East Central News

November 5, 2019

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named East Central Community College in Decatur as one of the 150 community colleges in the nation eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the signature recognition of high achievement and performance among community colleges in the United States.

November 4, 2019

The East Central Community College Lady Warriors opened the 2019-20 basketball season with an impressive 68-33 win over Baton Rouge Community College Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Lady Bears Classic at the Bonne Sante Wellness Center in Baton Rouge, La.

ECCC starts the season 1-0, while the Lady Bears fall to 0-2.

October 30, 2019

In accordance with Mississippi House Bill No. 1071 from the 2010 legislative session, East Central Community College in Decatur has released its academic year 2017-2018 Mississippi Community College Performance Profile, or Report Card. The bill created an Education Achievement Council which was established to set education achievement goals for institutions of higher learning and community colleges in the state and to assist in monitoring progress towards those goals through the preparation of annual institutional and state report cards.

October 25, 2019


Freshman Holman Edwards makes a move on a Jones defender on a quarterback keeper in the first half. (EC Photo)​

October 24, 2019

The East Central Community College Fine Arts Department will host multiple fall events this semester on the Decatur campus.

The Collegians, ECCC’s rock-and-roll band, will present its annual concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in Huff Auditorium. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Chas Evans, department chair and Collegians director, at cevans@eccc.edu or 601-635-6227.

October 23, 2019

East Central Community College will host “An Evening with Charlie Spillers” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Vickers Fine Arts Center auditorium on the campus in Decatur.

October 23, 2019

The 2019 seasons ended for the East Central Community College soccer teams as the Lady Warriors and Warriors both lost to their opponents from Jones College in the MACJC Quarterfinals in matches played Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Bobcat Soccer Field on the Jones campus in Ellisville.

The ECCC Lady Warriors lost 2-1 to the Lady Bobcats in a match that went 90 minutes of regulation, two 10-minute overtime periods, and into penalty kicks where Jones came out on top 3-2. The Warriors fell 7-0 to Jones in the men’s match.