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Date Change – Ellsworth STEM Camp Moved to July 29-30
June 14, 2021
Organizers have announced that this year’s Ellsworth Community College STEM Camp for students entering grades 3-12 will be moved to Thursday and Friday, July 29-30. Organizers are making the schedule change to accommodate RAGBRAI, as Iowa Falls is an overnight host city on Tuesday, July 27. Students can enroll in a morning session, an afternoon…
Tragedy Strikes Ellsworth Community
April 28, 2021
The Ellsworth Community College campus community is mourning the loss of a student following a tragic accident on Tuesday evening in which the student drowned. The student was a freshman on the ECC Wrestling team. He was on campus a short time but made a big impact while he was here. With a fun, outgoing personality, he…
Ellsworth Equine program flourishes amid COVID-19 challenges
May 7, 2020
How do college faculty and students in a hands-on career training program like Equine Management and Equine Science adjust during a pandemic that forces all learning online? At Ellsworth Community College, it has been with lots of patience and grace … plus an abundance of hope and anticipation for being hands-on with the horses in…
Ellsworth Community College partners with Hansen Family Hospital to meet community needs
April 4, 2020
When Governor Reynolds announced that wellness centers would not be able to continue operation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dale Howard Family Activity Center closed its doors. Little did Ellsworth Community College administrators know those doors would open again in just a matter of weeks, albeit in a much different capacity. Hansen Family Hospital approached…
First week of Ellsworth’s online and Zoom classes sees many successes
April 3, 2020
When Ellsworth Community College students went home for spring break the first weekend in March, everyone expected they would return campus and start up classes a week later; business as usual. However, due to the rapidly evolving global pandemic Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, business was anything but usual. ECC announced on March 13 that classes would…
ECC announces 2019 Fall Term Dean’s List
January 8, 2020
One hundred thirty-six students were named to the Fall 2019 (August to December) Dean’s List at Ellsworth Community College. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must have taken 12 or more credit hours during the semester (a full-time class load) and have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for the Fall…
Ellsworth College Foundation receives donation from McFarland Clinic
January 2, 2020
IOWA FALLS – When Ellsworth College Foundation Director, Gwen Groen, received a call saying someone wanted to donate to a scholarship for Ellsworth nursing students, she jumped at the chance. McFarland Clinic Marketing Director, Shelley Goecke, contacted Groen on behalf of Doctors Aaron Heiar and Abigail Hemken. Both Dr. Heiar and Dr. Hemken felt the…
Ellsworth Community College inducts new PTK members
November 21, 2019
IOWA FALLS – Ellsworth Community College held its fall Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony on Tuesday evening. The following students were inducted into the honor society: Jun-Jae Kang, Madison Duncan, Sergio Gomez Alanis, Hannah Hoffman, Hanbee Kim, Emma Koehler, Cheyann Marshall, Megan Mitchell, Megan Qualley, Alexandra Sanders, Michael Steele, and Daveion Crawford Jr. Phi Theta…
ECC BPA members attend National Leadership Conference
May 18, 2018
Five members of the ECC Business Professionals of America Club attended the 2018 National BPA Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX May 9-13. Members competed against more than 5,000 students from across the United States and Puerto Rico to showcase their business skills and develop their leadership abilities. Students who competed at the National Conference, first…
ECC’s Commencement is Friday, May 4
April 30, 2018
The public is invited to Ellsworth Community College’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 2 p.m. in the Martin Ellsworth Dittmer Gymnasium on the Ellsworth Community College campus, 1100 College Ave. The ECC Class of 2018 includes 195 applicants for graduation, some of whom completed their coursework in December 2017, most of whom are…
