The Lincoln Land Community College Board of Trustees Wednesday night approved a balanced fiscal year 2014 operating budget for the college. Revenues match expenditures of $42,396,712.
Board Chair Justin Reichert commended college leadership for consistently producing balanced budgets.
The tentative budget was put on file for public review in late July. The Board held a public hearing on the budget at the beginning of last night’s meeting. There were no public comments.
The LLCC Annual Campus Crime Report, which contains valuable information regarding campus safety at the College, as well as our crime statistics for the last three years, is available at the following web address:
http://police.llcc.edu/pdf/CSR.pdf
In addition, you can obtain a hard copy of the report from the campus Police Department, located on the upper level of Sangamon Hall South.
The Human Resources office is currently advertising for a police officer. Please see the HR Portal page for additional information on this position.
Rich Vertrees, vice president of administrative services, was interviewed Sept. 26 by WTAX Radio on the college’s balanced budget.
Nancy Sweet, culinary operations manager and Jay Kitterman, director of LLCC’s Culinary Institute and special events, presented to a group of 125 members of the Retired State Employees Association Tuesday. Nancy and Jay spoke about LLCC’s culinary credit and non-credit classes and programs. Nancy also demonstrated several ways to make healthy, simple and tasty dishes using chicken breasts.
Mary Beth Ray, director, Career Development Services, was interviewed by WICS Sept. 24 on tips for job seekers. Here is the story which ran on the Sunrise show, in advance of the Greater Springfield Job & Career Fair. Lynn Whalen, executive director, PRM, also interviewed Mary Beth and LLCC grad Holly Cormier for this article which ran in the SJ-R Sept. 24.
Ralph White, father of Deb Wehner, adjunct instructor for the Business and Technologies department, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22. Information about funeral arrangements is available HERE.
The Shared Governance Council met Sept. 17 and discussed establishing a standard meeting time for the Council and seven teams*. Institutional Research will prepare a report on class scheduling to determine best options. Four positions will be up for reelection at the end of the fall semester: administrative-Scott Stallman (current chair); faculty-Ryan Roberts (current vice-chair); professional-Bobbi Dunn and classified-Darlene Krone. Also, the Council made suggestions for informational videos being prepared for the Shared Governance website.
Click HERE to read the complete minutes.
*Shared Governance Teams are: Academic & Admissions Standards Team, Academic Assessment Team, Cultural Awareness Team, Curriculum Team, Environmental Health & Safety Team, Professional Development Team, Sustainability Team.
Siegfried Patra, father of Dr. Judy Jozaitis, vice president, Workforce Development and Community Education, passed away Monday, Sept. 23. Visitation will be on Thursday, Sept. 26 from 3–9 p.m. at Lack and Sons Funeral Home, 9236 South Roberts Road, Hickory Hills, IL 60457. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27 at the funeral home.
Ryan Murphy, vice chair, LLCC Foundation, spoke about the Grow Beyond endowment campaign on WTAX Sept. 23.