Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing students held a Health Literacy Fair on the Tarboro campus recently, providing health information to the public and showcasing their poster presentations. The fair was held to educate the community about common health issues facing Edgecombe and Nash counties. Shown from left are Nursing students Kristina Garcia-Segura and Wanda […]
For the eleventh year in a row, recent graduates of Edgecombe Community College’s Practical Nursing program achieved perfection on the national licensure exam. August 2022 graduates achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN). The NCLEX-PN is required for practice as a licensed practical nurse and is […]
Quintin Whitehead is excelling in a career he didn’t know existed a decade ago. A sales associate and surgical technologist with Zimmer Biomet, a medical device company headquartered in Indiana, Whitehead has a unique perspective in the operating room. He knows surgical instruments, and he understands the devices he sells and how to best implant […]
Forty students from Edwards and Parker middle schools visited the Rocky Mount campus of Edgecombe Community College on October 4 for the annual Communities in Schools event. Students toured the campus, met with college instructors and staff, and learned about programs in Criminal Justice, Emergency Medical Science, Health Information Technology, Radiography, Respiratory Therapy, and Surgical […]
Practical Nursing graduates at Edgecombe Community College participated in a recent pinning ceremony. From left are (front) Kaitlyn Renee Evans, Ti’Kesha Reneé Hinton, Jessica Edwards, Sharrell Wanda Gray, Jeremy Logan Bulluck, Belinda Detronia Armstrong, Jennifer Moore Case, Mary Jenkins, LaQuisha Shanette Mabry, (back, on stairs) Kristin Barnett, Dana Latrice Kimble, Christine A. Ogwade, Rebeka Lee […]
Students from Northern Nash, Southern Nash and Rocky Mount high schools recently toured Edgecombe Community College as part of the Summer Bridge Program. Pictured is Suzi Shippen-Wagner, program chair of Surgical Technology, providing an overview of the field to students in the simulated operating room in the Lamm Building on ECC’s Rocky Mount campus.
His path may have been winding, but Kevin Sharpe has ended up exactly where he was meant to be, a student in the Respiratory Therapy program at Edgecombe Community College. Sharpe, 36, is a graduate of North Pitt High School in Bethel. “I took a year off, life happened, and I didn’t go to college […]
All members of the Radiography Class of 2022 at Edgecombe Community College passed the national certification exam on their first attempt, becoming registered radiographers and earning the title R.T.(R)(ARRT), which signifies Registered Technologist in Radiography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. Twelve students graduated from the program in May 2022. The graduates are certified […]
Recent Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates Courtney Marshall and Monica Shehan received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the nursing pinning ceremony in May. They received a certificate, a DAISY in Training Award TM pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Both Marshall and Shehan graduated from the […]
Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 11. The ADN Class of 2022 is a large class of 37 members, who graduated from the ADN program during the College’s commencement ceremony on May 13. These graduates have met the education requirements to take the NCLEX-RN®, the National Council […]
