Students and Parents
Application: LAKER PROFILE (lakelandcollege.edu)
Student and Parent Handbook
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Student Expectations and Benefits
Laker Connect Member Level 1
Complete 6 dual credit hours in a Laker Connect Pathway or completion of a College and Career Pathways Endorsement.
Benefits:
- A welcome packet including student ID, LLC merch, and a helpful tips guide
- Graduation recognition – pin
- $250 tuition and fee waiver for the following semester at LLC
Laker Connect Member Level 2
Complete 6 dual credit hours in a Laker Connect Pathway or completion of a College and Career Pathways Endorsement and:
- Create a Lake Land Academic Plan in Navigate with the Laker Connect Counselor
- Attend a Laker Visit Day
- Complete the FAFSA and send to Lake Land
- Take a career assessment with online Career Coach
Benefits:
- A welcome packet including student ID, LLC merch and a helpful tips guide
- Early registration for LLC courses
- Graduation recognition- stole
- $500 tuition and fee waiver for the following semester at LLC
Student Requirements
- Complete a Laker Profile first (linked above)
- Must complete a Dual Credit Application
- Must have a high school and Lake Land College GPA of 2.0 or ‘C’ average
- Must submit ACT/SAT or Accuplacer scores to the Lake Land College Admissions and Records office and meet the minimum score cutoffs if enrolling in math and/or English courses
- Are responsible for any bills they acquire by registering for dual credit courses (may go through high school)
Transcripts
Transcripts are free and can be requested via this link: http://www.lakelandcollege.edu/admissions/request-a-transcript/
Students should check with their high school counselors on what dual credit courses to take and how they transfer to desired colleges/universities and programs of study.
Login
Virtual Machine
- You will login to your Virtual Machine(VM) off-campus here: https://viewportal.lakelandcollege.edu/
- You can find instructions on how to install VMware Horizon onto your device in this PDF: Installing the VMware Horizon Client.
- Username is first part of your Laker email (letters and numbers) before the @ symbol.
HUB
- You will login to the HUB here: https://lakerhub.lakelandcollege.edu/
- First, you will have to authenticate through a Microsoft sign in
- Username is your full Laker email address
- For help setting up Multi-Factor Authentication, watch this video: https://youtu.be/KhT0PkS_hWQ
- After you have authenticated, you will be redirected to the Laker Hub login screen
- HUB username is the first part of your Laker email (letters and numbers) before the @ symbol.
Canvas and Email
- You will login to Canvas here: https://lakeland.instructure.com/
- You will login to your Email here: https://outlook.com/lakelandcollege.edu
- Username is full Laker email address.
- For help setting up Multi-Factor Authentication, watch this video: https://youtu.be/KhT0PkS_hWQ
If you have any issues with their user ID, please call the Lake Land Helpdesk at 217-234-5261 or send an email to helpdesk@lakelandcollege.edu
Library Resources
All dual credit students have access to online library services with their Laker Hub login and password. Online library services include access to over sixty databases containing scholarly journals, ebooks, newspapers, and magazines. Some databases available in the Canvas course menu and rich content editor toolbar from external apps icon.
Go here for more library information: https://www.lakelandcollege.edu/library/
Contact us
Dual Credit Office at 217-234-5044 or email at dcp@lakelandcollege.edu
