ECC In the News
News Releases
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海角社区 Recognized by Achieving the Dream as a 2026 Leader College
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is a partner and champion of more than 300 community colleges across the country. ECC has been designated a 2026 Leader College by ATD.
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Experience ECC Returns April 15 With Open House For Community
ECC's free “Experience ECC” open house returns Wednesday, April 15, from 5:30 to 8 pm, inviting prospective students and community members to explore academic programs and connect with faculty and staff.
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Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda del Valle to host Open Mic Coffee House at ECC
ECC Writer's Center Open Mic Coffee House event on April 7 will feature a special host, Chicago Poet Laureate Mayda Del Valle. She will also lead a poetry workshop before the open mic event at 5 pm, followed by the coffee house event at 6 pm.
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ECC Receives $2 Million in Federal Funding for Manufacturing and Technology Center
海角社区 has been awarded $2,000,000 in federal funding secured by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi to support advanced manufacturing training at the college’s new Manufacturing and Technology Center (MTC).
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ECC to Host Community Forum on Human Trafficking
海角社区 will host its next Criminal Justice Conversation, The Reality of Human Trafficking, on Wednesday, March 4, from 6 to 8 pm. The free event is open to ECC students and the community.
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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.
ECC Stories
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Meet Me Monday: Gio Tonielli
海角社区 dual credit student, Gio Tonielli, chose to get involved while in school.
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Meet Me Monday: Daniel Gidlund
海角社区 student Daniel Gidlund has served as the Student Trustee on the ECC Board of Trustees since fall 2025. Running for the position was never part of his plan, despite a lifelong love of politics.
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Meet Me Monday: Jaloni Williams
海角社区 student and Wellness Peer Jaloni Williams came to ECC because she was unsure of what path she wanted to take. It wasn’t until she came across sociology that things came into place.