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November 21, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College is collaborating with a trio of local high schools — Eureka High School, East Peoria Community High School and Washington Community High School — to give students in financial need an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree tuition-free. All graduates from these...
Read MoreNovember 15, 2019
EUREKA — After serving 22 years in the San Francisco Opera Chorus, Mary Finch is coming home. Finch, a Eureka native and a 1984 Eureka College alumnae, will be Eureka College’s first Director of Fine Arts Advancement and Recruitment, EC announced on Friday. She’s set to officially retire...
Read MoreNovember 13, 2019
EUREKA — Join the Eureka College Chamber Singers in ringing in the holiday season with the 31st Annual Renaissance Christmas Dinner on Dec. 6 and 7. Guests will gather in Moser Lobby of the Donald B. Cerf Center beginning at 6 p.m. and seating will begin at 6:30 p.m. The menu for the...
Read MoreNovember 05, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College’s annual Fall Chorale and Chambers Singers Concert will be held on Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. inside Becker Auditorium of the Donald of B. Cerf Center. The event, which is titled “Miracles,” is free and open to the public. This program, EC Director of Choral Activities and...
Read MoreNovember 04, 2019
EUREKA —Eureka College is pleased to announce that Duke University professor Luke Bretherton will deliver the 2019 Humbert Lecture on Religion and Culture. This year’s event will take place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 inside Becker Auditorium of the Donald B. Cerf Center. The event is free and open...
Read MoreNovember 04, 2019
EUREKA – The Eureka College Theatre Department will continue its season with the Shakespearian comedy, “Twelfth Night” at 7:30 p.m. November 15-16 and at 2 p.m. on November 17. The show, which will take place inside Pritchard Theatre at the Eureka College campus, will be directed by EC...
Read MoreOctober 24, 2019
EUREKA — To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Ronald W. Reagan Society will again host a “Fall of the Wall” ceremony on Nov. 8. Due to a recent change in weather forceast, the ceremony will take place inside the Donald B. Cerf Center at the Eureka College...
Read MoreOctober 11, 2019
EUREKA — The Eureka College Arts and Lectures Board is pleased to host Ecuadorian artist Eduardo Villacís for a campus lecture on the power of fantasy on Nov. 4. The event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Terrill Rooms of the Donald B. Cerf Center at Eureka College. In a presentation...
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2019
EUREKA, Ill. — Eureka College’s Homecoming week is less than a month away, and EC’s Melick Library is excited to announce that it will hold its annual Homecoming book sale from Tuesday, Oct. 14 through Saturday, Oct. 19. During Homecoming week, the sale will run Tuesday-Thursday 8:00...
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2019
EUREKA — The Eureka College Arts and Lecture Board is pleased to announce Dr. Janice Jayes will be speaking as a part of Hispanic Awareness Month on Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the North Terrill Room of the Cerf Center at Eureka College. Jayes’ lecture is titled “Imagining Mexico, Imagining the...
Read MoreAugust 23, 2019
EUREKA — The Eureka College Women’s Board is hosting a quarter auction fundraiser at the Eureka Christian Church on Monday, Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. More than 40 raffle items valued at $10-$100 will be raffled off for quarters to raise money for the Eureka College Women’s Board. The doors open at 5...
Read MoreAugust 09, 2019
EUREKA, Ill. — Illinois Central College and Eureka College have teamed up to help students gain their baccalaureate degrees. Through a special partnership, ICC students with an associate degree will be able to seamlessly transfer to Eureka College in order to complete their baccalaureate degree...
Read MoreAugust 05, 2019
PEORIA, Ill. — With Midstate College’s impending closing, Eureka College has partnered with Midstate College to provide accessible transfer and teach-out opportunities. Eureka College President Dr. Jamel Santa Cruze Wright and Midstate College President Meredith Bunch formally signed an...
Read MoreJuly 17, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College has selected Haley McCurley of Cyril, Oklahoma, as the Disciples Leadership Program fellow for the 2019 class. The fellowship, based on leadership, academic excellence and commitment to explore a life of faith-based servant leadership, includes a full-tuition...
Read MoreJuly 16, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College has earned a STARS Bronze rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages sustainability...
Read MoreJuly 15, 2019
Eureka College was ranked No. 25 on EdSmart's 2019-2020 Best Online Colleges & Universities on Monday. Here's what the publication had to say about EC's unique offerings: 25. Eureka College Score: 86.4 Average Net Price: $19,754 Retention Rate: 71% Graduation Rate: 44% ROI:...
Read MoreJune 20, 2019
EUREKA — Eureka College has announced 116 Dean’s List honorees for the Spring 2019 semester. The list includes students from 61 different Illinois communities and six states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Eighteen communities had multiple...
Read MoreJune 12, 2019
EUREKA — Dr. Amanda Frioli is Eureka College’s 2019 Helen Cleaver Distinguished Teaching Award winner. Frioli, an associate professor of communication and leadership who has been at EC since 2008, received the honor at commencement on May 11. The award recognizes excellence, creativity and...
Read MoreMay 28, 2019
EUREKA — Historian, Ronald Reagan biographer and Eureka College Trustee Craig Shirley has established a Eureka College scholarship in the name of his mother, Barbara Shirley Eckert, and former First Lady of the United States Nancy Davis Reagan. The Barbara Shirley Eckert and Nancy Davis...
Read MoreMay 22, 2019
EUREKA — When Eureka College students arrive on campus in August, they will experience a completely updated wifi network. To make this happen, Eureka College has partnered with Apogee, a technology and support company that provides colleges and universities with progressive solutions to keep...
Read MoreMay 20, 2019
EUREKA — Michael Reagan will deliver the keynote address at the 2019 Ronald W. Reagan Memorial Ceremony at Eureka College on June 5. The ceremony — which will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the death of Eureka College’s most famous alumnus — is hosted by The Ronald W. Reagan Society,...
Read MoreMay 16, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — Last month, Louisiana high school senior Antoinette Love went viral after receiving over 115 college acceptances and nearly $4 million in scholarships. Love, a senior at International High School of New Orleans, said she wanted to see how many colleges she could get into, and...
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2019
EUREKA — Spring is coming, and the Eureka College baseball team is planning to throw a bowling fundraiser for its upcoming spring trip. Download the registration form The program’s “Bowling for Baseball” event will take place at Derer Lanes in Eureka on Saturday, Feb. 9. For $20 per person or...
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January 15, 2019
EUREKA – Eureka College’s plans to recognize its basketball alumni at Saturday’s home doubleheader against Greenville at Christine Bonati Bollwinkle Arena and Convocation Center have been postponed due to inclement weather. The event will now take place on Feb. 2, when the Red Devils host...
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January 10, 2019
EUREKA, Ill. — With the 108th anniversary of President Ronald W. Reagan’s birthday approaching, Eureka College has announced that Los Angeles Times journalist and author Del Quentin Wilber will be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual dinner. The event, which will take place Wednesday, Feb....
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