The LLCC Computer Science Academy and Dance Club: Express Your Seoul would like to thank everyone who donated to the “Teaming Up for Taylorville” jeans day and donation drive. A total of $580 was raised!
Ed Legg of Missions for Taylorville and Dee Krueger, director, LLCC-Taylorville with items given at donation drive
LLCC will be closed Monday, Jan. 21 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No classes are being held, and all administrative offices at the Springfield campus and outlying locations, including LLCC’s Capital City Training Center, Child Development Center and Illinois Small Business Development Center, will be closed. Classes and regular business hours resume at all locations Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Overcoming various setbacks and struggles, Ben Campbell finished his LLCC degree this fall, a process he started in 2010 before joining the Air National Guard. He won’t be able to attend graduation in May because he is deploying soon with the Air Force. College officials held a brief ceremony yesterday to confer his diploma. “I am a man of few words,” said Ben, “It’s been a long journey, and I honestly wouldn’t have made it without the help of (Vice President) Lesley (Frederick). She was with me every step of the way. Also thank you to the TRIO program for your support. Words can’t express how much this means to me.”
Dual credit grades are due tomorrow, Jan. 18. Please contact Ashly Thomas (ashly.thomas@llcc.edu) with any questions.
Applications for LEAGUE grants are due in the LLCC Foundation on Thursday, Jan. 31 by 5 p.m. Access grant guidelines and the application and budget worksheet. They may also be obtained on the Foundation website. Approximately $10,000 will be awarded at the LEAGUE kickoff luncheon on Tuesday, March 26.
Faculty and staff make these grants possible through their generous giving to the annual faculty and staff campaign each spring. Donations to the LEAGUE campaign support LLCC students through the LEAGUE grant program, scholarships and other funds, including the “Pay It Forward” fund which helps students with emergent needs. If you have any questions, please contact the Foundation at 786-2785.
LLCC will host “Personal Emergency Preparedness” on Monday, Jan. 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Trutter Center. This workshop is free and open to the public.
In an effort to make individuals, families and communities more resilient, “Personal Emergency Preparedness” will cover several key topics in disaster preparedness including developing an individual and family emergency plan, assembling an emergency supply kit and creating an emergency communication plan. Information will also be provided on how to become involved in post-disaster recovery operations within your community.
The workshop will be led by Jess Hunter, coordinator for the Central Illinois SKYWARN Team and deputy emergency management coordinator for the Pleasant Plains Emergency Management Agency. Hunter has received training from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. He has completed the national Incident Command System courses to the command and general staff level, the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), as well as numerous other courses that include auxiliary communications, exercise design, emergency planning, and emergency operation center management and operations.
This event is being sponsored by LLCC Community Education, the National Weather Service-Lincoln, and Central Illinois SKYWARN. There is no minimum age requirement to attend this workshop, but participants under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Please preregister for this event at www.llcc.edu/personal-emergency-preparedness. Those participants with special needs should contact community.education@llcc.edu prior to Jan. 18.
LLCC Human Resources is now accepting applications for the position of academic advisor. Full details can be viewed on the HR Employment page.
Julie Rourke, director of workforce development, was interviewed Jan. 15 regarding the LLCC electrical distribution lineman program for the March edition of Country Living magazine, a publication of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives.
Jay Kitterman, consultant, LLCC Culinary Institute, wrote today’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register entitled, “Resolutions include less plastic; new toys in the kitchen.”
David Jones, VALIC financial advisor, will be on campus Friday, Jan. 25 from noon to 3 p.m. in the VP Conference Room. He will be on site for 30-minute account reviews to help employees understand options and new enrollments. To register go to my.VALIC.com/seminars and enter registration code 6303SPR11AB.
We extend our sympathy to family and friends of Ken Berryman, who taught philosophy, ethics and world religion at LLCC in 2005, from 2010-2018 and was scheduled to teach this semester. He passed away Jan. 7. Funeral services are at 9:30 a.m. today at Staab Polk Memorial Home, Chatham. Burial will follow at Camp Butler National Cemetery. Read the obituary.