2000

ECCC posts yet another year of record enrollment Another year or record en- a 1999 report from the State rollments, achievemen ts in Board for Community and Junior academics and sports, and new Colleges, ECCC recorded the additions to the Decatur cam- highest percentage of full-time pus were highhghts of 1999 for students who remain at the col– East Cen tral Community Col- lege for the sophomore year. lege. Retirement plans also The report covers a two-year were announced by college penod and includes data from president Dr. Eddie M. Smith, all of the state's 15 community whose 15-year tenure as the and juruor colleges. That same president of his alma mater report noted that EC students will end on June 30. who transfer to four-year col- East Central began 1999 by leges and universities have ooe experiencing a record spring en- of the highest grade-point av– rollment of 2,101 students only erages as compared to other to have that mark shattered in two-year colleges. the fall when 2,228 students en- ECCC students continue to rolled at the college. A record achieve success in the class– number of graduates--438--also room, as evidenced most re– received degrees and certifi- cently by graduates of the asso– cates during commencement ex- ciate degree nursing and li– ercises held in May. censed practical nursing pro- Not only are more students grams. The 1999 ADN class attending East Central, but an earned a 100 percent pass rate increasing number of freshmen oo "first write" oo the state return to the college for the ir board exam, and LPN graduates sophomore years. According to See ECCC on page 3B 1 ne college' new wel;om home"' archway and electroni~ APPEARED IN: LAKE MESSENGER_____________ SCOTI COUNTY TIMES_ _____ UNION APPEAL ~ WINSTON C0 UN_T_...,Y,.-j -Q_U_R_N_A_l_______ SPIRIT OF MORTON_________ NEWTON MESSENGER

One of the many accomplishments at ECCC in 1999 was the con struction of an·arch w ith electronic marquee to welcome visito to the campus. Five studen ts in the photo above represent th• counties in ECCC's district. From left: Rhea Ann Thomas, Phil delphia; Andy Chambers, Forest; Leah Fulcher, Noxapate1 Chris Qualls, Newton; Shelby Withers, Carthage.

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