Edgecombe Community College students and employees have a new dining option. Six Smokin’ Bones, owned and operated by Audra Walton, recently opened in the student lounge on the Tarboro campus. Walton has operated a successful food truck for five years, and she says moving into the Tarboro location was a unique opportunity to expand her […]
McBryde Auditorium on the Rocky Mount campus was nearly filled to capacity on Tuesday as the Edgecombe Community College family, local officials, and area residents gathered to celebrate Black History Month. The theme of the event was “Taking the High Road to Unity: What Do You Do Next?” Keynote speaker Andre Cooper, a 2015 ECC […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Battleboro: Shonnail Motley Beulaville: Caitlin Puryear Coats: Ashley Jordan Durham: Ashley Storer East Flat Rock: Sherri Strickland Elm City: Michael Aquino, Lauren Lamm Goldsboro: […]
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 […]
Graduates of Health Occupations programs at Edgecombe Community College were honored by College staff, family, and friends during the annual Health Occupations Recognition Ceremony held January 31. More than 200 students completed programs in Community Health Coach, Introduction to Direct Care, Direct Care Basics, Medication Aide, Medication Aide Trainer, Nurse Aide I and II, Nurse […]
Peter Hans, president of the North Carolina Community College System, and other state leaders visited Edgecombe Community College recently and met with Dr. Greg McLeod, president of the College. Hans became president of the community college system in May 2018, and his visit to ECC was part of an effort to tour all 58 community […]
Edgecombe Community College and the University of North Carolina Wilmington have signed a partnership agreement that guarantees admission to UNCW for qualified ECC students. The Pathway to Excellence Program assures admission to UNCW for students who complete an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree at Edgecombe Community College. UNCW will provide a transfer […]
When Maxine Hurdle lost her job in the mid-1990s after more than 16 years at the former Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, she decided to return to school to start a second career. She chose the Human Services Technology curriculum at Edgecombe Community College, receiving financial assistance through the U.S. Department of Labor’s displaced worker […]
Edgecombe Community College student Linda Holmes was recently awarded a free RCA Cambio Notebook/Tablet. An anonymous College faculty member gives a laptop to an outstanding student each year to reward student achievement. Students are nominated by their instructors. Shown are instructor Sandra Livesay (left) and Holmes.
Edgecombe Community College Barbering instructor Rufus McKoy (left) provides an orientation to new students Joseph Wallace (middle) and Wesley Lucas during the first day of class. Spring classes began at ECC on January 8. Edgecombe is one of just three community colleges in the state that offers barbering.
