Kaskaskia College named on list of best places to work in St. Louis
An aerial view of Kaskaskia College.
“Students benefit from engaged and enthusiastic faculty across campus”
Kaskaskia College has announced that it was recently named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2025 Best Places to Work list. Over 150 nominations were submitted for the list and only 80 companies were selected as finalists.
KC Vice President of Institutional Support & Technology and CIO George Kriss noted that Kaskaskia College was “thrilled to make the Best Places to Work list the first year they applied.”
The media outlet used a third-party surveyor, Quantum Workplace, to distribute anonymous surveys to Kaskaskia College employees about their careers on campus. The surveys measured a wide range of research-validated workplace factors that impact employee engagement and satisfaction.
Kaskaskia College scored 86.18 on a scale of 0-100 in the Best Places to Work award survey.
“Kaskaskia College is such a special place and it is very humbling to be recognized as one of the Best Places to Work by the St. Louis Business Journal,” Kaskaskia College President George Evans said. “The fact that the award was based upon survey results from our staff and faculty is even more humbling. This recognition is proof of the KC commitment to creating a family-oriented working environment, one built on supporting all employees at KC, and it reinforces just how special our staff and faculty are.”
Kriss added that KC is “always evolving and improving.” The entire college has gone through a rebrand, including renovations to facilities across campus while keeping a family-oriented culture for employees.
“While it might sound cliche, Kaskaskia College is truly a family,” said Kriss. “We have a culture of where you can be your authentic self and embrace who you are as a person. Everyone is allowed to have their own input at work, and we build off each other at KC. This creates a better work environment and that gets passed on to our students, who benefit from happy professors and employees across campus. When working in higher education, you’re not going to see the same thing every day. It’s truly a new set of challenges daily and it’s so rewarding at the end of each semester to get to see all the things your students have accomplished.”
Kriss also said this recognition helps inform students they will be supported by “engaged and enthusiastic” faculty if they choose to attend Kaskaskia College. The Best Places to Work in St. Louis list was announced in March, and a special awards section will be published in print in May.
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Kaskaskia College is a public community college in Centralia, Ill., within South Central Illinois District 501, serving all or part of nine counties, including Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Washington, Jefferson, St. Clair, Madison, and Montgomery. Committed to making education accessible, Kaskaskia College offers training programs at the Centralia Crisp Manufacturing and Trades Center and has education centers in Greenville, Nashville, Salem, Trenton, and Vandalia, Ill. The Higher Learning Commission accredits the college, which offers a broad spectrum of degrees, programs, and certification options, specializing in two-year associate degrees and trade school programs. Founded in 1940, Kaskaskia College was the first Class I Community College established in Illinois.
