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L.E.A.G.U.E., which stands for Leaders Establishing Annual Gifts Underwriting Education, is the annual giving campaign for Lincoln Land faculty and staff.
The campaign began in 1995, and since that time, nearly $258,000 has been raised, of which more than $170,000 has been returned to the college in the form of grants and scholarship support. The remaining dollars are placed in an endowment fund with the goal of funding the annual grant program.
On March 28, 2007, the Lincoln Land Community College Foundation awarded more than $16,000 in grants to support student learning at the college. The grant dollars, raised exclusively through the Foundation’s annual faculty and staff giving campaign, are awarded each spring
Those LLCC departments receiving grants were:
- Student Life - for improvements to the student lounge
- Agriculture – to purchase a computer and other hardware for recruiting activities
- English/Humanities and Library – for the development of a minority literature collection in the Library
- Nursing – for specialized training in the use of care of SIM-Man, a portable and advanced simulation-based educational tool to challenge and test students’ clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient care scenarios
- Public Information – to support the LLCC Student Ambassadors in attending a challenge course designed to enhance leadership and communication skills
- TEAL (Training and Education for Adult Learners) Program – to support a pilot program teaching chess to adult learners to foster reasoning, critical thinking and math skills
- Special Needs and Instructional Technology/Distance Education – to purchase video iPods for students with disabilities toward the development of an on-demand testing service
- English as a Second Language/TEAL – to purchase interactive CD-ROMS for the computer labs in both Beardstown and Springfield
Nearly 40 percent of LLCC faculty and staff give annually to the LLCC Foundation.
Other grants funded through past L.E.A.G.U.E. campaigns have supported:
- Developing a children’s literature collection for the library
- Building a second study area on the 2nd floor of Sangamon Hall
- Developing a special training workshop for adult education staff
- The pro-bono Occupational Therapy Clinic as a fieldwork site for OTA students
- Establishing a large, biologically diverse Marine Ecosystem in the LLCC Biology Department
- New microscopes for the Biology Department
- A book series for EREC to facilitate instruction for students needing basic reading and study skills
- CDs for the English as a Second Language Program
- Interactive patient clinic simulation DVDs for the Practical Nursing Program
- Buying a Proxima for Financial Aid presentations at high schools
- Purchasing a special computer to assist students with visual impairments
- Courseware to be used by Literacy/ABE/GED students
- A microvideo package with accessories
- Adaptive software for people with disabilities
- Updated costumes for the LLCC Madrigal dinner
- The wheel motor and controller for the Sunrayce solar car
- Basic reading, writing, and mathematics videos for the five regional centers
- Education Server for delivery of on-line courses
- Posters, videos and other materials from the National Women's History Project
- A video camera, monitor/VCR to be use in 14 sections of Speech 101
- Auto Laser 300 & LD-16 Detector to read elevations for landscaping leveling
- Equipment for the science lab at LLCC’s Southern Region Education Center
- Transcription machine for the Computer and Office Information Systems
- Computers and a printer for the Writing Center
- Equipment for a pilot project for a wireless instructional local area network
- Automatic Transmission Tools Sets for Automotive Technology
- Experiential instructional materials and supplies for Quest
Gifts to L.E.A.G.U.E. can be made as a one-time contribution or through LLCC’s convenient payroll deduction.
Click here to access the L.E.A.G.U.E. Participation Form.
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The 2007 L.E.A.G.U.E. Team!
Robin Ackman ~ Ruth Bixby ~ Ronda Ellinger Susan Frain ~ Holly Gietl ~ Misty Hagstrom Lindee Hall ~ Debbie Johnson ~ Marianne Klein Amee Lee~ Soodi Nassirpour ~ Kirsten Taylor |
