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Local Youth Wrap-Up Summer Manufacturing and Firefighter Camps at Elgin Community College
The Sustainability, Business, and Career Technologies Division (SBCT), at Elgin Community College (ECC), in collaboration with the college’s Continuing Education and Workforce Development, concluded its summer manufacturing and fire science camps for local high schoolers on July 17. These camps aimed to give youth the chance to explore careers in welding and manufacturing.
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ECC Project Backpack Returns In-Person to Provide Supplies to Local Students
Elgin Community College and its partners are preparing for Project Backpack, a community-based initiative that collects and distributes school supplies to students in need in the area. The school supply giveaway event is back in person this year and will take place on Saturday, August 3, from 9 am to 1 pm in the Building J Spartan Events Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Ill.
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ECC Center for Emergency Services Recognizes First Full-Time Firefighter Academy Students
The Elgin Community College Center for Emergency Services (CES) will recognize its first full-time firefighter academy students on July 16. The ceremony will be at the CES located at 815 E. Plank Rd., Burlington, Ill., at 3 pm. Seven fire academy students will be honored at the ceremony.
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From Competitor to Educator to Podcaster: ECC Professor Talks His Way Through Life
Jacoby Cochran, communications studies adjunct professor at Elgin Community College, has been inducted into the National Forensics Association Hall of Fame for the spring of 2024.
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ECC Musical Theatre Department Presents “Rent” on July 26
Elgin Community College Musical Theatre presents “Rent,” a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark rock musical, on Friday, July 26, in the ECC Arts Center Second Space Theatre on ECC’s Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Ill.
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Elgin Community College Earns 3 State-Level Awards from ICCTA
Elgin Community College recently received high honors from the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) with three state-level awards and an equity and diversity award.
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Thirty-six ECC student-athletes earn Academic All-Conference Honors
The Elgin Community College athletic programs had 36 student-athletes earn Academic All-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) honors for the 2023-24 academic year.
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Elgin Community College invites community to celebrate 75 years with summer events
Elgin Community College is celebrating a big milestone this year – 75 years of excellence in teaching and learning. To honor the college’s history and achievements, events and activities are planned yearlong to recognize the many successes of its students, employees, trustees, and community members, who have helped ECC grow and achieve over the years.
ECC Stories
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Applying to College: 3 Tips
Applying to college can seem daunting. Do they really need ALL this information? Yes, they do! Here are three tips to ensure your application process goes as smoothly as possible!
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Go to school, get a job: 4 in-demand career program options at ECC
Going to college can be a life-changing decision for many, but that doesn’t mean you can’t feel uncertain about your future. When choosing a college degree or program or finishing one, that inevitable yet essential question, “Will I be able to get a job?” looms on us until it lands hard.
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Paying for College
You often hear “scholarships,” “free tuition,” “grants,” and “financial aid,” as if paying for college should be a breeze. But then you look into the cost of college and start asking yourself, “How can I afford it?”