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Art Professor Dianna Yost is nominated for the Edwardsville Citizen of the Year award

Diana Yost is one of five candidates for the Intelligencer's "Citizen of the Year" honor. She is an adjunct art professor at Lewis...

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Nursing Club Raises Funds to Benefit Misfits Inc This Season

Through a friendly change-drive competition within the Nursing program (plus a huge boost from Bakers & Hale’s Dine to Donate night), the...

11 students in the program helped design and build obstacles in the Max Heinz Memorial Dog Park in Glazebrook Park.

Lewis and Clark YouthBuild Students Earn Godfrey Good Neighbor Award

Godfrey officials awarded the Good Neighbors Award to the Lewis and Clark Community College (L&C) Building Futures YouthBuild program at...

LC Professor of Mathematics Molly Freimuth is the college’s winner of the 2025 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award.

Math Professor Molly Freimuth is LCs 2025 Emerson Award Winner

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Professor of Mathematics Molly Freimuth is the winner of the 2025 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award.

Scholarship awardees and Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society students pose for a group photo at the 2024 Scholars and Donors Ceremony. JAN DONA/L&C MARKETING & PR

L&C Announces 2025-2026 Scholarship Awards

Approximately 175 students have been awarded scholarships to attend Lewis and Clark Community College for the 2025-2026 academic year, for a grand...

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From Alton to Nashville LC Alumnus Tommy Karlas Finds Success in Country Music

Lewis and Clark Community College recognizes alumnus Tommy Karlas, a professional country music singer-songwriter, signed with Sony Music...

ictured from left to right: L&C Student Ambassadors Sebbi Ehlers, Josiah Schuette and Emma McRae.

LC Student Ambassadors Forge Paths in Leadership Purpose and Service

At Lewis and Clark Community College, student ambassadors do more than give tours and assist with campus events — they represent the heart of...

Lewis and Clark Community College is announcing the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2025 semester.

LC Announces Spring 2025 Honors Lists

Lewis and Clark Community College is announcing the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2025 semester. Students earning...

LC Associate Biology Professor Rosemarie Vithayathil. JARED SMILACK/LC MARKETING & PR

LC Associate Biology Professor Rosemarie Vithayathil Shines as Mentor and Educator

At Lewis and Clark Community College, Associate Biology Professor Rosemarie Vithayathil is more than an instructor — she’s a mentor, a...

Samantha “Reyez” Hangsleben wearing their L&C commencement attire. Photo and story by JARED SMILACK/MARKETING & PR

Edwardsville High School Senior Earns LC Degree Ahead of Graduation

Samantha “Reyez” Hangsleben, an Edwardsville High School (EHS) senior, earned their associate degree from Lewis and Clark Community...

Pictured are, from left to right, Access and Accommodations Interim Director Emily DeGrand, Vice President of Student Affairs Cherise Jackson, President Ken Trzaska, Cargill representative Joe Fletcher, CFL student Jacob Fletcher and Program Coordinator Roselyn Ellington. Photo by Jan Dona, LC Marketing & PR

LCs College for Life Earns 10000 Cargill Grant

The College for Life program at Lewis and Clark Community College has won a $10,000 Cargill grant through the company’s Community Engagement...

Ralph Wideman addressed attendees at the 2025 Illinois High School Diploma Graduation Ceremony, June 6 in the Hatheway Cultural Center’s Ann Whitney Olin Theatre. Photo by Jan Dona, LC Marketing & PR

Accounting Major Delivers Address at Illinois High School Diploma Graduation

Illinois High School Diploma Graduation speaker Ralph Wideman is currently pursuing an associate degree in Accounting at Lewis and Clark Community...

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter has three National Champions in 2025.

LC Future Business Leaders of America Chapter Collects Top Honors at National Conference

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter has three National Champions in 2025.

Nursing major Jim Eck is LC’s newest student trustee. Photo by JAN DONA/LC Marketing & PR

Lewis and Clark Board Adds New Student & Three Newly Elected Trustees

Lewis and Clark Community College’s newest student trustee, Jim Eck, of Grafton, is a non-traditional Nursing major pursuing his second career.

