2003

ECCC Offers Educational Opportunities For

By: Bubby Johnston

students to reach their full potential." Added freshman band Collegians member Jennifer Carson, a product of Newton Coun– ty High School, "East Central provides me with many opportumbe~ to be involved in campus activities and I feel welcome by not being classified as just a number." Sophomore basketball player Al Willis, also a Newton County High School graduate said his reasons to come to ECCC were two– fold: "I wanted to continue my education, and I also received a scholarship to play bas– ketball." Sophomore Nathan Stamper, who attend– ed Newton County Academy, made the fol– lowing comment regarding his decision to come to ~ Central: "Friends and family

Ne\\'ton County continues to play a major role in the uccess of East Central Commumtv College in Decatur, where enrollment topped the 2500 mark last fall for the first time in the College,s 75-year history. The current spring enrollment stands at 2418, and of that total, 566 students- or 23.4 percent - are from Newton County. Each year, more and more students from Newton County choose to attend ECCC, and their reasons are many. Freshman cheerleader Shelley Jolmson, a graduate of Newton High School, said she chose East Central because "ECCC is a great school with o many opportunities to enable

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