ECC Receives Tri-County Industries Award
Tri-County Industries recently presented Edgecombe Community College with the Rehabilitation Service Award.
Edgecombe Community College received the Rehabilitation Service Award from Tri-County Industries during the organization’s recent 50-year celebration.
Tri-County Industries (TCI) enriches the lives of people who are disabled or disadvantaged through work assessment, job training, and placement. The organization provides services to businesses, such as sorting, collating, counting, and labeling.
“TCI has enjoyed a wonderful working relationship with Edgecombe Community College for many years,” says TCI President Brenda Cogdell.
“For us to prepare individuals for competitive employment, we feel there are some areas that we simply need to partner with others to provide. Edgecombe Community College has worked with our program staff in developing classes.”
For short-term clients, ECC instructors teach classes in Super Man and Super Woman, which are personal empowerment classes that focus on life skills; Job Seeking/Keeping; and Financial Literacy classes.
The college also partners with TCI to teach Adult Basic Education classes for long-term clients. Students focus on reading, writing, simple math, and counting money, among other skills.
“We are proud of our long-standing partnership with Tri-County Industries and honored to receive this award,” says ECC President Dr. Deborah Lamm.
“One of the tenets of the NC Community College System is that our community colleges take people where they are and carry them as far as they can go,” Dr. Lamm explains. “Every person can contribute to the common good, and nowhere is this more evident than in the outstanding work of Tri-County Industries.”
Cogdell adds, “The two most important aspects of our partnership with Edgecombe are that the classes are taught on levels that our clients can understand – classes are customized to meet their levels of education – and whenever our staff has a new idea about a class that would enhance our training program, Edgecombe Community College is always willing to help develop that class.”