Please join in a retirement celebration for Rich Vertrees, Vice President, Administrative Services, on Thursday, April 24, in the Stephens Room. Please stop by between 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. for punch, cookies and cake.
ARRGH! CAPTAIN RON IS RETIRING!
After 27+ years at Lincoln Land, Ron Gregoire is leaving the helm of Admissions & Records and sailing off into retirement. To celebrate his years of service to the college, Ron’s staff will host an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Monday, April 28, in the Records Office. Make plans now to join us … there will be treats! We also will be collecting cards, if you care to bring one. The party has a nautical theme and sailing jargon is welcomed but no salty language, please!
LLCC Big Band to perform on campus
The LLCC Big Band will perform during the lunch hour in A. Lincoln Commons on Wednesday, April 16 from noon to 1 PM. Please bring your lunch and enjoy fun, danceable big band music during hour lunch hour! We have singers, too!
The band is directed by Jane Hartman.
Annual Battle of the Bands scheduled for April 25
The Student Life Office invites the public to the annual “Battle of the Bands” competition Friday, April 25. Door open at 5:30 p.m. and bands will perform from 6-10 p.m. in the Trutter Center on the Springfield campus.
Bands include The Blind Social, Built in a Day, Dog of Panic, Full Chroma, Geoff Leathers, Negative 17, Open D and Trepidus.
The event is co-sponsored by the LLCC Student United Way. There is no admission charge; however, donations will be accepted for United Way of Central Illinois. Door prizes include a karaoke video machine, and commemorative T-shirts will be available.
Bistro booked through spring semester; waiting list available
Bistro Verde is so popular that reservations are booked for the rest of the spring
semester. But, you can get on a waiting list in case of cancellations. Call 786-2821 or email bistroverde@llcc.edu with the day and time you’d like to eat. Bistro Verde is open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., through April 24.
Biology Professor Tony Rothering holds a Cooper’s Hawk caught on campus last Wednesday
The Cooper’s Hawk belongs to a group of raptors called accipiters. They have short, broad wings and long tails and specialize on foraging on other birds. Because of their maneuverability and predatory nature, they are often thought of as the “fighter planes” of the bird world. This hawk has the ability to fly through a woodland and, literally, snag birds right off of their perches. They also will regularly stake out backyard feeders and capture inattentive birds. This particular species is about the size of a crow with females being larger than males (typical with most birds of prey). This species is found in Illinois year around and their numbers have been increasing as of late.
National Library Week and Net Neutrality Awareness (April 13-19)
As part of National Library Week, the LLCC Library is providing information about the impacts of the loss of “net neutrality” which affects everyone who seeks information freely and equally. Watch a short informational video and grab a doughnut in the Library Monday, April 14, 9:00-11:00 am (room SA-1126) or Tuesday, April 15, 9:00-11:00 am (room SA-1128). If you can’t stop by, check out these websites: http://www.theopeninter.net/ and http://www.savetheinternet.com/.
Member of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple in Guyana to speak at LLCC Wednesday
Deborah Layton, a high-level member of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple in Guyana, who escaped the cult in 1978, will speak at Lincoln Land Community College Wednesday, April 16. The 1 p.m. presentation will be held in the Trutter Center.
Ms. Layton left the cult just months before over 900 people drank cyanide punch and committed “revolutionary suicide.” A book signing will follow the presentation, which is entitled, “Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor’s Story of Life and Death in the People’s Temple.”
The event is sponsored by LLCC Student Life.
Subway receives Public Health Award
The Sangamon County Department of Public Health presented a 2013 Gold Award April 11 to the LLCC Subway. The award is presented to food service establishments which have demonstrated their commitment to food safety in the past year. The criteria include maintaining an inspection score with few demerit points and having no violations that require a return visit.
Shown in this photo are Andrew Blaylock, director of campus services; Tiffany Bruce, sandwich artist; Bill Furling, owner; Heidi Meyers, manager; SUBMAN; Lori Phillips, supervisor of environmental health, Sangamon County Department of Public Health; Alyssa Furling, area manager; Amanda Gibson, sandwich artist.
Student Art Show opens today; reception Thursday
LLCC’s Annual Student Art Show opens today in the James S. Murray Gallery on the second floor of Menard Hall.
A reception will be held Thursday, April 17 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the gallery, where award winners will be announced in several categories. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited.
The student show will be open for viewing until May 8. Khara Koffel, associate professor of art and director of the art program at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, is serving as juror for the show.