Five cadets graduated from Edgecombe Community College’s Ninth Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy on January 27. The graduation ceremony featured comments by ECC President Dr. Greg McLeod. ECC’s BLET Academy prepares students for entry-level employment as a law enforcement officer with state, county, or municipal governments. The cadets completed an intensive 20-week program and have […]
The Edgecombe Community College Foundation has received $100,000 through a bequest from the estate of Thomas S. Fleming Jr., who passed away in 2020. Thomas S. Fleming Jr. was the son of Dr. Thomas S. Fleming (pictured), a Tarboro dentist who served on the ECC Board of Trustees for 36 years, from 1971 to 2007, […]
The Historic Preservation Trades program at Edgecombe Community College will offer a broad slate of weekend genealogy classes this spring. ECC is one of only two community colleges in the state that offers a program in historic preservation and preservation-related trades. The program began in 2008. Two certificate programs, one in Preservation Research and one […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List for the Fall 2020 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Ahoskie: Brittany Drew Denton: Amy Gillimore Elm City: Parker Hobgood, Leah Mowen Farmville: Ke’niya Peterson Franklinton: Clinton Whitfield Halifax: Miyah Pittman Lumberton: Carolyn Hunt […]
Samanthia Phillips, dean of students at Edgecombe Community College, recently completed the Chief Student Development Administrative Leadership Academy. A 10-month program, the academy focused on numerous topics, including serving students, continuous improvement, communications, higher education legal issues, and resource management. Phillips has been dean of students at ECC since 2013 and an ECC employee since […]
Clinical experiences are an important component of education and training in nursing programs at Edgecombe Community College. Each semester, nursing students spend two days each week for two months in clinicals, during which supervised students interact with patients in healthcare settings. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, many clinical sites closed their doors to nursing students in […]
Edgecombe Community College employees and Edgecombe County commissioners Evelyn Powell (left), District 1, and Viola Harris, District 2, were recognized recently by the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners for completing a twelve-week online Colin Powell National Leadership class sponsored by the National Association of County Commissioners. Both Powell and Harris serve in the Office of […]
The family of Betty B. Ipock has endowed a scholarship in her memory at Edgecombe Community College. Ipock, who passed away in 1999, was a lifelong registered nurse. Her service to the profession included teaching nursing students at ECC. The Betty B. Ipock Memorial Endowed Scholarship will support students who are studying toward a degree […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa welcomed seventeen new members into its membership this fall. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. The organization recently held a virtual induction ceremony. The guest speaker was Rick Basile, chair of Criminal Justice and 2019-2020 Keihin Endowed Faculty […]
Edgecombe Community College Student Ambassadors participated in Feed the City at Mount Zion First Baptist in Rocky Mount on December 12. The event was held to assist people who have been struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. Approximately 2,000 individuals were fed during the event. From left are ECC Student Ambassadors Nahdia Sharp […]
