Fall semester, mod 2 and short semester 1 grades are due Monday, Dec. 17 by noon. Please issue an Incomplete grade by noon on Dec. 17 if your student is going to submit late work.
Over the next few months you may notice that some needed prairie maintenance is being done. The area south of Poorman Drive will be the focus of these efforts, which include:
Conducting a controlled burn. This helps control non-native species and returns nutrients to the soil.
Removing the 17 pine trees and replacing with 35 native trees around the campus. The eastern white pines are not native to this part of Illinois and certainly not within a prairie. They create a serious safety concern when conducting the burns as they are extremely flammable. Their removal will allow for a more complete burn and maintenance of a more natural appearance.
Replanting the edges with more native flowers and less grasses.
Looking to develop volunteer opportunities or volunteer partnerships with outside groups to help maintain the prairies.
The possibility of our prairie areas becoming a part of the Monarch Butterfly Initiative is also being explored. This program is headed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The 2018 LLCC holiday e-card, designed by Greg Walbert, graphic design manager, is available. You may copy the card and link below into an email and send to any individuals with whom you interact on behalf of the college. Add your own message at the top or bottom if you wish!
Faculty, staff and retirees are invited to the LLCC Holiday Party on Dec. 13, 2-4 p.m. in the student union. Wear your favorite ugly sweater for a chance to win prizes!
In addition, the LLCC Computer Science Academy and Dance Club: Express Your Seoul are “Teaming up for Taylorville” by co-sponsoring a jeans day on Dec. 13 to help raise funds for Taylorville tornado recovery efforts. To participate, please bring a $5 minimum donation to LLCC Student Life.
These two clubs will also be collecting items needed for recovery efforts in Taylorville from 1-3 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the student union. You can drop items off on your way to the holiday party! The following items are being requested (new preferred):
blankets
work gloves
gloves
winter hats
toothpaste
tooth brushes
toiletries
flashlights
trash bags
Taylorville City Hall has stressed that they do not need any clothes. The Taylorville Food Pantry is full; however, they will still take non-perishable food items and place them in storage.
KUDOS to the employees listed below for going above and beyond to assist others and for modeling LLCC’s core values! Each will receive a KUDOS certificate.
Anne Armbruster, Laurie Clemons, Carissa DuBois, Claire Heffron-McKinney, Ryan Howland, Asia Jackson, Rick Lashbrook, Brendan Lee, Dr. Chris McDonald, Jennifer Meyer, Lucas Ostendorf, Becky Parton, Samuel Penning, Charylle Reynolds, Ben Roth, ShellySmothers, Leslie Stalter and Thom Whalen.
View the Dec. 2018 KUDOS Award Winners PDF to read about how these faculty and staff contribute to the positive environment that is LLCC and who nominated them for this recognition.
The next KUDOS award announcement will be made later in the spring semester. Brighten someone’s day and say “thank you, great job!” with a KUDOS. You can nominate a deserving colleague by clicking on the KUDOS Nomination tab in the upper-right corner of LincIn.
Justin Appenzeller is a new building custodian for the college. He formerly worked in maintenance for a five-building apartment complex. Justin can be reached at justin.appenzeller@llcc.edu.
Brittany McGowan also recently joined LLCC as a building custodian. She most recently worked as a sales associate at Qik-n-EZ on Toronto Road. Brittany can be reached at brittany.mcgowan@llcc.edu.
The LLCC Choir will perform with combined church choirs and be accompanied by full orchestra at the Christmas Cantata on Sunday, Dec. 9, 9 and 10:30 a.m. services at First United Methodist Church, 2941 S. Koke Mill Road, Springfield.
The final LLCC Music event of the season will be “Pristine Piano,” a performance by Jane Hartman, LLCC professor of music, and LLCC students. It will take place on Thursday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 2250.
The math center will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for finals week. Paper schedules can be located in the LLCC Center for Academic Success or see the complete schedule.