Career Development Month – My Story boards

November is National Career Development Month, and the Career Center invites your participation in sharing career insights with our students. We’re excited to bring back the “My Story Boards,” which faculty and staff can fill out and display in their offices or outside their doors. Sharing your educational and career journeys can be both inspirational and informative for students, especially when integrated into classroom discussions.

The Career Center is delivering My Story Boards to Administrative Assistant Offices. If you did not receive a My Story Board and would like one, please email CareerCenter@LLCC.edu, and we’ll be happy to bring one to your office.

Journaling and Mindfulness Today

A reminder that the one hour Journaling and Mindfulness session will be held today beginning at noon in Menard Hall, Room 1179. Journals and ink pens are available if needed. We hope to see you there!

AIeL Open Office Hours this Friday

The staff of Academic Innovation and eLearning have cleared their calendars and are available for you during their fall 2024 open office hours, this Friday, Nov. 1, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Visit them on the garden level of Sangamon Hall (Room 0114) for snacks and good conversation, or join us on Teams. They’re ready to talk about all things teaching, pedagogy, Canvas, H5P, digital accessibility and more. All faculty and staff are welcome to visit during their open office hours, regardless of department or teaching modality. If you can’t make it in-person to open office hours, please know that the doors are always open, or you can contact any individual staff member to schedule an in-person or virtual appointment.

In the News

In this week’s Epicuriosity 101 in the State Journal-Register, Jay Kitterman, culinary and special events consultant, digs into the latest wine trend – low and no-alcohol wine.

Joan McGrath, president-elect, LLCC Academy of Lifelong Learning extoles the value of an ALL membership in her Senior News and Times essay titled, “Helping further education goals: LLCC Foundation’s ALL scholarship.”

 

 

Watch LLCC Soccer in Playoffs this Friday!

Our Loggers have moved into postseason play with an outstanding 13-2 record.

Wear your LLCC gear and cheer on the women’s soccer team as they take on Kaskaskia College in the Region 24 Tournament this Friday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. here at home!

Cybersecurity Training Begins Friday

LLCC’s cybersecurity awareness training program for the 2024-2025 training year with Infosec IQ begins Friday, Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 30.

It will include four short training videos and assessments. During the campaign, a series of simulated phishing emails will also be sent out. The courses in the fall module include social engineering, multi-factor authentication, data privacy, and incident response. The purpose of this training is to raise awareness of the threats in our environment to avoid costly data breaches.

Everyone receiving the email notification is required to complete this training by Nov. 30. Failing to comply may result in loss of LLCC network access privileges and disciplinary action per board policy “8.6 – Employee Discipline”.

On Friday, Nov. 1, you will be sent an email notification of enrollment in the course from Infosec IQ Notifications <notifications@securityiq-notifications.com> with the subject “Start your security awareness training.” The link provided in that email will take the learner directly to their dashboard to complete the module.

Parade of Food happens Monday, Nov. 4

Throughout the year the LLCC Food Pantry supports students experiencing food insecurity. As we enter a season of many holiday celebrations and traditions, often centered around food, the need becomes even more apparent. The 4th annual “Operation Full Belly” aims to provide students who elect to participate with many of the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal.

Donations help to make Operation Fully Belly a success, and there is a signup sheet for the donations needed this year.

If you prefer to make an online monetary contribution for use to stock shelves now and throughout the year, please visit the donor page through the Foundation.

Although food donations will be accepted in the Student Office leading up to the break, we would love a crowd for the “Parade of Food” on Monday, Nov. 4 in A. Lincoln Commons. Gather around the perimeter with your donations around 9:45 a.m. that morning. Children from the Child Development Center will bring their wagons around to collect and deliver food to the Student Life Office!

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Student Life Office staff at studentlife@llcc.edu or (217) 782-2241.