About 200 area leaders in education, health care, business, and industry joined Edgecombe Community College faculty on the Tarboro campus for Advisory Board Night held February 28. Norris Tolson, CEO and president of Carolinas Gateway Partnership, provided the keynote address on economic development investments in Edgecombe County. “Edgecombe County will be inundated with construction workers […]
What started out as a mission trip to help others turned into a learning experience of a lifetime for two Edgecombe Community College students. Connor Massey and LeighAnn Champagne spent a week last November in the Dominican Republic as part of a trip set up by Suzi Shippen-Wagner, their Surgical Technology instructor and chair of […]
The Edgecombe Community College Student Nurses Association (SNA) recently completed a community toy and food drive. The toys were collected for children in the Rocky Mount New Eagles Program, and the food items were collected for the Nash and Edgecombe departments of social services. Pictured are (from left, front row) Sonya Smith; Haley Lewis, SNA […]
Edgecombe Community College trustees, administrators, instructors, students, and clinicians recently celebrated the College’s new program in Ophthalmic Medical Assistant and the addition of high-tech equipment. The four-semester diploma program curriculum was developed with input from local clinicians who recognized the need for trained individuals in the industry. Several of these clinicians attended a reception for […]
The Edgecombe Community College Student Nurses Association participated in the American Heart Association’s Twin Counties Heart Walk on November 10. The students raised $1,780 for the American Heart Association. Shown clockwise from bottom left are Haley Lewis, team captain; Earlie Barnes, Nursing instructor; Lemesha Vernon; Haley Kitchen; Sonya Smith; Christie Pitt; Caroline Harris; Lindsay Woodlief; […]
Fourteen students completed a recent EMT-Paramedic class at Edgecombe Community College. The one-year EMT-Paramedic course includes classroom instruction, clinical rotations, and an EMS field internship. Upon successful completion of the EMT-Paramedic program, graduates are eligible to take the North Carolina Paramedic certification exam. Graduates of the 2018 EMT-Paramedic class are: Ashley Batten Caleb Beyer, valedictorian […]
The Catalyst for Healthy Eating and Active Living program recently recognized Edgecombe Community College for its role in helping to improve the health of area residents. Catalyst Director Jamie Cousins and several members of the Catalyst team met with ECC officials on November 13 to thank the College for housing a Catalyst coordinator on the […]
With so many people in the area struggling to maintain healthy lifestyles, Edgecombe Community College is offering students a chance help their neighbors to better health. Thanks to a $25,000 grant through Durham-based Manpower Development Corp., which develops projects to reduce poverty, the College began offering tuition-free Community Health Coach classes this year. “We’ve had […]
Nash UNC Health Care is providing scholarships to five Edgecombe Community College nursing students. The scholarship recipients participated in a recent Signing Day ceremony as they committed to participating in the Nash UNC Nurse Scholars Program. The scholarship program funds the cost of each student’s education, tuition, and books. It also includes a monthly stipend […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Practical Nursing (PN) graduates who completed the program in August 2018 scored 100% on the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN). ECC’s PN graduates have achieved a 100% pass rate since the program began in 2003. The NCLEX-PN is required for practice as a licensed practical nurse. From left are […]
