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Brown Bag lectures from 2006 to the present are available for download as mp3 podcasts on the Media Services Web page.
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Sustainability Initiatives at JJC |
Monthly meetings of the sustainability committee have been changed to the second Thursday of each month from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The next meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 8. |
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Baseball Field Renamed in Honor of Wayne King
 JJC renamed its baseball field Wayne L. King Jr. Field in a Sept. 24 ceremony to honor the college's athletics director and head baseball coach, whose 803 collegiate career wins are the most in school history.
"It is a humbling experience to see your name on the college's scoreboard," King said. "This is something I will cherish all my life. Thanks to all who attended and assisted with the ceremony. I feel very honored."
The dedication ceremony began at 6 p.m. at the baseball field on the Main Campus. Scott Slocum, local WJOL morning host and JJC alumnus, served as master of ceremonies. JJC President Dr. Gena Proulx and Mark Smith, a former player of King's, gave remarks and then revealed the new scoreboard adorned with King's name.
2010 marks King's 24th year at the helm of the baseball program at JJC. During that time, 90 percent of his student athletes have transferred to four-year schools.
During his tenure, King has established one of the most successful Division III baseball programs in the NJCAA. Under his leadership, the college has won 13 Region IV titles and two national championships, including the 2008 World Series title.
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New Video Chronicles College's Grant-Funded Restoration Efforts
A new video chronicling the college's two-year Conservation-2000 ecological restoration project is now available on the Natural Sciences Department's Web site.
The college began this restoration work--which includes maintaining the existing fen and restoring degraded uplands on the school's prairie areas--in 2007 when it was awarded a two-year $35,000 Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant.
Professor of Natural Sciences Andy Neill helped obtain the grant through the college's Natural Areas Committee, a campus-wide committee created in 1999 to manage anything related to natural areas or that could impact natural areas.
The college has 124 acres of natural areas, so the restoration is being conducted in phases. The area is comprised mostly of introduced European buckthorn and hawthorn thickets and some older growth.
The fen, Neill said, is by far the rarest and of the highest quality. A fen is a wetland community with standing water and saturated soil that has special soil properties to support a unique set of plants and animals.
Neill added that 267 volunteers have participated on the Conservation-2000 project, logging 627.5 hours of volunteer labor. He added that there are now about eight new species of native prairie plants established on campus as a result of planting and protected from over browsing by deer.
The Conservation-2000 project also served as a pilot project for the much larger restoration effort that is now part of the college's master plan.
For more information, contact Neill at ext. 2632 or aneill@jjc.edu.
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40th Anniversary Alumni Bell Event Held Today
Special guests at the event stand under the bell tower after the ceremony, held Oct.1. From left: Carletta Seay, JJC Alumni Board; Susan Mejia, Alumni Board; Fred Harris, Alumni Board; Gayle Glasscock Crompton, alumna; Henry Pillard, former JJC administrator; Chris Dragatsis, alumnus; Dr. Cecil Ingmire, former college trustee; Debbie Dykstra, Alumni Board; Ron Whitaker, former college trustee. (Photo by Mike O'Brien)
The college community celebrated JJC history at the 40th anniversary rededication of the alumni bell event, held at the bell tower on the Main Campus Oct. 1.
The bell was brought to JJC in 1969 when alumnus and former JJC trustee Bill Glasscock salvaged it before it was demolished along with the former Will County Courthouse, which was built in 1885. The bell, which had chimed on the hour from inside the courthouse clock tower for decades, held a certain nostalgia for Glasscock.
To him, it represented a significant piece of Joliet and Will County history that needed to be saved. And there was no better place to preserve the old bell, Glasscock thought, than on JJC's newly-built campus on Houbolt Road.
Special guests included Dr. Cecil Ingmire and Ron Whitaker, both of whom served on the college's first board of trustees in 1967, Gayle Crompton Glasscock, daughter of Bill Glasscock, Henry Pillard, former JJC administrator, and Chris Dragatsis, former vice president of the JJC alumni association, and Carletta Seay, current president of the alumni association.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
 For the month of October, employees of JJC will be going Passionately Pink for the Cure to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. Participating is simple. Just wear pink (item of clothing) on every Friday throughout the month of October and make a donation of $5 or more to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. To make a donation, contact any of the following representatives on campus: Tracy Theard, Institutional Advancement and Research Office, ext. 2352; Kelly Rogers, Human Resources, ext. 6626; Debbie Halley, North Campus, ext. 7702; Griselda Martinez, Grundy Campus, (815) 942-1552; or Debra Alberts, City Center Campus, ext. 1210. |
Friday Night Dinner Series Oct. 2
Come out to the Renaissance Center every Friday and enjoy a great dinner prepared by JJC students. Dinner is served from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
This week's menu includes homemade lasagna roulade with wild mushrooms, grilled rack of lamb with a garlic basil persillade crust, grilled hickory smoked capon roulade with cider glaze, sauteed lemon herb red snapper, and more.
View the full menu.
Call (815) 280-1404 for reservations. Walk-ins are welcome.
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New Writers Group
JJC's creative arts print and e-zine publication, Wordeater, is sponsoring a new writers group for the JJC community.
The group will be open to writers of all genres and levels of expertise, including students, alumni, faculty, and staff, and will be committed to equal membership, contribution, and support. The group will meet regularly on the second Tuesday of the month from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in T-2002.
The group's first meeting will be held Oct. 13. Writers should bring 10 copies of their work to the initial meeting and limit prose to 2,000 words (or a section of a longer work) or two poems of medium length for review.
Specific procedures for presentation and review will be determined by the group, but will include a basic oral presentation and critique. Additional critique and review may occur after the meeting through e-mail, Facebook group, and at subsequent meetings.
For more information, contact Adam Heidenreich at ext. 2770 or aheidenr@jjc.edu.
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Faculty, Staff Recognition
* Congratulations to Bill Yarrow, iCampus faculty coordinator and professor of English, who attended the 9th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Traverse City as an invited speaker. Yarrow presented a session on Sept. 25 called "The Sustainable Classroom" which focused on techniques of electronic grading, including creating personalized macros.
* Congratulations to Linn Eldred, administrative assistant in Community and Economic Development Division, who will be exhibiting her original artwork on Oct. 10 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morton Arboretum Gift Shop in Lisle. Eldred is also a graduate of the Arboretum's Botanical Art and illustration program.
Want to send recognition information about a JJC faculty or staff member? E-mail communications@jjc.edu.
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