Jan 13th, 2021
LTC Releases Fall 2020 Academic Honors
Lincoln Trail College has released its academic honor lists for the Fall 2020 Semester. Three lists have been established by Illinois Eastern Community Colleges to indicate students who have achieved academic excellence.
Jan 12th, 2021
Fall 2020 Academic Honors List
黑料社 is excited to announce our academic honor recipients for the Fall 2020 Semester. Despite the stress of a pandemic and having to adapt to new circumstances in all aspects of life, many students were still able to excel in their academic pursuits.
Jan 5th, 2021
OCC Fall 2020 Academic Honors
OLNEY, Ill. 鈥 Outstanding students at Olney Central College have been named to the academic honors lists for the Fall 2020 Semester.
Students named to the Chancellor鈥檚 List have attained a grade point average of 3.90 or higher, on a 4.0 scale. Those on the President鈥檚 List have achieved a grade point average between 3.75 and 3.89, while those students named to the Dean鈥檚 List have earned a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.74.
Chancellor鈥檚 List:
Albion: Gabriell Weber
Calhoun: Tyler McKinney
Dec 16th, 2020
OCC Theater Hosting Video Auditions for 'Smokey Joe's Cafe'
The Olney Central College Theater is hosting video auditions for its spring production of 鈥淪mokey Joe鈥檚 Caf茅.鈥
Auditions are open to adults and high school students. Submissions must include 30 to 60 seconds of a 1950s or 1960s song and a dance video. The dance sequence, an audition example and details for submitting videos are available on the OCC Theater website at www.iecc.edu/occtheater.
Dec 15th, 2020
OCC Receives Recertification from National Center for Competency Testing
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.
Dec 14th, 2020
LTC Sport Management Students Hear From Miami Heat Digital Team
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.
Dec 9th, 2020
Beginning & Advanced Upholstery Classes Start January 14
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
Dec 9th, 2020
Spring Woodworking Classes Start January 12
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.
Dec 3rd, 2020
OCC Baseball Winter Camp Canceled
The Olney Central College Baseball Winter Camp scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 has been canceled.
Dec 3rd, 2020
Home Electrical Wiring Class Begins January 11
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.