MC Belk Pilon, president and board chair of the John M. Belk Endowment, told Edgecombe Community College graduates to “keep pounding” during Commencement exercises at ECC. Pilon gave the keynote address during the ceremony held May 10 in Keihin Auditorium. She and her team at the Belk Endowment are committed to increasing access to and […]
May 2023 graduates of Edgecombe Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing program scored 97 percent on the national licensure exam for registered nurses, besting the national pass rate by 10 percent. According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) pass rate for 2023 is 87 […]
When Nina White was a kid in Philadelphia, her mother bombarded her with math. “My mother drilled numbers into me,” White says. “She’d call out multiplication tables at the dinner table, and she’d never let me count on my fingers. She always drilled math into me.” It is no surprise that White grew up to […]
Growing up in the early 2010s, Gerard Gaskin was like most kids his age. He played video games. “My friends and I all worked in the same video game world, building houses and games,” says the Tarboro native. “I liked playing games and building things in my free time.” When it came time to plan […]
