Below is a Workforce Institute graphic to use in your email signature to promote the Workforce 101 event on June 26. Those looking to start or change careers can try their hands at various trades and meet employers. When inserting the graphic into your signature, be sure to hyperlink it to https://www.llcc.edu/workforce. Thank you!
Blackboard access ends June 1 at 5 p.m.
As a reminder, user access to the college’s Blackboard system will end on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 5 p.m.
Please see the information and tutorials below for instructions on exporting your Blackboard course content and backing up your Blackboard grade center for each course.
Additionally, the LLCC Academic Innovation and eLearning team have developed a Canvas Training page to help you get started using the Canvas learning management system.
Specific online tutorials from the Canvas training page that will help you get started are :
Please feel free to reach out to any of the AIeL team if you have questions,
Congratulations to Jake Curtis and Ron Riggle
Congratulations to Logger infielder Jake Curtis who was named NJCAA Region 24 player of the year and tournament MVP, and Ron Riggle, LLCC athletic director and head baseball coach, who was recognized as Region 24 coach of the year!
LLCC announces Academic All-American and All-Conference honorees
LLCC has announced students who have earned Academic All-American and All-Conference honors for the 2020-21 academic year. Student athletes who earned a GPA of 3.60 or higher earned NJCAA Academic All-American honors; those who earned a 4.0 are noted with an asterisk. Student athletes who earned a GPA of 3.50 or higher earned Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC) Academic All-Conference honors.
All-American and All-Conference
Natalie Bates, Tuscola, volleyball; Kennedy Bauer, Watseka, volleyball; Ian Benner, Chatham Glenwood, baseball; Annika Black, Routt, volleyball; Zach Brewer*, New Berlin, baseball; Ali Brumleve*, Teutopolis, softball; Colby Burt*, Stanford-Olympia, women’s basketball; Maia Eddington, Athens, soccer; Todd Fowler, Chatham Glenwood, baseball; Alli Fraase*, Pleasant Plains, soccer; Cam Furbeck, Pleasant Plains, baseball; Nate Hardman, Normal University High, baseball; Mary Hill, Neoga, volleyball; Carsen Jarrett*, Pawnee, softball; Elizabeth Jeanblanc, Athens, soccer; Molly Koskey, Southeast, soccer; Drew Kruzick, Morton, baseball; Lauren Ladage, Auburn, soccer; Lemone Lampley, Lincoln Way, men’s basketball; Emily Meidel*, Bismarck-Henning, women’s basketball; Victoria Oaks, Canton, women’s basketball; Jalen Ping*, Chatham Glenwood, baseball; Marlene Rodriguez, Beardstown, soccer; Megan Silvey, Edwardsville, women’s basketball; Braydon Smith*, Auburn, baseball; Maclayne Taylor, St. Joe-Ogden, women’s basketball; Kelsey Tinder, Rochester, softball; Kate Volk*, Teutopolis, volleyball; Isabella Wade*, Mt. Pulaski, volleyball; Gavin Wahlbrink, Chatham Glenwood, baseball
All-American
Graham Kinley, Chatham Glenwood, esports; Will Lesko, Sacred Heart-Griffin, esports; Zach Morton, Sacred Heart-Griffin, esports; Ariel Nogues, Springfield High, esports
All-Conference
Lindsey Hunt, Pontiac, women’s basketball; PJ Jersczynski, Rochester, baseball; Adam Rose, St. Joe-Ogden, baseball
In the news
Sean Keeley, culinary specialist, is the author of today’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register, “The Reason for the Season.”
Board of Trustees to meet tomorrow
The LLCC Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow, May 26, at 5:15 p.m. in the Trutter Center. Read the agenda.
In the news
Nancy Sweet, dean, Workforce Institute (formerly Applied and Emerging Technologies), was interviewed by WICS/FOX Illinois yesterday about the short-term, affordable training opportunities at the Workforce Institute and the Workforce 101 sessions that will be held Saturday, June 26 for those looking to start or change careers to try their hands at various trades and meet employers.
Candace Silas, director, Open Door-Workforce Equity Initiative, was interviewed on Sports Radio 1450 May 24 on the program, which is currently recruiting students.
Loggers No. 2 seed
The Loggers have been named the No. 2 seed in the NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series, which begins Saturday, May 29, in Enid, Oklahoma. View the full bracket.
Go Loggers!
HR advertising for multiple positions
LLCC Human Resources office is advertising for CNA instructor, agriculture instructor, and IT security and assurance manager. Full details on this and all other open positions can be viewed on the HR employment page.
Welcome Austin Simpson
Austin Simpson, an LLCC alum, recently began working as general merchandising technician at the LLCC Bookstore. His previous work experience includes Binny’s, Memorial and Bank of Springfield. He can be reached at austin.simpson@llcc.edu or 217-786-2301. Welcome, Austin!