November 21, 2022
Family Scholar House (FSH) celebrated Thanksgiving this year with a meal drive, collecting donations from the community and distributing meals to ECTC students and their families in need. Donations allowed FSH to feed 65 families, a total of 343 individuals.
November 21, 2022
Family Scholar House (FSH) and Helping Hands US Warrior Warehouse recently formed a new partnership to meet the needs of the ECTC community.
November 17, 2022
Nearly one in five ECTC students is considered first-generation, meaning neither parent holds a college degree. With the help of funding through the Center for First Generation Student Success, ECTC hosted their first annual First-Generation Celebration Week.
October 24, 2022
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) is launching a new program to help first-generation and low-income students at five area high schools develop their potential for postsecondary education and careers in math and science fields. The U.S. Department of Education awarded ECTC a competitive Upward Bound Math and Science grant to fund the program. The grant totals $1.4 million over five years, starting in the current academic year. ECTC is partnering with LaRue County, Nelson County, Thomas Nelson, North Hardin and Washington County high schools to identify student participants. The program will serve 60 students each academic year.
October 21, 2022
The community is invited to help Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) students and their families celebrate Thanksgiving this year through the Family Scholar House Thanksgiving Meal Drive. Donations will be accepted through Nov. 8 at various locations throughout Hardin County.
October 13, 2022
As Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s first Hispanic person to serve on the President’s Cabinet, Dr. Corina Langford, Chief Student Officer, is in a unique position to use her specific set of experiences to advocate for all underserved minorities.
October 5, 2022
The Elizabethtown Community and Technical College chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will host PLAY, a mental health conference to increase awareness and promote resources across the community. The free event is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Regional Postsecondary Center on the Elizabethtown campus.
September 29, 2022
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) was recently awarded a $305,000 grant from the Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Collaborative, led by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. The grant, along with other funding, positions the college to make healthcare training more accessible. Working with dozens of healthcare employers that provide clinical training sites, ECTC’s Innovation in Healthcare initiative addresses unfunded needs to increase the number of skilled healthcare professionals in communities across the region.
ECTC will host First Generation Week to recognize the accomplishments of first-generation students. The event, a first for the college, will be held Nov. 7-9 and will celebrate the tenacity and dedication of these students as they pursue higher education.
New and current students who enroll in Spring classes between October 1 and November 30 will be entered into a drawing to win one of ten $500 gift cards, sponsored by Magnolia Bank.