Tag Archive: Dr. Jon Bauer

ECC joins Achieving the Dream Network to Advance Student Success

April 16, 2024
East Central College has joined Achieving the Dream (ATD), a national leading higher education reform network of more than 300 community colleges across the country. As one of eight institutions joining the organization as part of its 2024 cohort, ECC will enter ATD’s Foundations of Transformation core engagement, an intensive three-year program. College leaders will… View Article

ECC Recognizes Employees for Years of Service

October 27, 2023
Each year, East Central College recognizes the commitment and hard work of its employees for their dedication to students’ needs and educational goals, and to the community ECC serves. The Annual Service Awards Recognition banquet is an opportunity to honor those who have been with ECC for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. There… View Article

ECC Receives $2.1 Million Federal Grant to Support Student Success

October 25, 2023
East Central College has been awarded a $2.1 million grant to boost its graduation and retention rates among rural and low-income students. The highly competitive federal Title III grant was awarded through the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), which is administered by the U.S. Department of Education, with a focus on rural, low-income students, said Dr…. View Article

Trustees Approve Partnership to Provide Virtual Health Care to Students

October 24, 2023
East Central College will partner with a virtual health company to offer students free access to medical care and mental health support. At its October meeting, the ECC Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to enter into a contract with The Virtual Care Group, Los Angeles, Calif., to provide medical and mental telehealth to all… View Article

Grad Earns First-Ever Gulstad Full-Tuition Scholarship to CMU

September 14, 2023
East Central College alumna and aspiring elementary school teacher, Katie Rushing, has been awarded the first-ever Gulstad Full-Tuition Transfer Scholarship to Central Methodist University (CMU). Rushing, of Washington, who graduated from ECC in May with an Associate of Arts in Teaching degree, is the recipient of this prestigious scholarship, which covers the full cost of… View Article

Trustees Approve $22.6 Million Balanced Budget

June 29, 2023
The East Central College Board of Trustees Monday, June 26, approved a $22.6 million spending plan, that includes a salary increase for employees. The 2024 fiscal year balanced budget projects $22,617,484 in both revenue and expenditures. The college’s fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. In the 2023 fiscal year, there was $21,251,200… View Article

Students Named to the Spring 2023 Vice President’s List

June 6, 2023
Each semester, East Central College recognizes students who have demonstrated superior academic achievement. Upon completion of at least 12 semester credit hours with a Spring semester grade point average between 3.50 and 3.84, students are acknowledged by placement on the Vice President’s List. For the Spring 2023 semester, there were 197 students on the list.

President’s List for Spring 2023 Semester

June 6, 2023
East Central College recognizes students who have demonstrated exemplary academic achievement each semester. Upon completion of at least 12 Spring semester credit hours with a semester grade point average of 3.85 or greater, students are acknowledged on the President’s List. There were 130 students named to the list from the Spring 2023 semester.

‘Cookie’ Hays Named Outstanding ECC Alumni

May 18, 2023
Ina “Cookie” Hays is the only person to be a graduate, support staff member, professional staff member, administrator, and trustee at East Central College, giving her a unique perspective of the College. And now, she can add Outstanding ECC Alumni award recipient to the list. Hays was presented the award at the ECC Commencement on… View Article

Brooklyn Hyatt Receives 2023 President’s Spirit of ECC Award

May 17, 2023
The 2023 President’s Spirit of East Central College award recipient Brooklyn Hyatt exemplified student involvement during the last two years. She has served as the Student Government Association president, and she was a heavily involved member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and the Student-Missouri Teachers Association. Hyatt, of St. Clair, took part in… View Article