MEMA to Hold Emergency Management Training on ECCC Campus
June 29, 2017
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will hold training using the National Incident Management System on the East Central Community College campus in Decatur July 10-14, 2017.
MEMA Director Lee Smithson will open the weeklong training with remarks at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 10, in Thrash Auditorium in Newton Hall on the ECCC campus. The public is invited to hear Smithson’s opening comments.
ECCC Receives Women’s Foundation of Mississippi Grant
June 21, 2017
East Central Community College in Decatur was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the Women’s Foundation of Mississippi (WFM) for implementation of a Women's Emergency Assistance Fund that will provide emergency funds for transportation or auto repairs, childcare, medical expenses, and other temporary financial needs to help women stay in school.
Robinson to Lead New Automation and Control Technology Program at ECCC
June 26, 2017
Jordan Robinson of Union was recently selected as instructor for the new Automation and Control Technology program which begins this fall at East Central Community College in Decatur.
ECCC Graduates Accepted Into Prestigious Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
June 21, 2017
May 2017 East Central Community College graduates Emily Dykeman (right) of Forest and Makenzie Byrd of Sebastopol were recently selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program (MRPSP).
Sorey Joins ECCC Staff as Assistant Band Director
June 21, 2017
Jeffery Sorey of Huntington, Texas, is the new assistant band director at East Central Community College in Decatur and will assume his new duties on July 1, 2017.
ECCC student-athletes receive state, national recognition for academic performance
June 21, 2017
Several East Central Community College student-athletes received state and national recognition for academic performance during the 2016-17 academic year on the Decatur campus.
In all, 50 ECCC student-athletes were recognized by the National Junior College Athletic Association, the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges, or both organizations.
New Endowed and Annual Scholarships to Be Awarded at ECCC in Fall ‘17
June 7, 2017
Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, the East Central Community College Foundation will be able to award additional scholarship monies to deserving students during the fall 2017 semester.
ECCC Offering Summer Weekday Walk-in Orientation Sessions
June 7, 2017
New and transfer students planning to attend East Central Community College in fall 2017 can now take advantage of weekday “Walk-In” Orientation sessions on the Decatur campus.
Walk-In Orientation is available beginning June 12 Mondays through Thursdays from either 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The college will be closed on July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. Fall 2017 classes begin on Monday, Aug. 14.
