EICC News
Summer Hours: June & July 2026
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) will operate on a four-day schedule starting June 1 through July 31, 2026.
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What Care Becomes
Lori Sheppeard, an Eastern Iowa Community Colleges associate professor recently received two honors for her impact on students: WQAD Channel 8’s Pay It Forward Award and the Starfish Award. Both recognize what her students and colleagues have long seen: Sheppeard helps students understand care as something they can practice, not just feel.
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Not the expected timeline. Still the finish line | Rachel White
She was class president, one of 58 students in the Class of 2020, and had already been chosen as a speaker when COVID changed the ceremony. Then Basic Training changed the timeline again.
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From one club to the commencement stage | Clarissa McNally
During McNally’s graduation from Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), she took the podium as a commencement speaker, a role she once would not have pictured for herself.
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First-Generation EICC Graduate Leads With Purpose | Ezequiel Alvarado Jr.
A Muscatine High School graduate, Alvarado arrived at EICC with dual enrollment credits already earned. What he thought would take two years took one.
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Where Wonder Takes Root
If you’ve ever wandered through Bickelhaupt Arboretum, you know the feeling: a moment of quiet awe, sunlight streaming through branches, a child squealing as they roll down a hill.
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The Study That Refused to Stay Small
The slime mold didn’t care that it was being watched. In the soft glow of the microbiology lab at EICC’s Scott campus, students in white coats leaned over a row of Petri dishes, whispering predictions the way fans might around a racetrack.
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The River Only Goes One Direction
How one instructor’s 2,552-mile paddle reshaped the way he sees the world — and the way he shows up for his students.
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Listening First, Leading Forward
Six months into the job, Chancellor Bryan Renfro, PhD, is listening closely, showing up often, and shaping what comes next at EICC.
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From the Oil Field to the Classroom
Jonathan Huddleston did not come to EICC looking for a fresh start. He came with experience, direction, and a clear reason for being here.
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