Illinois Eastern Community Colleges is making college courses more affordable for eligible homeschool students through its Early College Homeschool Tuition Waiver, offering tuition discounts of up to 70%. The waiver is available to in-district homeschool students during their junior and senior years of high school. Students may receive reduced tuition for up to six credit hours per fall or spring semester, with a maximum of 24 credit hours per student.

Lincoln Trail College and the Crawford County Development Association will invite the community to explore a new space built around connection, collaboration and opportunity during an open house for The 618 Project. The open house will be held Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Trail College. Visitors will have an opportunity to tour The 618, learn more about how the space can be used and enjoy a light lunch.

Olney Central College will unveil its newly renovated science labs during an Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. on October 20 in Dr. Kent L. Wattleworth Hall. “We are excited to showcase the state-of-the-art science labs and celebrate what they will mean for our students and our faculty,” said OCC President Chris Simpson. “It is my hope that community members, alumni, and future students will attend this open house to see firsthand how these updated lab facilities will enhance teaching and learning at Olney Central College.”

Lincoln Trail College students got a firsthand lesson in leadership, citizenship and college governance when members of First Year Experience classes taught by Tona Ambrose, Connor York, Amie Mayhall, Austin Alexander and Monte Newlin attended the September meeting of the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees. For Ambrose, who serves as both LTC President and an FYE instructor, attending a board meeting has become an annual part of the course. She said the experience helps students understand that their education extends beyond what happens in their classrooms.

OLNEY, Ill. — Olney Central College Associate Professor of Life Sciences Dr. Sarah Bergbower’s commitment to excellence in clinical laboratory science is earning national recognition, including the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science’s prestigious 2026 Scientific Research Award.  Dr. Bergbower received the honors during the Joint Annual Meeting of the ASCLS, the Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) and the Society of American Federal Medical Laboratory Scientists (SAFMLS). 

OLNEY, Ill. — Olney Central College Associate Professor of Speech and Communication Jessica McDonald was one of just 14 educators selected from colleges and universities across the United States to participate in the Alan Cornell U.S. Campus Faculty Seminar at Yad Vashem, Israel’s World Holocaust Remembrance Center. 

Kim Cox moved from Robinson in 1977, but he has long maintained close ties with the town where he grew up. His latest love letter to Robinson is the self-published book "Historical Handbook of Crawford County, Illinois," a 445-page history of the county and its early settlers illustrated with historic and current photos.

The Lincoln Trail College Foundation is making a major investment in the future of career and technical education at LTC, providing funding for the college’s new Career and Technical Training Center, specialized training equipment and future program growth.

A student working alongside an entrepreneur. A small business owner meeting with an adviser. An employer connecting with a potential employee. A community member learning a new skill. Lincoln Trail College President Tona Ambrose sees all of those possibilities, sometimes happening at the same time, inside The 618 Project.