Starting in the Fall 2024 semester, Lake Land College will begin offering dual credit courses at no cost to student that fall within the Effingham Regional Career Academy. Several select courses will be taught by instructors of Lake Land College at the Kluthe Center in Effingham. These courses will provide students the chance to explore options in high demand fields such as: commercial driver’s license or ‘CDL,’ agriculture, health care, networking, and in geospatial technology.

All of the classes in the Fall 2024 semester will be available to interested students within the Effingham Regional Career Academy. The ERCA covers 14 local highschools including: Altamont High School, Beecher City High School, Cowden-Herrick High School, Effingham High School, and Stewardson-Strasburg High School. In order to be eligible, students must be in their sophomore or junior year of high school.

To learn more about the available courses and how to register, students should first contact their high school guidance counselor. After doing this, contact Jerome Tkachuk, Director of the Effingham Education and Regional Extension Centers, at 217-540-3500.

More information is available on all additional dual credit opportunities found at Lake Land College by contacting Tessa Wiles, Director of Dual Credit and Honors Experience, at 217-234-5044 or at twiles@lakelandcollege.edu.