Not even Hurricane Ian could stop the traditional fall Adopt-A-Highway cleanup by the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Edgecombe Community College. The storm delayed the event by a week, but on Saturday, October 8, a group of devoted volunteers gathered nine bags of trash and recyclables. The Alpha Omega Nu chapter at ECC has been […]
Congratulations to Payden Kiser, a rising junior at the Edgecombe Early College High School and a student at Edgecombe Community College, who brought home a bronze medal from the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held June 20-24 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kiser placed third in the Principles of Engineering Technology Competition. He placed first in […]
Edgecombe Community College students brought home three individual awards and two team awards from the SkillsUSA state competition held April 27-29. Eleven students and four faculty advisors traveled to Greensboro to participate in the competition. Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA offers a competition for students to demonstrate their career and technical skills. The ECC chapter, called […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa welcomed nineteen new members into its membership in April. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. The organization held an induction ceremony on April 28. The guest speaker was Dr. Bruce Panneton, vice president of instruction at the college. […]
Fifteen Edgecombe Community College students and staff, including ECC President Dr. Greg McLeod, participated in the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup on April 23 sponsored by the college’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society. The Alpha Omega Nu chapter at ECC collected 21 bags of trash and recyclables along a three-mile stretch of highway in front […]
Edgecombe Community College’s student honor society won thirteen awards at the recent awards ceremony held by the Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Region. The awards ceremony was the capstone of the regional convention, held March 4-5 in Winston-Salem and the first in-person convention in two years. ECC’s chapter, Alpha Omega Nu, received the following awards: Chapter […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently welcomed twenty new members into its membership. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. The organization held an induction ceremony in November, marking the first in-person induction ceremony in nearly two years. The guest speaker was Francine Long, […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce Student Ambassadors for 2021-2022: Eren Exum, Edgecombe Early College High School Super Senior, Associate in Arts Makayla Killebrew, Dental Hygiene Hannah LaPlant, Associate in Arts The ECC Foundation sponsors the Student Ambassador program each year to reward academic excellence. Student Ambassadors must maintain a 3.25 grade point average. […]
Edgecombe Community College announces 2021-2022 Student Government Association executive officers. From left are Chynice Chapman, president, Associate in General Education – Pre-Nursing major; Gema Cuevas, vice president, Associate in General Education – Pre-Nursing; Victoria Dickens, secretary/treasurer, Associate in Early Childhood Education; and Eren Exum, Early College Representative, Associate in Arts. Far right is Dean of […]
Tamara Frank-Pourvady, longtime advisor to Edgecombe Community College’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, was recognized recently for her 20-year service to the organization. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. ECC President Dr. Greg McLeod presented Frank-Pourvady with a 20-year pin from the international organization. Frank-Pourvady is […]
