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Rocky Mount Rotary Club Presents $27,000 to ECC

The Rocky Mount Rotary Club presented Edgecombe Community College with $27,000 on Monday to support student scholarships. The presentation took place during a Rocky Mount Rotary Club meeting, during which Rotary leaders presented $81,000 in scholarship funds to support local students attending Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. The funds […]

Local Leaders Join ECC Foundation Board

The Edgecombe Community College Foundation Board of Directors welcomed new board members at a recent board meeting. Clockwise from top left are Susan Hoke, Edgecombe County Public Schools; Dr. Greg McLeod, ECC president and ex officio member of the board; Kristen Brabble, First Carolina Bank; Ralph Webb, Edgecombe County commissioner; Angela Burton, Word Tabernacle Church; […]

KCST Donates Honda for ECC Golf Tournament Prize

Keihin Carolina System Technology has donated a 2019 Honda Accord LX as a hole-in-one prize for the Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 34th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, October 10. Set at Maccripine Country Club, the tournament is a fundraiser for student scholarships. Last year’s tournament raised $17,300. Tee-times are 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. To […]

Edgecombe Performance Series Begins October 22

The Edgecombe Performance Series, sponsored by Edgecombe Community College, is expanding to seven events for its upcoming fifteenth season of bringing world class entertainment to the Edgecombe community. Each year, ECC presents a series of artistic performances in Keihin Auditorium on the Tarboro campus, located at 2009 West Wilson Street. Season Fifteen performances include: Pitt […]

Criminal Justice Program Chair Receives Prestigious Teaching Award

Rick Basile, program chair of criminal justice at Edgecombe Community College, has been awarded the 2019-2020 Keihin Endowed Faculty Chair. The chair was endowed by Keihin Carolina System Technology (KCST) through a $100,000 gift in 2007, and it rewards excellence in teaching. “I can’t imagine a more rewarding career than teaching, and I am immensely […]

Education & Business Summit targets workforce development

Edgecombe Community College leaders were among the education and business professionals who attended the Twin Counties Education & Business Leaders’ Summit held August 1 on the campus of Nash Community College. ECC participants included (from left) Lynwood Roberson, Dr. Greg McLeod, Sheila Hoskins, Sheryll Wood, Debbie Batten, Dr. Harry Starnes, and Bruce Panneton. NC Secretary […]

New Programs Focus on Job Skills

Students are heating up the kitchen in a new program in Baking and Pastry Arts at Edgecombe Community College. The new Continuing Education certificate program began this summer with courses in Food Service Sanitation and Safety and Food Service Management. Both classes are meeting in the evening for the convenience of students who work. A […]

School Personnel Attend ECC Counselor Institute

Fifty-three Edgecombe and Nash middle school and high school counselors, CTE coordinators, career development coordinators, and career coaches attended a Counselor Institute held June 10-12 at Edgecombe Community College. Among other activities, participants toured the Center for Innovation under construction on the Tarboro campus as well as Triangle Tire and Corning construction sites in Edgecombe […]

ECC Runs with Tackle the Tar

Thirty-eight students, faculty, and staff participated on the Edgecombe Community College team at Tackle the Tar held May 18. Tackle the Tar is a 5K obstacle course race and family fun day sponsored by the Rocky Mount Rotary Club. Proceeds support scholarships for local students attending Edgecombe and Nash community colleges and NC Wesleyan College. […]

Local Companies Supporting New ECC Facility through Naming Opportunities

With possibly millions of manufacturing jobs at stake over the next decade, Edgecombe Community College is banking on its new Center for Innovation to help pave the way for the future of skilled manufacturing workers. And local businesses Keihin Carolina System Technology and Barnhill Contracting Co. are pitching in. A study by the National Association […]