A reminder to all new or current employees who have not completed Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) training to sign up now for the next session November 11 and 18! Facilitators will be Nicole Ralph and Karen Sanders. Register by calling 524-6749 or email cctc@llcc.edu.
In the News
Cara Swafford, professor of English, was interviewed by WICS News at the Lincoln Land Review Readings Oct. 18 about the significance of the event.
David Bowman, workforce specialist, was interviewed for an article in Farm Week regarding LLCC’s new Agricultural Watershed Management program. The program was also featured in AgPro last week.
Nancy Sweet, director, culinary program and operations, wrote this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column, “Savory and sweet apple recipes,” in the SJ-R.
Black Student Union-Haircut Wednesdays
The Black Student Union is hosting Haircut Wednesday for our LLCC students in the A. Lincoln Commons TODAY (Oct. 19th). Stop by and receive a free haircut between 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Academic Innovation and eLearning Workshops
Blackboard Upgrade and Changes for 2017
Tuesday, Oct. 18 | 10-11 a.m. | Sangamon 0119
Facilitator: Andy Mitkos, Learning Management System Coordinator
Click here to register for this session.
We are pleased to announce exciting changes coming to our Blackboard system. Come hear about all of the things that you can expect to see in our Blackboard system this coming spring semester and hear how these updates and changes may impact you and your students. This session is highly recommended for faculty who use Blackboard regularly for online and face-to-face classes.
Encourage Student Engagement With Live Streaming
Wednesday, Oct. 19 | 11 a.m.-noon | Sangamon 0119
Facilitators: Barry Lamb, Director, Instructional Technology Services
Click here to register for this session.
Recording and sharing video at any time is easier than ever! This workshop will feature demonstrations on how to stream video live and share information quickly and easily. Discussion will be focused on best practices to consider when live streaming. Facebook Live, YouTube, and Periscope will be demonstrated.
Experimentation In Teaching
Thursday, Oct. 20 | 2-3 p.m. | Sangamon 0120
Facilitator Jason Dockter, Ph.D, Professor, English
Click here to register for this session.
Teaching is our first priority as faculty members of the college. We devise classroom activities, teaching methods, and instructional strategies all intended to help students learn the concepts of our courses. But it’s easy to become stuck in a rut, relying on the same activities, methods, and strategies semester after semester. This workshop is not a demonstration workshop – it’s a conversation workshop, mainly about you and what you do in your classroom to get out of those ruts. What out-of-the-box activities or approaches to teaching are you experimenting with? What do you do that you were a bit hesitant to try? What do you bring to your class that others might think is strange? weird? highly suspect? These are the sorts of things I want to hear about and share with other faculty. Your academic discipline doesn’t matter here – but your experimentation in teaching does. Bring your best to this workshop and share it with your peers — the weirder, the better!
Office of Academic Effectiveness Open Lab
Thursday, Oct. 20 | 2-4 p.m. | Sangamon 0119
Facilitator Elaine Guthals, Academic Effectiveness Manager
No registration is required.
Not sure how to get started with your mission statement? Have it developed; need to know what happens next? Still have questions on program review and assessment? Have curriculum development and maintenance questions? We have added additional Open Lab sessions to address these questions. These open-lab sessions will give you the opportunity to get individual help with any of your curriculum needs.
Recital Series continues Oct. 23 with Stolen Moments
LLCC’s Recital Series continues Sunday, Oct. 23, with a performance by the LLCC Stolen Moments improvisational jazz ensemble under the direction of Jason Waddell, associate professor of music. The recital begins at 4 p.m. in the Trutter Center.
At the recital, Stolen Moments will perform and improvise solos on a variety of musical styles and standards, including “Autumn Leaves,” “Take Five,” “Satin Doll” and the Blues Brothers tune, “Everybody Needs Somebody.” Student performers include Caleb Jennings, George Smith, Zach Fedor, Kevin Carman, Kenyon Deshasier, Jonathan Davis, Christopher Merriman and Abigail Shaver.
All LLCC Recital Series performances are free and open to the public.
James S. Murray Gallery exhibit “Retro/Future: New Paintings”
The James S. Murray Gallery will feature the work of Edwardsville artist Jason Bly Oct. 24 through Nov. 17.
A reception for the artist will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the gallery, located on the upper level of Menard Hall. The exhibit is also open weekdays from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bly is an instructor of art at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Lewis and Clark Community College. He earned a master of fine arts degree in painting from SIUE and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in painting and printmaking at Eastern Illinois University. His work is represented by Duane Reed Gallery in St Louis.
The Cost of Domestic Violence
Oftentimes, the effects of domestic violence are incorrectly seen as isolated, extending only a short period of time after the abuse and effecting only the direct recipient of the abuse. In combination with hesitancy to intervene in what is seen as “other people’s business,” this can lead many to the false assumption that domestic violence is a confined and personal issue that should be addressed by only victims of the abuse. In reality, the devastating effects of domestic violence can be seen in life-long health care costs, workplace productivity, and many more aspects of our society.
In addition to the long-term emotional and psychological effects that domestic violence has on its survivors, there is a tangible cost to victims, their communities, and society as a whole. Domestic violence costs our nation billions of dollars annually, including costs for medical and mental health care, lost productivity, and homicide lost earnings. Nationally, estimates of the medical cost burden of intimate partner violence, within the first 12 months after victimization, range from $2.3 billion to $7 billion dollars (depending on the research method used). Survivors of physical intimate partner violence have reported an average of 7.2 days of work-related lost productivity and 33.9 days in productivity losses associated with other activities.
Through government funding and volunteer donations, domestic violence shelter costs are born by American society. Providing the benefits of shelters and services to individuals and communities ultimately benefits all Americans because the benefits improve our communities. This broader social benefit is one rationale for increasing our individual efforts to assist in the prevention of domestic violence and/or the assistance provided to survivors. Considering the widespread and long-term effects of domestic violence on our loved ones, our community, and our society, it becomes clear that domestic violence cannot be tolerated or ignored.
(National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2016)
Taking a stand against domestic violence
In correlation with the National Week of Action theme, faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to sign up to take a stand against domestic and intimate partner violence- literally! Symbolic of our refusal to be passive bystanders of intimate partner violence in our community, we will have at least one person “taking a stand” in A. Lincoln Commons from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Participants can sign up for a time slot that fits your schedule here. Share a message of your commitment to taking a stand against domestic violence using #TakeAStand.
Watch for Campus Climate Survey in your email Monday; please fill out
LLCC administers a campus climate survey every three years. The purpose is to assess the climate and experience of college employees. The results are used for planning and institutional effectiveness purposes, and to inform continuous quality improvements at the college.
Today, Monday, Oct. 17, you will receive an email from the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NILIE), which administers the Personal Assessment of the College Environment (PACE) survey. If you do not receive it today, please check your junk email and/or Clutter folders to see if it was caught by spam filters. The survey subject line will read “PACE Survey- Lincoln Land Community College” and it will come from noreply@qemailserve.com.
The survey is confidential. LLCC personnel will not have access to the raw data, including comments. NILIE will analyze the data and provide a sample representation of comments in the final report to the college.
The survey should take approximately 15-20 minutes. Thank you for taking the time to complete this important survey.
PLEASE NOTE: The PACE Campus Climate Survey is separate from a Community Survey currently underway, that you received an email about last week. We encourage you to fill out both surveys.
Computer Banc Sale TODAY Oct. 17
The Computer Banc will be on campus TODAY with laptops and desktops available for purchase by LLCC students and employees. The event will take place in A. Lincoln Commons, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For details, view this flyer.