Category Archives: Blog

Preparing to Celebrate!

Preparing to Celebrate!

Chris Gray, Ph.D.  Founding President, Erie County Community College   Graduation is such a significant milestone in a student’s academic journey, marking the culmination of years of hard work and dedication. Just about everything going on here at EC3...
Champion: Both Noun and Verb

Champion: Both Noun and Verb

Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President | Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania I’m not now nor have I ever been particularly passionate about grammar, but I do find it interesting the way words work.  Particularly in English, because it’s such an...
Just Around the Bend: Summer!

Just Around the Bend: Summer!

Notes from the President Chris Gray, Ph.D. | Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania  With its warm temperatures and sunny weather, summer feels far away right now.  As April showers and cool spring temperatures pervade Erie, it...
Coming Soon: A BIG First

Coming Soon: A BIG First

Notes from the President Christopher Gray, Ph.D. | Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania In just a few short weeks, we will celebrate a BIG milestone here at EC3: our first commencement ceremony!  The theme for this event is “Firsts”...
Broadening Our Reach

Broadening Our Reach

Notes from the President Chris Gray, Ph.D. | Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania  My focus here in the blog to date has been on the ways in which EC3 serves our students in attaining a degree or preparing to transfer to a four-year...
Timelines and Traditions

Timelines and Traditions

Notes from the President Chris Gray, Ph.D. | Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania  I’ve worked in many institutions in which things have been done a certain way just because that’s the way they’ve always been done, and we can’t break...