Please Note: that all locations of SRC are closed Fridays for Summer Hours from May 16 through July 25. Announcement: all operations for the Macomb campus have temporarily moved to the Outreach Center (2500 E Jackson) until further notice as we make the transition to the new campus.
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Spoon River College congratulates the following full-time students who were named to the President’s List in recognition of their academic achievement in completing 12 credit hours or more of college-level classes and earning a grade point average of 3.6 – 4.0 during the Spring 2022 semester. Please note that students with a privacy hold on their records will not be listed.
Astoria: Christina M. Kling
Avon: Kyle R. Eathington
Banner: Dollie D. Kingsley
Bath: Tayden M. Friend
Blandinsville: Joshua L. Miller
Bourbonnais: Nicholas W. Rodriguez
Bryant: Chelsea M. Newburn, Emily S. Wise
Bushnell: Lillian K. Powell, Daniel J. Taflinger, Haley Waller
Camden: Collin E. Shelts
Canton: Elizabeth M. Adami, Breanna K. Amerine, Jacob C. Barnard, Melody R. Barnes, Ethan M. Bender I, Lauren Brown, Skyler T. Burgard, Amber L. Burnett, Daniel E. Burnett, Trista N. Buskirk, Giulia Cianfriglia, Austin R. Corsaw, Abbigale A. DeRenzy, Joel G. Fleisch, Trinity M. Friedrich, Joshua Fuller, Mallory Jackson, Paige N. Kruschinsky, Jason M. Licklider, Bella S. Markley, Joseph S. Matthews, Allison R. Mortland, Sydney K. Munson, Chloe Nelson, Isabelle G. Neville, Anna K. O’Brien, Joshua L. O’Donnal, Grace C. Owens, Kaleb J. Owens, Bethany M. Pankratz, Olivia M. Parkinson, Brenna N. Reid, Justin A. Rollet, Allison P. Roos, Alexander D. Ruck, Mallory L. Schielein, Beau B. Slayton, Brady M. Sprout, Zachary A. Stremmel, Ashlyn Strob, Kayleen H. Tarter, Anna G. Taylor, Claire E. Wheelwright
Chandlerville: Saran A. Dyson
Channahon: Jacob M. Allgeyer
Colchester: Kyah J. Beck, Taylor A. Dimmitt
Cuba: Kyla R. Hughes, Dylan A. Lyons, Sloan L. Miller, Ethan L. Patterson, Carley B. Seward
Elmwood: Will D. Hayden
Fairview: Alivia E. Hanlin, Ian J. Lister, Ellie G. Quick, Anthony H. Schleich
Farmington: Austin M. Marinich, Andrea G. Pollitt, Brennan Potter, Blake A. Springer, John R. Terrell, Ethan L. Ulm
Fiatt: Alonza W. Bradley, Isabelle E. Bradley
Frederick: Austin J. Dossett
Galva: Tyvin D. Hodge
Glasford: Alexa M. Reavley
Grant Park: Clayton J. McKinstry
Greenup: Michael P. Flier
Griggsville: Tucker A. Kunzeman
Havana: Alana G. Boggs, Erin R. Danner, Madison N. Hofreiter, Krista R. Koke, Zoey R. Lane, Tara R. McCausland, Kaley R. Meyer, Lindsey M. Morgan, Lydia M. Newell, Matthew A. Schaad, Colin D. Sullivan, Tory R. Wickman
Jeffersonville, IN: Rickie E. Wright
Kilbourne: Kristen Nall, Reese Smith
Lewistown: Clay A. Beekman, Maddison M. Brown, Kruze D. Chasteen, Chelsey M. Hopkins, Robert W. Micklus, Macy D. Mikulich, Avery E. Smith, Kyle A. Smith
Lockport: Jacob R. Sitterly
Mackinaw: Taylor M. Purdy
Macomb: Nathan C. Andrews, Joshua P. Bryan, Alexzander M. DeWeese, Alexis L. Ebey, Thomas Y. Engel, Elizabeth L. Fixsen, Kaitlyn R. Geltmacher, Emma J. Gilliland, Diana M. Hanks, Heaven L. Hearne, Jennie R. Ismail, Arbiana Kadriu, Silvia R. Knowles, Lael J. McKee, Tessa J. Sargeant I, Matthew J. Sash, Luke S. Silberer, Brooke M. Smith, Grace A. Stufflebeam, Logan L. Wallarab, Regan W. Weaver, Jasmine N. Zachary
Manito: Luke D. Towery
Maquon: Grace A. Bridson, Madison S. Hickman
Morris: Cole M. Laurie
Oak Forest: Bradley S. Miller
Orleans, IN: Sydney L. Owens
Owasso, OK: Rachel M. Beaty
Plainfield: Jackson R. Krieger
Roseville: MaKenna J. Babcock
Rushville: Aidan T. Davis, Haley R. Emmett, Isaac A. Goodrich, Fletcher Higgins, Remi K. Irwin, Matthew A. Little, Tyler S. Trone, Abigail G. Wright
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Spoon River College recently held an Employee Appreciation dinner on the Canton campus to recognize employees for their years of service and those retiring, and to present faculty awards.
