LLCC’s On My Own Time exhibit has some “fabulous” entries! Check out these and all of the others in the front atrium of Menard Hall and vote for your favorite! The exhibit continues through Oct. 26.
DVAM Week of Action
This week is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Week of Action! SAVE Taskforce and the Feminist Activist Coalition will have programming throughout the week and would love your participation! Throughout the week, we encourage everyone to post about their participation in DVAM Week of Action events with the hashtag #TakeAStand
Week-long Activities:
Feminist Activist Coalition will be sponsoring a used cell phone drive throughout the week and sending the cell phones to a domestic violence resource center. Wireless phones offer a lifeline for those effected by domestic violence, providing a way to dial 911 without needing their personal phone. Collection boxes for old, used phones will be in Student Life and Advising, Counseling, and Career Services.
Write Witness…to Stories of Love, Loss, Healing, Help, Pain, and Promise. LLCC’s Writing Center is celebrating the National Day on Writing in connection with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Visit the Center anytime during the week and contribute a response to the display, or post your reply on the Writing Center Facebook page.
Monday, Oct. 17 – Pledge Day
As members of the LLCC community, pledge to use your education, experiences, and voices to speak out against intimate partner violence. Sign the pledge and post on social media about why you took the pledge or the steps you will take to live up to your pledge. Remember, use #TakeAStand to be a part of the national conversation on ending domestic violence! Continue reading
Lincoln Land Review Live Reading Tuesday noon
Please join us for a live reading of the Lincoln Land Review Tuesday, Oct. 18, noon-1:30 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons.
Authors will share their work published in the 2016 edition of the Lincoln Land Review, which includes essays, poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and artworks. Refreshments will be provided at a pre-reading reception.
Watch the next debate with SGA!
LLCC Student Government Association will host an Election Debate Night on Oct. 19 in Menard Hall Room 2209. Students, faculty and staff are invited to come watch the 3rd presidential debate. The event will start at 7:30 p.m.. and last until the debate is over at 9:30 p.m. Come socialize, learn about the candidates and eat pizza!
CCTC offering Continuing Ed for Social Service Professionals
LLCC is now an approved continuing education sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation for Licensed Social Workers, Professional and Clinical Counselors.
The Capital City Training Center will be holding two workshops presented by Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, for social service professionals on December 2. Workshop attendees will be awarded 3 contact hours per workshop.
- 9a.m.-noon Cultural Competence in Clinical Practice
- 1-4p.m. The Counselor’s Toolbox: Strategies for Engaging the Most Difficult to Reach Clients
For seminar details and registration information visit:
http://www.llcc.edu/career-training/cctc/continuing-education/
Deadline to sign up is Nov. 15.
Resources for students in Advising, Counseling and Career Services
With the retirement of the Center for Academic Success’ Student Development Professional, I want to remind everyone of the resources available in the Advising, Counseling and Career Services office. Now at mid-term, with the holidays approaching, these can be stressful times for students. We have four Student Development Professionals available to talk with students: Anne Armbruster, Melissa Franzen, Claire Heffron-McKinney and Ryan Howland. These professionals can provide short-term, personal or career counseling and are trained in crisis intervention. Students can contact Advising, Counseling and Career Services to make an appointment with one of them.
Also, if you have a crisis situation, faculty or staff can call 786-9660 for immediate assistance (please note: this phone number is for faculty and staff only, students are encouraged to call 786-2224). If you have questions, please call the office of Advising, Counseling and Career Services at 786-2224.
Mary Beth Ray, M.A., LPC
Director, Advising, Counseling and Career Services
Free “Interviewing Skills” workshop for students Wednesday
Career Services and Student Life are collaborating to provide a free career workshop to students entitled “Interviewing Skills” on Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. in the A. Lincoln Commons.
Presenter Paul Carter has been the director of Human Resources at Cast Industries Inc. for the last 10 years and previously was the senior employee supervisor of stages at Express Personnel Services for 13 years. Mr. Carter is known in the Springfield community as a hiring specialist and prides himself on matching workers’ skills with companies in need of specific types of employees.
Please encourage your students to attend! If you have any questions, please contact michelle.burger@llc.edu.
Bistro to Go begins new menu on Monday!
Bistro to go announces a new menu for the second half of the semester!
Bistro To Go is open Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. through Nov. 16. Orders can be placed in person, by telephone at 786-2821 or by email at bistroverde@llcc.edu (instructions on Bistro Verde website).
Keep an eye on the LLCC Culinary Arts & Hospitality Program Facebook page for more information and weekly specials!
Be the First! Purchase an Engraved Brick and Etch Your Name in History
In celebration of the college’s 50th anniversary in 2017, the LLCC Foundation is introducing the SteppingSTONES recognition brick program. You can be among the first to purchase an engraved 4” x 8” brick with the inscription of your choice for $100 or an 8” x 8” brick paver for $250.
Proceeds benefit the LLCC Foundation’s Grow Beyond Endowment Fund which assists students through scholarships and emergency, short-term help, responds quickly to new initiatives, and creates flexible, state-of-the-art learning environments.
Your brick will be installed in the spring of 2017 in the SteppingSTONES courtyard which will be located just outside of the A. Lincoln Commons on the Springfield campus. Bricks will encircle the tree dedicated in memory of Jan Sanderson, assistant to the President for 21 years.
Purchase an engraved brick today by completing an online order form at www.llccfoundation.org/stepping-stones or complete the printable form and return to the Foundation. Bricks are limited and are being offered to faculty, staff and students before making them available to the rest of the community. Literally etch your name in stone – or that of someone dear to you – by purchasing an engraved brick today! For more information, please contact the LLCC Foundation at 6-2785.
Last day to Register for SURS Counseling
A reminder that today, Oct. 14, is the last day to register for a retirement counseling appointment when SURS is on campus Nov. 16. SURS will offer one-on-one retirement counseling appointments for employees who are within four years of retirement eligibility and have not met with SURS in the past 12 months, you can contact SURS to schedule an appointment. Please follow the attached instructions: Scheduling your SURS appointment.
If you do not qualify for a one-on-one appointment, you will have other opportunities to ask questions this fall. SURS will be present on campus during the upcoming Benefits Fair (Oct. 11) and the fall Professional Development Day (Nov. 1).