Edgecombe Community College and the Rocky Mount Fire Department partnered in March to provide area firefighters with cancer prevention training. Shown are Tyler Jenkins of the RMFD with Mellisa Wheeler, director of disparities and outreach at the Levine Cancer Institute of Atrium Health in Charlotte. Wheeler led the training.
Edgecombe Community College’s Practical Nursing program was recently ranked #6 in the state after receiving a perfect score by a national nursing advocacy organization. The top nine schools on the Practicalnursing.org list received a 100 percent score, and Edgecombe Community College was listed as sixth based on program size. “It’s great,” says Barbara Knopp, program […]
Edgecombe Community College’s student honor society won thirteen awards at the recent Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Regional Convention. Three students and Advisor Tamara Frank-Pourvady represented ECC’s chapter, Alpha Omega Nu, at the annual convention held March 9-11 in Myrtle Beach, SC. At this conference, chapters and individuals are recognized for their hard work throughout the […]
More than 150 job seekers attended Edgecombe Community College’s annual Job Fair on March 16. Shown from left are Tiffany Applewhite, Paris Savage, and Bridgestone representatives Lakesha Alston and Zack Doyle. Forty employers, including representatives from manufacturing, health care, and public safety, were on the lookout for qualified applicants at the ECC Job […]
Edgecombe Community College hosted its annual Global Education Spring Symposium on the Rocky Mount campus March 15-16. Norris Tolson, CEO and president of Carolinas Gateway Partnership, gave the keynote address on global trade. He focused on cultural issues that arise in conducting business with foreign companies and the role of ECC in attracting industry to […]
When Myia Jones signed up for Edgecombe Community College’s new guitar-making class at North Edgecombe High School, she was looking for something easy to fill a free period. But what the seventeen-year-old senior got was so much more than an underwater basket-weaving course. “I’m not a good math person, but we can work at our […]
The Edgecombe Community College patient simulation team recently led a demonstration for the Young Ladies Empowerment Series at Rocky Mount Middle School. Audience members ranged from elementary school age to young adults. The demonstrations featured a cardiac arrest demonstration and a conversation with one of the high tech manikins. The group also did a Google […]
In February, the Human Services Technology Club at Edgecombe Community College provided needed items to My Sister’s House in honor of Black History Month. From left are Carlene White of My Sister’s House and club members Paulette Clark-Daniels, Hattie Bullock, and Jerome Dail. My Sister’s House provides services to women, children, and families who are […]
New York Theatre Ballet will make its sixth appearance in Tarboro on Thursday, March 22, bringing a program of mixed repertoire. NYTB is the final show of six shows in the thirteenth season of the Edgecombe Performance Series. NYTB has performed in the series annually for the past five years. Works this year include Jerome […]
Edgecombe Community College celebrated Black History Month on both campuses this week. On Tuesday, February 27, local community activist JKelly Walker provided the keynote address to an audience on the Rocky Mount campus. On Wednesday, February 28, Jessie Hinton, retired colonel, US Army, gave the keynote address at the Tarboro campus celebration. Both speakers spoke […]
