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While the treatment of eating disorders requires specialized training, it is important for all health care professionals to understand eating problems and weight concerns.

Kankakee Community College’s Office of Continuing Education and Career Services is offering a one-day training session, “Emotional and Binge Eating, Chronic Dieting, and Body Shame: What Clinicians Need to Know.”

The workshop will be Friday, Sept. 9 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The cost is $99 per person.

A main topic will be how recovery from eating past fullness and bingeing is more than a matter of self-control, weight loss, or even understanding the emotional triggers.

The presenter is Judith Matz (pictured), a licensed clinical social worker who is a nationally recognized speaker on diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma.

Additional topics will be:

• The relationship between diet culture, eating problems and weight concerns;
• Five components of the diet-binge cycle;
• Three steps of attuned eating;
• Attitudes toward body size;
• Three strategies to cultivate a healthy body image; and
• The Health At Every Size® paradigm.

Upon successful completion, 7 contact hours will be awarded to participants who are nurses, nursing home administrators, dietitians, social workers, and counselors. 

This seminar is being offered both in-person and as a live webinar.

To register online, visit www.kcc.edu/comejoinus, sign up or login, then find and select the course. Choose how you would like to attend, then add it to your cart. Within the cart, checkout. To register by phone, or for more information, call 815-802-8206. The class does not award college credit.

Those who choose the live webinar will receive an email with instructions for joining the virtual event within 24 hours of the program. It will include tips for joining your Zoom meeting. You will need a computer or mobile device, sound and an internet connection.

KCC will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 8 for Election Day, which is a state holiday this year.

In Illinois, Election Day is a holiday in even numbered years, when there is a general election. The KCC Academic Calendar includes the holiday when appropriate.

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The following students have been named to the President’s List at Kankakee Community College for the Summer 2022 term.

To be named to the President’s List, a student must maintain a grade point average of 3.80 or higher and be enrolled in six or more credit hours.

Aroma Park: Kyle King.
Ashkum: Veronica Medina.
Bonfield: Bryce Overacker.
Bourbonnais: Joseph Andre, Jacqueline Annes, Leon Berry, Andrew Chmielewski, Leeann Conner, Karen Evett, Alexis Fisher, Darrick Ford, Matthew Giblin, Payton Graham, Leonardo Lopez, Rachel Myers, Ethan Piacenti, Faith Provost, James  Quigley, Natalie Quinlan, Lijina Raj, Alexander Randak, Coleaka Robinson, Brianne Robson, Erik Slowik, Kyle Sturgill, Skyler Tieri, Lucas Wadley, Anthony Williams and Paul Williams.
Bradley: Brandon Corona, Steven Hood, Ethan Howard, Hanna Hustedt, Halie Mathew, Shelby Meadows and Jaime Molina.
Buckingham: Haley Wagner.
Chebanse: Jennifer Lamie, Meghann Miller, Noah Stack and Alexis Waller.
Clifton: Robin Hull, Brock Spooner and Kaylie Warpet.
Crescent City: Alaina Scher.
Danforth: Ryan Maisonneuve and Logan Oste.
Dwight: Kelsey Christensen.
Grant Park: Clark Davis and Lillian Segert.
Herscher: John Raimondo.
Kankakee: Adrian Acevedo, Ethan Dundas, Morgan Fischer, Katherine Frese, Juan Guzman, Brenique Harris, Santiago Hernandez, Zierra Hill, Kaden Hubly, Owen Jackson, Tyler Latty, Steven Lopez, Lucy Martinson, Aisha Maxwell, Allen Pizano, Jennifer Russow, Lucas Schejbal, Christy Steffen, Leslie Taylor, Wendy Torres Salazar and Charlotte Watson.
Manhattan: Jared Love and Jack Newton.
Manteno: Alexis Bowdish, Dylan Clevenger, Robert Eakins, Emily LeBeau, Adam Luna, Megan McShane, Kayla Michalesko, Diana Motel, Cali Olshefski, Rebecca Pijus, Jeremy Roach, Ashley Rodriguez, Julia Sands and Abigail Swartzentruber.
Martinton: Elle Coats.
Milford: Olivia Henning.
Momence: Alyssa Blackburn, Nanci Ramirez and Kailah Skaley-Kroener.
Orland Park: Justin Kopping and Michael Murray.
Peotone: David Blanton.
Richton Park: Jonas Campbell.
Saint Anne: Neil Denault.
Stockland: Jieun Loney.
Watseka: Joshua Douglas, Arika Stanley, Brady Storm, Amy Wichtner and Courtney Zumwalt.
Wilmington: Erik Ambrose and Mac Kenzie Collier.
Lowell, Ind.: Hannah Baldino.
Jacksonville, Fla.: Latrell Wade.

The following students have been named to the Honors List at Kankakee Community College for the Summer 2022 term.

To be named to the Honors List, a student must maintain a grade point average between 3.25 and 3.79 and be enrolled in six or more semester hours.

Ashkum: Kendall Bewsey and Joseph Duax.
Bonfield: Kaylyn Bauer.
Bourbonnais: Mandy Adcock, Nicholas Baker, Anthony Buenzow, Cassidy Holderman, Natalia Kidd, Brooke Laakson, Camryn Nuesse, Summer Pournaras and Tearah Troupe.
Bradley: Emma Hill and Christopher Matherly.
Buckingham: Alyssa Rattin.
Chebanse: Elizabeth Minard.
Chicago: Charles Woodson.
Clifton: Adriana Lowery-Garcia and Kody Warpet.
Gilman: Denise Alvarez.
Grant Park: Christoph Persch and Amanda Williams.
Herscher: Hailey Ullman.
Kankakee: Emily Allen, Guadalupe Diaz, Tatum Hall, Brooklyn Harris, Dominique Hayes, Kirsten Leonard, Melinda Maass, Jada Mabins, Janet Orozco, Gavin Phillips, Shannon Phillips, Steven Regas, Natalie Seaton, Yecenia Serna-Flores and Guadalupe Torres-Carmona.
Manteno: Reese Bachus, Braelyn Bertrand, Jasmine Cobstill, Connor Curvin, Xavier Gaddini, Justin Levesque, Wyatt McManus, Sydney Myrick, Jade Orear, Chadwick Rutter, Brooke Savoie and Mitchell Wilson.
Momence: Seth Bell, Ellie Berns, David Crispen, Irving Lara, Abigail Paynter and Jacquelyn Silva.
Onarga: Evelyn Barbosa.
Pembroke Township: Isabel Herrera.
Sheldon: Cain Millard.
Watseka: Nadia Butler, Blake Castonguay, Makayla Hartlep, Mikaela Nissen and Kirstyn Todd.
St. John, Ind.: Matthew Lelito.
Burlington, Wis.: Teagen Schmalfeldt.