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Summer Classes Underway

Tom Killoran, program chair of mathematics at Edgecombe Community College, provides an orientation to students enrolled in Precalculus Algebra during the first day of summer classes on Tuesday, May 24. Students can enroll in summer semester classes through Thursday, May 26. Summer classes end August 4.

ECC’s Bernie Taylor Is Shaping the Next Generation of Law Enforcement

During Bernie Taylor’s 30-year law enforcement career in Eastern North Carolina, he endured countless tragedies: seeing the aftermath of horrific traffic accidents, consoling the families who lost loved ones to murder, and witnessing the despair of domestic violence. In 2015, he turned in his badge in exchange for a clipboard and took over Edgecombe Community […]

ECC and Central Piedmont Partner in Online Program

For two weeks last winter, Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte shut down following a ransomware attack that compromised much of the school’s computerized data. Numerous students were in danger of missing a full semester, or in some cases, possibly graduation, including 17 students in its health information technology program. That’s when Edgecombe Community College […]

New Facilities Strengthen BLET

For the past seven years, Bernie Taylor has been running Edgecombe Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program out of one classroom on the Tarboro campus. That all changed in late 2021 when the academy moved across campus from the Fleming Building to the Havens Building, expanding the program’s facilities to include showers, lockers, […]

NC Community College System President Tours ECC

Thomas Stith III, president of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), recently toured the campuses of Edgecombe Community College, hosted by ECC President Dr. Greg McLeod and Student Ambassador Eren Exum. “We were pleased to welcome President Stith to Edgecombe Community College,” said Dr. McLeod. “His visit demonstrates his commitment and that of the […]

ECC Announces Free Tuition and Fees This Fall

In an effort to help students and their families recover from the pandemic, Edgecombe Community College has created a new scholarship program called the Edgecombe Pledge. This unique initiative will fund in-state tuition and fees for all qualifying students who enroll beginning in the Fall 2021 semester and extending through the Spring 2023 semester. This […]

ECC and N.C. A&T Sign Transfer Agreement

Edgecombe Community College and North Carolina A&T State University have signed an agreement that will enable ECC Agribusiness Technology graduates to transfer into N.C. A&T’s bachelor’s degree program in agriculture education. “We designed the agreement so that our students can transfer seamlessly to their four-year program,” says Dr. Johnica Ellis-Kiser, program chair of business administration […]

ECC Students Get Creative

  Yazmin Lopez, an Early Childhood Education student at Edgecombe Community College, uses an ice cream cone to create a Christmas tree during an EDU 151 Creative Activities class. Students create visual recipe charts so that preschoolers who cannot yet read can look at the charts and prepare simple recipes. Spring semester classes at ECC […]

Spring Classes Begin January 7

When spring classes begin at Edgecombe Community College on January 7, the teaching and learning landscape will look very similar to fall semester: safe and effective. Most classes will be delivered online, with some offered as a hybrid of online and in-person instruction. In general, lecture courses will be offered online unless there are multiple […]

ECC EMS Responds to COVID

The shift to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic has profoundly impacted teaching and learning nationwide. Prior to the pandemic, the shift had already begun at Edgecombe Community College, which has been adding online programs and classes in recent years. This year, hybrid course delivery that combines online study with hands-on learning has emerged […]