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Birthdays Calendar In the News Professional Devel. Submit Article KUDOS Nomination Archive Search for: 05.14.24 Commencement Instructions for Faculty & Administrators On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Commencement ceremony will be held at the Bank of Springfield Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza (Eighth Street between Adams and Washington Streets), Springfield, and will begin promptly at 7:30 p.m. with the processional. If you are not planning to be at Commencement, please be reminded that you need to email President Warren for approval. PLEASE BE AWARE : The Springfield PRIDEFEST is scheduled for May 18, and they will begin setting up the afternoon and evening of May 17. There will be street closures so please allow sufficient time to find alternative routes and parking if necessary. Also please note that 4th Street and Adams is now two-way traffic. Faculty should arrive no later than 7 p.m. so that you can assemble in line. Faculty and Administrators will line up on the South Ramp. The seating in The Center will be graduates seated in two sections in front and the faculty will be seated behind the graduates in two sections. The Line of March will be posted in the LincIn on Wednesday, May 15. When you arrive, you will see the Line of March posted in several places. The Line of March will look like this: 1. Find your last name and determine whether you are in Line A or Line B. 2. Then locate your row and your specific place within that row. If you are Ruth Acermanr, you would be in line B (house right), row# 2 and the 7th person in that row. If you were Cathy Allan, you would be in line A (house left) , row# 3 and the 10th person in that row. Lines and rows will be clearly marked in the designated area for assembly. Please refrain from congregating at the front of the line, as this obstructs the path for other faculty and administrators trying to find their place and reduces the space for the personnel that will be on the platform to assemble. Remember, Faculty Emeriti are always positioned at the front of the line. We do our best to ensure that the LOM is correct. The Line of March may each year and up to the night of Commencement due to retirements, resignations, illnesses, and other circumstances. Consider the Line of March as a flexible guide rather than a strict rule. If you believe you should be positioned elsewhere in the line, feel free to stand where you think is appropriate. Amy Williams and Vickie Ward will be there to assist you with getting your regalia on and/or helping you find your position in the LOM. There are 10 chairs in each row. Stand in front of one chair only. Your faculty marshals this year are Kirk Yenerall and Matt Shaver . They will lead you in. Please note: Due to liability issues, there will NOT be a place to check your personal belongings. Please leave anything you do not wish to carry in your vehicle. Processional • FIRST: The Board of Trustees and platform members will proceed into The Center’s main hall; graduating students, faculty and administrators will remain at their designated locations until the platform members are at their seats. • SECOND: When members of the platform party are at their seats, there will be a pause in the music followed by a fanfare, and then faculty and administrators will proceed to their row of seats, led by the two faculty marshals. A program will already be in your chairs—it will not be necessary to pick one up from the ushers. • THIRD: There will be a pause in the music, followed by a fanfare, and the graduating students, led by the marshals, will proceed to their rows of seats. Recessional • FIRST: The Board of Trustees and platform members will recess to the lobby area. • SECOND: The graduating class who will recess between the two sections where faculty and administrators are seated. • THIRD: After the graduates have recessed the faculty and administrators will recess. Again, the two faculty marshals will lead the faculty and administrators out. • We kindly ask faculty members to be considerate of the staff and employees at the BOS Center. Please remember that there are individuals responsible for cleaning up after commencement. Before leaving, we request that you pick up your program, water bottle, or any other trash near your chair and properly dispose of it in the designated trash receptacles. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Regalia If you have not yet picked up your regalia from the bookstore, please do so asap! Also, please do not forget to return your regalia at the BOS Center at the completion of Commencement. Please be attentive when returning your regalia and place your regalia IN the box, not beside under the box or just thrown on the floor. Parking There is free on street parking as well as several locations around the Bank of Springfield Center. Posted in Awards/Recognitions , Events , Faculty | Tagged commencement , staff | 05.14.24 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, ready for use The college has recently installed two electric vehicle charging stations on the Springfield campus. They are located on the south end of Lot 9 to the east of Millennium Center. Up to four vehicles can be charged at one time, and there is a fee to charge your vehicle. These are open for anyone that needs an EV charge! Posted in Facilities | 05.14.24 2024 TRIO Graduation Celebration 34 TRIO graduates were honored Friday night at the TRIO Graduation Ceremony with the TRIO stole. Dr. Charlotte Warren welcomed the students and their family and friends. Alex Dean, student support specialist for the PATH, TRIO and WEI grant programs was the TRIO Alumni Speaker. Sarah Scheufele , former retention specialist for TRIO at LLCC and current director of academic support at Illinois College delivered the keynote address. Posted in Awards/Recognitions , PATH , Student Services , WEI | Tagged commencement | 05.14.24 Retirement Celebration for Kim Eddings Kim Eddings , director of accessibility services, will be retiring on June 27 after many years of dedication to education and students. Please mark your calendar and join us for a retirement celebration on June 25 from 1-3 p.m. in Menard Hall, Stephens Room. Posted in Events , Student Services | Tagged retirement | 05.14.24 In the news Mac Warren , assistant director, recruitment and admission, was interviewed on WICS yesterday about summer classes at LLCC. Posted in In the News , Recruitment & Admissions | 05.14.24 Enrollment Services welcomes Kaja Carter! Enrollment Services welcomes Kaja Carter as a new enrollment services representative. Kaja’s first day was May 13. She brings admissions experience to us from Verto Education. She can be reached at kaja.carter@llcc.edu or 217-786-3687 . Welcome to LLCC Kaja! Posted in Enrollment Management Team , HR | Tagged welcome | 05.14.24 Thinking About Updating or Making New Videos Over the Summer – Try Our New Lightboard! 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 below. 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 217-786-2763 . Posted in Academic Innovation & eLearning , Faculty | 05.13.24 De-Stress for Success LLCC Student Life and the Logger Activities Board have a week of activities planned to help students de-stress. All activities and events will be held in A. Lincoln Commons from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon., May 13 – Smash your stress and hot breakfast Tue., May 14 – Zorb balls, lawn games and a cereal bar. Wed., May 15 – Lego” your stress and an ice cream truck. Thu., May 16 – Just Dance party and grab n’go snacks. Posted in Student Life | Tagged wellbeing | 05.13.24 YOU KNOW?” STUDENT COMMUNICATION: WEEK OF May 13 Please join us in letting students know how proud we are of them and all they have...