Alumna Brittney Lehr will speak during this year’s Commencement.

LC Alumna Brittney Lehr to Speak at LCs 54th Annual Commencement

Lewis and Clark Community College will celebrate its 54th annual Commencement, May 21, 2025, featuring 2016 alumna Brittney Lehr as the...

This year’s Trebuchet Competition was won by Team Angels Raining Down Destruction from St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Louis. Pictured are, from left to right, Emily Rybak, Elizabeth Kirsch, Kate Hulsen and Ava Muehlemann. JAN DONA/LC MARKETING & PR

LC Holds 18th Annual Trebuchet Competition

Lewis and Clark Community College held its annual Trebuchet Competition April 4 in River Bend Arena.

LC FBLA students recently competed at a State Leadership Conference. Pictured from left to right (back row) are Logan Simmons, Vondasia Pittman, Nicc Edwards, Mariah Macon, Jordyn Gibson, Finn Gibson and Mason Ferrell. In the front row, left to right, are Bre Welch, Julia Janus and Advisor Christina Wickenhauser.

Lewis and Clark FBLA Shines at State Leadership Conference in Springfield

Members of Lewis and Clark Community College’s chapter of FBLA Collegiate brought home 24 awards from the Illinois State Leadership...

 Lewis and Clark Community College is announcing the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Fall 2024 semester.

LC Announces Fall 2024 Honors Lists

Lewis and Clark Community College is announcing the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Fall 2024 semester.

Jen Fuhler, ICCTA Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Nominee

LCs Fuhler and Busler Earn ICCTA Outstanding Faculty Nominations

English Professor Jen Fuhler and Student Success Specialist and Speech Adjunct Mary Busler have been chosen by their peers as Lewis and Clark...

Trailblazer Nicc Edwards discovered his passion for marketing in L&C’s Management program. JAN DONA/L&C MARKETING & PR

Edwards Finds His Calling in Marketing at LC

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Niccolas Edwards wasn’t looking for a career in business/marketing, then he took a class that...

Pictured from left to right, Katie Loethen, Kal Weiss, Violet Mayes, Jeannette Carrington and Taylor Smith celebrate the staff’s accomplishments during their 2024 holiday party/final meeting of the year.

LC Student Newspaper Takes Top Spots in General Excellence for ICCJA

Lewis and Clark Community College’s student news publication, The Bridge, took the top awards in general excellence at this fall’s...

Debra Pitts, former high school administrator in Alton and Bethalto

LC to Host Annual Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Jan 30

Lewis and Clark Community College will honor Martin Luther King, Jr. during its annual MLK Commemoration event at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30,...

Lewis and Clark Community College's longest running trustee, Robert L. Watson, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, surrounded by his family, at the age of 87.

44 Year College Trustee Leaves a Legacy at Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark Community College's longest running trustee, Robert L. Watson, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, surrounded by his family, at the...

Sixteen students earned their certificates through the Climate and Equity Jobs Act (CEJA), which prepares them for clean energy careers. In the front row, from left to right, are Solar Photovoltaic Instructor Kyle Barber, Taryn Sensmeyer, Chris Lamere, Nick Pontello, Romeral Curtis, Matthew Purkaple, Brooke Bennett, Cameron Tyler Bartram, CEJA Transition and Support Coordinator Julie Jobryce and Clean Energy Instructor Jen Gibson. In the back row, from left to right, are Heather Lucas, Nelson Lucas, Brandon Schowengerdt, Ketra Kennedy, Jesse Brown, Jarrett Purkaple, Gage Martin, Spenser Hughes and Aiden Davis. Photo by Jan Dona, L&C Marketing/PR.

LC First Solar Energy Students Earn Certificates

Lewis and Clark Community College’s Adult Education program presented certificates to 16 students who completed the Solar Workforce Training...

Recruiter Daniel Nosce accepted the award on behalf of the college. The event was emceed by L&C Alumni Ambassador Mikeith Teague.

Lewis and Clark Wins Best Local College or University

The Telegraph named Lewis and Clark Community College the Best Local College/University for 2024 during its Best of the Best in the Riverbend...