Sean Keeley, culinary specialist, is the author of this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register, “Try sous vide cooking for amazing steaks and lobster.”
VALIC representative on campus today
David Jones from VALIC will be on campus today, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the VP Conference Room.
Please bring food donations to convocation on Friday
All faculty and staff are encouraged to bring an item from the list below to convocation on Friday, Aug. 17 to help the LLCC Food Pantry stock its shelves. All food items must not be expired, and single serve/individual portion items are preferred. To learn more about the food pantry, please contact LLCC Student Life by visiting the office located in the lower level of Menard Hall, calling 786-2241 or going to www.llcc.edu/food-pantry-list.
Food item donations:
- Mac and cheese cups
- Tuna/Chicken salad ready-to-eat kits
- Easy peel opening cans of soup (microwave ready)
- Ready-to-eat pasta meals (microwave ready)
- Trail mix
- To-go peanut butter cups
- Cereal/oatmeal – single serving size
- Protein and granola bars
- Ready-to-eat rice meals
- Juice (single servings)
The food pantry is also in need of plastic shopping bags and disposable bowls and utensils.
Thank you in advance for helping us live our mission of providing support to LLCC students in the area of supplemental health and wellness by providing reliable access to a sufficient quantity of nutritious food!
LLCC a “spotlight” on AACC website
LLCC is currently featured as a “spotlight” on the American Association of Community Colleges homepage! The spotlight features a quote from the president and interesting facts about the college.
VALIC representative on campus tomorrow
David Jones from VALIC will be on campus tomorrow, Aug. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the VP Conference Room.
Bicentennial series presentation Sunday, Aug. 19
Join LLCC’s Academy of Lifelong Learning this Sunday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. in the Thorne Deuel Auditorium at the Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring St. for “Farming in the Great Corn Belt: 200 Years of Challenges, Choices and Changes” presented by Don Meyer. Explore 200 years of farming from the arrival of the earliest settlers in Illinois and the decision-making, determination, hard work, adoption of machines and technology, and financial decisions of farm families that have brought us to the modern era of agriculture. Four eras of changes will provide the framework including the Western frontier (1820s to 1850s), arrival of the railroad (1850s to 1900), the Information Age and mechanization advancement (1900 to 1945) and the Modern Era (post World War II to present).
Don Meyer began his career as an agriculture instructor and FFA advisor. He served U of I Extension in McLean County for 27 years, retiring in 2010 as county director. He has served as a panelist on the WILL-TV “Illinois Gardener” program. Don currently serves as a full-time instructor at Illinois State University and has taught 11 different courses serving both the ISU Agriculture and Family Consumer Sciences Departments. Besides teaching, Don is a licensed farmland broker, auctioneer, private pilot and farm management consultant. He has received multiple awards for his professional work and for his community involvement as a volunteer fireman, 4-H leader and alderman in Lexington, Illinois. Meyer has also recently co-curated the new Farming Gallery at the McLean County Museum of History.
The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.
Convocation Aug. 17
Convocation for faculty and staff will be held Friday, Aug. 17, in Cass Gym, beginning with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. and the program at 9 a.m.
Password management changing today
The college is switching password management away from WebAdvisor to a Microsoft cloud solution today, Aug. 13. The first time you access Microsoft Office 365 on a web browser, you will be prompted to provide a secondary email address, a cell phone number or some answers to security questions. These will be used later to send you codes to verify your identity in the event you need to change your password in the future.
Please contact the IT Help Desk should you have any questions at helpme@llcc.edu or 786-2555.
HR announces position vacancy
LLCC Human Resources has opened the position of financial aid advisor and loan specialist for internal applicants only. Current employees must access the posting and apply online via this link: http://llcc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2521 by Monday, Aug. 20, 2018.
In the news
Dr. Carmen Allen, interim dean of business and computer technologies, wrote the essay, “My journey to LLCC from student to educator,” in the State Journal-Register Aug. 12.