District Staff

For the 2012-13 academic year, the East Central College District has a total faculty of 249.

Of the total faculty, 73 are full-time and 176 are part-time (adjunct) faculty members. The full-time faculty consists of 5 full professors, 11 associate professors, 11 assistant professors and 46 instructors. The full-time academic faculty members have a master’s degree or its equivalent while the career and technical faculty have a bachelor’s, associate’s degree or equivalent in a specialized career field. Approximately 23 of the full-time faculty members hold doctorate or terminal degrees in their respective fields. The District does not have a tenure-track program and the rate of turnover among the faculty is approximately 3.9%.

As of November 6, 2012 there were 136 other employees in full-time administrative, clerical or professional positions and 44 other part-time employees.

ECC offers a competitive salary, employer paid medical/dental/vision insurance for the employee and many other benefits such as tuition waiver.

2012 Performance Review Schedule

 

         Ina "Cookie" Hays Honored by MCCA

A long-time East Central College employee has been honored by the Missouri Community College Association for her service to ECC and to the mission of community colleges throughout the state. 

Ina “Cookie” Hays received the 2012 Senior Service award at the MCCA fall convention in Kansas City October 31.  Hays has been a part of East Central College, as a student or employee, for more than four decades.  She enrolled at what was then East Central Junior College in the fall of 1971 when classes were held in temporary facilities throughout Union. 

Hays completed her Associate of Applied Science degree the summer of 1973, about the same time she was hired as secretary in the Media Services department.  After just one year on the job she was promoted to administrative secretary to the instructional dean, and served as assistant to ECC’s chief academic officer until 1988.  She then moved to Student Services, serving as an academic advisor for 10 years. 

She became interim director of counseling in 1998 and in 2000 became ECC’s director of counseling and career services.  For the past 11 years she has been ECC’s chief student affairs officer.

In 1994 she earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Maryville University and went on to complete her M.Ed. in counseling at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2000.

“Working in so many roles over the years has given Cookie the experience to handle, with compassion, any situation that might arise at any level, from student to employee,” said Karen Wieda, registrar at ECC.  “She listens, makes suggestions, is fair in her decisions, and supports her staff as well as the students.   She is a servant leader with a kind, caring heart.”  

Wieda noted that Hays always acknowledges that there are multiple sides to any issue and has an incredible sense of empathy.  She also brings an element of calmness to any situation.  She treats everyone the way she would like to be treated.

Colleagues note that Hays has played a huge part in the success of ECC.  “She truly embodies ECC’s mission through serving others and supporting a sense of community on campus,” noted Tammy Weinhold, ECC’s director of advising and counseling.  “Through numerous bond issue and tax levy elections at East Central, Cookie has always been involved.  When people talk about the special people in the ECC family, she is one of them.”  

ECC has played a major role in the life of the Hays family.  Her husband Don worked at East Central for 26 years before retiring in 2001 and both of their children graduated from ECC.   

Hays has also been involved with the Missouri School Counselor Association and is a long-time member of P.E.O., an organization committed to promoting educational opportunities for women.  Her family has supported the Franklin County Area United Way for decades, an organization that her father, Henry Hartbauer, helped to establish as the United Fund in 1953.  Spare time often centers around spending time with their three granddaughters.