The Rocky Mount Rotary Club recently presented Edgecombe Community College with $35,000 to support student scholarships. During a Rotary event in October, Rotary leaders awarded $105,000 in scholarship funds to support local students attending Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College, and North Carolina Wesleyan University. The funds were raised through Tackle the Tar, an annual […]
Edgecombe Community College recently hosted North Carolina Community College System Strategic Enrollment Planning training for the Eastern Region. NCCCS leaders conducted the training, which is designed to equip community colleges with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to strengthen enrollment management practices and optimize student success.
More than 200 students, instructors, and area emergency medical personnel responded to multiple trauma scenarios through a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) simulation event held October 21 on the Rocky Mount campus of Edgecombe Community College. The event was organized and directed by Adam Culbertson, fire and EMS coordinator at ECC. This marked the second MCI […]
by Briyana Storm Baker The New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) will come to Edgecombe Community College on Thursday, November 2, to perform a series of ballets by legendary choreographers. This is the tenth year that NYTB has participated in ECC’s Edgecombe Performance Series, which is currently in its seventeenth season. The performance will begin at […]
Dr. Greg McLeod (far right), president of Edgecombe Community College, was among the presenters at the Old Eastern Missionary Baptist Association’s 29th Annual Awards Banquet held September 29 in the Fleming Building on the Tarboro campus. The Rev. Jerry Spruell (7th from left), chairman of the ECC Board of Trustees, is vice moderator of the […]
The Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 37th Annual Golf Tournament raised approximately $30,000 to support student scholarships and operations of the foundation. The tournament was held September 21 at Maccripine Country Club in Macclesfield. Thirty-three teams competed in the tournament, which is the largest fundraiser held by the ECC Foundation. “The golfers and the volunteers had […]
Hitachi Astemo has donated a 2023 Honda High-Performance Division Ridgeline AWD Sport valued at $43,500 from Davenport Autopark of Rocky Mount as a hole-in-one prize for the Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 37th Annual Golf Classic on Thursday, September 21. Shown from left are Batt Masterson of Hitachi Astemo; Neill Nelson of Davenport Autopark; ECC leaders […]
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond officials joined local leaders from the Golden LEAF Foundation and Edgecombe and Nash community colleges recently for a discussion of innovative initiatives and collaborative practices helping to meet local workforce needs. The group toured the Center for Innovation on Edgecombe Community College’s Tarboro campus. From left are Nacole Everette, dean […]
Edgecombe high school students met for eight weeks at Edgecombe Community College this summer to learn about clean energy through the STEPs4GROWTH: EV Pre-Apprenticeship Program. Nine Edgecombe Early College High School students completed the program that met on the Tarboro campus of ECC. STEPs4GROWTH is a clean energy workforce development project funded by a grant […]
The Tarboro-Edgecombe Golden Seniors Club recently presented $250 to Edgecombe Community College to support students in the Basic Law Enforcement Training program. From left are Lynwood Roberson, executive director of the ECC Foundation; Bernie Taylor, BLET school director; John Walker, club president; and Dr. Greg McLeod, ECC president.
