For those who wish to attend one of the two DiSC sessions on Professional Development Day, registration should occur no later than Monday, March 29. There are some pre-session activities that will need to be completed prior to the live session on March 30. Please refer to the informational email from Nicole Ralph sent on March 5 for registration information.
FY22 Accounts Payable deadlines
FY22 Accounts Payable cut-off dates are now available. You can find them on the Employee Portal/Finance Department/Accounts Payable. If anyone in your department does not have access to this, please print it out and have it available for them. Also, the last day to submit for FY21 payments is July 15.
If you have any questions please contact Viki Bradley at victoria.bradley@llcc.edu or 217-786-4931.
Congratulations Coach Dietz!
Congratulations to Jim Dietz, head coach of LLCC volleyball, on his recent milestone of 700 victories! He has now won over 700 games in his coaching career, with 487 of those victories at LLCC.
Our sympathy to Michele Layton
We extend our condolences to Michele Layton, program assistant, LLCC Applied and Emerging Technologies, on the passing of her mother, Betty Lee Sphar, on March 20. A visitation will be held Wednesday, March 24, starting at 9 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Pana. A service will follow at 11 a.m., and burial will be at Linwood Cemetery in Pana. Masks will be required. Read the obituary.
“The Power of Curiosity” with Emily Graslie
On Thursday, March 25 at 6:30 p.m., Emily Graslie will deliver a live-virtual presentation on “The Power of Curiosity” as a part of the NEA Big Read: Sangamon County. Join us as we learn about Emily’s creative journey as a lifelong champion of curiosity, through the lenses of fine art and science communication. Please pre-register at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sYUxB-qPTWuHIFBGiaRDOQ
Emily Graslie was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. After moving to Missoula, Montana to pursue an undergraduate degree in fine art painting, she fell in love with the campus vertebrate research collection as a place of artistic inspiration. What started off as a passionate volunteering position within a small museum eventually transformed into a career as an advocate for these under-appreciated repositories. As Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Field Museum in Chicago, she served as creator, host and writer of The Brain Scoop, an educational YouTube channel with 200+ episodes about natural history that have been viewed more than 32 million times. In 2020 she made her broadcast television debut on PBS as Executive Producer, Host and Writer of Prehistoric Road Trip, a new series by WTTW Chicago about paleontology and geology in the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming. Emily has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including the American Alliance of Museum’s Nancy Hanks Award for Professional Excellence. She’s a six-time Webby Award nominee and honoree in the ‘Online Science/Education Channel’ and ‘Web Personality/Host’ categories; a member of the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list in Education; and was named as one of the Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts in 2017 by the Chicago Tribune. Recently, in recognition of her outreach efforts, scientists at the Universities of Florida and Paraná in Brazil named a new species of butterfly in her honor: Wahydra graslieae.
Monday Morning Mentor program
Each week, Academic Innovation and eLearning is sending out a link to a different Monday Morning Mentor program by MAGNA Publications. Each topic is presented by respected academic peers and covers timely and relevant topics in only 20 minutes — brief enough to fit busy schedules, but long enough to deliver valuable, actionable content.
This week’s topic: How Can Educational Programs Use Backwards Design to Drive Learning and Student Success?
https://www.magnapubs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-Spring-MMM-03-22.pdf
Presentation date: March 22, 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.
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.
Can you guess the LEAGUE superfriend?
Did you guess that Gailyn Draper is our Songstress of Songs superfirend who uses her power of love and music to make the world a better place? For nearly six years, Gailyn has served as assistant to the vice president of student services.
She attended Ohio Northern University and Bowling Green State University where she received her degree in vocal performance and conducting. Gailyn taught voice privately for 20 years and has performed as a guest soloist with the Phoenix Symphony Chorale, Toledo Symphony, Butler Philharmonic the Naperville Community Chorus and the DePaul Community Chorus as well as with our own Springfield Community Chorus. It may seem like an odd marriage, music and administrative work; however, Gailyn will tell you many of the same qualities one needs to be a professional musician are needed as an administrative professional: discipline, attention to detail, the ability to think strategically, real-time problem solving, multitasking, being a team player, perseverance and stamina.
Can you guess this LEAGUE Committee superfriend?
Superfriend name: Flash
Superpower: The power to move at superhuman speeds to get required merchandise to the students before the first day of class.
Submit your answer by email to LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu for a chance to win a prize!
Congratulations to Brenda Elliott and Amy Flynn for winning prizes.
Why Give to LEAGUE?
The annual faculty and staff giving campaign known as LEAGUE will kickoff with a zoom event at noon on Professional Development Day. The LEAGUE Grant awards will be announced during the event. These grants are made possible thanks to your donations to LEAGUE. Check out his video from a previous LEAGUE Grant recipient, Janelle Murphy.
SGA sponsoring T-shirt fundraiser
The LLCC Student Government Association is sponsoring a T-shirt fundraiser this year to help raise awareness of domestic or intimate partner violence and sexual assault. You might not know it, but statistically, it is very likely that you know someone who has been impacted by intimate partner violence and/or sexual assault. One out of every six American women has been the victim of attempted or completed rape. One in four women and one in nine men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, sexual violence and/or stalking. People of color, people with disabilities and people in the LGBTQ community experience even higher rates of sexual and intimate partner violence. SGA is taking a stand against this violence and in support of survivors, and you can, too!
At LLCC, many of the awareness and prevention programs focus on reminding the community that Awareness + Action = Social Change. SGA has partnered with LLCC Compliance & Prevention and Student Life to provide our community with a reminder of the importance of awareness and action in the form of a T-shirt! All students who participate in Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month activities will receive a shirt. In addition, all LLCC staff and faculty have the opportunity to buy this shirt with all of the proceeds going in support of agencies that serve the LLCC area. Proceeds will benefit Sojourn Shelter & Services and the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault.
Access T-shirt order forms. Every purchase is greatly appreciated!
- Sojourn Shelter & Services gives safe refuge to victims of domestic voilence and provides support services including legal advocacy, crisis support and counseling for victims and children. View more information about the Sojourn Shelter. Donate to the Sojourn Shelter.
- The Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault works to help survivors of sexual assault by providing medical and legal advocacy, crisis support and counseling, and it also endeavors to prevent sexual assault in the first place through community education and activism. View more information about the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault. Donate to the Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault.
Both organizations do wonderful work that helps provide support to victims of violence in our communities. In addition, Sojourn and PCASA both support LLCC by providing programming and informational materials as well as participating in campus taskforces focused on gender-based violence prevention and education. During a time where COVID has halted their usual fundraising events, these organizations need our support now more than ever. Every T-shirt purchased is an important step to a world where we need not worry about the issues that plague us today.
If you are not interested in a T-shirt but still want to help, please donate money to these organizations or any number of other similar shelters/organizations dedicated to combatting violence.
References:
- Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2019). National Crime Victimization Survey, 2018.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics (2014). Nonfatal Domestic Violence, 2003-2012. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ndv0312.pdf.
- Center for Disease Control (2010). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: An Overview of 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation.
Professional Development Day March 30
Spring 2021 Professional Development Day will be held next week on March 30. The day offers a wide variety of sessions that include both live and on demand professional development opportunities. A March 5 email from HR includes the schedule of sessions. Please make note of any sessions that require pre-registration and follow the instructions provided.
Board of Trustees to meet March 24
The LLCC Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday, March 24, at 5:15 p.m. in the Trutter Center. Read the agenda.