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The Board of Trustees meeting summary for the Oct. 13 meeting is now available online.
Read the board summary from the Oct. 13 meeting.
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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, Nov 12. |
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Global Food Crisis Awareness Events at JJC
From left: Monique Martin, Amy Zybak, Chef Paul Bringas, Chef Fred Ferrara, and Chef Kyle Richardson from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Department have prepared 450 meals of beef stew, rice pilaf, fresh dinner rolls and cherry and apple crisp to deliver to Morning Star Mission and Daybreak Shelter in Joliet on Oct. 16.
Several campus groups have planned upcoming events to raise awareness about the global food crisis.
Events include a food drive through Oct. 23 and a viewing of the World Food Day Teleconference on Oct. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in D-2001, which will detail the impact of the financial crisis on poverty and emerging solutions.
The annual food drive is going on now through Oct. 23 to collect canned/non-perishable food items in conjunction with National Hunger Week. The drive is also collecting other miscellaneous items that are in short supply at local shelters such as deodorant, body wash, diapers, etc.
Donated items can be dropped off on the Main Campus near the Culinary Arts Department on the lower level of the J-Building.
Last year, the drive collected over 2,000 lbs of food. It is coordinated by the Epicurean Club, Competitive Cooking Club, JJC Honors Program, JJC Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa, JJC Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Department, and the ACF Louis Joliet Chapter, Inc.
In addition, volunteers from the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Department have prepared 450 meals of beef stew, rice pilaf, fresh dinner rolls and cherry and apple crisp to deliver to Morning Star Mission and Daybreak Shelter in Joliet on Oct. 16.
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Board Approves Interim VP of Academic Affairs
The Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Dr. Linda F. Uzureau as interim vice president for academic affairs at the Oct. 13 meeting.
Uzureau, who began Oct. 14, replaces Dr. Dennis Haynes, who left the college Sept. 30 to pursue teaching opportunities at National Louis University.
She is a recently retired vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Prairie State College. Uzureau also served as dean of liberal arts and sciences for nine years at South Suburban College and prior to that was South Suburban's chair of the social and behavioral science department for two years.
In addition to her community college administrative experience, Uzureau has extensive teaching experiences in history at South Suburban College and Emory University in Atlanta, and as an ESL instructor at the Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire in Paris, France.
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Tree Planting Memorial for Dystrup to be held Oct. 20
Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots reads an oath to newly appointed JJC trustee Michael O'Connell at the Oct. 13 board meeting.
The Board of Trustees appointed Michael O'Connell at the Oct. 13 meeting to fill the vacancy left by Trustee Dick Dystrup, who passed away Aug. 28.
O'Connell, of Elwood, previously worked for the Joliet Township High School District as a teacher, dean of students and coach before retiring in 2006.
A 1971 JJC graduate, O'Connell has a bachelor's degree in physical education from Augustana and a master's degree from Indiana State University. He is currently on the board of directors for the Forest Park Community Center.
Read the Herald News story
Dystrup Tree Planting Ceremony
The college will plant a tree in memory of Trustee Dystrup at a ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 11:30 a.m. at Clover Ridge Park in Lockport.
The park is near Dystrup's home. The tree from the board of trustees and college will be the first tree planted in this new park, which is located off Lacoma Drive.
The community is invited the ceremony.
For more information, contact Jeff Julian at ext. 2406 or e-mail jefjulia@jjc.edu.
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Trustee May Elected to ACCT Board of Directors
 JJC Trustee Jeff May was recently elected to the American Community College Trustees (ACCT) Board of Directors to represent central region trustees.
"ACCT does an outstanding job of advocating for community colleges on a national level and provides first class education and training for trustees," May said.
He added that he's looking forward to ACCT's involvement in working with Congress and President Obama's American Graduation Initiative.
May has served on the JJC Board of Trustees since 1999. For the last five years, he has been an ACCT associate committee member, and is currently the president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association.
The ACCT is a non-profit educational organization of governing boards, representing more than 6,500 elected and appointed trustees who govern over 1,200 community, technical, and junior colleges in the country.
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National Writing Day Activities at JJC
Take part in National Day on Writing by celebrating literature with Wordeater and the English and World Languages Department.
Join the fun on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1 to 3 p.m., with various games including Apples to Apples, Scrabble, Boggle, Balderdash and Funglish. There will be a group creative writing game, contests and an open mic for readings and performances.
Contest winners will receive books and gifts cards. There will also be free pizza and lemonade.
Open to the community, the celebration will be held on the Main Campus Bridge.
For more information, contact Adam Heidenreich at (815) 280-2770 or aheidenr@jjc.edu.
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HINI Updates
The college now has several confirmed cases of H1N1 (swine) flu. The students are home recovering and will return to classes once they are no longer contagious.
A resource page with flu prevention guidelines is located at www.jjc.edu/info/h1n1.
If you develop flu-like symptoms, the college asks that you contact your doctor immediately. If you are sick, please stay home from work or school until you are no longer contagious. Students are asked to contact their faculty members to make arrangements for assignments and class work while they are out sick.
The college continues to monitor the H1N1 influenza and is receiving updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Will County Department of Public Health.
In addition to monitoring, the college:
* cleans facilities on a regular basis
* provides hand sanitizers throughout college buildings
* is posting informational posters on hand-washing in restrooms
* is distributing the attached H1N1 information flyer to students and staff
* is reviewing and updating the college's communicable disease policy, illness reporting procedures, and procedures for sending home sick employees
* is making DVD presentations on H1N1 to college departments
* is communicating regularly with students and staff about H1N1 and seasonal flu prevention.
