Test of LLCC ALERT today, 11 a.m.

Each semester, LLCC tests its emergency alert system called LLCC ALERT.

LLCC ALERT allows the college to communicate with you by text, phone and email in an emergency, as well as for severe weather and other closures. Current employees and students are automatically enrolled in LLCC ALERT.

The next test will take place today, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. You will receive a test message from LLCC ALERT.

We encourage you to visit www.llcc.edu/alert and log in with your LLCC username and password to check your current contact information and manage how you receive emergency notifications. LLCC ALERT uses the information about you currently stored in the college’s Colleague system, and this information may need updating. Please add your office phone number if it is not listed, and make any other revisions needed.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 786-2555or helpdesk@llcc.edu.

Note: Updating your contact information in LLCC ALERT will NOT update that information in Colleague. To update your information in Colleague, please contact LLCC Human Resources.

Bistro Grab & Go open today!

Bistro Grab & Go in the LLCC Workforce Careers CenterBistro Verde, LLCC’s student run café, is open today as Bistro Grab & Go! From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., grab 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.

Fall Bistro Verde offerings include both Bistro To Go and Bistro Grab & Go. Bistro To Go will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays through Nov. 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bistro Grab & Go will be open Wednesdays and Fridays through Nov. 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Test of LLCC ALERT tomorrow, 11 a.m.

Each semester, LLCC tests its emergency alert system called LLCC ALERT.

LLCC ALERT allows the college to communicate with you by text, phone and email in an emergency, as well as for severe weather and other closures. Current employees and students are automatically enrolled in LLCC ALERT.

The next test will take place tomorrow, Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. You will receive a test message from LLCC ALERT.

We encourage you to visit www.llcc.edu/alert and log in with your LLCC username and password to check your current contact information and manage how you receive emergency notifications. LLCC ALERT uses the information about you currently stored in the college’s Colleague system, and this information may need updating. Please add your office phone number if it is not listed, and make any other revisions needed.

For assistance, please contact the IT Service Desk at 786-2555 or helpdesk@llcc.edu.

Note: Updating your contact information in LLCC ALERT will NOT update that information in Colleague. To update your information in Colleague, please contact LLCC Human Resources.

Register for Oct. 16 wellbeing assessment and flu shot clinic

LLCC will be offering an onsite Wellbeing Assessment and Flu Shot Clinic on Tuesday, Oct. 16 from 7-11:30 a.m. in the Trutter Center. This event is open to all LLCC benefit-eligible employees and their spouses. For those employees and their spouses who are enrolled in an LLCC health insurance plan, the wellness screening and flu shot (for those participating in the screening) are free! All benefit-eligible employees who participate in the wellness screening will receive a $50 Visa gift card – just for participating!

To register for the Onsite Wellness Screening and/or Flu Shot, open the 2018 Onsite Screening Guide (attached in yesterday’s email) for login/registration instructions. Please note that there is a separate registration for the wellness screening and the flu shot.  If you would like to do both, please be sure to register for both.

Not available on Oct. 16? Register for a physician screening using the 2018 Physician Screening Guide directions (attached in yesterday’s email). The guide includes a form that you can take to your primary care physician to conduct the same biometric screening. If you have the physician conduct the screening and fax the results to CHCWellbeing by Oct. 31, benefit-eligible employees will also receive the $50 Visa gift card incentive for participating remotely!

If you have any questions, please Nicole Ralph at nicole.ralph@llcc.edu or 786-2342.

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Bistro To Go opens today!

Bistro VerdeBistro Verde, LLCC’s student run café, opens today as Bistro To Go! From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Bistro will have 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). View the fall Bistro To Go PDF menu.

Fall Bistro Verde offerings include both Bistro To Go and Bistro Grab & Go. Bistro To Go will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 11-Nov. 15, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bistro Grab & Go will be open Wednesdays and Fridays, Sept. 12-Nov. 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Blood drive today 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Do epic stuff. Give blood. @illyougiveLLCC Student Life is hosting a blood drive today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the student union, located in the lower level of Menard Hall. All donors are asked to please eat before donation and present a photo ID. Walk-ins are always welcome. To schedule an appointment, please call the Community Blood Center at 217-241-7550 or schedule online. All donors will receive a free T-shirt!

Midday yoga begins Oct. 3

Use your lunch hour as a time to unwind and reset your mind with Midday Yoga! Yoga is proven to benefit mental and physical health. Midday Yoga is a course designed to accommodate the needs of beginning yoga students as well as experienced practitioners. Participants will practice physical postures that stretch and open the body. All levels of experience are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing, and bring a yoga mat. There is a course limit of 20 participants, so sign up as soon as possible. Register today!

Course: Midday Yoga
Instructor: Patricia Lanser, 200RYT Yoga Fit Certified Yoga Instructor
Dates: Wednesdays, Oct. 3–Nov. 7, 2018
Times: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Trutter Center
Fee: $65
Course Code: CEW 802-09

“Illinois in Art and Literature, 1818 to 2017” to be presented Sunday

Illinois 200: Bicentennial eventJoin LLCC’s Academy of Lifelong Learning this Sunday, Sept. 16, at 2 p.m. in the Thorne Deuel Auditorium at the Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring St. for  “Illinois in Art and Literature, 1818 to 2017” presented by Laura Mueller. The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.

Mueller, an art historian and educator, will offer a wide-ranging, slide-illustrated presentation surveying depictions of Illinois and its people in art and literature. It will include examples representing many points in time between 1818 and the present, indicating the countless ways in which Illinois has been represented artistically throughout its history as a state. The presentation will emphasize works of visual and literary art by Illinoisans but will also incorporate works by artists and authors from elsewhere that illuminate significant aspects of life in our state.

Mueller is a teacher and artist who completed a bachelor’s degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago but also pursued graduate study in comparative literature at the University of Chicago. For 29 years, she worked as a lecturer and later as a drawing teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, while she has also taught the humanities and English literature at various colleges.