January 15, 2025
Thanks to a U.S. Department of Education grant, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will extend support to soldiers transitioning from military service to new careers and enhance an array of services for veteran, military and military-dependent students.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College celebrated its Fall 2024 graduation on Tuesday with 150 graduates participating and hundreds of guests attending. 
Family Scholar House is thrilled to share in the celebratory groundbreaking for its new Elizabethtown campus. The celebration held Dec. 11 at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC), marks a historic milestone for the Family Scholar House community as the campus will provide stable affordable housing for 48 student parents in the Elizabethtown community. 
The Elizabethtown Community and Technical College 2025-26 scholarship application is now open. Only one application is needed to be considered for more than 50 scholarship opportunities available, and all new and returning students are encouraged to apply. 
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College students continued to make gains during the 2023-24 academic year, driving the college’s graduation rate to 59.5%, compared to the national average of 35.5% for two-year colleges.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has announced the names of students who made the President’s Honor List and the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. 
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College and Kentucky State University announced at a signing ceremony today a new partnership to provide a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The partnership creates a pathway for graduates of ECTC’s nursing program to pursue a BSN from KSU with significant in-person support on the ECTC campus. In addition, the ECTC-2-KSU Pathway Scholarship provides a tuition-free bachelor’s degree to students eligible for the federal Pell grant. 
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College radiography instructors are simulating new real-world experiences for students thanks to a recent donation from Baptist Health Hardin.
The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) has announced that Dr. Juston Pate, president and CEO at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, is one of 25 innovative leaders selected from across the country to participate in the second cohort of the Aspen Presidents Fellowship, sponsored by JPMorgan Chase. The fellows will engage in a unique year-long professional development experience that will help them refine and enact a reform agenda to help more of their students succeed both during and after college.