Subway in the lower level of Menard Hall will be closed the weeks of August 4 and 11, and will reopen August 18 with standard hours of Monday – Thursday from 8:00am to 6:00pm and Friday from 8:00am to 3:00pm. Group orders for Subway menu items are still available the first two weeks in August by calling 217-306-2005.
In the News
Scott Stallman, executive director, LLCC-Taylorville and Litchfield, and Dee Krueger, assistant director, LLCC-Taylorville, were interviewed by the Breeze-Courier July 29 for an upcoming article on education in the Taylorville area.
GRADES DUE AUGUST 4th
Summer 2014 and Mod VI grades are due Monday, August 4th by noon. Check your LLCC email for details. Online Grading Notices are distributed via faculty llcc.edu email only.
Sweet corn is ready!
The Ag Department has grown sweet corn this summer and invites college employees to have some. The patch of corn, located between Logan Hall and Montgomery Hall, is edged with pink flags with rows that run north and south. Faculty and staff are welcome to pick the corn and take home to enjoy!
In the News
Nancy Sweet, culinary operations manager, demonstrated making an heirloom tomato sandwich with tomato vinaigrette on the WICS Sunrise This Morning program July 29. Get the recipe HERE.
Summer session coming to a close
Textbook buyback begins today and runs through Thursday. Mod VI classes end tomorrow, July 30. Summer session final exams are being held tomorrow and Thursday.
Last day to view current exhibit in Murray Gallery
Today is the final day of the Illinois Prairie Pastel Society Membership Show, currently on display in the James S. Murray Gallery, Menard Hall. For more information on this exhibit, click HERE.
Condolences to Linda Cunningham
Our sympathy to Linda Cunningham, assistant to the vice president, Student Services, on the passing of her father, Loyal Dean Cole, Sunday, July 27. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Wednesday with funeral services at 1o a.m. Thursday, both at Bramley Funeral Home in Divernon. Burial in Brush Creek Cemetery.
Passing of colleague Jim Van Kleek; funeral arrangements complete
Jim Van Kleek, program director, Aviation, passed away Sunday evening, July 27, at his residence. Jim joined LLCC in 2007 and worked tirelessly to advance the program, improve its environment at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, and recruit new students. He will be missed by his many friends and colleagues at LLCC.
Visitation will be at Ellinger Kunz and Park Funeral Home, 530 North 5th St., Springfield, on Thursday, July 31, from 4-7 p.m. Services will be Friday, August 1 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Camp Butler National Cemetery where the Interveterans Burial Detail will conduct honors. Memorial contributions may be made to the LLCC Aviation Scholarship Fund.
LLCC Board of Trustees puts tentative fiscal year ’15 budget on file
The Lincoln Land Community College Board of Trustees voted Wednesday evening to put the college’s tentative, fiscal year 2015 operating budget on file for public review for 30 days, as required by law. Final approval of the $43-million budget is anticipated at the September board meeting.
Dr. Charlotte Warren, LLCC president, noted that enrollment in College for Kids, a summer enrichment program in its sixth year, reached a record number of 578. She also reported on the natural prairie areas being established on campus which provide both ecological and economic benefits. The cost savings of maintaining one acre of prairie compared to one acre of turf is approximately $870 per year, for an annual savings of $10,440. Also, nearly 1,400 birds of 82 species were banded in the third season of the college’s bird banding station. Some 200 LLCC biology students were involved in the process.