NEWS

Team Falcon Dominates State Web Competition

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Boise — Students at Eastern Idaho Technical College repeated as web design state champions and dominated the web categories of the post-secondary BPA competition. “What an amazing group of students. Way to bring home the gold!” stated Julie Anderson, EITC Web Development instructor.

Momentum Builds for Community College

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

With four classroom and 16 instructors, a College of Southern Idaho satellite campus is the only
place to take a community college course in person in eastern Idaho.

Roughly 200 students attend the CSI Idaho Falls campus, which opened in 2014. At capacity, it could
serve about 600.

Community College Panel Announced

Monday, February 22, 2016

Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper announced Tuesday who will serve on the city’s community
college citizen study panel.

The panel was created to gauge Bonneville County’s need for a community college, what steps would
be needed to convert Eastern Idaho Technical College into a community college and how much the
project would…

Notice: Upcoming NWCCU Accreditation Visit

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The Northwestern Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) will perform a comprehensive accreditation evaluation visit to Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC) on April 20-22, 2016. A NWCCU evaluation team will meet with campus students, faculty and staff to evaluate EITC’s accreditation status, in conjunction with EITC’s 2016 Year…

Community College Gains Traction

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The seeds have been planted, but it’s too early to tell if the latest push to establish an Idaho Fallsbased community college will bear fruit.

Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper is at the forefront of a loose-knit group of residents calling for
examination of the idea. The mayor, for more than a year, has pushed for a broader…

Technical College vs Community College

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Comparison of EITC as Technical College vs Possible Community College.

Governor Supports Making EITC a Community College

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

In Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter’s state-of-the-state address, the governor focused a significant amount of his speech on improving Idaho’s education system. One of those areas of improvement was making the Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC) a community college for the eastern Idaho area.

“So today I’d like to invite the people of…

RN Program Announces Cost Saving Changes

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Eastern Idaho Technical College (EITC) announces positive changes to the Associate Registered Nursing (RN) program. RN students will now be able to complete their Associate RN degree within five semesters (includes prerequisite courses) and will no longer be required to be a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to enter the program.

Group Seeks to Create Idaho Falls Community College

Friday, November 13, 2015

Transformation could be in store for Eastern Idaho Technical College, a two-year school that serves 750 students in Idaho Falls. The city’s mayor and a group of supporters would like to see EITC become a community college capable of conferring academic degrees. The trustees have established as college president Rick Aman, who helped get the…