Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 15. At 3 p.m., Norris Tolson, CEO and president of Carolinas Gateway Partnership, will give the keynote address during the Global Education Spring Symposium at Edgecombe Community College. Scheduled for Thursday-Friday, March 15-16, the symposium will be held on the College’s Rocky Mount campus. The theme of the two-day […]
More than 200 area leaders in education, health care, business, and industry joined Edgecombe Community College faculty on the Tarboro campus recently for Advisory Board Night. The annual event was held February 6. ECC advisory boards consist of professional leaders, community members, and faculty who are experts in the subject area of their board. More […]
Edgecombe Community College will present a unique evening of live music and acrobatics on Friday, March 2. Le Cirque Esprit is the fifth of six shows in the thirteenth season of the Edgecombe Performance Series, which brings world class entertainment to Tarboro and Edgecombe County. Le Cirque Esprit is a dynamic production featuring Boston-based progressive […]
Edgecombe Community College is pleased to welcome the Barter Players back to Tarboro on Friday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. The theatre troupe, based at the historic Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, will perform an adaptation of Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” as part of Season Thirteen of the Edgecombe Performance Series, which brings […]
The Edgecombe Community College Foundation awarded scholarships to 157 ECC students during a scholarship awards ceremony held November 8 on the Tarboro campus. Ninety-five scholarships were awarded, with scholarship amounts ranging from $100 to $2,000. Shown are students Samantha Wainright and Elijah Sherrod receiving the Dr. Hartwell H. Fuller Jr. Endowed Merit Scholarship from Mr. […]
Great Clips has awarded a $500 scholarship to Edgecombe Community College Cosmetology student Kenardi Condery. Shown are Lorretta Hillard (left), who owns three local Great Clips salons and serves on the ECC Cosmetology Advisory Board, with Condery.
A free concert by the Pitt Community College Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, October 29, will feature a Halloween costume contest for kids. The lucky winner of the contest will have an opportunity to conduct the orchestra. The concert, which begins at 3 p.m., is the second of six shows in Season Thirteen of the Edgecombe […]
In the last 30 years, the Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s Annual Golf Tournament has generated a whopping $400,000 for student scholarships. On September 17, the event celebrated its 30th year by raising about $21,000 and bringing back the winning team from the 1985 tournament: Curtis Edmondson, Junior Edmondson, Charlie Harrell, and Carl Thurber. Curtis Edmondson […]
Edgecombe Community College is committed to preparing the next generation of health care workers through the new Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center. Currently under construction, the three-story, 45,000-square-foot facility located on the Rocky Mount campus is slated for completion in November, with classes beginning in January 2016. The state-of-the-art facility will launch a new era […]
