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Nursing Program Recognizes 36 Graduates During Pinning Ceremony

May 20, 2023
There were 36 East Central College Nursing Program graduates recognized during a pinning ceremony on May 13. The ECC Nursing Program held its formal ceremony for its Union and Rolla nursing students prior to graduation in the Donald Shook Student Center. Family and friends of graduates, faculty, staff and administration attended the pinning ceremony. The… View Article

Nursing Students and Faculty Attend MLN Convention

May 2, 2023
Students and faculty members from the East Central College Nursing program recently attended the Missouri League for Nursing (MLN) 10th Annual Nursing Student Convention. At the convention, Union nursing student Nathaniel Temme, was awarded the MLN Student Scholarship for 2023. This is the third consecutive year that an ECC nursing student received an MLN scholarship…. View Article

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

‘Earn While You Learn’ Nursing Program Expanding

August 9, 2021
The East Central College Nursing Program’s “Earn While You Learn” (EWYL) initiative has been leading the way in Missouri as a successful partnership among the college and its health care partners. EWYL allows for ECC nursing students to earn a paycheck from local hospitals while they are conducting clinicals as part of the nursing program…. 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

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

The Future of Health Care in the Community

October 14, 2020
These first-year East Central College nursing students are beginning their journey into the health care field. The students were in full uniform Tuesday, Oct. 13, 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 for these students who were… View Article

McDonald Receives Excellence Award

October 6, 2020
It was five years ago that Laura McDonald, MSN, RN started at East Central College as an adjunct instructor. After just two years at the College, she became the Rolla Nursing Program Coordinator and began to oversee the day-to-day nursing program operations at the ECC Rolla campus. McDonald recently was presented a National Institute for… View Article

University of Missouri and Missouri community colleges establish transfer partnership

October 6, 2019
Representatives from the Missouri Community College Association and MU will work together to ensure pathways to Mizzou are open for students Contact: Liz McCune, 573-882-6212, mccunee@missouri.edu On the heels of significant growth in the University of Missouri’s transfer student population, MU leaders and the state’s community colleges signed an articulation agreement today highlighting their shared… View Article