East Arkansas Community College

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East Arkansas Community College (EACC) is a public community college in Forrest City, Arkansas. EACC provides higher education at its main campus in Forrest City as well as one satellite location in Wynne.

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EACC is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. [1] Its primary service area includes Cross, Lee, Monroe, St. Francis, and Woodruff counties.

History

In 1968, citizens of St. Francis County created a college committee out of a desire and need for a community college. At the time, the closest schools were in Memphis, Tennessee, and Jonesboro, Arkansas. The Crowley's Ridge Community College Corporation received approval for its initial charter the following year.

In 1971, Betty Jo Hodges donated $25,000 to the organization enabling it to purchase approximately 40 acres of land in Forrest City, Arkansas. [2] Two years later, the Arkansas Board of Higher Education announced that St. Francis County had met the requirements necessary to form a community college district. On November 8 of the same year, voters approved the proposal to initiate a four-mill tax to finance construction of the college.

The college began holding classes on August 26, 1974. It had 684 students enrolled for its initial semester.

In 2005, the school opened an extension center in Wynne, Arkansas. [3]

In 2017, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 636, which laid out the process for merging EACC and the nearby Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute (CRTI). On July 31, 2017, the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board voted for the merger, and EACC assumed the property, personnel, and funding of CRTI. [4] [5]

Presidents

Arts and culture

EACC has a performing arts center located on campus which opened in 2010. The center is a 33,000 square foot center and is designated as a 'Class A' performance hall, one of only three in the entire state of Arkansas. It features a 1,100-seat auditorium, 2,900 square foot stage, banquet hall, kitchen, black box theater, and art gallery. [8]

Notable performers at EACC have included:

Student life

Under the department of Office of Student Activities, the colleges has a variety of clubs and organizations which students can become members of and participate in their activities. [9]

Athletics

EACC students participate in intramural sports against other ADLI colleges year-round in the following sports: [10]

EACC holds an annual golf tournament and held its 10th annual one in 2021. Some of the sponsors included Arkansas Concrete Company, Boar's Head, Forrest City Medical Center, and Johnson Controls. All proceeds from the annual tournament support the EACC Foundation which helps students. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Accrediting Agencies | East Arkansas Community College | Forrest City, AR".
  2. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
  3. ↑ "Eacc".
  4. ↑ "House panel Ok's merger of Forrest City technical school into local community college".
  5. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
  6. ↑ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas".
  7. ↑ "UA Little Rock alum named president of Eastern Arkansas Community College". 30 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "EACC Fine Arts Center | East Arkansas Community College | Forrest City, AR".
  9. ↑ "Student Activities | East Arkansas Community College | Forrest City, AR".
  10. ↑ "Intramural Activities". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  11. ↑ "Golf Tournament | East Arkansas Community College | Forrest City, AR".

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