The Student Life Office would like all faculty and staff to submit their names, rank and branch of service to the Student Life Office. These names will be printed in the Veterans Day Ceremony program to honor those service men and women here at LLCC. Please submit names by Oct. 10th to Michelle.Burger@llcc.edu or by stopping by the Student Life Office.
LLCC’s “Head Start” Ag Safety Program wins statewide award
The “Head Start” Ag Safety Program, in which a group of LLCC ag students were trained and certified last spring in subjects such as confined space entry, hazardous materials and safety procedures, has won the 2013 Illinois Council of Community College Administrators (ICCCA) Innovation Award. The training was provided by the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association (IFCA) and the Asmark Institute in Bloomington. The goals of the training were to educate students about industry regulations and reduce farm accidents. Rich Teeter, assistant professor of agriculture, coordinated the program which will now be offered to other community colleges and further unite education and industry. Congratulations!
Multicultural Fest Oct. 2–still in need of a few volunteers!
The 10th annual Multicultural Fest is this Wednesday, Oct. 2 outside the A. Lincoln Commons and is scheduled over two time slots, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Entertainment includes local artists as well as Xperimento, a Florida-based nationally touring multicultural band, performing from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. A 10th anniversary commemoration will follow. A few volunteers are still needed for various jobs. To sign up, please visit this page and scroll to the right to see all time slots. If you are unable to volunteer, we hope you are able to stop by and enjoy the festivities!
Campus Wildlife
Thank you to Dr. Chris McDonald, professor of political science, for sharing these photos recently captured in LLCC’s Prairie Restoration area.
Faculty blog established
The Faculty Workgroup of the Professional Development Team has designed a blog to share information pertaining to learning, teaching and the way social issues can affect teaching and student learning. You are invited and encouraged to visit the blog and participate in the idea exchange topics. No login is needed to read the postings, and faculty will be able to make comments after they create a WordPress account.
Here is the address: http://llccfacultyblog.wordpress.com/
Board of Trustees approves balanced budget following public hearing
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.
Latest Campus Security Report Available
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.
Position Vacancy Announcement – Police Officer
The Human Resources office is currently advertising for a police officer. Please see the HR Portal page for additional information on this position.
In the News
Rich Vertrees, vice president of administrative services, was interviewed Sept. 26 by WTAX Radio on the college’s balanced budget.
In the community
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.