🌱 How will IECC’s new chancellor impact Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel?
Mount Carmel, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Mount Carmel! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will IECC’s new chancellor impact Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel?
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Turning sunny; not as hot, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 69. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Cloudy with a stray t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• IECC trustees to affirm Taylor as next chancellor (hometownregister.com) — Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel will soon have a new top-level leader at its parent system, as Illinois Eastern Community Colleges trustees are set to affirm Dr. Timothy Taylor as chancellor on June 16. Taylor, currently president of Shawnee Community College, would take over Aug. 15, guiding all four IECC campuses that serve southeastern Illinois, including Mount Carmel’s. 
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🗞 Nearby News
Olney
- Margie F. Marvel, 93, formerly of Fairfield (wfiwradio.com)
- Bryce West (14news.com)
Carmi
- Just Landed: Williams Recaps Boston Trip with Student Explorers of CWC Travels – WRUL-FM (wrul.com)
- SIC Recognizes President's and Vice President's Academic Honors Lists (wmix94.com)
Fairfield
- Frontier Community College to Hold 'Senior Citizens' Day' (wfiwradio.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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