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 […]
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 […]
