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

Rolla Nursing Students Sell Breast Cancer Awareness Shirts

October 17, 2023
The East Central College Rolla Student Nurse Organization is hosting a fundraiser for Breast Cancer awareness. Throughout October, the nursing students are selling Breast Cancer awareness T-shirts. All proceeds from the T-shirt sales will be donated to the Phelps Health Foundation. These funds will go toward covering medical expenses associated with breast cancer awareness, including… View Article

ECC to Celebrate Manufacturing Week with Industry Leaders and Business Event

September 22, 2023
East Central College will celebrate the importance of the Manufacturing industry in the region through several events during the first week of October. Manufacturing Summit: Oct. 4 There will be two discussions held in the ECC Business and Industry Center on Wednesday, Oct. 4, as part of a Manufacturing Summit. A Workforce Training and Retention… 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

Kolb Recognized by Retired Teachers Organization

August 29, 2023
East Central College English Instructor Leigh Kolb recently was recognized for her exceptional work in the classroom. Kolb received the 2023 Harold Austin Good Teaching Award in the spring from the East Central chapter of the retired Missouri National Education Association (MNEA-R). George McKee, an MNEA-R member who taught Kolb when she was a high… View Article

Ceremony Held for First ECC Rolla License Practical Nursing Class

August 18, 2023
Twelve Licensed Practical Nurses were pinned July 28, marking the inaugural LPN class at East Central College in Rolla. The ECC LPN pinning ceremony for Rolla students was held at the Havener Center in Rolla. The pinning ceremony is a time-honored nursing program tradition that signifies the nursing graduate’s initiation into the sisterhood and brotherhood… View Article

ECC Returns for Year Two of All Within My Hands’ Metallica Scholars Initiative

August 7, 2023
East Central College will continue in the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) and is receiving $50,000 in year two of its involvement in the program. The funding will be used for student scholarships in Welding, Heating and Air-Conditioning, Precision Machining and Manufacturing Maintenance. Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands, continues its multimillion-dollar investment in critical workforce… View Article

ECC Graduate Ranks in Global Business Simulation

July 19, 2023
East Central College Class of 2023 graduate Katie North was recognized for her success in an international business simulation that had her competing against students from colleges and universities across the globe. North, St. Clair, graduated from ECC Summa Cum Laude in the spring with an Associate of Science in Accounting. She is returning to… View Article

Theatre Department to Perform ‘Godspell’ July 20-23

July 14, 2023
The East Central College Theatre Department will present its summer musical, “Godspell,” Thursday, July 20, through Sunday, July 23. This fun-filled musical is a modern and contemporary retelling of the “Book of Matthew,” and it is billed as a “celebration of music, mime, comedy and slapstick.” The show is directed by John Anglin with musical… View Article