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Olney Central College鈥檚 eligibility to allow students to complete testing for certification as medical office assistants and coding and insurance specialists has been renewed through 2025 by the National Center for Competency Testing. The NCCT is an independent credentialing organization that has tested healthcare professionals across the nation since 1989. OCC has been recognized as an authorized NCCT school for more than a decade.

Lincoln Trail College prides itself on making sure that students get the opportunity to hear from experts in their fields. That鈥檚 no different in Tyler Browning鈥檚 Sport Communications class in the Sport Management program. He recently brought two speakers from the Miami Heat to his classroom via a Zoom teleconference.

Have a chair you want to restore or a boat seat that needs refurbished? Olney Central College is offering a beginning upholstery class that can get you started. Instructor Mike Rennier said this project-oriented course is ideal for anyone who has a small item they want to recover. 鈥淲e鈥檒l start with the very basics,鈥� said Rennier, who has more than 30 years鈥� experience in the field. 鈥淪tudents will learn how to tear apart, lay out and put an item back together.鈥�

Olney Central College will offer beginning and advanced woodworking courses during the spring semester. TRA 1604 Woodworking I, TRA 1605 Woodworking II and TRA 1606 Woodworking III will all meet from 6 to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays at the West Richland Center in Noble, beginning Jan. 12.   Instructor Kyle Kuenstler will assist students in completing a project of their choice. Tuition for this course is reduced for residents of the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges District who are taking four semester hours or less in the IECC District.

The Olney Central College Baseball Winter Camp scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 has been canceled.

Olney Central College is offering a spring semester course that can help you complete wiring projects around the house including changing outlets, replacing switches and installing new lights. TRA 1221 Electrical Wiring addresses various electrical circuits found in the home as well as low-voltage circuits, cable connections, networking and doorbells. Students will learn to identify electrical outlet symbols used in the plans of a single-family dwelling as well as how to identify the grounded and ungrounded conductors in cable or conduit.  

Due to the scheduled holiday closure of the College Business Offices, payments received after 12 PM on Monday December 21, 2020 will not be applied to any student's account until January 2021.  Payments made online, if made before January 1,

Lincoln Trail College broke ground on an addition to the Zwermann Arts Center at a ceremony on December 1. 鈥淭his is obviously a very, very momentous, important occasion for Lincoln Trail College,鈥� said Interim President Roger Eddy in his opening remarks.

If you are interested in exploring one or multiple artistic media, local artist Mari Yamato invites you to join the Open Studio Art Class she will be teaching this spring at Olney Central College. 鈥淭he class provides the studio space for students to explore a specific area they are interested in,鈥� Yamato said. 鈥淭his is a great class for students who want to work in a specific media that is not offered as another class or if they want to work in mixed media.鈥�

Lincoln Trail College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theater Renaissance project on December 1 at 11 a.m. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very excited about this project,鈥� says Director of Marketing Chris Forde. 鈥淭his marks the first new construction on our campus since 1975.鈥