The LLCC Center for Academic Success FREE Smart Start Seminars begin Aug. 30 and provide students with successful study tools to help them get a smart start to the new semester. Students may choose to attend Part 1, Part 2 or both! Visit the Center for Academic Success Workshops and Seminars page to view a schedule of Smart Start Seminars dates and times.
Convocation is today!
Convocation begins at 1 p.m. today. There will be refreshments and a slide show featuring new employees, so be sure to arrive early!
Tables will be in Cass Gym Friday during Convocation and at the “Last Call Before Fall” event from 4-6 p.m. inside and outside the Student Union to accept donations to the LLCC Food Pantry. View a list of suggested items. Faculty and staff are also invited to tour the pantry in the LLCC Student Life office between 4-6 p.m.
Register for LLCC’s cardboard boat regatta
Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to participate in LLCC’s first cardboard boat regatta on Sept. 2 at Lake Macoupin! Check in will be 9-10 a.m. with the race starting at 11 a.m. Register by Aug. 25 at bit.ly/LLCCregatta2022 or at the LLCC Police Department in Sangamon Hall South or by calling 217-786-2278.
The LLCCPD can provide cardboard, while supplies last. (Please note: duct tape is not provided.) A boat construction area is provided in the lower level of Sangamon South. Contact LLCCPD for more details.
The boats will be on display on the lawn west of the Helen Hamilton area prior to the race. Awards will be given in such categories as fastest boat, best design, LLCC spirit and Titanic!
View rules, boat construction information and additional event details.
In the news
Nancy Sweet, dean, Workforce Institute, was interviewed by the State Journal-Register yesterday on how LLCC works with local employers to fill their job needs.
Convocation begins at 1 p.m. tomorrow
Convocation begins at 1 p.m. tomorrow. There will be refreshments and a slide show featuring new employees, so be sure to arrive early!
Tables will be in Cass Gym Friday during Convocation and at the “Last Call Before Fall” event from 4-6 p.m. inside and outside the Student Union to accept donations to the LLCC Food Pantry. View a list of suggested items. Faculty and staff are also invited to tour the pantry in the LLCC Student Life office between 4-6 p.m.
Mandatory cybersecurity awareness training Module 4 begins Aug. 22
The fourth module of our cybersecurity awareness training program with Infosec IQ begins Monday, Aug. 22. The training will run through Sept. 30. This will entail a series of three short training courses and simulated phishing emails. The courses focus on ransomware, physical security and data privacy. The purpose of putting this training into place is to raise awareness to the threats in our environment and to avoid costly data breaches.
All employees are required to complete this training by Sept. 30. Failing to comply may result in loss of LLCC network access privileges and disciplinary action per board policy “8.6 – Employee Discipline.”
Employees will be sent an email notifying them of enrollment in the course. The provided link will take the learner directly to their dashboard to complete the module.
The enrollment email will be coming from Infosec IQ Notifications <notifications@securityiq-notifications.com> with the subject “Start your security awareness training” Here is an example of what the email will look like:
Welcome Week events
LLCC Student Life invites faculty and staff to connect and engage with students at one of our Welcome Week events!
Please help us spread the news about these events to each student you encounter. As your schedule allows, consider taking a moment to come to our events and engage with our students. All events are FREE to LLCC students.
Welcome Week events
Monday, Aug. 22: Welcome Back Breakfast
8:30 a.m. to noon in A. Lincoln Commons
Tuesday, Aug. 23: Logger Goals
All week in A. Lincoln Commons and on the Lincoln Landing App
Wednesday, Aug. 24: Cookout With Cops
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the A. Lincoln Commons Plaza
Thursday, Aug. 25: Linc Meet and Greet
1-3 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons
Thursday, Aug. 25: Where Is Linc?
The remainder of the week on the Lincoln Landing App
Friday, Aug. 26: Logger Trivia Madness
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons and on the Lincoln Landing App
Contractors to begin work in Millennium and Sangamon
In the next two weeks, contractors will begin work in Millennium Center and the lower level of Sangamon Hall to create space for LLCC Student Services to move in advance of the larger renovation in Menard Hall in the coming months. Work in Millennium Center will be on the first and second floors in various locations. Work in the lower level of Sangamon Hall will be in the open area behind the LLCC Center for Academic Success desk (S0130). We have asked the contractor to perform disruptive activities outside each building when possible, but there will likely be minor disruptions over the course of the coming months. Please use caution and follow all signs and barriers in and around these work sites. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tim Ervin at 217-786-9605 or at tim.ervin@llcc.edu.
AIeL open lab today
An open lab with Academic Innovation and eLearning staff, “Canvas Questions and Active Learning Classrooms,” will be held today, Aug. 18, 2-4 p.m. in Sangamon Hall, Room 1103.
Attend this open lab to ask the AIeL team your Canvas and active learning classroom questions. We encourage faculty who need assistance setting up their Canvas course for the fall 2022 semester to take this opportunity to finalize your courses and to get any additional help with Canvas you may need. AIeL staff will also be available to demonstrate and answer questions about Airtame, the new wireless presentation software that has been installed in most of the Active Learning Classrooms.
Stop by the LLCC display at the Illinois State Fair
Mac Warren, assistant director, recruitment and response; Christina Courier, program assistant, aviation; Kim Williams-Wilson, recruitment specialist; and Mackenzie Bryant, recruitment specialist, opened the LLCC STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) exhibit in the Orr Building at the Illinois State Fair yesterday.
LLCC alum and newly appointed state director at the Illinois SBDC Network with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Ericka White, stopped by the LLCC exhibit.
The display will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Sunday.
