Governor helps to launch Eastern Gateway Community College

YOUNGSTOWN — Gov. Ted Strickland, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio Chancellor of Higher Education Eric Fingerhut and about 150 education, community, business and labor leaders showed up at Forum Health’s Northside Medical Center to officially launch the Eastern Gateway Community College.

It’s a college without walls as it has no centralized campus but is providing classes at existing education facilities in Mahoning, Trumbull, Columbiana and Jefferson counties. It is also offering online classes.

The community college is headquartered at Forum’s Nourished Medical Education Building on Gypsy Lane, and organizers said it has about 3,000 students enrolled.

About two-thirds of that number are at the Jefferson County Campus (formerly Jefferson County Community College).

Read more about the new college in Tuesday’s Vindicator or on Vindy.com.