Physics teachers from across the state will converge on Edgecombe Community College March 9-10 for the spring meeting of the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. About fifty physics educators from high schools, two-year colleges, and universities across the state are expected to attend. As part of the event, a NASA […]
Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 15. At 3 p.m., Norris Tolson, CEO and president of Carolinas Gateway Partnership, will give the keynote address during the Global Education Spring Symposium at Edgecombe Community College. Scheduled for Thursday-Friday, March 15-16, the symposium will be held on the College’s Rocky Mount campus. The theme of the two-day […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List for the Fall 2017 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Battleboro: Lisa Barkley Bethel: Stanley Davenport East Flat Rock: Sherri Strickland Elm City: Logan Joyner Enfield: Katie Holcomb, Shanietra Johnson Greenville: Nikeia Baker, Kimberly […]
A little more than a decade ago, Michael Parker dropped out of high school and joined the workforce, knocking around Eastern North Carolina, searching for his way in life. “I was not mentally focused,” he says of his decision to drop out of high school at age seventeen. After a few years of low-paying hourly […]
More than 200 area leaders in education, health care, business, and industry joined Edgecombe Community College faculty on the Tarboro campus recently for Advisory Board Night. The annual event was held February 6. ECC advisory boards consist of professional leaders, community members, and faculty who are experts in the subject area of their board. More […]
Edgecombe Community College will present a unique evening of live music and acrobatics on Friday, March 2. Le Cirque Esprit is the fifth of six shows in the thirteenth season of the Edgecombe Performance Series, which brings world class entertainment to Tarboro and Edgecombe County. Le Cirque Esprit is a dynamic production featuring Boston-based progressive […]
This spring, Dr. Deborah Lamm, president of Edgecombe Community College, is serving as a mentor to three students enrolled in the NC State University Adult and Community College Education doctoral program. Throughout the semester, students will participate in activities that will heighten their understanding of issues facing student success. Doctoral student Alecia Spivey attended the […]
Health Occupations graduates at Edgecombe Community College were honored by College staff, family, and friends during the annual Health Occupations Recognition Ceremony held January 25. About 200 students completed programs in Community Health Coach, Medication Aide, Nurse Aide I and II, Phlebotomy, and Personal Health Care Aide State Training. Some students completed more than one […]
Participation in a science competition at Edgecombe Community College helped shape Jilianne Leary’s academic and career goals. In 2016 and 2017, while a student at Edgecombe Early College High School and ECC, Leary was a member of Edgecombe Community College’s NASA/NC Space Grant unmanned high altitude balloon challenge. In the April 2017 statewide competition, ECC […]
Edgecombe Community College is pleased to welcome the Barter Players back to Tarboro on Friday, January 26, at 7:30 p.m. The theatre troupe, based at the historic Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, will perform an adaptation of Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” as part of Season Thirteen of the Edgecombe Performance Series, which brings […]