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Non-Fiction Book Club Meetings, Titles Set
The Non-Fiction Book Club results are in! The first meeting will be held in the Media Conference Room (3rd floor of the J-Building in the Library) on Friday, Nov. 6, at 11:30 a.m.
The first book the group will read is "Sin and the Second City," a vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. Copies of the book are now available for pick-up at the reference desk in the Library.
The meeting will last for about one hour, and participants are encouraged to bring along a lunch as well as a healthy appetite for discussing exciting and interesting topics. Please see the schedule below for future meeting dates and titles. Discussion group members should not feel obligated to attend all meetings; picking and choosing among the list is accepted and encouraged.
Meeting Dates and Title
Friday, Nov. 6, 11:30 a.m.: "Sin in the Second City" Karen Abbott
Friday, Dec. 4, 11:30 a.m.: "Outliers" Malcolm Gladwell
Friday, Jan. 8, 11:30 a.m.: "Post-American World" Fareed Zakaria
Friday, Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m.: "The Year of Magical Thinking" Joan Didion
Friday, March 12, 11:30 a.m.: "Filth: Dirt Digust and Modern Life" Ryan Johnson
Friday, April 16, 11:30 a.m.: "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America" Tom Lutz
For more information, contact Susan Prokopeak at sprokope@jjc.edu or Andrew Lenaghan alenagha@jjc.edu.
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Lady Wolves Host Dig Pink Volleyball Match Oct. 20
The JJC volleyball team will play Moraine Valley Community College on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m. On this night, the Lady Wolves will be participating in the Side-Out Foundation Dig Pink campaign.
The Side-Out Foundation was established in 2004 by a group of individuals drawn together by their love of volleyball, but who also share a similar passion to be a part of the war against breast cancer. Side-Out's mission is to raise money for the war against breast cancer through the recreational activity of volleyball.
Dig Pink is a Breast Cancer Awareness Rally being held all of October to raise awareness and funds. Each year, the foundation holds hundreds of featured high school and college matches across the country to help educate and raise funds to eradicate this terrible disease.
Proceeds are used in the areas of therapeutic treatments and improved quality of life for breast cancer patients. So far in 2009, 649 teams are participating in the Dig Pink Rally and have raised $46,135. To learn more about the Side-Out Foundation, visit www.side-out.org.
The Lady Wolves volleyball team has set a goal of $1,500 to raise for this important cause.
Donations can be made online by credit card and at the volleyball game on Oct. 20 at the door.
The JJC volleyball players will be located on the south bridge through Oct. 16 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. collecting donations as well.
If you would like to donate by check, please make payable to The Side-Out Foundation and reference Joliet Junior College on the memo line of the check. All donations are tax deductible.
For more information, contact Stephanie Sharp at ext. 2431 or ssharp@jjc.edu.
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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
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 prosciutto-wrapped parmesan donuts with fresh mozzarella, blue crab cakes, roasted pumpkin soup, homemade linguini with marinated grilled shrimp in a roasted garlic parmesan cream sauce, classic veal piccata, beef tenderloin au poivre, and more.
View the full menu.
Call (815) 280-1404 for reservations. Walk-ins are welcome.
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Bookstore Hours to Change on Oct. 28
The JJC Bookstore will close at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 and will reopen at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
The store will resume regular business hours on Oct. 29 and apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.
For questions, contact Jim Seeman at ext. 2582 or jseeman@jjc.edu.
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JJC Lake Rehabilitation and Management Project Web Cam
The JJC Lake is a central aesthetic feature of the Main Campus. The 5.8 acre lake has a 362 acre watershed which includes the college campus; parking lots; wooded, farm and open fields; and residential and commercial developments.
The JJC Lake is eutrophic; this condition causes water quality degradation.
A grant-funded rehabilitation project is underway to restore the natural beauty and ecological health of the JJC Lake. Fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides from surrounding lawns and agricultural fields flow into the lake through storm water runoff.
Nutrient-rich sediments accumulate, causing an explosion of plant and algal growth. This depletes oxygen levels, which leads to fish kills.
The accumulation of sediment has also reduced the lake's water-holding capacity by 20 percent. The rehabilitation efforts will address these issues with the goal of restoring the quality, health and natural beauty of the lake.
Funding for this project has been provided, in part, by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.
For more information, contact Virginia Piekarski at ext. 2292 or e-mail vpiekars@jjc.edu.
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Faculty, Staff Recognition
* Congratulations to Joan Tierney, executive assistant to the president, who was elected to the American Community College Trustees (ACCT) Professional Board Staff Network as the central representative member at large.
* Congratulations to Robert Marcink, president of the faculty union and professor in the English and World Languages Department, who had his dissertation approved after a September 14 defense at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He will be awarded the Ph.D. in Literature and Criticism in December.
* Congratulations to Bill Yarrow, iCampus faculty coordinator and professor of English, who had eleven poems recently appear in the print magazines "The Rio Grande Review" and "In the Red" (Liverpool, England), as well as in the online magazines "The Centrifugal Eye," "Up the Staircase," and "New Aesthetic" (India). Want to send recognition information about a JJC faculty or staff member? E-mail communications@jjc.edu.
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