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Photograph of a Lake Erie College Piggy Bank on a stack of books to promote LEC Scholarships. — LEC Receives Grant from Ohio Department of Education
The College has received the Summer Learning and Afterschool Opportunities Afterschool Create grant, for a total award of $998,606.13
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Choose Ohio First Grant banner rewarded to Lake Erie College. — LEC Receives $1.5 Million in Choose Ohio First Grant
The grant will be used to support underrepresented students in STEM.
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Photograph of a student at Lake Erie College Campus in Painesville, Ohio during the summer. Colorful text that reads "Summer at Lake Erie College." — Get ahead. Catch Up. Raise Your GPA.
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Since 1856, Lake Erie College has been equipping students with the tools they need to succeed in the world. Our engaged and caring academic community provides our students with real-world, applied experiences in the context of a broad-based liberal arts education. At LEC, students learn to communicate effectively, think critically and creatively, and make informed decisions to support professional and personal fulfilment. Characteristics such as smaller class sizes, unique co-curricular programs like our innovative Pathway to Empowerment (P2E), and student life programming make Lake Erie College's learning environment special and distinctive.

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LEC Receives Grant from Ohio Department of Education

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LEC Receives $1.5 Million in Choose Ohio First Grant

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