Strategic Twin-Counties Educational Partnership (STEP) along with area educational partners will host the Twin Counties Education and Business Leaders Summit on Thursday, August 10. The event will be held in Nash Community College’s Brown Auditorium. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 8-9:30 a.m. program. Assistant Secretary of Workforce Solutions Will Collins of the […]
Edgecombe Community College students received four national awards, including first place, at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held last week in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference is a showcase of career and technical education students. More than 16,000 people – including students, teachers, and business partners – participated in the event, held June 19-23. […]
Edgecombe and Nash middle school and high school counselors, CTE coordinators, and career coaches attended last week’s Counselor Institute at Edgecombe Community College, held June 21-22. Participants took part in ECC program demonstrations and learned about admissions and financial aid at the college. Schools represented were Phillips, Red Oak, South Edgecombe, and West Edgecombe middle […]
A summer Cooking School series focusing on fresh vegetables began at Pinetops Presbyterian Church this week. The class is sponsored by the church, Edgecombe Community College, Conetoe Family Life Center, and Pinetops Community Garden. From left, enjoying the June 20 class are Bonnie Allen, Ann Warren, Sholar Warren, and instructor Joe White. The next class […]
The State Employees Credit Union Foundation recently awarded ten scholarships to Continuing Education students at Edgecombe Community College. Established in 2013, the SECU Foundation Continuing Education Scholarship Program focuses on assisting the needs of North Carolina’s unemployed and underemployed citizens, military veterans, and members of the state’s National Guard seeking short-term job training for new […]
An Edgecombe Community College instructor and staff member received special awards from the ECC Foundation at the college’s graduation exercises in May. Renee Pearson, program chair of Human Services Technology, received the 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award. “She is an advocate, leader, program chair, counselor, and teacher who finds meaning in providing resources and assistance […]
Guests from the UNC Anthropology Department and Ecuador recently toured the historic Norfleet House at Edgecombe Community College. The Norfleet House is the heart of the Historic Preservation program at the college and was renovated by students. Shown second from right is Monika Fleming, program coordinator of Historic Preservation at ECC, who hosted the guests.
Edgecombe Community College Radiography graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 4. Clockwise from top, graduates are Ashley Spence, RT(R)(ARRT); Chrystal Everette, RT(R)(ARRT); Johnny Hand IV; Brittany Opacinch, RT(R)(ARRT); Allison “Bailey” Parks, RT(R)(ARRT); Haley Duncan, RT(R)(ARRT); Toni Pittman; Brittney Lee, RT(R)(ARRT); and Kayla Dickens, RT(R)(ARRT). ECC’s Radiography Class of 2017 comprises nine graduates. In […]
Two Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the ADN pinning ceremony on May 3. Presented for the first time this year, this special honor was awarded to Davina Jones and Meghan Harvey. In addition to being recognized during the pinning ceremony, the seniors received […]
Runners on the Edgecombe Community College team won first place in last Saturday’s Tackle the Tar College Run. Sixteen students, faculty, and staff participated on the ECC team. 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 […]
