Edgecombe Community College’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society was recently recognized for 20 years of participation in the Adopt-A-Highway program. At least twice a year since 2000, the group has sponsored seasonal drives to pick up litter along a three-mile stretch of Wilson Street in front of the Tarboro campus. The most […]
Edgecombe Community College student Alexia J. Richardson has received a People Helping People Scholarship from the State Employees Credit Union Foundation. The SECU Foundation established the People Helping People Scholarship program to assist students in each of the 58 community colleges in North Carolina. The scholarship provides a maximum of $1,250 per semester for four […]
Phillips/Bricks Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment Donors of $100 and Above Brenda Asbury Gwendolyn W. Barnes Eleanor Battle‐Sharpe Vivian M. Batts Minnie R. Bell Katherine Bellamy Maurieta E. Cozart Clarence Daniels Mary E. Davis In Loving Memory of Alfred Dickens, Class of 1950 Jacqueline O. Dickens Kary Dickens Freida P. Diggs Maniza Findlater DeLois G. Hamilton […]
David Joyner, general manager of the Rocky Mount Event Center, recently brought local college presidents and the Golden LEAF Foundation together to brainstorm on collaborative efforts to better serve area students. Shown from left are Dr. Lew Hunnicutt, Nash Community College; Scott Hamilton (behind Dr. Hunnicutt), president and CEO of Golden LEAF; David Joyner; Dr. […]
From left, Victoria Sowers, instructor, and Isabella Garay, president of the Student Government Association at Edgecombe Community College, reach for the sky during a Stretching and Flexibility Class held at ECC on September 30. The SGA sponsored the class, which met on the Tarboro campus greenway. The SGA is sponsoring Drive-In Movie Night on October […]
The Rocky Mount Rotary Club presented Edgecombe Community College with $17,000 on Monday to support student scholarships. The presentation took place during a Rotary Zoom meeting, during which Rotary leaders presented $51,000 in scholarship funds to support local students attending Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. The funds were raised […]
Edgecombe Community College paused to observe 9/11 on September 11. The virtual event included patriotic music by Suzi Shippen-Wagner, program chair of Surgical Technology; prayer led by the Rev. Kenny Parker, ECC trustee; and comments by Carole Mehle, English instructor and chair of the Diversity and Global Connections Committee, which sponsored the observance. Read their […]
Edgecombe Community College and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina gave away 500 boxes of food to area residents on September 4. The free food distribution event took place simultaneously on ECC campuses in Rocky Mount and Tarboro. LaShawnda Washington, director of ECC’s Division of College and Career Readiness and coordinator of […]
State Farm recently donated 200 disposable surgical masks to Edgecombe Community College. According to Greg Sessoms, Tarboro agent, State Farm provided each office with $500 to invest in community service projects. The Tarboro office is using the funds to distribute personal protective equipment to area schools, including ECC. Shown are Sessoms (left) and ECC President […]
Edgecombe Community College and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina are giving away 500 boxes of food to area residents on Friday, September 4. The free food distribution event will take place on the College’s Rocky Mount and Tarboro campuses simultaneously, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Two hundred and fifty boxes […]
