‘Earn While You Learn’ Nursing Program Expanding

August 9, 2021
The East Central College Nursing Program’s “Earn While You Learn” (EWYL) initiative has been leading the way in Missouri as a successful partnership among the college and its health care partners. EWYL allows for ECC nursing students to earn a paycheck from local hospitals while they are conducting clinicals as part of the nursing program…. View Article

College to Require Masks Indoors

August 9, 2021
East Central College is implementing new COVID-19 protocols, including indoor masking, in light of high rates of transmission in Franklin and Phelps counties. ECC President Dr. Jon Bauer said the college will follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines beginning Monday, Aug. 9, and into the Fall 2021 semester. “These measures are being taken… View Article

Auditions to be Held for ‘Classic Mystery Game’

August 6, 2021
The East Central College Theatre Department has announced the 2021-22 season’s slate of performances, kicking off with “Classic Mystery Game,” a parody of the 1985 movie, “Clue.” The next step for the department is to hold auditions for the interactive performance that will ask the audience “Whodunit?” Theatre Department Director Grace Austin said auditions will… View Article

ECC Offering Health Care Pre-Apprenticeship Program

August 5, 2021
A new pre-apprenticeship program at East Central College is designed to provide needed job skills to those interested in a career in health care. The four-month program is provided at no cost and will prepare people to care for clients in long-term care facilities, hospitals and home health agencies. Participants must be 18 years or… View Article

WEG Looks to Hire, Sponsor Employees Through ECC Program

August 2, 2021
WEG Transformers USA (WEG), is seeking to hire multiple new employees, and then sponsor them through East Central College’s Registered Apprenticeship Program. ECC’s Apprenticeship Program, though the Center for Workforce Development,  provides training to employees of area manufacturers, which is tailored to the needs of each company. The apprenticeships in ECC’s career and tech programs… View Article

Parker Hannifin Offers Tuition Assistance for New Hires

July 30, 2021
The Sporlan Division of Parker Hannifin is offering to help pay the tuition of East Central College students who come to work at its Washington location. According to the Parker Sporlan Human Resource team, the students must work a minimum of 24 hours per week to be eligible for the tuition incentive. The students can… View Article

ECC Library Director Serving on Multi-State Library Board

July 20, 2021
East Central College Library Director Lisa Farrell recently was elected to serve on the MOBIUS board of directors. Farrell will complete the final year of a three-year unexpired term as the academic library representative. She previously served as an at-large member from 2015-18. “Serving on the board gives us an insight into state library funding… View Article

The Love of Teaching Takes No Summer Break

July 19, 2021
The summer months for many students and educators is an opportunity to vacation, decompress or regroup. But, for some East Central College instructors, it can be an opportunity to continue to do what they love — teach. That includes Keith Pulles, biology instructor, who teaches the eight-week summer session classes every year. “I have taught… View Article

ECC Theatre to Present ‘GRITS: The Musical’

July 15, 2021
The East Central College Theatre Department will present “GRITS: The Musical” for its summer performance. “Grits: The Musical” is based on the popular book “GRITS (Girls Raised in the South) Friends Are Forevah,” and it follows four Southern women from four different generations as they reminisce about their pasts and speak to their futures. The… View Article

New Skipper to Lead the ECC Baseball Squad

July 13, 2021
The East Central College Baseball Falcons will have a new leader in the dugout for the first baseball squad at ECC in 20 years. Coach Johnathan Mills was hired last week to replace Brandon Rains who took a coaching and faculty position at Amarillo College in Texas. ECC Athletic Director Dr. Jay Mehrhoff said Mills… View Article