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SIC Board Approves Curriculum and Learns of New Career Pilot

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The SIC Board of Trustees include (sitting, l-r) Amanda Payne, Recording Secretary, and Debbie Hughes, Trustee and Alternate Secretary. Middle row (l-r): David Dennison, Trustee; Dr. Pat York, Trustee and Chair; Blake Bradley, Trustee; and Dr. Frank Barbre, Trustee and Vice Chair/ICCTA Representative. Back row (l-r): Richard Morgan, Trustee; Jimmy D. Ellis, Trustee and Secretary/Alternate ICCTA Representative; and Dr. Jonah Rice, President.

The SIC Board of Trustees met May 17 at 6 p.m. in the Rodney J. Brenner Board Room at the main campus in Harrisburg to approve curriculum, position revisions, a bid for Protection, Health, Safety (PHS) work, and learn about a new career counselor pilot with Hardin County and Pope County schools.

The board approved a new Class B truck driving course due to industry demand and new Federal regulations. Curriculum changes to lower level math classes were also made in large part due to a new grant from the Illinois Community College Board. Changes will focus on streamlining, new methods of instruction, and cost reduction for the student while speeding time to completion. [Read more...]

FFA Creates K-9 Training Facility at SIC

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Future Farmers of America Section 25 is shown with K-9 officers and their dogs in SIC’s new Police K-9 Training Facility. The facility was made possible by donations from FFA Section 25. Photo provided.

Southeastern Illinois College is now home to a new Police K-9 Training Facility thanks to the Illinois Future Farmers of America Section 25.

The group, comprised of thirteen local high schools, donated their time and expertise to build the facility for K-9 officers and their dogs. Each school was allowed to pick a couple of items to build for the K-9 obstacle course. Projects were completed off-site and then brought to SIC’s campus for installation at the new facility. [Read more...]

SIC hosts 2022 Section 25 FFA Ag Mechanics Competitions

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Two high school students are shown working on electrical wiring for the 2022 Section 25 FFA Ag Mechanics Competition at Southeastern Illinois College. Photos provided.

Ricky Sauls, SIC’s CTE and Special Projects Coordinator (left) is shown judging the surveying work of Cal York of Carmi who is competing in the 2022 Section 25 FFA Ag Mechanics Competition at Southeastern Illinois College.

After a two-year hiatus, Southeastern Illinois College once again served as host for the 2022 Section 25 FFA Ag Mechanics Competition.

Eleven high schools from around the region converged on Tuesday, April 19, for the event. Sixty-seven high school students competed in such categories as ag power, carpentry, electricity, surveying, and welding. Carmi-White County High School took home first place. Second and third places went to Eldorado High School and Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School respectively. [Read more...]

SIC’s Kids’ Fair Returns for an Out-of-This-World Experience

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Southeastern Illinois College’s annual Kids’ Fair is back! This year's fair will be a fun treat for children with an interest in space, rocket ships, aliens, and planets. Kids’ Fair will be held in Deaton Gymnasium on April 19 from 4-6 p.m. This fun afternoon for the family boasts free food, drinks, games, and prizes for pre-school to fifth-grade children.  [Read more...]

SIC Theatre Presents Cinderella SIC April 22-24

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Prince Topher (played by Bentley Linch of Harrisburg) places the glass slipper on Cinderella (played by Bailey Warner of Harrisburg) as Madame (the stepmother, played by Ashtyn Cook of Mt. Vernon) looks on with shock. SIC Theatre’s Cinderella takes the stage April 22-24. Photo provided.

The Rogers & Hammerstein Broadway version of Cinderella is coming to the Southeastern Illinois College Theatre’s Allan G. Kimball Stage later this month. The show includes actors from Harrisburg, Galatia, Herod, Marion, Mt. Vernon, Benton, Crossville, and Equality.

“I am so excited to be directing this show,” said theatre instructor Gareth York. “In the latest reinterpretation of this classic tale, we see all our favorite characters with a few new additions. The cast for the show has worked really hard to bring these characters to life. I’m pleased to be working with such a talented group of actors. This show will appeal to audiences of all ages.” [Read more...]

SIC TO BREAK GROUND APRIL 19 ON TRAINING CENTER IN CARMI

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Pictured is an architectural drawing of what the new “Stanford D. Williams Career and Training Center” will look like when completed after construction slated to wrap up in December 2023. The center will be a regional hub for career education such as welding, auto, CDL, and the trades.

The long-awaited career and technical education center at Southeastern Illinois College in Carmi will break ground during a ceremony to be held Tuesday, April 19, at 10 a.m. [Read more...]

Carmi Expansion, Graduation, and Fitness Center Discussed at SIC Board Meeting

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The Southeastern Illinois College Board of Trustees met Thursday, March 17, at 6 p.m. in the Rodney J. Brenner Board Room to discuss construction and needs of the of the new Carmi addition, graduation changes, fitness center renovations, and more.

The board approved the bid for construction of the Carmi vocational building by H.E. Mitchell Construction of Harrisburg. Construction should begin in a month for the new Stanford D. Williams Career and Training Center. [Read more...]

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