Building floor plans have now been added to the Employee Portal. They can be found on the portal’s landing page on the left-hand side under the sections titled Constituencies and Handbooks.
Office supplies available
There are office supplies available in the Vice Presidents’ Suite. There are binders, inbox trays, a lamp, folders, etc. all available until Friday, Dec. 10. Just come to the Vice Presidents’ Suite and go to the desk in the common area (outside of the VP Conference Room) and take what you like.
LLCC mourns loss of longtime employee Dave Gleeson
Dave Gleeson, grounds maintenance worker, passed away unexpectedly yesterday, Dec. 2. Dave was a dedicated employee at LLCC since March of 1994. Our condolences go out to Dave’s co-workers, friends and family. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced in LincIn once finalized.
LEAGUE grant applications available
The LLCC Foundation is accepting applications for LEAGUE grants. A total of $10,000 will be awarded for projects and programs at LLCC.
LEAGUE is the annual faculty and staff giving campaign. Donations to the LEAGUE campaign make these grants possible. For a LEAGUE Grant application, please contact Michelle Pulce-Flynn, director of grant development at MichellePulce-Flynn@llcc.edu or by phone at 217-786-2446.
Grant applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Jan. 31. LEAGUE grant awards will be announced at the LEAGUE Kickoff on Tuesday, March 29.
Instructions to receive your W-2 electronically
As the end of the year is approaching, there is still time to elect to receive your W-2 electronically through Employee Self Service. If you choose to do this it must be done by Dec. 31.
- Go to LLCC website.
- Log in to Employee Self-Service using your main login credentials (the same way you log in to your PC).
- Select Tax Information category.
- Select W-2 Information.
- Select Change Preferences.
Benefits of receiving Form W-2 electronically:
- Earlier access to the Form W-2.
- Employees can print multiple copies at their convenience.
- W-2 statements will remain online for multiple years.
- Access can be attained even if employees are not presently at their residence.
- Access is available at the same easy-to-use, secure website at which employees can access their wage and general account information.
Contact Viki Bradley if you have any questions.
LLCC’s Holly Bauman elected officer of state agriculture education organization
Congratulations to Holly Bauman, agriculture program specialist, who was elected secretary of the Illinois Association of Community College Agriculture Instructors at the association’s annual meeting in November.
As secretary, she will serve on the executive board of the group and eventually advance to vice president and president. Her duties will include helping to plan conferences, professional development and promoting membership in the organization. Her term as an officer will conclude with hosting the 2024 IACCAI conference at LLCC.
The IACCAI represents collegiate agriculture teachers at community colleges and universities across Illinois. The group, founded in 1967, promotes professionalism and cooperation among postsecondary ag teachers to improve education in the state.
Change of address forms due by Dec. 10 for tax forms
If anyone needs to change his/her mailing address before tax documents are mailed out in January please do so by Dec. 10, 2022. Employees can go to the HR SharePoint page > Miscellaneous Forms & Documents > Employee Records to access the Change of address form. The form is submitted electronically for processing.
SGA hosting Toys for Tots Toy Drive
The Student Government Association (SGA) will host a Toys for Tots drive on the LLCC campus during the final weeks of the fall semester. All members of the LLCC community are encouraged to donate an unwrapped toy for a child in our local community. Donation boxes can be found in Student Life, Student Success, A. Lincoln Commons and the Workforce Careers Center. Toys will be accepted until Wednesday, Dec. 15.
For additional information on Toys for Tots, please go to www.toysfortots.org.
Student Life to Host ICCSAA MLK Day Speaker
Student Life is thrilled to announce that it has partnered with the Illinois Community College Student Activities Association (ICCSAA) to host Clint Smith as its keynote speaker for its 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations. LLCC will join several other community colleges across the state for this event. This online virtual event will be streamed at LLCC on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, from noon-1 p.m. More information will be released as the date approaches. This event will be open to all.
Clint Smith is an American writer, poet and scholar. He is the author of Counting Descent, a 2017 poetry collection that was a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards and won Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Smith received a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was a regular contributor to the Pod Save the People podcast, where he discussed the week’s news with a panel of other activists. His latest book, How the Word Is Passed, topped The New York Times Best Seller list in June 2021. He is also the host of the web series Crash Course: Black American History.
LLCC’s new website launches today!
LLCC’s new website is scheduled to launch today at www.llcc.edu! The website has been a two-year+ project undertaken by the Web Team: Kyla Kruse, director of communications, project leader; Greg Walbert, graphic design manager; Misty Hagstrom, graphic design specialist; Caitlin Perry, website and social media writing coordinator; and Lynn Whalen, chief communications officer; all from Public Relations and Marketing, and Esteban Cruz, chief information officer, Information Technology, in collaboration with KWALL, an experienced website design company with numerous higher education clients.
The new website is designed to be “mobile first,” American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant and has an updated architecture, look and features.
The first step was research. The Web Team took a year to conduct focus groups, gather best practices and compose a request for proposal to website design companies before choosing the best match for the college. The Team spent another year working with KWALL designing and building the site, migrating content from the current site to the new site, while adding new content, photos and video. Along the way, President Charlotte Warren and cabinet provided input, along with departments on the content that would be transferred. Students helped test the new site for navigation.
Audiences
The primary audience for the website is prospective students, showing them what the college has to offer and helping them decide on a program and educational path. Current students, faculty and staff, parents and family members, business and community members, and alumni and donors can find links to their targeted information through the Info For tab at the top.
Homepage
The top “main navigation” features buttons to Request Info, Visit and Apply. There are also links to About, Find a Program, Become a Student and Student Life and Services.
The homepage then features a series of hero images, currently three photos that rotate with a “call to action” in each and a drone video of campus with a pause button for accessibility.
Next is Latest at LLCC which features a photo image for each top news story.
Start My Journey allows prospective students to click a box based on their preferences: if they are a transfer student or want to take individual classes, are a workforce student, a student seeking to upskill or reskill or wanting to take classes for personal development, an adult education or concurrent enrollment student.
Next are links to Student Life and Explore the Campus along with another video showing campus life, followed by two tabs, Academic Programs and Workforce Careers, which students can click to explore all of those options.
Testimonials feature current students, employees and alumni with quotes about their experiences at LLCC.
Bottom navigation links include Employment, Contacts and Select Language to change the website to another language.
Looking forward, there still work to do on the site, and the Web Team will be making updates post-launch, including a new campus map, event calendar and department directories.
The Team will provide training to content managers during the spring semester. Until training occurs, please submit PRM Kbox tickets for critical edits to the content of pages.
Thank you to all who came to the website preview sessions, and enjoy the new LLCC website!
LLCC Web Team