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Timothy Kaar and Robert Russ receive 2021 Orrin G. Thompson Teaching Excellence Award
Timothy Kaar, MFA, professor of graphic design, and Robert Russ, MA, business unit adjunct faculty, were recently recognized with the 2021 Orrin G. Thompson Teaching Excellence Award from Elgin Community College. Kaar received the full-time faculty award and Russ received the part-time faculty award.
Lori Clark has PRIDE in helping students
Lori Clark, a newly minted EdD, is beginning her seventeenth year of teaching English at Elgin Community College.
You Have Bright Future Ahead at Elgin Community College
At ECC, we see you! We hear you! We recognize how much you have to overcome to go to school and we are able to meet you where you are at this point in time. Our purpose is to provide hope to our community through access to education.
Validating the Invalid: Using Women’s History Month to Recognize Trans* Voices
In honor of Transgender Visibility Day and the final day of Women's History Month, Lori Clark, EdD, professor of English at ECC, reflects on the need to include and celebrate the achievements of trans* women during WHM.
Celebrating Immigrant Women: A Reflection on Women's History Month
Every March, the ECC family celebrates Women’s History Month. As part of this celebration, the college hosts an Immigrant Women’s Roundtable - every year, except this year. Irina Del Genio, PhD, associate dean of liberal, visual, and performing arts, founded the roundtable event in 2007. Here she shares her immigrant story.
Hobson takes the ECC community to heart
Elizabeth Hobson, EdD, dean of adult education, loves the supportive, encouraging atmosphere of ECC.
Dream Big with Dr. Mae Hicks Jones
Get to know Mae Hicks Jones, Ed.D., adjunct professor of business at ECC!
Black History and Acts of Resistance
Cathy Taylor, Dean of Sustainability, Business & Career Technologies, reflects on Black History Month.