Honored for five years were Abby Beck (TRIO advisor), Charlie Cox (Financial Aid Coordinator), and Nikki Rittenhouse (Financial Aid Specialist).
Honored for ten years were Aaron Mayall (DPST faculty), Curt Oldfield (SRC President), Shelli Stuart (Math faculty) Beth VanTine (Education faculty), and Krista Winters (Biology faculty).
Honored for 15 years were Natalie Orwig (Adult Education Sr. Office Assistant) and Sally Shields (Public Information Coordinator).
Honored for 20 years were Brandi Ketcham (Academic Advisor) and Janet Munson (Enrollment Services Director).
Honored for 25 years were Cynthia Johnston (Adult Education Program Coordinator), Chad Murphy (Adult Education Director), and Missy Wilkinson (Dean of Student Services).
Retirees honored were Peggy Roth (Financial Aid Coordinator) and faculty members Jeff Bash (Agriculture), Angie Conklin (Reading), Mark Coulter (Welding), and Barb Strauch (Nursing).
In addition, Dr. Win Htwe (Physical Science) was recognized as the 2022 recipient of the H. Truman Standard Award for teaching excellence. Bridgett Loftus (Chemistry) was recognized as the 2022 nominee for the ICCTA Outstanding Full-Time Faculty award, and Dean Clary (IT) was recognized as the nominee for the 2022 ICCTA Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award.
Pictured are (front l-r) Beth VanTine, Mark Coulter, Angie Conklin, Missy Wilkinson, Shelli Stuart; (middle) Janet Munson, Charlie Cox, Sally Shields; (back) Peggy Roth, Nikki Rittenhouse, Cyndi Johnston, Natalie Orwig, Dr. Win Htwe, Dean Clary, and Curt Oldfield.
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After two years of being cancelled due to the pandemic, the 21 Annual Coffee Spoon was able to light up the stage at Spoon River College this spring. The open mic event showcases the talents of Spoon River College students, staff, and alumni and coincides with the distribution of the Kaleidoscope Journal of Art and Literature, a student publication featuring short stories, poems, essays, song lyrics, photography, and fine art that is published each spring.
Copies of the Kaleidoscope Journal of Art and Literature are free and available at all locations of Spoon River College. Online versions from 2010 to the present are also available at https://www.src.edu/student/Pages/kaleidoscope.aspx.
English faculty member Laura Bandy is the advisor for the group and is pictured with this year’s student editors and helpers Sydney Munson, Hannah Zimmerman, Grace Owens, Alonza Bradley, English teacher, Jake Utsinger, Justice Westlake, and Mary Toothaker.
More pictures of the event can be viewed on the Spoon River College Facebook page.
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Several Spoon River College student-athletes were recognized by the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC), and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their accomplishments on the field and in the classroom.
The following students made MWAC Conference honors for maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.5 in at least 24 credit hours: Baseball – Jacob Allgeyer, Alexander Bogdanic, Lukas Goforth (Canton), Noah Johnson, Jackson Krieger, Tucker Kunzeman, Cole Laurie, Clayton McKinstry, Bradley Miller, Nicholas Rodriguez, Jacob Sitterly, and Tory Wickman (Havana); Softball – Giulia Cianfriglia, Sloan Miller (Cuba), Allison Mortland (Canton), Sydney Owens, and Grace Stufflebeam (Macomb); Volleyball – Kyah Beck (Colchester), Janson Davis, Lael McKee (Macomb), and Taylor Purdy: Women’s basketball – Corrine Hamill, Krista Koke (Havana), and Taylor Stockham (Havana).
The NJCAA awards those student-athletes who have shown the ability to excel in the classroom while competing in their sport. A student must complete a minimum of 24 hours during the year. Making NJCAA All-Academic First Team (perfect 4.0) in baseball were Tucker Kunzeman, Clayton McKinstry, Bradley Miller, Jacob Sitterly, and Tory Wickman (Havana). Softball players were Sloan Miller (Cuba), Allison Mortland (Canton), and Grace Stufflebeam (Macomb), and volleyball players were Janson Davis and Lael McKee (Macomb).
Selected for NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99) were Jacob Allgeyer (baseball), Sydney Owens (softball), and Taylor Purdy (volleyball).
