If you want to participate in the COVID vaccine clinic that is being offered tomorrow, May 13, from 9 a.m. to noon in A. Lincoln Commons, please schedule a vaccination time at the following link: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LLCC@llcconline.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/. All appointments must be made by no later than noon on Wednesday, May 12.

The vaccination being administered is the Pfizer vaccine so it requires two rounds of vaccination. The vaccination clinic for the second dose is scheduled for Thursday, June 3. This vaccination opportunity is also available to employee family members that are 16 years or older.

Jennifer Haggerty of Chandlerville, a student at LLCC, has been named a 2021 Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar.

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced that Haggerty is among 72 high achieving community college students selected to receive the prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive scholarship will provide these students with up to $40,000 a year for up to three years to complete their bachelors’ degrees. Recipients of the scholarship were chosen from a pool of 1,300 applicants from 370 community colleges across the nation.

“We know how much exponentially harder this past year has been on students. It’s an honor to award this group of individuals as they have achieved so much both in the classroom and in their daily lives,” said Seppy Basili, executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. “We are proud to welcome this new class of Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholars to our community and are excited to support them as they transition to four-year institutions.”

Haggerty, an active member of LLCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor (PTK) Society chapter, is also one of two LLCC students chosen as members of the 2021 All-Illinois Academic Team and was named a 2020 Coca-Cola Leader of Promise Scholar. She returned to college after 17 years in the workforce and noted, “It has been so encouraging to be part of a group of goal-oriented individuals and supporting leadership staff. PTK has opened up opportunities in my education that I didn’t even dream possible.” After LLCC, she plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing and hopes to attend graduate school to become a pediatric nurse practitioner.

According to the Cooke Foundation, nearly half of the students pursuing college choose to attend two-year institutions, and community college students who transfer to selective institutions have equal to or higher graduation rates than students who enrolled directly from high school or transferred from four-year institutions. The Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship seeks to increase the number of community college students completing their education at top four-year institutions.

In addition to financial support, Haggerty will receive comprehensive educational advising, opportunities for internships, study abroad and graduate school funding, as well as connection to a thriving network of Cooke Scholars and Alumni.

We want our hardworking graduates to see a sea of LLCC blue when they drive into the Graduate Parade Thursday! Please wear your blue Driven to Succeed T-shirt and make some fun, handmade signs to display as graduates drive by. Please arrive on campus before 5:30 p.m.; the parade begins at 6. Line the route close to where you normally work. If you work off campus, you’ll stand in an area just past Trutter/Millennium. Graduates will remain in their vehicles, but we can all wave our signs and let them know how proud we are of them.

If you haven’t picked up your free T-shirt yet, they’re available at the Information Desk in Menard Hall 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are also some extras for those who didn’t place an order. Contact amy.flynn@llcc.edu with any questions.