ECC Insiders

Leigh and Joel have a great conversation with Renee Richardson, the Director of Philanthropy for Metallica’s “All Within My Hands” (AWMH) foundation. AWMH’s philanthropy focuses on three main objectives--to help with disaster relief, feeding people and the Metallica Scholars program.

East Central College is part of the Metallica Scholars program and receives support and funding to promote and provide student scholarships for ECC’s four manufacturing programs, Welding, HVAC, Industrial Maintenance and Precision Machining.

Renee stopped by the Union campus in June 2023 during Metallica's shows in St. Louis.

For more information about ECC’s Metallica Scholars program and Metallica’s “All Within My Hands”, visit www.eastcentral.edu/Metallica or https://www.allwithinmyhands.org/

Renee also hosts a podcast discussing the band Metallica, “The Metallica Report.”

A student finds more success inside the classroom by being active outside of the classroom.

Students involved in student clubs or organizations find themselves more successful in the classroom with a higher GPA and tend to complete their certificate or degree on time. The involvement also helps them to enhance their leadership and team building skills that will serve them well in their job, life and career.

At the time of the recording in early 2024, we discussed this topic with Carson Mowery, Coordinator, Campus Life and Leadership at East Central College.

The academic success of a student includes being involved in the process of learning while in the classroom.

Outside of the classroom, it is important to engage with the instructor and other students about the class. In addition, using the resources available at a college, such as tutoring, can help a struggling student be successful.

We discuss this topic with Erin Anglin, Executive Director, Learning Center and Academic Support and Lindsay Riegel, Retention Coordinator.

Dr. Jon Bauer, president of East Central College, joins Leigh and Joel to discuss "Proposition ECC."

The proposition will be on the April 2, 2024 ballot, asking voters in the College taxing district to approve a NO-COST increase to the ECC tax levy.

Dr. Bauer details how the debt service levy transfer to the operating levy will positively impact the ECC Union campus by modernizing the campus buildings and enhancing safety and security measures.

More information about the levy transfer is available at: Proposition ECC: What is it? - East Central College

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Joel Doepker and Leigh Kolb discuss the early college programs at East Central College that include the Early College Academy (ECA). ECA students start attending ECC courses on the ECC campus in their junior year and after two years have the opportunity to graduate with an Associate of Arts degree while at the same timeframe also completing a high school diploma from their high school.

Approximately 60 students from six area high schools are enrolled yearly in the Early College Academy program.

Details of the programs are provided by Megen Strubberg, ECC Director of Early College and Admissions and two students, Amber Glastetter, Washington High School (Mo.) and Mary Daily, Sullivan High School (Mo.).

For more information about early college programs visit Early College Programs - Early College Programs - East Central College

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Joel Doepker and Leigh Kolb discuss the history of East Central College with two people who have a long history with the College.

Ina "Cookie" Hays is the only person to be a graduate, support staff member, professional staff member, administrator, and trustee at East Central College. Current ECC president Dr. Jon Bauer started at ECC in 1995 and became president in 2012.

Find out more about the history of East Central College at https://www.eastcentral.edu/about-ecc/ecc-history/.

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Joel Doepker, Vice President of External Relations and Leigh Kolb, Associate Professor of English will discuss all things East Central College (Mo.). Higher education trends and topics that effect the east central Missouri region and the nation.