The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from Elizabeth Fines Workman at their Tuesday noon meeting at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.

Workman is the new Director of the Taylorville Lincoln Land facility having filled the position the past six months.  Workman began her career as an instructor of Public Speaking having earned her degree in Communications from Southern Illinois University  Carbondale and continued  her education at SIU Carbondale receiving her Masters in Communications.

As Director at Taylorville’s’ LLCC campus Workman informed the Kiwanis of the many offerings available to assist students in their pursuit of higher education.  The “College Now” program allows high school students to take introductory college level classes while the “Dual Credit” program allows for students to take classes at the high school and receive college credit.  

The latest offering is a program called “Rise Room” where there are several large screen T.V. screens in a room providing instruction to students from an instructor who is located at a different Lincoln Land campus or location.

Workman is also working with the area youth creating programs to introduce students to the college educational system.  One of those programs included inviting 8th grade students from South Fork and Morrisonville schools to visit the Taylorville campus for a “college day” to help prepare these students for future educational opportunities.

Lincoln Land Community College has a student enrolment of 7,000 students over several campus locations.  The Taylorville facility currently has an enrolment of 400 students.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club also welcomed new member Elizabeth “Liz” Hager during their meeting.  

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com or email the club at TaylorvilleKiwanis@gmail.com