03.05.20

Office 365 OneDrive and group site workshops in March

LLCC Information Technology is offering Office 365 OneDrive and Group Site workshops in March. Please register for each session by sending an email to jeris.creasey@llcc.edu.

  • Office 365 Overview with OneDrive I
    Monday, March 16, 2-3:30 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 1173
    This workshop is an overview of the many Office 365 applications and the basics of OneDrive.
  • Office 365 OneDrive II
    Tuesday, March 17, 2-3:30 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 1173
    This workshop will focus on the functions of OneDrive for file storage, sharing and collaborating with others both online and using the desktop applications of Outlook, Word and Excel.
  • Office 365 Overview of Group Site/Planner
    Thursday, March 19, 2-3:30 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 1173
    This workshop will explore the many features of the Planner application and how you can use this for department file storage, simple project management and email communication.
03.05.20

Webinar: Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress

Please join your colleagues on Wednesday, March 18 from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Robert H. Stephens Room for a webinar covering the evolving mental health profile of today’s students, the physiological reactions to crises and implications for crisis intervention, and how it correlates to their academic and social successes at LLCC.  For more detailed information about the webinar, please click on the link below or go to the news item on the HR Portal page.

Recognizing and Responding to Students in Distress

03.05.20

Commencement regalia for faculty and administrators

LLCC’s commencement ceremony is being held Friday, May 15. Have you completed a higher degree in the past year? Did your gown or tam not fit right last year? If so, please contact Kim Lesko in LLCC Campus Services at kimberly.lesko@llcc.edu  or by phone at 786-2456 by March 6 to update your regalia order. If you have no changes, what you had at last year’s ceremony will be ordered.

New faculty members or administrators who need graduation regalia for the commencement ceremony should contact Kim Lesko by March 6 to get that ordered.

03.05.20

LLCC to host Illinois Junior Academy of Science Regional Science Fair Saturday, March 21

LLCC will host the annual Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) Region 10 Science Fair Saturday, March 21. The public is invited to view the 45 science projects on display from noon to 3 p.m. in Cass Gymnasium. An awards ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.

The regional science fair, facilitated by Tony Rothering, LLCC professor of biology, provides students an avenue in which to exercise their knowledge and understanding of scientific methodology. IJAS encourages students with special ability and interest in science to go beyond the limits of the classroom in developing their own ideas, aiding them in their progress toward potential careers in science.

Students from eight area junior high and high schools will participate. Students whose projects receive an outstanding score will advance to the IJAS State Science Fair in Decatur on May 1-2.

03.05.20

LEAGUE campaign activities

90s photoOh the 90s … the decade that encouraged hip hop, grunge, rayon shirts and Guess jeans. This year’s annual faculty and staff giving campaign, LEAGUE, will kick off on Tuesday, March 24 with lunch in the student union. The LEAGUE Committee is wanting your 90s throwback photos! So find a photo of yourself from that totally fly decade. Take a picture of the photo with your cellphone, and email it to LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu. Have a question? Call the LLCC Foundation.

Are you up for a little fun and creative competition with your fellow faculty and staff members? It’s time to bring back the popular LEAGUE Door Decorating Contest! Back to the 90s. LEAGUE. LLCC Foundation 2020Do you have a favorite 90s television show, band or pop culture event? Display it on your office door. The options are endless! The department with the most votes will be declared the winner and will win a prize. For more details and the guidelines, contact the LLCC Foundation by email at LLCCFoundation@llcc.edu or call 786-2255.

03.05.20

LLCC Food Pantry hours changing

Effective March 16, the LLCC Food Pantry hours will be changing.

