Lynwood Roberson, executive director of the Edgecombe Community College Foundation, has been selected to receive an International Distinguished College Administrator Award from Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society for students attending two-year schools. Roberson is one of only 28 college administrators worldwide selected for the international distinction. He was nominated by Edgecombe’s Alpha Omega Nu […]
“Education comes first” was a genuine family motto in the Batchelor household when Marlon Land was growing up. It makes sense, considering all the struggles her parents endured when they were just trying to find a public school that would accept them. “My mother had to leave home on two occasions just to finish school,” […]
Leaders at Edgecombe-Martin County Electric Membership Corporation recently presented $1,000 to Edgecombe Community College to support student scholarships in the Electrical Systems Technology program. Edgecombe-Martin EMC provides two $500 scholarships to the college annually. From left are Edgecombe-Martin EMC officials Eddie Stocks, vice president of member and industrial development, and Winston Howell, chief executive officer […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce Student Ambassadors for 2021-2022: Eren Exum, Edgecombe Early College High School Super Senior, Associate in Arts Makayla Killebrew, Dental Hygiene Hannah LaPlant, Associate in Arts The ECC Foundation sponsors the Student Ambassador program each year to reward academic excellence. Student Ambassadors must maintain a 3.25 grade point average. […]
A Tarboro couple who credits their success to small business wants to help local residents be successful, too. Jerry and Faye Price have established the Dr. Jerry and Faye Price Endowed Scholarship at Edgecombe Community College to support students in skilled trades and other small business-related programs. “We want people to be excited about the […]
The Rocky Mount Rotary Club recently presented Edgecombe Community College with $10,000 to support student scholarships. The presentation took place during a Rotary event, during which Rotary leaders awarded $30,000 in scholarship funds to support local students attending Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. The Rocky Mount Rotary Club continued […]
An Edgecombe Community College instructor and staff member received special awards from the ECC Foundation at the college’s fall semester kickoff held virtually on August 16. Francine Long, math instructor, received the 2021 Excellence in Teaching Award. “When the college transitioned to a virtual environment in March 2020, she set the standard by embracing web-based […]
Edgecombe Community College was among the organizations that participated in a recent local bike ride to raise awareness of prostate health. The ECC Foundation donated 50 backpacks that were given to the riders. The backpacks contained information about college programs and the Edgecombe Pledge, ECC’s new scholarship initiative that provides free tuition and fees to […]
SouthWest Edgecombe High School graduate Haley Hylton has received the prestigious Dr. Hartwell H. Fuller Jr. Endowed Merit Scholarship at Edgecombe Community College. Roger and Gaile Taylor of Rocky Mount endowed the merit scholarship program in 2011 to honor Dr. Hartwell Fuller, former president of the college. The scholarship covers the full cost of an […]
The family of DeQuan “Noot” Dickens, along with Bob Reardon of Burger King and Rocky Mount Mayor Sandy Roberson, have established the DeQuan “Noot” Dickens Memorial Endowed Scholarship at Edgecombe Community College. A Rocky Mount native, DeQuan “Noot” Dickens had a “golden personality,” according to his parents, Demeka Johnson and Demond Dickens. “He was always […]