ECC Partners With Manufacturer to Provide Internships for Welding Students

February 14, 2023
East Central College and WEG Transformers USA embarked on a collaboration project that has benefited both the college’s welding students and the Washington-based manufacturer of power transformers. WEG Transformers provided an internship for four ECC Welding students who learned the ropes while working for the industry. Through the internship, the students gained hands-on, real-word experience… View Article

NISOD Excellence Awards Presented to ECC Employees

February 13, 2023
Three East Central College employees are being recognized for their dedication to students, the College and their coworkers with 2023 NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Excellence Awards. The ECC award recipients are Stacy Bellville, administrative assistant for the vice president of academic affairs; Jennifer Higerd, assistant professor of art and the Art… View Article

Trustees Approve Fall 2023 Tuition and Students Fees

February 10, 2023
The East Central College Board of Trustees on Feb. 6 approved an increase in tuition costs beginning in the fall 2023 semester, which maintains tuition lower than the federal Pell Grant threshold. There will be an 8 percent tuition increase across the board for students who live within the taxing district, outside the taxing district,… View Article

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