Kylie Glover — Beginning Her Culinary Journey at ECC

February 1, 2023
East Central College Culinary Arts student Kylie Glover has the talent, desire and ambition to pursue her culinary dream, and when she learned she was awarded a $5,000 scholarship, the final piece fell into place. Glover received a National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) scholarship, an award given to high school students pursuing a post-secondary… View Article

Students Named to the Fall 2022 Dean’s List

January 13, 2023
There were 187 students named to the East Central College Dean’s List from the Fall 2022 semester. Each year the college recognizes those students who have demonstrated exemplary academic achievement each semester, and upon completion of between six and 11 Fall semester credit hours with a semester grade point average of 3.5 or greater, students are… View Article

Students Named to the Fall 2022 Vice President’s List

January 13, 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 Fall semester grade point average between 3.50 and 3.84, students are acknowledged by placement on the Vice President’s List. For the Fall 2022 semester, there were 186 students on the VP’s… View Article

President’s List for Fall 2022 Semester

January 13, 2023
East Central College recognizes students who have demonstrated exemplary academic achievement each semester. Upon completion of at least 12 Fall semester credit hours with a semester grade point average of 3.85 or greater, students are acknowledged on the President’s List. There were 157 students named to the list from the Fall 2022 semester.

ECC Outstanding Medical Assisting Student Award Presented

December 27, 2022
East Central College student Serena Macey, St. James, is the “ECC Outstanding Medical Assisting Student” award recipient. Macey was selected for the award for the quality of her clinical work at Mercy Clinic at St. James, and her performance in the classroom. ECC presents the award to a student who the College has made difference… View Article

College’s LPN Program in Rolla Helping Answer the Call

December 20, 2022
When East Central College officially took the reins of its Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program in Rolla this fall, the LPN program already had been serving the community and healthcare system for 55 years, while graduating over 1,250 new nurses. Today, the need for trained healthcare professionals is as great as it has ever been…. View Article

ECC Nursing Grads Recognized for Classroom Work and Clinicals

December 16, 2022
Four East Central College Rolla nursing graduates were recognized for outstanding work in clinicals and in the classroom. Lauren Pilkington, Tiffany Rademacher, Leslie Crabtree and Carli Nesheim each were recognized Dec. 13 during a pinning ceremony for LPN to RN Bridge graduates. There were 16 nursing graduates taking part in the pinning ceremony, which is… View Article

College Hires Executive Director of Center for Workforce Development

December 16, 2022
East Central College hired Todd Tracy, the Economic Development Executive Director for Jefferson County, to be the College’s new Executive Director of the Center for Workforce Development (CWD). Tracy has been working in Jefferson County since 2019 and played a crucial role earlier this year in bringing a new manufacturing facility, James Hardie Building Products… View Article

Winners Announced for ECC Writing Contest

December 14, 2022
After much debate East Central College judges decided the winners of the English Department’s annual Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction Writing Contest for ECC Students. That’s according to Josh Stroup, English instructor/English and humanities chair, adding that the awards for the winning students are:  First place, $100; second place, $50; and third place, $25. Listed below… View Article