(OLNEY) The Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting in April this past Tuesday night in Fairfield : the Board approved the payment of all bills as presented : approved fee updates effective Fall 2026, including the elimination of testing fees, which will save students approximately $177 and agreed to redistribute a $40 lab fee in the Medical Assistant program evenly across two courses without changing the total program cost : approved a new three-year agreement with Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) to continue providing nursing students with testing, remediation, and NCLEX preparation through a cost-recovery fee assessed to first-year RN students : accepted the 2025 IECC 403(b) Plan Report, summarizing plan participation, investment options, and total assets of approximately $6.9 million : approved the transfer of a donated, uninhabitable property at 402 East Locust Street in Robinson to the City of Robinson : in honor of his longstanding support of the IECC District, agreed to name the new Frontier Community College athletic facility in Fairfield, the Jerry Cox Athletic Center and its competition floor as Jerry Cox Court : and in personnel – accepted the retirement of Dr. Matthew Fowler as Wabash Valley College President and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, effective June 30th, 2027 – accepted the resignation from Cody Gifford as FCC Custodian – approved new employment contracts for Chancellor Ryan Gower, for Lincoln Trail College President & Vice Chancellor of Institutional Outreach Tona Ambrose, for Olney Central College President & Vice Chancellor of Business Operations Chris Simpson, and for Frontier Community College President & Vice Chancellor of Business and Industry Sharmila Kakac – approved a change in status for Cassandra Goldman from Dean of Students to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs & Wabash Valley College President-Designate, effective July 1st, 2026 – agreed to hire Adam McInter as TRIO Upward Bound Academic Counselor at LTC and Vanessa Stevens as OCC Custodian – and approved an externship through the Perkins Grant as a special assignment for Nursing Instructor Brittary Ochs : the next regular monthly meeting for the IECC Board of Trustees is May 19th, 2026.
