Lincoln Trail College student-athletes combined for a GPA above 3.0 for the 14th consecutive semester. In the Fall 2020 Semester, the department had a combined GPA of 3.25. “We had a lot of challenges this Fall,” says Baseball Coach and Athletic Director Kevin Bowers. “I’m proud of the fact that our athletes rose to the challenge. Their effort is very commendable.”

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.

Frontier Community College 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.

OLNEY, Ill. — Outstanding students at Olney Central College have been named to the academic honors lists for the Fall 2020 Semester. Students named to the Chancellor’s List have attained a grade point average of 3.90 or higher, on a 4.0 scale. Those on the President’s List have achieved a grade point average between 3.75 and 3.89, while those students named to the Dean’s List have earned a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.74.   Chancellor’s List: Albion: Gabriell Weber Calhoun: Tyler McKinney

The Olney Central College Theater is hosting video auditions for its spring production of “Smokey Joe’s Café.” 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.

Olney Central College’s 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’s no different in Tyler Browning’s 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. “We’ll start with the very basics,” said Rennier, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the field. “Students will learn how to tear apart, lay out and put an item back together.”

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.