Selected for NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.6-3.79) in baseball were Alex Bogdanic, Lukas Goforth (Canton), Cole Laurie, and Nicholas Rodriguez. Added from volleyball was Kyah Beck (Colchester) and women’s basketball players Corrine Hamil and Taylor Stockham (Havana).
Several athletes were recognized for having qualifying GPAs but did not meet the 24 credit hour standard. They were Benjamin Fricke, Edward Saner, Kira Brown, Addy Williams (Cuba), and Hollidae Koster (Astoria).
Additional MWAC awards were as follows:
Dee Davenport (softball): 1st Team All-Conference; Lynna Fischer (softball): 1st Team All-Conference; Lauren Smith (softball) – 1st Team All-Conference and All-Region; Malia Bender (softball) – 1st Team All-Conference; Giulia Cianfriglia (softball) – 2nd Team All-Conference and All-Region; Miranda Fogal (softball) – 2nd Team All-Conference and Region 24 All-Tournament Team; Addyson Williams (softball) – All-Conference Honorable Mention, All-Region, and Region 24 All-Tournament Team; Cassidy Miller (volleyball) – 2nd Team All-Region; TC Wright (basketball) – 1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-Region; Micale Mee (basketball) – 2nd Team All-Conference; and Jenna Beck (basketball) – 2nd Team All-Conference and All-Region.
Softball coach John Basset, who achieved the 400 win milestone this season, was honored with Conference Coach of the Year.
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The 29th annual golf outing to benefit the Spoon River College Foundation will be held on Friday, July 29 at Wee-Ma-Tuk Hills Country Club in rural Cuba. After lunch at 11 a.m., a shotgun start is set for noon.
“As things begin to feel more normal, we can’t help but be excited for this event,” said SRC Foundation Director Colin Davis. “Every dollar raised by the SRC Foundation is a dollar that can literally change a local student’s life and give young people in our area a chance to succeed.”
The golf outing committee is currently seeking individual and business sponsors, as well as golf teams to join in the festivities. Sponsorship levels start at $100 and go up to $1,000. Depending on the level, sponsors may receive free entry for one or more golfers, publicity for their business in event materials, onsite promotion of their business or organization at the event, and mention in local media.
Cost is $75 per golfer or $300 for a team of four, and best-ball/scramble format will be followed. The fee includes lunch, golf, cart, an SRC-themed gift, and the chance to compete to be the outing’s top team, as well as the opportunity to win prizes throughout the day on every hole.
“We know that our sponsors appreciate the benefits of sponsoring our outing and, in many cases, just believe in what we do and want to help our students,” said Davis. We’re in a unique position to partner together to help local students achieve their goals, and we’re very grateful for any business, individual, or organization that considers supporting us. For the golfers, it’s a fun day for a great cause.”
Team entry forms and sponsorship commitment forms are available by calling the SRC Foundation at (309) 649-6260 or by emailing colin.davis@src.edu. Sponsors and players can also sign up on the Foundation’s website at https://www.src.edu/foundation/Pages/golf.aspx.
Though the event began in 1994, the SRC Foundation Golf Outing has raised more than $300,000 for the Foundation since 2000 alone. Over the years, the SRC Foundation Golf Outing has helped to provide hardship grants, scholarships, facilities upgrades, support to extracurricular programs, and much more.
“We continue to receive hardship requests on a weekly basis, including a recent application from a student facing eviction,” said Davis. “Our food and supply pantries serve dozens of students regularly who aren’t sure where their next meal might come from. The current economic times hit community college students particularly hard. You can imagine the stress that comes from potentially having to decide whether to stay in school or to eat full rations or pay rent. Local support of the 29th annual SRC Foundation Golf Outing helps to solve these issues. We want to help more SRC students in more ways, but we can’t without your support.”
The mission of the SRC Foundation is to provide excellent educational opportunities at Spoon River College. The Foundation golf outing is the largest annual fundraising event for the SRC Foundation and is typically one of the best-attended outings of the summer.
“The SRC Foundation golf outing is always a great event,” said Davis. “It gives our donors a chance to have fun, network, and promote their businesses, all while helping local students, and we intend to make this year’s event another great day for our generous friends of the college.”
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Dallas Davis of Macomb is the recipient of the Student Shout-Out for April at Spoon River College.
English faculty member Barbara Ashwood referred to him as a writing teacher’s dream. “While he was a good writer coming into English 101, he is growing into an excellent one due to his willingness to work through multiple drafts, receptiveness to feedback, and sheer tenacity. His contributions to class discussion are reasoned and thoughtful, as are his responses to his classmates’ drafts and online discussion board posts.”
Ashwood also said she was impressed with his “intense kindness and deep reservoir of patience. I have often seen him pause his own work to help his classmates with technical support issues, and he carefully listens to others’ perspectives and responds with empathy and an open mind.”
