November and December performances by faculty and students in LLCC’s music program continue Friday, Nov. 23. JACK’d, a jazz combo featuring Jason Waddell, LLCC professor of music, and LLCC students Emma Bachman and Emily Miller will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Festival of Trees in the Orr Building, Illinois State Fairgrounds.
View other upcoming LLCC Music performances.
Mark your calendars for a retirement reception that will be held for Marty Swan, construction occupations coordinator, on Tuesday, Dec. 4 from 2-4 p.m. at LLCC-Taylorville.
Michael Phelon, coordinator, Open Door Mentorship, was awarded the Greater Springfield Interfaith Association 2018 Humanitarian of the Year award for his work with the Outlet. The award was presented Nov. 18 at the GSIA’s Thanksgiving service. Congratulations!
Peer tutor open interviews will be held today, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. in the LLCC Center for Academic Success.
Please remind your talented, responsible, and qualified students (enrolled in at least six hours for spring 2019, 3.0 GPA, 12+ hours completed) that open interviews for peer tutors are today! There is no appointment needed!
For questions or further information, please contact Jamie McCoy at 786-2845.
Abe’s Roundball Classic boys basketball tournament takes place Tuesday, Nov. 20, Wednesday, Nov. 21, Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24 in LLCC’s Cass Gym. The event will feature eight boys basketball teams from across the state, including District 186’s own Lanphier Lions. Green Family Stores is sponsoring the tournament. Tickets are $5 per person with free parking and concessions available. View schedule.
LLCC Volleyball continued play in the NJCAA Division II tournament this past weekend, placing eighth! Ninth-seed Northeast defeated LLCC 25-21, 15-25, 17-25, 20-25. The final record for LLCC was 29-14.
Kiley Brunstein was named to the All-National Tournament Team, finishing the four matches with 60 kills total.
Congratulations to the Loggers on another great season!
Abe’s Roundball Classic boys basketball tournament is set for Tuesday, Nov. 20, Wednesday, Nov. 21, Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24 in LLCC’s Cass Gym. The event will feature eight boys basketball teams from across the state, including District 186’s own Lanphier Lions. Green Family Stores is sponsoring the tournament.
The tournament is an opportunity for local student athletes to compete against teams they would not see in their regular season, and gives Springfield a chance to watch nationally-ranked recruits and student athletes who have been invited to Olympic trials. Chicago Orr is the defending 2A state champion and ranked preseason number one, and North Chicago was 4th in the 3A state championship last year.
Tickets are $5 per person with free parking and concessions available.
Game 1 – 6 p.m. – Curie vs. Cardinal Ritter
Game 2 – 7:30 p.m. – Chicago Orr vs. East St. Louis
Game 3 – 6 p.m. – Peoria Manual vs. Chicago Brooks
Game 4 – 7:30 p.m. – Lanphier vs. North Chicago
Game 5 – noon – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3
Game 6 – 1:30 p.m. – Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 7 – 6 p.m. – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3
Game 8 – 7:30 p.m. – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4
Game 9 – 11 a.m. – Loser Game 5 vs Loser Game 6
Game 10 – 12:30 p.m. – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Consolation Championship)
Game 11 – 6 p.m. – Loser game 7 vs Loser Game 8 (3rd Place Game)
Game 12 – 8 p.m. – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (Championship Game)
Due to the snow day on Thursday, Nov. 15, the second day of open interviews for peer tutors has been rescheduled for tomorrow, Nov. 20 from 9 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m.
Please let your talented, responsible, qualified students (enrolled in at least six hours for spring 2019, 3.0 GPA, 12+ hours completed) know that it is not too late to interview and there is no appointment needed!
For questions or further information, please contact Jamie McCoy at 786-2845.
LLCC’s announcement of the new GIS-based Sustain Springfield Green Map was featured the Illinois Times article, “Lincoln Land puts GIS to work on Green Map,” which included quotes from Dean Butzow, professor of geography, and Rey de Castro, geography instructor. The map can be accessed at www.llcc.edu/sustain-springfield.
LLCC Ag Club team and individual award winners from the state PAS conference were recently listed in the Illinois edition of Morning Ag Clips. LLCC’s college bowl team won first place for the third consecutive year, crops and soil specialist teams placed second, and dairy and sheep specialist teams placed third. Individual awards were given to Eston Coe for first place in the ag sales and the employment interview contests; Nathan Goebel for second place, employment interview; Lori Jackson for second place, employment interview; and Allison Benner for third place, employment interview.
Please join us in welcoming Don Hohimer, who recently joined LLCC as a grounds maintenance worker. Don comes to us with 30 years of lawn care experience. Most recently, he was the manager of Golf Green Lawn Care. Don can be reached at donald.hohimer@llcc.edu. Welcome!