11.10.14

KUDOS to these 19 employees!

KUDOS to these employees for going above and beyond to assist others and for living LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate today.

Robin Ackman, Amber Berman, Kenny Bridgeford, Michelle Burger, Kevin Cline, Scott Ebbing, Sean Edmondson, Kim Elder,  Steve Handy, Paula Hermes, Keith Huddleston, Instructional Technology and Distance Education (ITDE) staff, Sylvester “Chad” Jones,  Linda McCoy, John Moore, Barb Mustered, Mary Beth Ray, Dawn Townsend and Doris Williams

Click October 2014 KUDOS awards to read what they did and who nominated them!

The next KUDOS will be announced at the end of the fall semester. Nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS tab in the upper right corner of LincIn.

The KUDOS award is an informal way to recognize the small and large ways our faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC. The person you nominate will receive a KUDOS certificate, with winners announced in LincIn. You can make an anonymous nomination if you wish. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with the KUDOS award.

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11.10.14

A special note of gratitude from Deborah Brothers

Thank you for the care and concern everyone showed regarding my recent illness on Tuesday during our Institutional Development meeting. Luckily, it looked more serious than it was. Although I felt embarrassed to be the center of such strategic intervention, I’m more grateful that we have staff, faculty, and administrators who are not only trained to respond in urgent situations but do so with such kindness and compassion. Thank you all, again, and special kudos to Cynthia Maskey and Officer Mike Hanson. They kept me comfortable and calm, and Cynthia took me to the doctor and stayed with me until family arrived.

Deborah Brothers

11.10.14

ITDE workshops this week

Designing and Developing Interactive Course Materials Using SoftChalk • Monday, Nov. 10 – Wednesday, Nov. 19 online via Blackboard  Facilitator: Barry Lamb, director, Instructional Technology Services

In this instructor-led online workshop, participants learn how to use SoftChalk Lesson Builder to create engaging and interactive web-based lessons. Topics covered in this workshop include an overview of the software, how to build and publish a basic lesson, and how to add media and interactive activities. This workshop will be conducted entirely online over the course of 10 days. Register HERE.

Blackboard Open Lab • Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m., SGMN0119
Facilitators: Andy Mitkos, Learning Management Systems Coordinator & Gary Bach, Instructional Technology Specialist

Have you ever had questions about how to accomplish something in Blackboard but couldn’t attend a previously scheduled Blackboard workshop to ask? This monthly, drop-in open house session gives you the opportunity to get individual help with your questions. No registration is required to attend.

 

11.10.14

Career Development Services says thanks

Career Development Services would like to thank everyone for another fun and profitable Silent Auction! We netted over $250 this year for the Career Development Emergency Fund. This money comes at a time when we really start to hear from needy students. Thank you for shopping at the auction and for donating items to make the event possible. And, thank you to Linda Cunningham and Tammy Chrisler for helping us with setting up and staffing the auction!

11.10.14

Thank the troops Nov. 13

Thursday, Nov. 13:  Thank You Troops! Visit the A. Lincoln Commons from 11am-2pm to write a note of gratitude or encouragement to our active, reserve or veteran military members. Thank-you cards and treats will be provided if you supply the messages to send off to amillionthanks.org. The thank-you notes will be delivered by amillionthanks.org to military members that are home, abroad or injured in hospitals. The event is being sponsored by the Logger Activities Board.

11.10.14

In the news

Ron Riggle, athletic director and head baseball coach, was interviewed by WICS Nov. 7 regarding Benedictine University student/athletes and their options for continuing their athletic careers after this year.

11.07.14

Photographer on campus Monday afternoon

Public Relations and Marketing (PRM) will have a professional photographer on campus Monday afternoon taking classroom shots for the website. We will knock and ask permission before entering any classroom.

11.07.14

Parking lots 9 & 11 to be blocked off at 5 p.m. Friday for weekend event

LLCC Police will be blocking off parking lots 9 & 11 at 5 p.m. today for the Girls on the Run event being held on campus this weekend. GOTR staff and other vendors will be on campus to begin tent setup and other preparations for the event.  The 5K run begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and traffic may be delayed  as runners make their way off campus and back to campus. Police will be directing traffic.

11.07.14

Faculty score GEAR project assignments at Institutional Improvement Day

GEAR (General Education Assessment by Rubrics) is an assignment-based project which was initiated in the fall semester of 2009. Each year a general GEAReducation outcome is selected by the Assessment Team to be measured. Assignments that addressed and assessed critical thinking outcomes of the college were collected from faculty during the spring semester of 2014.  On Institutional Improvement Day, a group of 23 faculty met and scored 45 sets of types of assignments. Results will be aggregated and used for accreditation and improvement purposes.

11.07.14

LLCC-Jacksonville wins award

Jan Terry, executive director at LLCC-Jacksonville, received the following letter from the parent of an LLCC student who nominated LLCC-J for a special award.

Dear Jan,

I recently attended the 2014 Illinois Statewide Transition Conference in Springfield and nominated LLCC for an award:

I want to vote for Lincoln Land Community College campus in Jacksonville, Ill. My son has High Functioning Autism and this is his third semester there. The staff are helpful, kind and friendly to him. They demonstrate true concern and tolerance towards him. If it wasn’t for their Special Needs program, he would not be in his third semester. I am sure they are this way with all of their special needs students. Mrs. Jan Terry is the Jacksonville Campus Director and Ms. Linda Chriswell is the Director of the Special Needs Department for all of the Lincoln Land Community College Schools.

I am happy to say you won. I have the plaque as they gave it to me at the conference but the name plate that goes with it will be mailed to you. I will get the plaque to you as soon as possible. Congratulations!

Thank you for all that you and your staff do to help Quentin.

Maxette Ratliff

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