Wabash Valley College is pleased to announce its honors list for Fall Semester 2019. To be eligible for the CEO’s Honors list, a student must have a GPA of 3.90–4.0 based on a 4.0 scale and must have been enrolled for at least 12 semester hours for the Fall Semester.

Olney Central College student Sutton Dunn, of Olney, has been elected to serve as the new student representative to the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees. He will be seated during the April meeting. Dunn is a 2019 graduate of Richland County High School where he played basketball, football and track. He was a member of the high school Boys O Club, Science Club and Spanish Club.

Wabash Valley College’s bass team will be hosting a high school bass fishing invitational at East Fork Lake in Olney, Illinois, on Saturday, March 21. The tournament is limited to the first 30 boats to register so early registration is encouraged. Registration will close when the 30-boat limit is met. Those registered by March 1 will receive a free Wabash Valley College Bass t-shirt.

Wabash Valley College's Diesel Equipment Technology program was awarded funds to purchase eight new tractors to help modernize the program.

In a report published by Forbes on August 16, Frontier Community College (FCC) was ranked the 15th best two-year trade school in the nation.  Written by Carter Coudriet of Forbes Staff, the report is titled “The Top 25 Two-Year Trade Schools: Colleges That Can Solve The Skills Gap” and has been published on Forbes’ website. Unlike the well-known Forbes Top Colleges list, which names four-year public and private universities, the Top 25 Two-Year Trade Schools list includes technical and career colleges that provide programs to cover a large variety of in-demand jobs.

In January of 2019, Frontier Community College (FCC) received a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Leadership Grant in the amount of $50,000.  The 18-month grant has been awarded by the Illinois Community College Board and will be used exclusively for the Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS) Program.

Frontier Community College (FCC) was recently recognized as the “Best Automotive Trade School by Value” in an online study published by Trade School Future.  The report used a variety of criteria to determine the top ten trade schools offering an automotive program, and FCC placed at the top of the list with its Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Master-accredited Automotive Technology program.

Frontier received statewide and national recognition for reporting a 62% "on-time" graduation rate.

Fairfield, Ill. – Frontier Community College (FCC), an Illinois Eastern Community College, has been selected to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) for a total amount of $2,249,961 from October 2019 through September 2024.  The allocation of funds will be approximately $450,000 for each of the five years.

Frontier Community College (FCC) recently received word from the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) that its Automotive Technology program continues to meet the requirements for Master Automobile Service Technology accreditation.  This is the highest level of program accreditation recognized by the institute.