Edgecombe Community College has received nearly $137,000 to help students cover the costs of short-term workforce training programs. The support is part of $95.6 million in new funding for North Carolina K-12 and postsecondary students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding is North Carolina’s share of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund, a […]
Edgecombe Community College announces 2020-2021 Student Government Association executive officers. From left are Isabella Garay, president, Associate in Science major; Nykia Lloyd, vice president, Early Childhood Education; Brooke Clark, parliamentarian, Respiratory Therapy; and Chantel Evans, Edgecombe Early College High School representative, Associate in Arts.
From left, Victoria Sowers, instructor, and Isabella Garay, president of the Student Government Association at Edgecombe Community College, reach for the sky during a Stretching and Flexibility Class held at ECC on September 30. The SGA sponsored the class, which met on the Tarboro campus greenway. The SGA is sponsoring Drive-In Movie Night on October […]
Students in Edgecombe Community College’s new program in Agribusiness Technology recently toured the Steven Brake poultry farm – S&N Enterprises – a contract grower for Perdue. The Pinetops farmer hosts students and others in the community who want to know more about growing commercial broiler chickens. ECC students dressed the part and learned about biosecurity, […]
The Rocky Mount Rotary Club presented Edgecombe Community College with $17,000 on Monday to support student scholarships. The presentation took place during a Rotary Zoom meeting, during which Rotary leaders presented $51,000 in scholarship funds to support local students attending Edgecombe Community College, Nash Community College, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. The funds were raised […]
Edgecombe Community College is offering a fall mini-term that begins October 20 and ends December 17. This eight-week mini-term makes it possible for students to complete a course with the same quality of instruction as a standard sixteen-week course, but on a shorter schedule. Most of the classes are online, but several are hybrid classes […]
Advanced Cosmetology student Crystal Dickens puts finishing touches on her dream board. Cosmetology students have been creating dream boards this fall to inspire them to stay the course in their pursuit of educational goals. Students are completing coursework through a combination of in-person labs and online study. They use the dream boards as encouragement when […]
Suzi Shippen-Wagner (standing), program chair of the Surgical Technology program at Edgecombe Community College, provides an orientation to students, including (l-r) Caitlyn Stimpson, Alissa Davis, and Jeanna Geopfert, during the first day of class on August 20. Most fall classes at ECC are being delivered online, with some offered as a hybrid of online and […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List for the Summer 2020 term. The following full-time student earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing her on the President’s List. Gaston: Jessica Delbridge Edgecombe Community College also is proud to announce its Dean’s List for Summer 2020. The following full-time students earned a grade […]
Commencement 2020 at Edgecombe Community College was a departure from previous graduation events as the college celebrated the Class of 2020 with a Drive-thru Graduation Parade on Friday, August 7. “Graduation is a milestone event,” says ECC President Dr. Greg McLeod. “In an effort to ensure that graduates had a memorable celebration with social distancing […]
