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The Board of Trustees meeting summary for the Feb. 2 meeting is now available online.
Miss an edition of the weekly newsletter?
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JJC Events &
Announcements
07:30am to 02:30pm
Main Campus
Main Campus Concourse, Gymnasium and Bridge
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Message from Dr. Proulx
College Receives 3rd Quarter Payment
 This week, the college unexpectedly received its third quarter payment from the state. As you know, the college receives approximately $8 million in state funding, which is delivered in four payments during the fiscal year.While this is good news, we continue to monitor the state's uncertain fiscal situation closely and are working with our financial team to ensure that we are preparing a responsible FY11 budget. We are still two weeks away from Governor Quinn's March 10 budget address, which may answer some questions regarding the state's financial future and its impact on the college's state funding.
I will be in Springfield on March 16 to discuss next year's budget with the community college presidents and will keep you informed of any new information that I may glean. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions.
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Campus Center Takes Shape as Steel is Put in Place
The front of the Campus Center takes shape as a crane erects steel beams to frame the three-story building. (Photo by Jeff Julian)
New Campus Center construction photos
For many months now, the college's new Campus Center has been seen mostly through computer-generated renderings or more recently, as a big muddy hole in the ground. But this week, thanks to the erection of steel girders that will form the skeleton of the new building, the Campus Center is finally beginning to take shape. From the site of the old greenhouses between the A- and C-Buildings, erected steel is beginning to form the front of the building, which, when finished, will be considered the new front door of the Main Campus. The rear of the building is also beginning to take shape. A curved area, this section will serve as the back wall of the cafeteria. It can be seen from the temporary outdoor walkway connecting the A- and C-Buildings. In the front and the back, the footings for the building are being poured.
The Campus Center is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2011.
Campus Center Web Cam
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JJC Staff and Alumni Spotlight: Jeremy Richardson
 In a busy office just yards away from the fitness center, Jeremy Richardson sits at his desk, his eyes lit with excitement as he recalls his most memorable moment as a football player--winning the last game of the 2000 season and conference title with the Fairmont State University Fighting Falcons.
"It was the last home game of the season and we won the conference title. It was the first piece of jewelry I was looking forward to being fitted for, my most important piece of jewelry I've been fitted for," he jokes. "Other than my wedding ring."
For the JJC graduate, the college meant more than classrooms and football practices. Attending JJC enabled him to continue his dream of playing college football, to live out his desire to become a coach, and even gave reality to his hopes of having a family.
Growing up in Bloomington, Ill., Richardson says he would watch as his brothers and uncles threw a football back and forth in the front yard. Too young to take part in the fun, he remembers sitting with his nose pressed up against the window, knowing one day he would join them.
Read more about Richardson.
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Updated Extended Campus Mail Run Information
Due to the opening of the JJC Frankfort Education Center in Lincoln-Way East High School, there will be a change in the delivery routes and starting times for the extended campus mail runs. Following is the new schedule for those deliveries that began this week:
Monday: Campus mail run leaves promptly at 8:30 a.m. and will go to Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center, City Center, and North Campuses.
Tuesday and Thursday: Campus mail run leaves promptly at 8 a.m. and will include delivery to Grundy County Center, Weitendorf, City Center, North Campuses.
Wednesday and Friday: Campus mail run leaves promptly at 8 a.m. and will include delivery to Frankfort, Weitendorf, City Center, North Campuses.
If you have mail to be delivered to any of the extended campuses please bring it to the Mail Center before the designated leave times.
For more information or questions, contact Pam Campbell at ext. 2377 or pcambel@jjc.edu.
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Spaces Available in Upcoming Donor's Forum Grants Workshop
An introduction to grant writing workshop will be held at JJC through the South Metropolitan Philanthropy Center on Friday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Grant-seeking Primer workshop will offer an introduction to the terminology and resources needed to find prospects, prepare applications, and organize grant-seeking activities for maximum results.
Those interested should register by contacting Marissa Filippo, Donor's Forum nonprofit programs manager, at (312) 327-8948 or www.mfilippo@donorsforum.org.
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13th Annual JJC Dinner Theatre March 5
Enjoy dinner and a show at the 13th Annual Joliet Junior College (JJC) Dinner Theatre featuring the musical "La Cage Aux Folles," Friday, March 5.
The event begins at 6 p.m., in the Main Campus Cafeteria then will continue in the Fine Arts Theatre Building with the presentation of "La Cage Aux Folles."
"La Cage Aux Folles" is the story the nightclub owners and life partners Georges and Albin and what happens when their lives get turned upside down by their son's romance with an ultra-conservative politician. Told through humor and wit, the acclaimed musical, celebrates family, love and individuality.
The menu includes:
Jean Michel's Beef Bourguignon
George's Almond Crusted Tilapia with Lemon Beurre Blanc
Zara's Quiche St. Tropez
View the menu.
Cost for the dinner theatre package is $16 per person and $30 for couples for subscribers. Tickets for non-subscribers are $20 per person or $40 per couple.
Reservations are required.
For more information, contact Nicki Blowers at (815) 280-2200 or nblowers@jjc.edu.
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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.
The menu features more fish items as well as a vegetarian entrée in effort to please more guests during Lent. Menu items include a Maine lobster slider with lemon vanilla aioli, smoked salmon parfait, wild mushroom soup, roasted red pepper cannelloni with homemade angel hair pasta, grilled shrimp, lobster and scallops over butternut squash ravioli, and sautéed monkfish mignonette with a white wine lemon wine sauce. Other menu highlights are grilled venison, rack of lamb, and more.
Please call (815) 280-1404 for reservations.
The March 5 Dinner Series features an American regional wine, beer and cocktail pairing menu.
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Faculty, Staff Recognition
* Two members of the JJC Chamber Singers have been invited to sing in the prestigious 100-voice College Honors Repertoire Chorus at the Central Division Biennial Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Cincinnati, Ohio, starting today, Feb. 25, through Feb. 28.
They are sophomores Marisa Catalano of Plainfield and Erick Flores of Bolingbrook. The chorus will perform six works under the direction of Dr. Brad Holmes of Millikin University. Serving as accompanist for the honors choir is Philip Spencer, professor of music and director of choral and vocal music here at the college. Spencer is also the two-year colleges chair on the executive board of the Illinois chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
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