Davis currently works in the Learning Resource Center on the Macomb Campus through the work-study program and is studying nursing. A dedicated family man, he is married to Tiffany Davis, has a teen-age son, and helps care for his disabled father-in-law.
The Student Shout-Out is an initiative that encourages any faculty or employee to nominate a student who deserves a special shout-out for exhibiting the core values of the college—caring, respect, integrity, fairness and responsibility—or going above and beyond to help others.
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Spoon River College held their 61st Commencement on May 12 at the Multi-Purpose Building on the Canton Campus. Approximately 140 students participated in the service, and several students and two faculty members were recognized for their achievements during the event.
Students Emma Gilliland (transfer student from Macomb), Henry Modiva (career and technical education student from Rushville), and Allison Mortland (transfer student from Canton), were recognized for being named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Illinois Academic Team after being nominated to the All-USA Academic Team.
Recognized for academic excellence were Phi Theta Kappa members who have maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA while at Spoon River College. Those students were Clay Beekman, Emma Gilliland, Brandon McGraw, Sydney Munson, Anna O’Brien, Collin Shelts, Grace Stufflebeam, Claire Wheelwright, and Tory Wickman.
Zoey Lane, 2022-2023 Student Trustee, announced the recipients of the Student Achievement awards, given each year to one transfer student and one career and technical education student who possess individual initiative, personal development, and have made progress toward achievement of goals, along with participation and success in college extra-curricular activities.
Transfer student Matthew Schaad of Havana and career and technical student Daniel Hammond of Macomb were this year’s recipients of the Student Achievement Awards.
Following the student awards, President Oldfield recognized faculty members for teaching excellence.
Bridget Loftus (Chemistry) was this year’s nominee for the Illinois Community College Trustee Association Full-Time Faculty Award, and Dr. Win Htwe (Physical Science), was the recipient of the H. Truman Standard Award.
Dean Clary (Computer Information Systems) was the ICCTA nominee for Outstanding Part-time Faculty Award.
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Each year at their commencement, Spoon River College presents a Student Achievement Award to one transfer student and to one career and technical education student who possess individual initiative, personal development, and have made progress toward achievement of goals, along with participation and success in college extra-curricular activities.
This year, transfer student Matthew Schaad of Havana was the recipient of one of those Student Achievement Awards. It was presented by Student Trustee Zoey Lane during the 61st Commencement held at Spoon River College in Canton on May 12.
Schaad, who earned his Associate in Science degree, was described as going above and beyond to develop and propose new ideas as well as seeking out resources, coordinating plans, and following through on projects outside of the classroom, all while still maintaining a high grade point average in the classroom. Besides excelling in the classroom, Schaad is an active member of Phi Theta Kappa and served as treasurer. “Matthew is one of the most engaged students I have had in recent years,” said Rebecca Werland, faculty member and Phi Theta Kappa advisor. Schaad will transfer to the University of Illinois Springfield to major in psychology.
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Daniel Hammond of Macomb was the recipient of a Student Achievement Award for a career and technical student at the Spoon River College Commencement held May 12 at the Canton Campus. It was presented by Student Trustee Zoey Lane.
Student Achievement Awards are presented each year to one transfer student and to one career and technical education student who possess individual initiative, personal development, and have made progress toward achievement of goals, along with participation and success in college extra-curricular activities.
Hammond, who earned his Associate in Applied Science degree-Diesel and Power Systems Technology, was described as going above and beyond to complete his work and to help other students, and one who could be counted on to be prepared to take on any task that is put in front of him. “Daniel has the mindset and drive to never give up on something. He thrives on learning as much as he can, which makes him a better person and technician,” said Joe Clemens, Diesel and Power Systems Technology instructor. Hammond was also recognized for maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Hammond is employed at Martin Equipment in Macomb.
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Bridget Loftus, Chemistry faculty at Spoon River College, was this year’s nominee for the Illinois Community College Trustee Association Full-Time Faculty Award. It was presented to Loftus by President Oldfield during the college’s 61st Commencement held May 12 at the Canton Campus.
“Besides teaching excellence, this award recognizes the ability of a teacher to take a personal interest in students, and to inspire enthusiasm through their teaching techniques,” said Oldfield. “Bridget is an outstanding instructor who builds students’ confidence in science and math while providing support to help them succeed.”
Loftus, who believes that anything is possible through education, said she strives to show students “the interconnectedness of education and society as a whole.” While she realizes that many of her students don’t believe they will ever use the content she teaches, she believes it is her job to help students see and understand that what they get out of a chemistry class is more than the content. “If they can embrace this idea, they will be better able to engage in the world outside of the classroom.”
Loftus began teaching at Spoon River College in the fall of 2014.
