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Rocky Mount Rotary Club Presents $10,000 to ECC

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 […]

Job Fair Offers Employment Opportunities

More than 40 employers, including representatives from manufacturing, healthcare, and hospitality, were on the lookout for qualified applicants at the Twin County Regional Job Fair held October 5 at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Shown is Taiesha Armstrong (left), fire training/recruitment officer with the Rocky Mount Fire Department, and an interested job seeker. The job […]

Employees Receive Awards at Fall Semester Kickoff

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 […]

ECC Supports Bike Ride

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 […]

ECC Participates in Graduation Parade

The Rocky Mount Housing Authority recently hosted a graduation parade for fourteen seniors from Rocky Mount High School and Nash Central High School. Dr. Greg McLeod (red polo), president of Edgecombe Community College, and Teresa Bottoms (who took the photo), ECC recruiter, were among the local officials and first responders who were on hand to […]

Fuller Scholar Named at ECC

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 […]

Memorial Scholarship Endowed at ECC

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 […]

ECC Foundation Golf Tournament Nets $20,000

The Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 35th Annual Golf Tournament raised approximately $20,000 for student scholarships, grants, programs, and projects at Edgecombe Community College. The tournament was held April 22 at Maccripine Country Club in Macclesfield. Thirty-one teams competed in the tournament, which is among the largest fundraisers held by the ECC Foundation. “Our golfers and […]

ECC Volunteers at Farmworker Event

Edgecombe Community College Nursing students, Medical Assisting students, and instructors are volunteering at the free Farmworker Health and Resource Fair in Rocky Mount. The event is taking place every Sunday 12-4 p.m. in the Walmart parking lot on Benvenue Road. Resources include COVID-19 testing and support, food boxes while supplies last, and blood pressure and […]

KCST Donates Honda for ECC Golf Tournament Prize

Keihin Carolina System Technology has donated a 2021 Honda Accord Sport Turbo 2.0 liter 10-speed automatic as a hole-in-one prize for the Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 35th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, April 22. Shown from left are KCST and ECC officials Lynwood Roberson, Tammie Barrett, Batt Masterson, Dr. Greg McLeod, and David Catt. Set […]