ECC In the News 2026
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ECC Student Selected as 2026 DREAM Scholar by Achieving the Dream
Bohdan Andrashko is one of eight students selected nationwide as a 2026 DREAM Scholar by Achieving the Dream.
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ECC Professors to Lead March Reading Series Event at Writers Center
ECC Writers Center will host an experimental fiction reading on Wednesday, March 18, led by English professors Jeff Weisman and Eckhard Gerdes.
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ECC Arts Center Hosts World Premiere of Seven Realms of Attar
ECC Arts Center hosts the world premiere of Niyaz in collaboration with Theron Pray and Jody Sparling Seven Realms of Attar on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
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ECC Musical Theatre Shines a Spotlight on Hidden Gems in Unsung Broadway
ECC Musical Theatre's Spring 2025 production, Unsung Broadway, will run from Friday, February 20 to Sunday, March 1, 2026, in the ECC Arts Center’s SecondSpace Theatre.
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New ECC Space Expands Access for Student Access and Disability Services
ECC celebrated the grand opening of the new Student Access and Disability Services space on February 3, bringing students, employees, and community leaders together. The new office in Building F has evolved from a computer lab to a storage area, and has now been thoughtfully renovated into a student-centered environment designed to support access, inclusion, and success.
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ECC Invites Community to Attend Nursing Program Accreditation Site Visit
Elgin Community College invites the community to attend its nursing accreditation site visit for ECC’s Associate Degree Nursing Program on Wednesday, March 11.
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ECC Welcomes Back Culinary Alumnus, Local Culinary Director for Visiting Chef Event
ECC Visiting Chef Alum Diner will feature an alumni culinary leader, Eric Olson. The dinner event will take place on Thursday, February 19. Tickets are now available!
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Socrates Cafe Spring 2026: Continuing Open Dialogue for Life’s Big Questions
ECC Associate Professor of Humanities Geoffrey Pynn will lead philosophical conversations in this semester's Socrates Cafe sessions. The group has always been a forum for open conversations among students, faculty, staff, and community members.
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ECC Celebrates Black History Month: 100 Years of Celebrations, Centuries of Legacy
ECC will celebrate 100 years of Black History Month throughout February with multiple events, including a Sneaker Ball on Friday, February 27.
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Spring 2026 Employee Convocation at ECC Focuses on Community
Centered on the theme “Our College, Our Community,” Spring Convocation highlighted partnerships that strengthen the college and communities it serves. Did you attend this event? Tell us what you thought in the survey linked in this story.
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ECC Hosts Illinois Poet Laureate
Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte kicks off ECC Spring 2026 Reading Series on Thursday, February 26.
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Les Ballet De Trockadero to Bring Ballet with a Twist to ECC Arts Center
Internationally acclaimed Les Ballet De Trockadero will bring ballet brilliance with a twist to the ECC Arts Center on Saturday, January 31.