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Building on Excellence |
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Check out the master plan video on YouTube.
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JJC FAST FACTS |
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Looking for holiday events? Check the events section on the JJC home page at www.jjc.edu. |
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Sustainability Initiatives at JJC |
The Environmental Protection Agency's Personal Emissions Calculator is now linked on JJC's sustainability Web site.
To calculate your personal emissions, click on the link below and head to Additional Resources. |
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Campus Center Design Presented at Board Meeting
The new rendering of the Campus Center. It is different in appearance than the original concept presented earlier this year because the building design needed to change to meet needs identified by the college's programming committees.
Legat Architects presented the schematic design of the college's new campus center at the December Board of Trustees meeting, describing the building to trustees as a sustainable, one-stop student services facility that would ultimately become the new front door to the JJC Main Campus.
Jeff Sronkoski, principal at Legat, said the firm designed the three-story building to maximize student services, streamline the enrollment process, promote retention, and focus on student success.
"The focus here is on student success--that is what this building is all about," Sronkoski said.
The building, which will be constructed between the A-Building and C-Building and maintain the college's current white stucco façade, will house all student services, the bookstore and the cafeteria on the first floor; the library on the second floor; and administrative offices on the third floor.
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Student Audit Finds More Recyclables Land in Trash
Members of student government with JJC employees Linda Pollock, Adam Heidenreich, Pam Dilday, and Ed Vasil holding bags of recyclable materials found in a day's worth of trash on the Main Campus.
Volunteers from JJC's Student Government conducted a trash audit on Dec. 4 in an effort to determine how much recyclable material was found in regular trash bins across the Main Campus.
With the help of Linda Pollock, custodial superintendent in Facility Services and advisers Adam Heidenreich and Pam Dilday, several volunteers sorted through one day's worth of trash collected from various points on campus.
Of the eight 40-gallon bags that were collected and sorted, over half of the materials-which amounted to five filled bags-were recyclable materials.
Read more about the audit
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JJC Bookstore Extended and Special Hours into '09
The JJC Bookstore will have special and extended hours, along with special book buyback hours.
Questions can be directed to the bookstore via e-mail at bookstore@jjc.edu or by calling ext. 2288.
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Donate Items to the JJC Community Giving Tree
For over 15 years, JJC employees have organized a project called the JJC Community Giving Tree around the holidays that collects items to donate to area agencies like the Guardian Angel Home and Morning Star Mission.
The JJC Community Giving Tree is located near the Fine Arts Theatre. Participation is simple: select an ornament from the tree and return the ornament with the unwrapped donations.
Giving Tree organizer Patricia Shue of the Mathematics Department said that gifts should be returned prior to Dec. 17, so that members of Phi Theta Kappa and the JJC Volunteer Club can distribute the items to agencies before the holidays.
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New Year's Eve Bash at the Renaissance Center
Usher in 2009 at the Renaissance Center's New Year's Eve Bash.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., enjoy live piano music, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the Renaissance Center foyer before heading upstairs to a dinner featuring roasted tomato bisque soup, mixed green salad, prime rib or pan-seared orange roughy, double-baked potato, vegetable medley, homemade rolls, and the Renaissance Center chocolate fountain.
The evening will continue with dancing and entertainment, followed by a champagne toast at midnight.
Limousine service is available by calling One Sweet Dream Valet and Limousine Service at (866) 338-3821.
Ticket cost is $75 per person. A group rate is available for tables of 10 or more. Tickets will be entered for numerous chances to win prizes throughout the evening.
Deadline to purchase tickets is Dec. 17.
For more information or to make reservations, call Susan Stockwell at ext. 1404 or e-mail sstockwe@jjc.edu.
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Faculty, Staff Recognition
* Congratulations to Trustee Andy Mihelich, who was presented with the 2008 Community Advocate Award on Dec. 6 from the Latino Business Association for his work through the Spanish Community Center in Joliet.
Want to send recognition information about a JJC faculty or staff member? E-mail communications@jjc.edu.
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