Jobi Cook, associate director of the North Carolina Space Grant, traveled to Tarboro on June 21 to present members of Edgecombe Community College’s critECCly stable team with awards won in the NC Space Grant Community College High Altitude Ballooning Challenge and Competition held in April. ECC’s team received plaques for winning Best Overall Team and […]
Fifty-three Edgecombe and Nash middle school and high school counselors, CTE coordinators, career development coordinators, and career coaches attended a Counselor Institute held June 10-12 at Edgecombe Community College. Among other activities, participants toured the Center for Innovation under construction on the Tarboro campus as well as Triangle Tire and Corning construction sites in Edgecombe […]
Edgecombe Community College Class of 2019 Radiography graduates participated in their pinning ceremony in May. Clockwise from top right are Michael Aquino, RT(R); Rose Gailor, RT(R); Kayla Joyner, RT(R); Mikala Morris, RT(R); Shelby Webb, RT(R); Grayson Bass, RT(R); Leanne Davis, RT(R); Chelsea Clements, RT(R); Sarah Echols, RT(R); Parmelee McAden, RT(R); DeVanai Crandol, RT(R); Natalie Armstrong, […]
The State Employees Credit Union Foundation recently awarded six scholarships to Continuing Education students at Edgecombe Community College. Each student received an SECU Bridge to Career Workforce Development scholarship valued at $500 for study at ECC. In 2018, the SECU Foundation introduced the SECU Bridge to Career program. Available to all NC community colleges, the […]
Thirty-eight students, faculty, and staff participated on the Edgecombe Community College team at Tackle the Tar held May 18. Tackle the Tar is a 5K obstacle course race and family fun day sponsored by the Rocky Mount Rotary Club. Proceeds support scholarships for local students attending Edgecombe and Nash community colleges and NC Wesleyan College. […]
Members of Edgecombe Community College’s Respiratory Therapy Class of 2019 participated in their pinning ceremony in May. Seated (from left) are Shermaine Davis, Tanesha Whitaker, Logan Joyner, and Renee Howell. Standing are Program Chair Tim King, Brian Coleman, Ashley Hancock, Stella Smith, Lyndsey Brock, Detron Phillips, Cole Pierce, and Director of Clinical Education Josh Pendergraft. […]
With possibly millions of manufacturing jobs at stake over the next decade, Edgecombe Community College is banking on its new Center for Innovation to help pave the way for the future of skilled manufacturing workers. And local businesses Keihin Carolina System Technology and Barnhill Contracting Co. are pitching in. A study by the National Association […]
Medical Assisting graduates at Edgecombe Community College participated in a pinning ceremony in May. Shown from left are Monica Latham, Marianela Lopez, Te’Quisha Farrow, La’Kira Bullard, Kathleen Christman, and Latonya Hendricks. Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Exam to become certified medical assistants. See photos on Facebook
More than a hundred Edgecombe County high school seniors declared their intention to attend Edgecombe Community College this fall at ECC Signing Day held at high schools earlier this month. Signing Day is a national initiative to celebrate students for making a commitment to higher education. Students, parents, and College and high school officials attended […]
Dr. Lia Walker (above), anatomy and physiology instructor, reviews the syllabus in a microbiology class that began Wednesday at Edgecombe Community College. Shown left are Bud Speight (below), program chair of Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology, and student Bailey Elliott making a repair with fiberglass during a plastics and adhesives class. Summer classes began at […]