  • Mondays – 1-4 p.m.
  • Tuesdays – 10 a.m.-noon
  • Wednesdays – 1-4 p.m.
  • Thursdays – 10 a.m.-noon
  • Friday – closed

If you would like to help contribute to the LLCC Food Pantry, please drop off items at LLCC Student Life during regular business hours. If you have other questions, please contact studentlife@llcc.edu. Current items we are in need of are:

  • Tuna packets or kits
  • Apple sauce
  • Juice
  • Fruit cups
03.04.20

Take precautions to avoid coronavirus, flu and other flu-like illnesses

Fight Coronavirus and other Flu-like Viruses. Avoid contact with sick people. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 sec. Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue. Then throw the tissue away. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Stay home when you're sick including 24 hours after fever is gone. Clean and disinfect surfaces. Get a flu vaccine. The CDC recommends everyone six months and older get a flu vaccine each season. LLCC. Lincoln Land Community CollegeLLCC has refreshed and replaced posters in classrooms, restrooms and on bulletin boards to remind our campus community of precautions to take to avoid coronavirus, flu and flu-like illnesses.

  • Avoid contact with sick people.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and water.
  • Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue. Then throw the tissue away.
  • Stay home when you’re sick including 24 hours after fever is gone.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
  • Get a flu vaccine. The CDC recommends everyone six months and older get a flu vaccine each season.
03.04.20

FY21 planning and budgeting process

The FY21 planning and budgeting process starts Monday, March 16. We will continue to use the SharePoint form. The form has been further streamlined to simplify submissions this year — with the New Initiative Project Type being used to submit all initiatives/strategies/programs/projects, FFE, Small Projects, Perkins Requests, Tech Fee Requests.

Users can access the form beginning Monday, March 16 for submission of items for the FY21 planning and budgeting year. Users are asked to submit their items between March 16 and April 3. Access to the form will close at the end of the day Friday, April 3.

To aid budget managers in submitting Existing Budget Increase/Decrease (budget maintenance) requests, the  budget office will email budget baseline worksheets to users the week of March 16. Please wait to submit Existing Budget Increase/Decrease requests until you have received these worksheets. If you are a budget manager of an auxiliary unit and are making budget maintenance adjustments, you are required to attach the baseline worksheets to your forms prior to submission. See direction pdf for more information.

Written directions and instructional videos have been created to assist users with form completion. These items and the link to the Planning & Budgeting SharePoint Form will be posted to the FY2021 Planning & Budgeting link on the Finance Department’s SharePoint page and available for users Monday, March 16.

03.04.20

Meetings to discuss developing short-term courses

The Persistence and Completion Taskforce is inviting all interested faculty to share best practices and learn from others by attending meetings to discuss developing short-term courses. We will be hosting three meetings. You may attend for all or part of the meetings. All who have an interest are welcome, especially faculty who will be teaching eight-week courses this fall. If you want to attend all the meetings, that is great! If you can only attend one or two, that is fine. The meetings will all take place in the Robert H. Stephens room in Menard Hall on the following dates:

  • March 5, 3-5 p.m.
  • March 18, 3-5 p.m.
  • March 23, 3-5 p.m.

There is no need to RSVP. Email Kirk.Yenerall@llcc.edu or Chris.Barry@llcc.edu, co-leads of the taskforce with questions.

03.04.20

Open Educational Resources Conference at LLCC April 17

Registration Open. Exploring OER: Access, Adoption, & ApplicationThere’s still time to register! LLCC will be hosting the Exploring OER: Access, Adoptions and Application conference on Friday, April 17, 2020. Registration is now open through April 9 at http://tiny.cc/ExploreOER. The cost is $30 for ILCCO and NILRC members. Contact Becky Parton at becky.parton@llcc.edu with any questions.

Abbey Elder, open access and scholarly communication librarian at Iowa State University and author of “The OER Starter Kit,” will provide the keynote address, “Whisk Well to Incorporate: Effective Practices for Adopting OER.”

Conference schedule:

  • 9 a.m. – Registration and coffee
  • 9:30 a.m. – Welcome and Illinois update
  • 10 a.m. – Keynote address
  • 11:15 a.m. – Breakout sessions
    • Getting Started with OER
    • Copyright
    • Finding OER
    • Teaching with OER
    • Creating OER
  • 12:15 p.m. – Lunch and featured panel
  • 1 p.m. – Roundtable discussions
  • 3 p.m. – Break and snacks
  • 3:15 p.m. – Round robin presentations

For more information regarding registration, contact Lisa Sikora at 608-523-4094 or lsikora@nilrc.org.

The conference is sponsored by Illinois Community Colleges Online and Networking Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges.