NOMINATE AN LLCC STUDENT TO BE A HOMECOMING ROYAL

Dane Foster and Olivia Marchizza, the 2024 LLCC Homecoming Royals.Homecoming is in February and that means announcing Homecoming Royals too! Your help in nominating outstanding student leaders is much appreciated. Faculty, staff, and students can nominate current LLCC students via an online form. Nominations are due by noon on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Voting will take place Feb. 17-19 with the announcement made during the Homecoming games on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
To be considered as a Homecoming Royal, a person must:

  • Be nominated by a student, faculty, or staff member.
  • Be a current student at LLCC enrolled in at least six credit hours for the spring 2024 semester.
  • Have a 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA.
  • Be in good standing with LLCC.
  • Be available to attend the homecoming games on Wednesday, Feb. 19 starting at 5:30 p.m.
  • By using the phrase “Homecoming Royal,” LLCC Student Life wishes to be gender neutral.

Questions can be emailed to the Student Life Office. Thank you for helping us recognize our amazing students!

2018 LLCC Homecoming king and queen (nate Mayfield and Ocean Boggs)2020 Homecoming court

Call for Volunteers: Employee Recognition Ceremony Committee

We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to join the Employee Recognition Ceremony Committee! Help us plan and organize this special event to honor the hard work and dedication of our employees. This is a great opportunity to contribute to a meaningful celebration and collaborate with colleagues from across the organization. If you’re interested in volunteering, please email Kaelyn Bormida by Feb. 7.

Today’s Faculty Workshop: Become an H5P Pro with Course Presentations

Upgrade your presentations with multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, interactive summaries, multimedia, and other types of interactions using only a web browser. Join H5P Core Team to learn how to create engaging presentations with H5P, which can be used in face-to-face courses or added to online courses in Canvas. This hands-on workshop will provide you an opportunity to experience interactive course presentations yourself, and learn how to use the drag and drop based authoring tool to create them on your own.

Monday Morning Mentor

This week’s Monday Morning Mentor is, “How Can I Spark and Sustain Engagement in Reluctant Learners?” This presentation was available beginning Jan. 27 and on-demand for one week at Monday Morning Mentor. To view the program, use password: sustain843.

Access to the programs in the Monday Morning Mentor series is restricted to members of the subscribing institution. Any unauthorized use or access, including sharing access with faculty and staff not affiliated with the subscribing institution, is prohibited.

LEAGUE Grant applications due Friday

LLCC Lincoln Land Community College FoundationThe LLCC Foundation is accepting applications for LEAGUE Grants. A total of $10,000 is available for projects and programs at LLCC. Grant applications must be submitted by Jan. 31, 2025, at 5 p.m. Please contact Michelle Pulce-Flynn, director of grant development and administration, for an application, 217-786-2446.

LEAGUE is the annual faculty and staff giving campaign. Donations to the League Campaign make these grants possible. The grant awards will be announced at the LEAGUE Kickoff event on Tuesday, March 25. There is not a dollar limit on proposals, however the highest average amount awarded per grant is generally $1,500 to $2,000. The Foundation has funded projects such as:

  • GPS enabled sport watches to enhance physiology labs in Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
  • Ultrasound phantom to aid in the teaching of ultrasound scanning
  • Captioning support software for hearing impaired students.

Apply today!

Join the Data Byte conversation this Wednesday

Join the Data Governance Council (DGC) for the first Data Byte conversation of 2025. This month’s discussion will summarize key findings from LLCC’s newest Environmental Scan, which examines trends that are likely to impact District 526 in the near future. The conversation is scheduled at a new time and day: 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Robert  H. Stephens Room. Snacks will be provided!

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LLCC to host transfer fairs Feb. 24 and 25

The LLCC Office of Student Success will be hosting the State University Transfer Day (SUTD) on Monday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the Private Illinois Colleges and Universities (PICU) Transfer Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Both events will be held in A. Lincoln Commons and are for current students looking to transfer to a four-year college or university to complete a bachelor’s degree. Please encourage your students in transfer majors to attend these events.

SUTD attendees include: Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville, University of Illinois – Chicago, University of Illinois – Springfield, University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign and Western Illinois University.

PICU attendees include: Bradley University, Columbia College – Chicago, DePaul University, Dominican University, Greenville University, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Loyola University – Chicago, McKendree University, Methodist College, Millikin University, Monmouth College, National Louis University, North Park University, Olivet Nazarene University, Quincy University, St. Francis Medical Center – Nursing and St. John’s College of Nursing.

Also participating Feb. 25: University of Missouri