2019-2020 President's Report

Stand-Alone Athletics Website The college also launched a new stand-alone athletics website in fall 2016 at www.ecccathletics.com that better markets and promotes the college’s varsity sports teams and coaches. The college’s athletics information was previously incorporated into the main college website at www.eccc.edu. The new site is powered by PrestoSports in collaboration with the NJCAA.

Instagram account has 2,202 followers. The athletics Facebook page has 2,140 likes, the Twitter account has 5,284 followers, and the Instagram account has 451 followers. Live Streaming The college began providing live streaming over the Internet of select athletics events during the 2015 16 academic year. Football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball games are among the athletics events now live streamed, as well as the annual Commencement in May. Other select college events can be viewed on Facebook Live each academic year. Notes in the Margin ECCC released a second book by retired (now late) English instructor Ovid Vickers at Homecoming in October 2016. Notes in the Margin: A Collection of Columns About

East Central Community

New Student Recruiting Team ECCC made it easier than ever for prospective students to enroll in classes,

College is a collection of essays about ECCC and its people which ran in nearby newspapers over the past three

as members of a new student recruiting team visited high schools throughout the district beginning in fall 2016. The college’s Student Services Division now has three student recruiters/enrollment specialists whose main focus is on assisting prospective students. They also have a social media presence on Facebook and Twitter at @go2ec. Mobile App The college launched its first mobile app in March 2016 that is available in both the Apple and Android app stores. This app is powered by BFAC, a Mississippi-based company. The mobile app includes information and links to the college’s social media, news, calendar, my EC, and other areas, as well as easy access to the college’s eLearning online web area. In addition, those who allow push notifications when downloading the app receive other important updates from the college.

decades. In 2013, Vickers wrote The East Central I Knew: A History of East Central Community College . All profits supported college scholarships. College Website Redesign The college launched a much-needed redesigned and enhanced www.eccc.edu website in summer 2016. The website includes a more modern design that is responsive to all devices and contains better, more intuitive navigation. The website is one of the college’s main tools for recruiting prospective students and creating awareness about the college among all constituents. In addition, the Office of Public Information took over content management of the college’s websites.

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