Flags at half-staff

The U.S. flag and the state flag are being flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, Sept., 11, 2017 in honor and remembrance of the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001 and all those who lost their lives. The flags have been at half-staff since sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 9 in honor of Officer Bernard “Bernie” Domagala of the Chicago Police Department and in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Logan Palmer, United State Navy.

Submissions for fall Professional Development Day due Sept. 11

Submissions for fall Professional Development Day are due by 5 p.m. today, Monday, Sept. 11.

LLCC’s fall Professional Development Day will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 7 and is a great opportunity to share ideas, learn something new or expand upon skills and talents you already have. Anyone interested is invited to take this opportunity to submit a presentation proposal based on the following themes and criteria.

The Professional Development Day work group is currently seeking proposals for 50-minute concurrent sessions based on the new core values of Access and Success, Diversity, Accountability, Progress, and Teaching and Learning. Each proposal will be evaluated based on it relating to college’s new core values, aligning with college mission and goals, being a topic of interest to a diverse college audience and highlighting best practices, innovative techniques, new policies, new developments and/or new initiatives. To submit a concurrent session proposal that you would present, complete the session proposal form.

The Professional Development Day work group is also collecting ideas/suggestions for concurrent sessions. To submit an idea for a session outside of your particular expertise/knowledge, but you feel would be of great interest to yourself and/or others, complete the session idea form.

Academic Innovation & eLearning workshops Sept. 11-15

Below are the workshops being offered by LLCC Academic Innovation & eLearning for the week of Sept. 11. Please note that registration is required for all sessions, other than open labs.

  • Beginning Blackboard – Monday, Sept. 11 – 4-5 p.m. – S0119
  • Developing Effective Visual Vehicles for your Course Content – Part I – Tuesday, Sept. 12 – 2:30-3:30 p.m. – S0119
  • Office of Academic Effectiveness Open Lab – Wednesday, Sept. 13 – 10 a.m.-noon – S0119
  • Facilitator Training – Wednesday, Sept. 13 – 2-4 p.m. – TBA
  • Program Review Training – CTE Program – Thursday, Sept. 14 – 2-3 p.m. – TBA
  • ZogoTech Open Lab – Friday, Sept. 15 – 1-3 p.m. – S0119

A list of all courses, detailed descriptions and registration information can be found at www.llcc.edu/aiel/workshop-schedule.

Student clubs looking for advisors

The Student United Way and Veterans Club are two established clubs on campus that are looking for advisors. If you are a staff or faculty member with an interest in advising either of these clubs, please contact Marie Watson at marie.watson@llcc.edu. The mission statement for both clubs are below:

Student United Way
The Student United Way at Lincoln Land Community College serves the local community by 1) giving, advocating, and volunteering in the areas of education, income, and health, 2) helping members and other students grow as leaders and connect to the community and 3) building lasting relationships among members and with the United Way movement.

Veterans Club
The Veterans Club is established to help support soldiers to cope with civilian life, to give support to troops overseas, to perform local volunteer work and to have club functions to raise money and build friendships with other veterans.

Constitution Day presentation Sept. 15 at noon

Social Sciences will host a Constitution Day presentation entitled “Presidential Pardons” on Friday, Sept. 15 at noon in the Trutter Center on the LLCC-Springfield campus. Speakers are LLCC Professors of Political Science Chris McDonald, Ph.D., and John Vinzant, Ph.D. A discussion period will follow the presentation.

2017-18 Recital Series opens Sunday, Sept. 24

LLCC’s annual Recital Series kicks off Sunday, Sept. 24, with a performance by The River Ramblers. The recital begins at 4 p.m. in the Trutter Center.

The River Ramblers is a six-piece bluegrass band that hails from Springfield and surrounding areas. The group assembled in 1987 with the commitment to maintain the traditional bluegrass sound. Members of the group include three of the band’s original members: Duane Patterson, Marc Bourne and Mike Smith. Other members are Jennifer Ramm, professor of chemistry at LLCC; Don Randle and Steve Hatfield. The band performs the music of bluegrass icons such as Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers and Flatt and Scruggs, and has issued four recordings, which include traditional songs combined with original tunes.

All LLCC Recital Series performances are free and open to the public.

Read more about upcoming recitals.

View “On the Move” exhibit through Sept. 14

On the Move artworkIf you have not yet seen “On the Move,” a colored pencil art exhibit by L.A. Fuller, you can do so through Thursday, Sept. 14 in the James S. Murray Gallery, located on the second floor of Menard Hall. Fuller, of Champaign, Illinois, paints with acrylic on canvas, but more recently has been focusing on the medium of colored pencil. The focus of her drawings are the landscapes that she encounters during her hikes and exploration of the outdoors. In particular, she has taken an interest in water and how it changes the materials that lie beneath its surface.

Congratulations Amanda Roche!

Congratulations to Amanda Roche, assistant professor of nursing, on graduating this summer with her DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) in Educational Leadership from American Sentinel University.

Sept. 7 Academic Innovation & eLearning workshops

Blackboard Community
Andy Mitkos, learning management systems coordinator
Thursday, Sept. 7, 10-11 a.m. – S0119

In addition to courses, Blackboard now provides space for student clubs, extracurricular programs, department groups, committees and much more. The new Community Engagement system within the LLCC Blackboard system will allow you to connect with students and colleagues in a single online location. This session will provide a demonstration of this new tool and will show you how you can use this to communicate and connect with groups throughout the campus. A discussion on how to develop your own Blackboard Community Engagement module or organization will also be included. Click here to register http://bit.ly/2worvsV

Blackboard & SoftChalk – Open Lab
Gary Bach, instructional technology specialist
Thursday, Sept. 7, 1-3 p.m. – S0119

Have you ever had questions about how to accomplish something in Blackboard but couldn’t attend a previously scheduled Blackboard workshop? Have you ever been curious about the SoftChalk Software, or do you want to learn about the new features of SoftChalk Cloud? Now you can drop in to our open lab sessions to ask your question and to get help with your tasks. No registration is required to attend.