LLCC Student Services is at-the-ready to give students a hand! With Thanksgiving almost here, join in festivities by stopping by the Student Services hallway to vote on your favorite hand turkey. You’re also invited to make your own.
Have a great Thanksgiving Recess!
Starting on Nov. 22, movers will begin relocating LLCC Student Services staff in Menard Hall to their temporary locations in the Millennium Center and lower level of Sangamon Hall. Earlier this fall, Accessibility Services moved to the Millennium Center and Testing to Logan Hall.
The upcoming moves will be phased over the final few weeks of 2022 with the hope that each department will be settled into their temporary locations in early 2023. This has required a lot of hard work and coordination by all involved, and we will ask for everyone to be patient as these new locations will take some adjustments for both students and staff. Future announcements will be coming from each department within Student Services as to “where to find them” soon.
The new LLCC Podcast features an interview with LLCC student Keziah Gragg. After losing her father in 2020, Keziah wasn’t sure she wanted to attend college, but she knew her father would want her to move forward. Now she’s thriving in the ag program at LLCC and describes the college as “bubbly, warm and welcoming, with so many opportunities.” Hear her story in this edition of the LLCC Podcast!
Will you be shopping on Amazon this holiday season? Support LLCC students at the same time!
When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization. Use this link https://smile.amazon.com/ch/37-1360597 to select the LLCC Foundation. To browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer’s selected charitable organization.
It doesn’t cost anything to support students while shopping through AmazonSmile. To date, the LLCC Foundation has received nearly $2,700 from its supporters through AmazonSmile
Did you vote for your favorite LLCC Radiography program door? Wondering who won? The second year radiography students won not only the LLCC contest, but they also placed first in a similar contest conducted by the Illinois State Society of Radiologic Technologists! For the state contest, they won a $100 Visa gift card. For the LLCC contest, they will be served breakfast this Tuesday! At LLCC, 87 people voted and the outcome was 48 to 39 — so a close race! The other door placed third in the Illinois competition.
The PACE climate survey is scheduled to close on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Some have experienced their PACE survey email invitations landing in junk/spam folders. The emails are coming from <pace_survey@ncsu.edu>. If you are experiencing issues finding the email, please contact Tricia Kujawa who will work with the PACE administrators at North Carolina State University to ensure delivery of the email invite. Your participation is important and appreciated!
As you’re out and about around Springfield, keep an eye out for the new LLCC billboards! Three of these are in a new campaign to promote the affordable cost of attending LLCC (www.llcc.edu/affordable). One promotes the Workforce Institute at LLCC and another promotes health care training programs.
As a reminder, LLCC Student Services is bringing back the annual Thanksgiving lunch. Please, let students know Student Services, CAS and Adult Education is serving a Thanksgiving lunch to students today, Nov. 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Menard Hall Atrium. Students can sit and eat with friends or get a to-go container.
Applications for LLCC’s Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion Grant, which began in 2020-21, can still be submitted through Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022! It is an internal opportunity for any LLCC faculty, staff, department, student or student club, and can be used to address a need and/or to promote and celebrate diversity.
There is $3,500 available to be awarded in fall 2022. More information and helpful resources (standards of evaluation, project samples and more) are available on the Innovation in Diversity & Inclusion Grant SharePoint page (be sure you’re logged in to Office 365 to access).
Have an idea? Don’t hesitate to reach out to adam.watkins@llcc.edu with any questions.
IDI Grant Project Committee:
Adam Watkins
Laura Anderson
Michelle Pulce-Flynn
Jamil Steele
ICCB, in partnership with ICSPS, is offering a four-part trauma series, presented by the Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) as part of Learning Renewal professional development events. The sessions address the impact of trauma, the relationship between culture and trauma, vicarious trauma and trauma informed supervision.
While this series was developed as part of Learning Renewal support, the information will be relevant to all college faculty, staff and administration.
Sessions will be held on the following dates from 10:30 a.m.-noon. Registration is required for each session.
Understanding the impact of trauma on the development of the brain and learning response strategies to build resilient youth and families. The trainers will cover adolescent development, childhood trauma, and resilience and recovery.
Trauma has context. That context oftentimes has cultural and historical roots. The training will explore the relationship between trauma and culture by looking specifically at populations who are at high risk for experiencing trauma. Participants will also learn about the ways power and oppression impact trauma and access to resources. Lastly, participants will learn about the resilience and protective factors these communities have built to combat trauma.
Register for Culture and Trauma
This training addresses trauma and its impact on those in caring professions. Participants will discuss the “caring traumas” and learn how to identify and address the signs and symptoms of each. Additionally, participants will contextualize these concepts by examining the systemic issues that can contribute to them. Finally, participants will learn about ways to address trauma and promote individual and organizational self-care.
Designed for anyone who operates in a leadership/management capacity, this training helps professionals learn how to effectively manage and relate to individuals they supervise. Participants will learn to provide trauma informed supervision by learning about the way trauma can impact staff and recognizing signs of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.