EICC Success Stories
Inspiring stories from our community.
Game Designer. XR Developer. Navy Innovator. And It All Started at EICC
By the time most people figure out what they want to do with their lives, Chad Behal had already built a frog dissection lab in augmented reality.
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Rooted at Home, Rising With Purpose
For Rosamarie Gomez, the path to building her future at EICC started in the same place it always had: home.
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Student Ambassador Elexiana Oliva Shares MCC’s Impact—Locally and Globally
When Elexiana Oliva walks through the halls of Muscatine Community College (MCC), she’s not just another student—she’s an ambassador and an advocate for the opportunities education offers.
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Living, Learning, Leading, and Living: Allen Beard’s MCC Campus Life
For one Muscatine Community College (MCC) student, higher education wasn’t always part of the plan. But now, just two semesters in, Allen Beard is deeply woven into campus life — starting clubs, giving tours, and helping peers find their place.
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Carter Stevenson: Writing His Future, One Story at a Time
With the encouragement of his instructors and the resources available through Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), Carter Stevenson is turning his passion into something real—one carefully planned-out page at a time.
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Gideon Cable Hall: Small Space, Big Feelings
A bed. A blanket. Half-tucked, half-forgotten. A pile of clothes in the corner, a pizza box shoved just out of sight.
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Sonja Tarallo: Father Time and Mother Nature Playing Chess
The cursor blinked on her screen. A blank canvas, waiting. And yet, this time, something felt different.
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Spencer Paxton: Self Portrait, 2024
Spencer Paxton never liked self-portraits. At least not in the traditional sense.
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Amelia House: Endless Decay
Amelia House doesn’t like abstract art. She prefers structure, clarity—art that has something recognizable to hold onto.
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Alyssa VanderHeiden: Still Life Self-Portrait
Walking into her first class at Clarke University, Alyssa VanderHeiden expected the usual first-day routine—introductions, syllabi, maybe some icebreakers.
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