Dixieland Jazz To Be Featured in Eureka College Concert

Carl Anderson and His New Orleans Jazz Band will give a free performance at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in the Cerf Center at Eureka College.
The seven-piece band plays Dixieland tunes and traditional selections. The band has performed for more than 10 years at many Central Illinois venues, including the Central Illinois Jazz Festival, and at Juvae Jazz Society events.
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European-American Business Council CEO To Visit Eureka College Campus Michael Maibach, CEO of the European-American Business Council will discuss his work on President Ronald Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness at Eureka College Sept. 17. Michael Maibach will give the free presentation from 10 a.m. to noon in the Cerf Center. Learn more>

EC Students Portray Figures From Eureka’s Past In Sept. 12 Cemetery Walk

The Eureka College Theater Department and the Woodford County Historical Society will hold their third annual cemetery walk from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at Olio Township Cemetery, 1015 S. Main St., Eureka. The rain date is Sept. 19.
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Eureka College Names Grant Writing Coordinator

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Two EC Students Seleted As National Youth Leadership Members

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation announced the formation of the National Youth Leadership Committee for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration. Each of these 38 young athletes, entertainers, and student leaders have been inspired in a personal way by President Reagan’s vision of freedom and the example of his leadership. Committee members will participate in the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration representing America’s next generation of leaders. Learn more>

Eureka College Announces Theater Productions

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EC Exhibit to Feature Photos of Architectural Gardens

Eureka College junior Justin Dwyer of Chillicothe will present a photography exhibit titled “Art From My Eye” Sept. 3 through Oct. 8 in the Burgess Hall Art Gallery at Eureka College.  A free artist’s reception will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 3 in the gallery. The public is welcome. Learn more>

Eureka College Announces Durward V. Sandifer Fellows

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Metamora Couple Leaves More Than $450,000 to Eureka College

Eureka College has received an endowment gift of more than $450,000 from the estate of a rural Metamora couple. Learn more>

Eureka College Receives $50,000 to Assist First-Generation Students

Eureka College is among 30 colleges nationwide and four in Illinois to receive a Walmart College Success Award from the Walmart Foundation and the Council of Independent Colleges. The $50,000 award will support new programs to help first-generation students succeed at Eureka College.              
Eureka College will use the award to create the Early College Program for new first-generation students. Learn more>

Ottawa Woman receives Steven W. Rigazio Scholarship

Ashley Maltas of Ottawa has received the full-tuition Steven W. Rigazio Scholarship from Eureka College, Eureka. Maltas is a 2010 graduate of Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby. Learn more>

Eureka College Names Ronald Reagan Leadership Fellows

Eureka College has selected six incoming freshmen as Reagan Fellows in the Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program. The award, based on leadership, service and academic excellence, includes a full-tuition scholarship at Eureka College over four years. The students were selected from a field of 82 semifinalists in a competition held on campus in February. Learn more>

Eureka College Announces New Faculty Members

Eureka College has announced new faculty members for the 2010-2011 academic year that will begin Aug. 25. Learn more>

Eureka College Professors Receive Research Grants

Three Eureka College professors have received summer research grants from Eureka College President J. David Arnold through the President’s Fund for the Advancement of Learning, Service and Leadership. Learn more>

Eureka College Welcomes Largest
Incoming Class

5th Consecutive Year of Record Growth

Eureka College will welcome a record number of new students when classes begin next week.
Approximately 295 new students have enrolled for the 2010-2011 academic year that begins Aug. 25, according to Brian Sajko, Vice President for Admissions, Communications, and Integrated Marketing. The number includes approximately 170 freshmen, 115 new transfer students and nine new students in the organizational leadership degree weekend program.
The previous high was 254 in fall 2008. Learn more>

U.S. News ranks EC First In Illinois In
‘Least Debt’ Category

Eureka College Grads Have Less Student Debt

Eureka College gradates incur less student debt than grads at most other Midwestern colleges, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2011 list of “America’s Best Colleges” released Aug. 17.
The college ranked first in Illinois and second among Midwestern colleges in the “least debt” category. That is an improvement of two spots over last year’s rankings. Learn more>

Eureka College named to National Register of Historic Places

Eureka College has been designated as a Campus Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service made the announcement June 14.

The distinction recognizes the college’s record of achievement in education and its exceptional architecture, according to Jan Grimes, director of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which administers the National Register program in Illinois.

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Eureka College Harrod Lounge to Receive New Look

Eureka College will renovate Harrod Lounge in the Alumni Court residence hall this summer to give it an updated look, make it more environmentally friendly and provide a welcoming spot for students to socialize and study when they return to school
Aug. 21. Learn more>

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