Attend the Canvas Open Labs listed below to ask the AIeL team your Canvas questions and to get any additional help with Canvas you may need. Registration is not required for open labs and there are options are for meeting both face-to-face and over Zoom.
This week’s Monday Morning Mentor topic from MAGNA Publications:
What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?
Presentation date: Dec. 6, 2021 and on-demand for one week
Link to the presentation: mondaymorningmentors.com
From this link, you can view the featured 20-Minute Mentor and access the transcript, handouts and supplemental material. These materials are only available for the week of the presentation.
NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to view the program. See Monday’s email from Becky Parton for the password, or contact becky.parton@llcc.edu.
Please note: 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.
David Jones, certified financial planner with VALIC/AIG Retirement, will be on campus Thursday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to noon in the VP Conference Room of Menard Hall. To schedule a 30-minute appointment for an account review and to provide information about your options and new enrollments, go to my.VALIC.com/seminars and enter registration code 6303SPR11AB.
The U.S. flag and the state flag are being flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 7, in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
Our condolences go out co-workers, friends and family of Dave Gleeson, grounds maintenance worker, who passed away unexpectedly last week. Dave was a dedicated LLCC Facilities Services staff member for over 27 years. His family will be hosting a celebration of life on Sunday, Dec. 19, starting at 2 p.m. at the Community Center in Auburn. Read the obituary.
As part of LLCC’s Education 220: Diversity of Schools and Society class, taught by Dr. Taiebeh Hosseinali, students were assigned to design and implement a community engagement project in which they could help make a difference in our community. This semester, students chose to collect hoodies, blankets, sweatshirts, etc. for children in foster care. To achieve their goals, they collected donations through Facebook groups, friends, churches and other organizations throughout Sangamon, Christian, Morgan, Menard, Macon and Cass counties. On Friday, Dec. 3, they sorted the donations by type and size, creating and coloring labels for the boxes, and then delivered the donations to the Family Services Center.
Candace Silas, one of the 2020-21 LLCC Innovation in Diversity and Inclusion Grant recipients says, “The IDI grant was just what the Workforce Equity Initiative needed! WEI did not have marketing or retention funds designated in our first round of funding, and we needed to do a more robust media campaign and enhance our retention efforts. With the help of the IDI grant, we were able not only to meet our grant deliverables but we exceeded them. It also gave WEI the opportunity to show our external evaluators and funding source that LLCC is committed to promoting and celebrating diversity and inclusion.”
LLCC’s IDI Grant is once again available! 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. IDI Grant application proposals will be accepted through Jan. 31.
There is $3,500 available to be awarded in spring 2022. More information and helpful resources (standards of evaluation, project samples and more) are now 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 kyle.roughan@llcc.edu with any questions.
IDI Grant Project Committee:
Kyle Roughan
Laura Anderson
Michelle Pulce-Flynn
Jamil Steele
Kyla Kruse
We encourage you to attend any of the remaining Canvas Open Labs listed below to ask the AIeL team your Canvas questions and to get any additional help with Canvas you may need. Registration is not required for open labs and there are options are for meeting both face-to-face and over Zoom.
The option to Reset Course Content has recently been made available to faculty in Canvas. This option will permanently delete all associated course content in a Canvas course shell, allowing you to build from a blank shell. This video focuses on directions for Resetting Course Content in a Canvas Shell.
The following videos may offer additional helpful information related to transferring course content to Canvas course shells for next semester.
LLCC Public Relations and Marketing would appreciate your assistance during spring Welcome Week! PRM is looking for volunteers to assist at the welcome table in A. Lincoln Commons Jan. 10-13 during the first week of spring classes.
Help students get a great start to the semester by greeting them, answering their questions, providing directions and encouraging them to stop by the Welcome Week events hosted by LLCC Student Life! An FAQ reference sheet will be on the table along with highlighters to help in marking students’ routes to their classes.
To sign up, add your name to the spring 2022 Welcome Week sign-up sheet.