield High School FCCLA chapter manned the Little Elves workshop, where children decorated gingerbread cookies and visited with Santa Claus. There was also a display of Christmas trees in the hallway with handmade ornaments by Litchfield students in grades pre-K through three. Visitors had the chance to vote for their favorite tree, with the winning class given a prize.
LLCC also participated in the 25th annual Memorial Medical Center Foundation Festival of Trees by decorating a 7-foot tree. LLCC staff decorators were: Barbara Eades, Colleen Pittman, Rose Raikes and Diane Clark.
Welcome, Brenda McGuire!
Brenda McGuire is the new site coordinator at LLCC-Beardstown. She 
can be reached at 323.1782 or brenda.mcguire@llcc.edu. Welcome to LLCC!
Feedback sought on Institutional Improvement Day Strategy Forum
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is seeking feedback on your experiences and perception of Strategy Forum. To gather that information, a survey link is provided below for anyone who participated in the all-campus activities on Nov. 4 in Cass Gymnasium. If you would like to provide feedback, please respond by Friday, Dec. 12. The survey results will only be accessible by staff associated with the HLC – this is not an LLCC survey.
The HLC appreciates everyone’s feedback and their candor. The on-campus Strategy Forum was a pilot, and the HLC’s goal is to improve the product provided to its AQIP institutions.