Tag Archive: ECC board of trustees

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

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

‘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

Trustees Approve ECC Faculty Promotions

April 20, 2022
Five East Central College faculty members have been promoted in rank. The ECC Board of Trustees approved recommendations by the college’s rank and promotion committee. The new rank goes into effect in the Fall 2022 semester. Listed below are the faculty members approved for promotion, their current rank and the rank when the promotion goes… View Article

Trustees Approve New Monument, Memorial Policy for ECC Campus

February 11, 2022
East Central College Board of Trustees approved a new monument policy Feb. 7, paving the way for a memorial remembering Erastus Brown, who was lynched in 1897. The new policy comes on the heels of a request be the Franklin County Remembrance Project Coalition to establish a memorial garden on campus for Brown, a black… View Article

Trustees Approve Concrete Pedestrian Bridge

November 10, 2021
The East Central College Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to a concrete pedestrian bridge to replace the current bridge in the center of campus. During the Nov. 8 meeting, trustees opted for the concrete structure over a steel truss structure after viewing renderings presented by Cochrane Engineering, Union. Cochrane is the firm providing construction services… View Article

Ceremony Held to Dedicate Library at ECC

November 9, 2021
A Founding member of the East Central College Board of Trustees and civic leader Donald R. Means and his wife Barbara D. Means were memorialized during a ceremony naming the “Donald R. Means and Barbara D. Means Library” after the couple. Donald Means was a charter trustee, and his service goes back even further when… View Article

Means Library Dedication Saturday

November 5, 2021
A ceremony will be held Saturday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. to dedicate the Donald R. and Barbara D. Means Library at East Central College. The ceremony is by invitation only and it will be livestreamed on the ECC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EastCentral/live. In February, the ECC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name the… View Article

ECC Water Tower to be Removed

May 10, 2021
A fixture at East Central College for 50 years will be razed in the coming weeks. The ECC board of trustees recently approved a contract to remove the water tower on the west side of campus. The structure had been used solely by the college from 1971 until the 2006-07 academic year, when the college… View Article

Park Named Outstanding Alum for 2021

April 27, 2021
Dr. Eric Park, of Washington, will receive the East Central College Outstanding Alumni Award at the commencement ceremonies in May.                                        This is the highest award presented to an alum by the ECC Foundation. It recognizes an… View Article