Jessie Blackburn has joined the Center for Academic Success (Learning Lab) as the new Academic Success Professional. She can be reached at 6-2396 or jessie.blackburn@llcc.edu. Welcome Jessie!
Thank you Welcome Week Volunteers
Thank you to all the Welcome Week volunteers who greeted and assisted students in the A. Lincoln Commons this week. Volunteers provided directions, handed out Student Planners and answered a multitude of questions creating a great start for students’ successful semester at LLCC! Welcome Week staff and volunteers were: Chris Barry, Cynthia Maskey, Amee Kesky, Rose Raikes, Sandy Bonn, Barry Lamb, Jacob Deters, Judith Nichols Lynn Whalen and Diane Clark.
– Mary Bonn, Public Relations & Marketing Assistant
Welcome Samuel Bras!
Samuel Bras has joined the ITS department as the new Systems Administrator I. Samuel will be located in the lower level of Menard Hall, room 0043, and can be reached at 6-2262 or samuel.bras@llcc.edu. Welcome Samuel!
Weight Watchers to host Open House this Thursday
Weight Watchers hopes again to bring its At-Work Series to LLCC. To showcase the program and online tools, a Weight Watchers Team Leader and current at-work members will host a Salad Social Open House on Thursday June 12th. This will be held in Menard Room 2215 beginning at 11:45 AM. All ingredients will be provided for you to have a healthy salad and learn more about Weight Watchers’ programs. Contact Kim Elder at 62214 if you have any questions.
EHST Safety Tip of the Month
The June safety tip brought to you by the Environmental Health & Safety Team:
Cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function which can cause death within minutes. Each year nearly 360,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital with over 80 percent of those happening at home.
The American Heart Association (AHA) lists the following as signs of cardiac arrest:
– A sudden loss of responsiveness
– No normal breathing
Click HERE to learn what to do if these signs are present and find more resources about responding to cardiac arrest.
Construction Update
I’d like to bring you up to date on a project that we will start shortly. It is a project to tuck point and repair the masonry on Sangamon Hall, Menard Hall and Cass Gymnasium. It is funded by Capital Renewal Funds and is being monitored by the Capital Development Board. At the moment, we don’t have a defined schedule but we should start within the next 30 days. When the schedule is developed, I will be sharing it with all of you.
This project will be loud, at times, and there will be times when certain entrances may be temporarily blocked. As always, we will try to keep you posted about the schedule, the work and the impact that it may have on all of us. I will know more in the upcoming days, after the bid has been awarded and I’ve had a chance to sit down with the contractor.
As usual, please feel free to contact me at 786-9605.
Thank you.
Hugh Garvey, Asst. VP Construction
This week at LLCC
Monday, June 9 – Summer session begins/Welcome Week
– Girls basketball camp begins (June 9-12), 9-11 a.m., Cass Gym
Tuesday, June 10 – Trutter Museum hosts Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s “Good Morning Springfield,” 7:30 a.m., Trutter Center
– Dean of Arts & Humanities Open Campus Forum, 2:30-3 p.m., Robert H. Stephens Room
Wednesday, June 11 – Dean of Arts & Humanities Open Campus Forum, 2:15-3:15 p.m., Robert H. Stephens Room
Trutter Museum hosts Chamber’s “Good Morning Springfield”
The Philip and Mary Kathryn Trutter Museum will host the Chamber’s “Good Morning Springfield” Tuesday, June 10 and you’re invited to stop by. The breakfast gathering begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Trutter Center and provides guests an opportunity to network and connect with community partners and friends. As a Chamber member, college faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Admission is $3 per person. Please stop by, connect with other Chamber members, and visit the Trutter Museum’s latest exhibit which celebrates Phil Trutter’s 100th birthday his work and love of art.
Note from Facilities Services regarding moves
Office and classroom moves can be very disruptive to all. In an effort to make office and classroom moves as efficient as possible and to minimize the inconvenience of moving for affected staff and students, Facilities Services is requesting to be involved in the planning of any classroom, office, furniture and equipment move on campus. Even a simple office space trade among staff can potentially result in a considerable amount of planning, work and expense. Please contact the Facilities Services Office, 6-2304, at least two weeks before any planned moves so that we can have sufficient time to plan and can accommodate your needs while maintaining all other campus grounds and facilities.
Welcome Week Volunteers Needed
Volunteers for a few time slots are still needed for Welcome Week. If you are available to staff the table 7:30-8:15am on Monday, 7:30-8:15am or 8:15-9am on Tuesday please email Mary Bonn (mary.bonn@llcc.edu) or stop by the Information Desk in the A. Lincoln Commons to sign up.
Welcome Week volunteers greet and assist students during the first two days of summer semester at a welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons, providing maps and other helpful materials.