The LLCC Finance Department is happy to announce that the vehicle request form is now available for use in Etrieve! Effective immediately, please use this form to submit all college vehicle requests. The user guide and the supervisor approval guide are located on the finance department’s portal page.
Blood drive Sept. 12 – Hurricane Harvey relief
LLCC Student Life is hosting a blood drive today, Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the student union, Menard Hall. The Central Illinois Community Blood Center will donate blood to Texas, in support of those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Donors will receive a free t-shirt!
Walk-ins are always welcome. To schedule an appointment, please call the Community Blood Center at 217.241.7550 or use group sponsor code 60099 to schedule online at www.bloodcenterimpact.org. All donors please eat before donation and present a photo ID.
LLCC Dance Club’s cake pop and soda pop sale
The K-Pop dance group on campus, LLCC Dance Club: Express Your Seoul, is having a cake pop and soda pop sale today in A. Lincoln Commons from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be many flavors and selections from which to choose! All proceeds will be donated to LLCC’s “All In for Harvey” to help assist community colleges in Texas.
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.
Farm stand will have end of summer produce on Monday, Sept. 11
The days of watermelons, cucumbers, sweet peppers and tomatoes are numbered! Visit the farm stand in A. Lincoln Commons today from 1:30-4:15 p.m. (or until sold out) for end of summer produce. Please note, the farm stand accepts cash only.
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.