Eastern Arizona College (EAC), is a junior college situated in Graham County, Arizona. The principle grounds is in Thatcher, with satellite areas in Gila County, and Greenlee County. It is the most established junior college in Arizona and the main junior college in Arizona with a walking band.
Eastern Arizona College was contracted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1888. Classes began in a congregation room in Central, Arizona in 1890 with 17 understudies and was known as the St. Joseph Stake Academy. In 1891, classes were moved to Thatcher, Arizona, to be more brought together and because of room limitations. The school kept on extending, however it was strapped monetarily. In 1908, another 21-room building was opened that would in the long run be called Old Main.
In 1932, the Church expressed they could no more stand to bolster the school fiscally and would close it unless the nearby valley could bolster it. In 1933, a race was held and the valley passed an activity subsidizing the school. Proprietorship went to the condition of Arizona, dropping its religious alliance, and changing the name to Gila Junior College of Graham County. This name was changed to Eastern Arizona Junior College in 1950, then just Eastern Arizona College in 1966. In 1962, it was the inaugural individual from Arizona's recently made Junior College system.[1] The 1960s was a period of development and the school acquired adjacent farmland to broaden their grounds.
In 1972 an expressive arts focus was finished. In 1979, two flames inside of one week obliterated Old Main. The building was annihilated and another organization building was built on the site. Amid the 1987–1988 school year, Eastern Arizona College commended its centennial.
Eastern Arizona College has changed names nine times, developing from an one-room school building to turning into an extensive junior college serving three areas and facilitating a satellite grounds for a college.
In December 2012, following 10 years of campaigning, Eastern Arizona College propelled its first four year college education programs in an organization with Arizona State University. The four year college education projects incorporate nursing and busines
