LLCC’s 23rd annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 12 with a reception at 1 p.m. and ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. The ceremony is sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honors all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces. Read more.
Open interviews for peer tutors Nov. 14-15
Open interviews for peer tutors are Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please refer your amazing students to the LLCC Center for Academic Success for this on-campus job opportunity. No appointment needed!
Peer tutor requirements:
- Have completed 12+ college credit hours
- Received As in courses they wish to tutor
- Enrolled in six or more credit hours for spring 2019
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Possess a strong academic commitment
- Are responsible enough to work independently
For questions or further information, please contact Jamie McCoy at 786-2845.
Nominate former student for Honored Alumni Award
LLCC Alumni Services is accepting nominations for its 2019 Honored Alumni Award. Nominate an LLCC alum for the award by completing the form that is available at www.llcc.edu/honored-alumni-award. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 15, 2018.
Nominations will be scored on the following four criteria: 1) role model – inspiring excellence in others, 2) outstanding success – attaining significant career or personal achievements, 3) impact – achieving accomplishments which have changed the community for the better and 4) community service – demonstrating a visible commitment to the community through leadership and/or volunteerism.
Additionally, nominees must have successfully completed coursework at LLCC and be able to attend LLCC’s commencement ceremony on May 17, 2019.
For more information, call alumni services at 786-4612 or email alumni@llcc.edu.
HR announces position vacancies
LLCC Human Resources is currently advertising for a music instructor for fall 2019 and a program director for the occupational therapy assistant program. Full details can be found on the HR employment page.
How your gift assists those in poverty
Dr. Donna Beegle spoke at Professional Development Day about growing up in generational poverty and the roadblocks that presented in her life. That same poverty exists in our communities. United Way funds programs that address financial stability, providing individuals the education, skills and supports to lead financially stable lives, including Memorial Behavioral Health: Transition from Homelessness; Helping Hands of Springfield: Stable S.M.I.L.E.; Springfield Urban League, The Empowerment Program; Senior Services of Central Illinois: Elder Assistance; United Cerebral Palsy: F.I.T program; and M.E.R.C.Y. Communities: Permanent Supportive Housing and Transitional Living Program.
Your gift to the LLCC employee giving program through United Way funds these and many other programs, or you may designate your gift to any qualified 501c3 organization. The campaign continues through tomorrow. Make your gift today through the online pledge form , text LLCCUNITED to 41444, or fill out the paper form and return to your group representative: Nicole Ralph, Tara Walk, Leanne Roseberry or Melissa Franzen. Thank you!
Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 12
LLCC’s 23rd annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held Monday, Nov. 12 with a reception at 1 p.m. and ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. The ceremony is sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honors all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces. Read more.
“Tuesday Nights at the Movies” features “Enemy” on Nov. 13
The LLCC Arts and Humanities Department invites the public to a free film and discussion series entitled, “Tuesday Nights at the Movies.” The next film showing will be of “Enemy” on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. in Menard Hall, Room 2209.
Nov. 13: “Enemy” (2013)– “Enemy,” a thriller directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted from author José Saramago’s 2002 postmodern novel “The Double,” stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a Toronto-area college professor. He is a somber man, largely because he is stuck in a routine with work and home life, which includes a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Mary. While watching a movie, he spots an actor in a part that looks like him. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double. Villeneuve’s surreal film explores themes of authoritarianism and freedom as well as masculinity and marriage.
Other films in the series will include “Silence” (2016) on Feb. 12 and “Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids” (2004) on March 19. Read more about these films.
The films will be hosted by Dr. Deborah Brothers, John Paul Jaramillo and Cara Swafford, professors of English; Joseph Hoff, professor of Spanish; and LLCC students.
Fall Bistro Verde lunches available through next week
You can still get lunches at Bistro Verde this fall semester through next week! They include both Bistro To Go and Bistro Grab & Go. Bistro To Go is open Tuesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bistro Grab & Go is open Wednesdays and Fridays through Nov. 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
View the Bistro To Go menu. Bistro To Go has soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods, coffee drinks and smoothies available for takeout. Orders can be placed in person, at 786-2821 or at bistroverde@llcc.edu (instructions on the Bistro Verde website).
Bistro Grab & Go offers premade soups, salads, sandwiches, snacks, baked goods and other quick items. Beverages such as tea, sodas, coffee and specialty coffees will be available too! Sorry, no call ahead orders for Bistro Grab & Go. View the fall 2018 Bistro Grab & Go menu.
New password self-service process
As part of our ongoing commitment to keeping the LLCC network secure, IT is asking all employees who have not changed their passwords since Aug. 1, 2018 to do so by Nov. 16. Passwords that have not been updated by the end of work on Nov. 16 will be reset automatically.
Instructions for how to go about changing your password can be found here: http://it.llcc.edu/change-password.html.
We recognize that this will present a hardship to some users, but this is necessary to ensure that our infrastructure is secure. The new password self-service process automatically blocks commonly used passwords as well as easily guessed passwords. This will significantly improve our overall network security.
Reception for “Have You Forgotten Yet?” today
The James S. Murray Gallery is currently featuring the World War I commemorative exhibit “Have You Forgotten Yet?: 100 Years Since the Armistice.” The public is invited to attend a reception today, Nov. 7, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
“Have You Forgotten Yet?: 100 Years Since the Armistice” is a commemorative display of artifacts and photos from the extensive collection of Chris McDonald, Ph.D., LLCC professor of political science and World War I historian. The exhibit will also include photography by Elizabeth Roehrs, LLCC alum, who participates in local World War I re-enactment groups.
At the reception, Dr. Deborah Brothers and David Leitner, LLCC professors of English, will lead a reading of World War I poetry. Light refreshments will be served.
The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 15 and can be viewed weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
