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 […]
Denise Batts (left), instructor of Information Technology at Edgecombe Community College, explains the impact of static electricity on electronic components on the first day of a hardware/software support class. The beginning of spring classes at ECC was delayed by a day due to wintry weather, so classes began Tuesday instead of Monday. With Batts are […]
The Edgecombe Community College Student Nurses Association held a coat drive for the Rocky Mount area as a fall community service project and collected numerous winter wear items. From left are ECC Nursing students Lindsey Woodlief and Nicole Wainwright, who is president of the association.
Three officers and their canine partners completed the recent Basic Police Canine Handler course at Edgecombe Community College. From left, participants were Robert Moyer and Chase, Clayton Police Department; Sergeant Michael Trevathan, instructor, Tarboro Police Department; Donald Norville and Spartan, Tarboro PD; and Brandon Smith and Thor, Tarboro PD. The course consisted of 530 hours […]
Dr. Deborah L. Lamm, president of Edgecombe Community College for 14 years, has announced plans to retire in May. A 39-year veteran of the North Carolina Community College System, she began her current post as president of Edgecombe Community College in 2004. “My tenure as president of Edgecombe is the hallmark of my 39 years […]
The Edgecombe Community College Barbering program received a sponsorship award for participating in the Rocky Mount Prep Male Conference in November. With the award are (l-r) Barbering students Kenta Artis, Patrick Barnes, and Antonio Mayo. The Barbering program is led by instructor Rufus McKoy.
Twenty-four law enforcement officers completed recent Crisis Intervention Team training at Edgecombe Community College. Agencies represented included the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office, Pinetops Police Department, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Police, and Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, among others. EastPointe in Rocky Mount facilitated the class.
Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted 22 students into its membership during a November 16 induction ceremony held on the Tarboro campus. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for students attending two-year schools. Two guest speakers presented remarks. Carole Mehle, English/humanities instructor at ECC and the current Keihin […]
