05.17.24

Summer hours begin Monday

Picture of sunflower. LLCC is open Mondays- Thursdays, May 20-Aug. 8, 2024. Regular hours of operation resume Aug. 12.LLCC will be closed on Fridays for 12 weeks beginning Friday, May 24, 2023 and ending on Friday, Aug. 9, 2023. During this period, all full-time professional, administrative and classified benefit-eligible employees will be scheduled to work on a 36-hour per week basis.

  • Normal college services will be provided, and most administrative offices will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Departments that normally offer evening services may continue to provide services on their normal schedule.
  • Work schedules for all full-time employees will be based on a 36-hour week. Benefit-eligible employees who are normally scheduled to work 20 hours per week would be scheduled to work 18 hours, 30-hour-per-week employees would work 27 hours per week, etc.
  • Work schedules must include either an hour or half-hour unpaid meal period for those working 7.5 or more hours in a day.
  • Vacation, sick and personal leave time will be charged on an hour-for-hour basis. If a full week of vacation is utilized during this period, 36 hours of benefit time will be charged for full-time employees.

Holidays: Memorial Day (May 27) and Independence Day (July 4) will be considered a nine-hour day (or a pro-rated amount based on hourly work schedule) toward hours worked for employees.

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05.17.24

Line of March for Commencement 2024

Each year we do our best to ensure that the line of march is accurate. The line changes each year due to retirements, resignations and individuals who have received permission to be excused from the ceremony. The line of march is more of a guide as opposed to a hard and fast rule. If you don’t like where you are seated feel free to move.

The 2024 line of march indicates where you will be seated during the 2024 LLCC Commencement ceremony. The faculty marshals this year are Matt Shaver and Kirk Yenerall, and they will direct you to the appropriate location during the seating process. There are 10 seats in a row, so, if there are last minute no-shows you may be bumped up a row depending on 10 in a row seating arrangement.

The line of march will be posted in several locations to refer to upon your arrival.
The line of march will look like this:
NAME SIDE ROW SEAT
Black, Justin B 4 9
Brown, Leslie A 2 6

Side A = House Left (while looking at the stage, sitting on the left side)
Side B = House Right (while looking at the stage, sitting on the right side)

Leslie Brown will be on “Side A” (House Left) in the second row in Position 6
Justin Black will be on “Side B” (House Right) in the fourth row in Position 9

Please do not congregate at the front of the line making it difficult for others to get to their assigned place in line as well as giving the Board and administrators room to line up.

05.17.24

New Canvas Template

As you think about updating your fall courses, we encourage you to take a look at the new LLCC template, available now in the Canvas Commons. The new template provides several benefits and enhancement over the previous template, including:
• A choice of several new homepages, each thoughtfully designed to help your students get started in your course.
• A variety of new designs for pages and assignments that can be duplicated and customized for your own needs.
• A menu of new images and icons that can be used to make pages and assignments more visually appealing.
• Optional HTML code snippets that advanced users can utilize to add even more engaging features to their pages.
• Detailed instructions on how to customize and adapt the template

Canvas template example

To import the new template into a future course or a development shell, simply click on the “Commons” link in the Global Navigation Menu, and search for: “New LLCC Template.”

LLCC Canvas new template example.

 

 

05.16.24

Employee Recognition Ceremony today, 3 p.m.

It is Employee Recognition Week, and the celebration culminates with the 30th Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony today, May 16, at 3 p.m. in the Student Union. Come celebrate your colleagues as we recognize service anniversaries, retirees and distinguished service awardees.

Throughout the week, HR has been celebrating employees who achieved or will achieve milestone anniversaries during fiscal year 2024, as well as those who have or will be retiring. Individuals are being recognized for their hard work and dedication to LLCC. View the 2024 employee recognition video presentations.

05.16.24

LLCC Students receive Geography Awards

Congratulations to LLCC students Sean McCarthy and Quinten Palmer who were honored at the Illinois Geographical Society’s annual awards banquet in Burlington, Iowa on April 26.

McCarthy received the Charles Womack Award, which was established to honor the memory and spirit of Charles “Chuck” Womack, geography professor at Lakeland Community College. The award is given to one student who has excelled in both academics and extracurricular activities in the geography program at their community college. McCarthy plans to graduate with an associate in arts in May 2025.

Palmer received the Outstanding Community College Two-Year Student Geography Award. This award goes to a student who has excelled in one or more geography classes. Palmer, a geography major at LLCC, will graduate in December 2024, after which he plans on continuing his studies in geography at Illinois State University.

Sean McCarthy

Sean McCarthy

Quinten Palmer

Quinten Palmer

 

05.16.24

LLCC welcomes three new employees!

John Sepanski, student success coach

John Sepanski

LLCC Student Succes welcomes John Sepanski as a new student success coach. John will coach students in arts and communication as well as English and humanities. His first day was Monday, May 13. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Millikin University and a master’s degree in education technology. He comes to us from the Goodwill Excel Center in St. Louis, an adult high school. You can reach John at 217-786-3686  Welcome to LLCC John!

David Miller, IT project manager

David Miller

Information Technology Services welcomes David Miller to the team. David, a new project manager, started on May 13. David brings his project management experience from the State of Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology as well as Horace Mann. You can reach David at 217-786-3684. Welcome David!

Bobbi Lettimore, administrative assistant to the dean of English and humanities

Bobbi Lettimore

Department of English and Humanities welcomes Bobbi Lettimore as the new adminstrative assistant to the Dean of English and humanities. Bobbi’s first day was May 13. She comes to us from a K-2 charter school in Colombus, Ohio. She calls Waverly home, and is an LLCC alum! you can reach Bobbi at 217-786-3688. Welcome back to LLCC Bobbi!

05.16.24

Lightboard system instructional video

If you have plans to work on your instructional videos this summer, please take a look at our Lightboard system, a transparent whiteboard made for video creation. Becky Miller and Matt Vespa have put together a demonstration video of the Lightboard. If you are interested in learning more about the Lightboard or would like to reserve time this summer to use it, please contact Andy Mitkos at andy.mitkos@llcc.edu or at (217)786-2763.