11.10.20

SoftChalk Short Courses in November

If you are interested in learning more about SoftChalk and how it can be used to enhance your courses, please see the additional short-course training opportunities, free for LLCC faculty, listed below. Each live, one-hour webinar highlights SoftChalk Cloud and Create tools and activities. Participants will also be given an opportunity to ask the instructor questions.

Upcoming Short Courses in November:

  • Getting Started 1: An Overview of SoftChalk Cloud
  • Getting Started 2: An Overview of SoftChalk Create
  • ToolTips, Images and Hyperlinks
  • Navigation Features and Sidebars
  • Embedded Media
  • Quizzes and SoftChalk ScoreCenter
  • Interactive Presentation Learning Activities
  • Interactive Scoring Learning Activities
  • Using the SoftChalk Create ThemeBuilder

Visit the Short Courses page for details and to register.

11.10.20

Bistro To Go open today

Bistro Verde in the Workforce Careers Center
Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-run café, is open during the fall 2020 semester as Bistro To Go for curbside pickup and takeout. It is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Nov. 19. You are invited to enjoy takeout items such as items as smoked chicken tortilla soup, roasted pear salad, grilled and chilled shrimp tacos, short rib melt, chicken pot pie and apple bread pudding. View the  menu. In addition, weekly chef specials will be available. Specials will be posted on the LLCC Culinary Arts and Hospitality Facebook page.

Lunch orders may be placed online at https://orders.cake.net/11205518 or by calling 217-786-2821, and must be paid for by credit or debit card when ordering.

Reserved parking spots for curbside pickup are available on the east side of the Workforce Careers Center on LLCC’s Springfield campus. When parked, call 217-786-2821, provide the name on the order and the vehicle make/model to have the order delivered.

For those joining us from campus that prefer to walk over, still order online and please pick up orders under the covered pavilion (signs will direct you to the pickup spot).

If you are a student attending classes at Workforce Careers Center or are an LLCC employee within the building, and you have already completed the daily health check as well as scanned your forehead temperature within WCC, you may wait for your order in the foyer. Please continue to follow the social distancing guideline of staying six feet apart.

11.09.20

Transfer Tuesdays in November

The LLCC Office of Student Success is continuing to host “Transfer Tuesdays” for students who want to transfer after earning their associate degree at LLCC to a four-year college or university. They can meet with representatives from four-year institutions and gather information to help them choose a school. Transfer Tuesdays will be hosted by a Student Success staff member every Tuesday afternoon from Nov. 10-Dec. 8, 1-2:30 p.m. on Zoom. At each session, at least  two (2) four-year institutions will be represented. There will be general LLCC announcements at the start of each session and virtual break-out rooms to meet with college representatives, who will be able to show videos/pictures, share documents and talk with students. Participating students will be able to visit both colleges’ sessions if they choose.

Please encourage your students to attend these Transfer Tuesdays sessions. For more information, please direct students to contact their student success coach.

Below is the Transfer Tuesday schedule for the remainder of this month:

Nov. 10 – Central Methodist University
Nov. 10 – University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC)
Nov. 10 – University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)

Nov. 17 – Columbia College – Chicago
Nov. 17 – Quincy University
Nov. 17 – Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (SIU-C)
Nov. 17 – Grand Canyon University

Nov. 24 – Eureka College
Nov. 24 – School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Nov. 24 – North Central College (NCC)

11.09.20

The Lamp wins best website award

LLCC’s student newspaper, The Lamp, won first place in the John H. Ryan Best of Show for the best student website at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association’s fall conference on Thursday, Nov. 6.

“I’ve had a lot of students working hard to do hard news stories,” said Tim McKenzie, advisor of The Lamp and professor of journalism and humanities. “Our editor, Richard Bailey, has taken a lot of initiative and really done a lot to make The Lamp what it is.”

Typically, the award for Best of Show is given for the best single issue of the student newspaper, but because of limited printing of papers this year, the contest looked at websites. The judge noted that TheLampOnline.com had a lot new content, and it had a lot of hard news, not just opinion and features.

This is the second year in a row that The Lamp has won first place at the fall convention.

The fall conference was held virtually with a keynote speech from the founding editor of Deadspin, Will Leitch. Deadspin, part of Gawker Media, was the world’s largest sports entertainment blog shortly after Leitch’s founding of it.

McKenzie is a vice president of ICCJA. He introduced Leitch and facilitated two 20-minute breakout sessions. Bailey and LLCC students Emily Pasley and Nichole Sheley also attended the conference.

11.09.20

Welcome Rachel Duff

Rachel DuffRachel Duff recently began work as LLCC’s COVID-19 student health coordinator. She is also a medical assistant instructor at CCTC and a part-time RN at Springfield Clinic. Duff attended LLCC and earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from St. John’s College of Nursing. She can be reached at rachel.duff@llcc.edu. Welcome, Rachel!

11.06.20

Message from President Charlotte Warren

You can be an everyday hero like many of your LLCC colleagues by donating to United Way. The 2020 LLCC United Way campaign concludes today, Friday, Nov. 6, and I hope you will consider joining me in donating. It’s quick and easy, and your gift will impact the most vulnerable in our community in a positive way.  The United Way campaign supports the basic needs, education, financial stability and health of our area.

You can donate here.

Please watch the brief video below to see why four of your colleagues give.

Thank you,
Charlotte Warren, Ph.D.
President
Lincoln Land Community College

LLCC United Way 2020 (Part Two). Laurie Lewis-Fritz, instructor of music

11.06.20

Complete cybersecurity training yet today

As a reminder, the cybersecurity training deadline is today, Nov. 6. If you have not done so yet, please go to https://llcc-il.safecolleges.com to complete your training.

Per board policy “10.4 – Employees’ Role in Security,” cybersecurity it is the responsibility of all users. It is strongly recommended that you complete the training.

Thank you and please do not hesitate to contact the IT Helpdesk at 786-2555 or helpme@llcc.edu should you experience any technical difficulties accessing the training.

11.06.20

Welcome Justin Scott

Justin ScottJustin Scott has recently joined the college as a building custodian. He has 13 years of custodial experience, having worked at Athens Community School District, Springfield Clinic and St. John’s Hospital. He can be reached at justin.scott@llcc.edu. Welcome, Justin!

11.05.20

Year-end progress update forms due today

If you submitted a project request during FY20 Planning & Budgeting Process, you will be required to submit year-end progress update information for approved projects by no later than noon today, Nov. 5. To gather progress information for the last fiscal year’s initiatives, there is a simple Year-End Progress Update form for your completion. This will serve as a close-out for all FY20 Planning & Budgeting Projects. Updated FY20 Planning & Budgeting documents are available on SharePoint. Budget Maintenance requests are excluded from this process.

Please access the SharePoint form and provide progress information for each of your FY20 projects. The form is filtered to display the project id numbers that you will need to respond to. Select a project ID number, provide the necessary information, include supporting documents as attachments and submit the form. As each project ID is completed, it will be removed from the drop down list on the SharePoint form.

All submitted forms will be routed directly to your VP for review.

Your responses should include specific evidence to support your project progress.   If you have questions about what type of specific support, please contact Karie Longhta. If you have any problems with accessing the SharePoint page, contact Megan McCann.