Twenty-one Edgecombe County employees recently strengthened their workplace skills by completing the Edgecombe Works! Office Skills Academy held at Edgecombe Community College. The program is a partnership between the college and Edgecombe County government. The college provides the instructor and training, and the county funds tuition and fees for participants. The program has a dual […]
Friends, family, and colleagues gathered at a Carolinas Gateway Partnership event recently to celebrate Norris Tolson, a lifelong public servant. A native of Pinetops, Tolson recently retired as president of Carolinas Gateway Partnership. To honor his many contributions to the Partnership and community, the E. Norris Tolson Endowed Scholarship has been established at Edgecombe Community […]
Six area community colleges joined forces to hold a Regional Career Fair on July 13 on the Tarboro campus of Edgecombe Community College. Edgecombe, Roanoke-Chowan, Halifax, Martin, Nash, and College of The Albemarle community colleges participated in the fair. Jessica Balazsi (left), human resources director at ECC, was among the community college officials who met […]
The Biker Girls of Tarboro recently donated two bicycles to Edgecombe Community College’s Student Bicycle Program, which supports students who have transportation needs. Students are required to show proof of a helmet and a bicycle lock to be eligible to receive a bicycle through the program. The Biker Girls was founded in July 2020 with […]
The Rev. Jerry Spruell, chair of the Edgecombe Community College Board of Trustees, threw the first pitch to kick off ECC Night at a recent Tarboro River Bandits baseball game. He was among the college’s students, employees, alumni, and friends who cheered on the home team during ECC Night held in June at Tarboro Municipal […]
Six area community colleges will join forces to host the Regional Career Fair on Saturday, July 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The event will be held at Edgecombe Community College’s Barnhill-Jenkins Center for Innovation at 2009 West Wilson St., Tarboro, NC. Job seekers are invited to speak with representatives from the College of the Albemarle, Edgecombe […]
At Edgecombe Community College, Kevin Strickland’s students are putting it all together. “Most students like hands-on projects,” says Strickland, who teaches autobody and construction at ECC and at SouthWest Edgecombe High School. “They want to come early and stay late. It helps them stay motivated.” That motivation has resulted in a spate of student-built construction […]
Edgecombe Community College staff member Viola Harris recently read to kindergarten students at Coker-Wimberly Elementary School in Battleboro. She represented the college in the Community Partner program. Harris, who lives in Tarboro, is an administrative assistant II in the cultural arts department at ECC and serves on the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners.
Feeling pretty needn’t cost a pretty penny, and a handsome look doesn’t have to cost a handsome sum. In Edgecombe Community College’s departments of Cosmetic Arts on the Tarboro campus and Barbering on its Rocky Mount campus, students provide professional-quality beauty and grooming services to the public in updated, state-of-the-art facilities – at a fraction […]
Members of Edgecombe Community College’s Surgical Technology class recently attended the North Carolina Association of Surgical Technologists meeting at Duke Regional Medical Center in Durham. The students took part in a hands-on workshop and were able to see how the NCAST business meetings are held. The community outreach project for this meeting was the Ronald […]
