Major: Medical Office Administration Hobbies/interests: Cooking, fishing, and spending time with family What influenced you to apply to the Student Ambassador Program? I enjoyed the community involvement while serving as an ECC Ambassador last year! Why did you choose Edgecombe Community College? Why not? I thought that for my success it would be best to […]
Major: Associate in Science Hobbies/interests: Crocheting What influenced you to apply to the Student Ambassador Program? I applied because of a friend (previous Student Ambassador) who told me how great an experience it was. Why did you choose Edgecombe Community College? I wanted to earn my associate degree before transferring to a four-year university. Where […]
Major: Healthcare Management Technology Hobbies: DYI projects, gardening Interests: Family, spirituality/church and community events What influenced you to apply to the Student Ambassador Program? What influenced me to apply to the Student Ambassador Program was the ability to meet new people as well as the social benefits of encouraging students from all backgrounds, all experiences, […]
Major: Associate in Science Hobbies/interests: Painting, drawing, music, exercise, fashion, and modeling What influenced you to apply to the Student Ambassador Program? What influenced me to become a Student Ambassador was knowing that it would be a great opportunity for me to build leadership skills, help me network and get to know new people in […]
Major: Radiography Hobbies/interests: Watching the “Big Bang Theory,” taking care of my dogs What influenced you to apply to the Student Ambassador Program? Leading is something I love to do, and I love to help other people. I know that as an ECC Ambassador I am able to represent ECC students and be a part […]
One of Edgecombe Community College’s most disciplined students is a great illustration of how education, grit, and perseverance can change a life. When Tanaejah Taylor graduated from Tarboro High School in 2016, her hard work had already paid off. She not only received her high school diploma, but also two certificates she earned through the […]
A little more than a decade ago, Michael Parker dropped out of high school and joined the workforce, knocking around Eastern North Carolina, searching for his way in life. “I was not mentally focused,” he says of his decision to drop out of high school at age seventeen. After a few years of low-paying hourly […]
Participation in a science competition at Edgecombe Community College helped shape Jilianne Leary’s academic and career goals. In 2016 and 2017, while a student at Edgecombe Early College High School and ECC, Leary was a member of Edgecombe Community College’s NASA/NC Space Grant unmanned high altitude balloon challenge. In the April 2017 statewide competition, ECC […]
Though Edgecombe Community College student Bobby Mitchell isn’t from the Twin Counties, he sought out the college’s Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology program to help him pursue his career goals. Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, Mitchell landed in the Collision Repair and Refinishing program at ECC after high school and a tour of duty in […]
Elizabeth Stone has spent the last twenty years as a busy homemaker and mother of four. After spending the bulk of her adult life raising a family, she decided to return to the workforce so she could help her now college-age children. But at 53, with a two-year degree that was more than 30 years […]
