Tag Archive: Allied Health and Nursing

ECC Nursing Students Clinical Orientation Day

October 19, 2021
The first-year East Central College nursing students last week took the next step in their journey into the health care field. The students were in full uniform Tuesday, Oct. 12, for clinical orientation day. Clinicals are a vital, hands-on portion of the nursing program curriculum. This is the first semester in the ECC Nursing program… View Article

Deadline to Apply for Nursing Program Approaches

September 14, 2021
There is a little over two months until the deadline to apply for East Central College’s Nursing program, a highly competitive program with a limited number of seats. Applications for the program are due Dec. 1 for classes that begin in August 2022. Students in the Fall 2022 cohort would graduate in May 2024. The… View Article

ECC Receives Historic $5 Million Donation

August 25, 2021
East Central College—through the East Central College Foundation — has received the largest donation in its history – $5 million to be used for nursing scholarships and the campus food pantry. “Lives will be changed and lives will be saved because of this incredible gift,” said Dr. Jon Bauer, college president. “Students are being afforded… View Article

Nursing Alum Recognized as Practitioner of the Year

July 2, 2021
East Central College Nursing Program alumna and nurse practitioner Jennifer Raffaelli recently was recognized by the resident doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for her knowledge and the assistance she provides them. Raffaelli, a 2010 ECC Nursing Program graduate, is a trauma surgery nurse practitioner with Washington University at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In June, she received the Advanced… View Article

ECC Nursing Grads Presented With Clinical Excellence Awards

May 28, 2021
Four East Central College Nursing Program graduates were honored May 15 with Spirit of Clinical Excellence awards from the college’s community health care partners. Each year, Mercy Hospital Washington, Phelps Health in Rolla and Missouri Baptist Hospital Sullivan present nursing graduates with Spirit of Clinical Excellence Awards during the pinning ceremony marking the completion of… View Article

Nursing Graduates Receive Awards

May 25, 2021
East Central College nursing graduates were presented with Student Ambassador and Outstanding Nursing Student awards at the May 15 pinning ceremony for program graduates. ECC Outstanding Nursing Students The 2021 East Central College Outstanding Nursing Students are Union graduate Lisa Heimos and Rolla graduate Summer Thorp-Lancaster. To be considered for the Outstanding Nursing Student award,… View Article

Outstanding Student Award Presented to Nursing Graduate

May 19, 2021
East Central College recognized a leader and compassionate nursing graduate with the 2021 Outstanding Student Award. Rolla nursing program graduate Summer Thorp-Lancaster received this year’s award, which is voted on by ECC employees. Each year, the Outstanding Student Award winner is presented with a plaque at graduation and given a $100 award. Thorp-Lancaster was recognized… View Article

Nursing Program Holds Pinning Ceremony

May 18, 2021
There were 27 East Central College Nursing Program graduates who were recognized during a pinning ceremony on May 15. The ECC Nursing Program held its formal ceremony for its nursing students prior to graduation in the Donald Shook Student Center. Family and friends of graduates, faculty and administration were invited to attend the pinning ceremony…. View Article

Rolla Nursing Student Finds Time for Education

May 4, 2021
Many people have asked when Carli Nesheim, Cuba, finds the time to eat, let alone attend classes at East Central College. “I eat in my car on my way to class or on my way back to work from class. I have just enough time to drive to ECC, go to class and drive back… View Article

ECC Nursing Alum Earns Jeff City ‘Best Nurse’ Award

April 6, 2021
East Central College Alumna Erica Scott has been working as a nurse with veterans for nearly six years. This year, her hard work and dedication was recognized by the Jefferson City community. In March, Scott was named the “Best Nurse” in the Jefferson City Magazine “City’s Best Directory 2021.” “I was shocked, surprised and completely… View Article