Our condolences to Kevin Lust on the passing of his mother, Ann Lust, Saturday, Jan. 11. The funeral is Thursday, Jan. 16 at 11 am at Barto Funeral Home, 120 West Cleveland Street, Spring Valley, IL 61362. Visitation begins at 9 am, prior to the funeral. Click HERE to view the obituary.
Welcome to LLCC
Welcome to new LLCC staff members Elyse Calhoun, Barb Eades and John Kidd!
Elyse Calhoun has been hired on as an Accounts Receivable/Collection Technician in the Finance Department. She can be reached at 6-2204 or elyse.calhoun@llcc.edu.
Barb Eades joined the Foundation as the Assistant Director in December. She can be reached at 6-2255 or barbara.eades@llcc.edu.
John Kidd is the new Culinary Specialist in the Business & Technologies Dept. He can be reached at 6-4664 or john.kidd@llcc.edu.
A note from Peggy Goetsch
I would like to thank everyone for the emails, cards, messages, words of encouragement, offers of assistance, etc, upon the passing of my father in December. I have been overwhelmed by your kindness. It has been a difficult month, but it is so comforting to know I work with such a wonderful, caring group of people. Thank you again for your thoughtfulness. – Peggy Goetsch
In the News
Mary Beth Ray, director, Career Development Services: Karla Martin, program records specialist and LLCC student, and Christine Robinson, LLCC student are featured in this story, “Life after layoffs,” in the SJ-R Jan. 12.
New Documents Available on the HR Portal
Please click here for new EAP Newsletters and an updated organizational chart…
A Note from Jill Whitney
Thank you to the LLCC Family for all the phone calls, texts, visits, food, flowers, and overall concern about my well-being following my recent surgery and two hospital admissions. It’s nice to know that so many people care so much! My holidays were very different this year but I am on the mend and doing much better. Thanks again.
Jill Whitney
ITS Helpdesk Operational Hours Change with Spring Semester Effective January 1, 2014
Saturday support will no longer be available by the ITS Helpdesk. In addition, we will also be changing our daily operational hours to 8:00am – 7:00pm Monday – Thursday and 8:00am – 5:00pm Friday. Between class semesters our hours of support are 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday. Thank you – ITS
A reminder to sign up for CQI Training Sessions
If you have yet to attend a Continuous Quality Improvement training session, there are still some spots available in the sessions listed below. To register, please call 782-7436 or email cctc@llcc.edu.
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SESSION |
DATES |
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G |
January 30 & 31, 2014 |
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H |
February 21 & 28, 2014 |
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I |
March 21 & 28, 2014 |
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J |
April 18 & 25, 2014 |
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K |
June 5 & 12, 2014 |
Mileage rate change
Message from Accounts Payable: Per the IRS, effective Jan. 1, the 2014 Standard Mileage Rate is 56 cents per mile. This is a decrease of one half cent from the 2013 rate.
The link to the IRS site is:
http://www.irs.gov/2014-Standard-Mileage-Rates-for-Business,-Medical-and-Moving-Announced
Christmas bird count/fall bird banding report
LLCC continues to be a mecca for birds. Tony Rothering, professor of biology, conducted a campus bird count on Dec. 22 and recorded:
Great Blue Heron 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
American Robin 4
House Finch 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Mourning Dove 6
American Goldfinch 7
White-throated Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 16
Blue Jay 17
Dark-eyed Junco 47
House Sparrow 60
American Crow 192
European Starling 260
Canada Goose 490
Also, below is a link to the bird banding report for this past fall (2013) as generated by Vern Kleen. Some of the highlights from Prof. Rothering: we captured 1902 birds of 70 species over 64 banding days (we averaged 30 birds per day). Our high day was Oct. 18 on which we captured and banded 194 birds (mostly goldfinches)!! From a cummulative standpoint … after 3 banding seasons (fall 2012, spring and fall 2013), we have captured ~ 3600 birds of 94 species!
Between classes and individuals, we had 200 LLCC students visit and/or assist at the banding station this fall. We hope this number will continue to grow!
MS — LLCC BBS Fall 2013 Report