Student Club Events This Week

Monday, Oct. 28 through Friday, Nov. 1 – Honors Club “Pie Your Professor” fundraiser to benefit Make-A-Wish® Illinois. Tickets sold for a chance to throw a pie in A. Lincoln Commons, 9:00am 5:00pm each day.  Actual Pie Throwing will take place Nov. 6.

Monday, Oct. 28 – PTK Parking Spot Raffle. Purchase tickets in A. Lincoln Commons, 8:00am – 1pm. If you miss the sale, contact Mary Flesch, PTK President, at mfles3853@llcc.edu to get your tickets!

Wednesday, Oct. 30  – Psych Club Bake Sale, A. Lincoln Commons, 10am – 2pm.  Honors Club Fundraiser for APL, A. Lincoln Commons, 9:00am – 2:00pm.

Thursday, Oct. 31 – FREE pumpkin and face painting! FREE pumpkins will be available to paint in A. Lincoln Commons, 10:00am – 2:00pm. Prizes will be given out winners in 4 categories! GrimFaces will be providing FREE face painting.  Psych Club Bake Sale, A. Lincoln Commons, 10:00am – 2:00pm.

Thanks from Ag Club

The Ag Club would like to thank everyone who participated in the silent auction for the Corn Hole (bags) game sets! It was a great success, raising over $240.00 for the club. We appreciate the support of the campus community, and may do it again next fall!

AQIP and Reaffirmation Update

The college has received feedback on the Systems Portfolio submitted in June. Drs. Chris McDonald and Tricia Kujawa will provide a succinct overview of the report as part of Professional Development Day activities. For those interested in more detail, the Systems Appraisal Feedback Report is now available on LLCC’s AQIP page. In addition, you will now find a Quality Checkup link on the AQIP page menu. Here, you can find two documents submitted to the Quality Review team in preparation for our upcoming Quality Checkup on November 6 and 7. The Quality Program Summary describes LLCC’s quality program, specifying how it is organized, what LLCC has accomplished over the past four years, and an initial reaction to the Systems Appraisal Feedback Report. The Federal Compliance Narrative contains LLCC’s response to compliance items outlined by the Higher Learning Commission.

Life Insurance and Long Term Disability Insurance Open Enrollment Begins

The College’s annual open enrollment period for the Life Insurance and the Long Term Disability Insurance programs has begun.  Open enrollment ends November 22, 2013.  Enrollment a memo with forms have been put in your office mailboxes.  Please review both insurance forms.  The LTD form must be returned with an election.  The life insurance form does not need to be returned if you are not electing additional coverage.  Please note: The memo states that an informational meeting will be held Monday, November 12, but will actually be Tuesday, November 12.  Contact Kim Elder with questions, (6)2214.

Voluntary Life Summary      2012 LTD Brochure

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Silent Auction a success; thank you!

Career Development Services would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s Silent Auction bigger and better than ever.  We made $616.00 which will go directly into the Career Development Services Emergency Fund to help our students with the little emergencies that arise during the semester.  This money is also used to help students purchase a computer from the Computer Banc.   There are still some great items left that were not bid on, so we will do our traditional “Let’s Make a Deal” in the Menard hallway sometime in the next few weeks.

Mary Beth Ray, Director, Career Development Services

TSU donates to Taylorville Memorial Hospital

Mammography Fund Presentation

The Taylorville Student Union (TSU) had a bake sale on Oct. 15 to raise funds for the Taylorville Memorial Hospital Mammography Assistance Program.  TSU raised $80 and presented to the donation to Linda Sloan with the Taylorville Memorial Hospital Foundation.  Pictured are:  Linda Sloan, Nicole Brownfield, Loggers Activities Board student worker and Jordan Foor, TSU Treasurer.

LLCC Board meets at Hillsboro Area Hospital

The LLCC Board of Trustees conducted its October meeting Wednesday evening in an addition to Hillsboro Area Hospital which houses LLCC nursing classrooms and labs.

Dean of Health Professions Dr. Cynthia Maskey relayed the history of the partnership between LLCC and the hospital, which began with a $250,000 state grant in 2004 to provide nursing and emergency medical technician training to Hillsboro area students. The partnership was enhanced through construction of the new addition to the hospital which allowed the programs, in 2010, to move into state-of-the-art facilities on site.

LLCC Board Chair Justin Reichert thanked the hospital and commended the partnership which has trained hundreds of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants and emergency medical technicians, and provides clinical space for other LLCC health professions programs.

Scott Stallman, executive director of the educational service area comprising Hillsboro, Litchfield and Taylorville, presented information to the board regarding a nearly two percent increase in enrollment this fall in that area, and increases of nearly eight percent in Taylorville and three percent in Litchfield/Hillsboro in the amount of credit hours students are taking. He also noted the success of special opportunities offered to high school students including dual credit classes and the HEAT (Higher Education Academic Transfer) and PACT (Professional Accelerated Career Training) programs.

In related board action, trustees approved a resolution seeking approval from the Illinois Community College Board for a renovation and code compliance project at LLCC-Taylorville. The estimated $1.9-million project would be paid for through protection, health and safety funds.

And, trustees received and filed the fiscal year 2013 external audit. LLCC once again received an unqualified or “clean” opinion on the audit, which was performed by Sikich, LLP, of Springfield. Chair Reichert congratulated college administration on the consistency of positive audit reports.