Edgecombe Community College celebrated Black History Month on both campuses this week. On Monday, February 27, Felicia Lucas, a minister, author, and motivational speaker, spoke to an audience on the Tarboro campus on “The Power of a Dream: Make the Dream Happen.” On Tuesday, February 28, Dr. Shelton Jefferies, superintendent of Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools, […]
Thirteen cadets became graduates of Edgecombe Community College’s 3rd Basic Academy for Basic Law Enforcement Training on Tuesday. The graduation ceremony held February 21 featured comments by Payton Owens, platoon leader who completed the program with top academic honors. Squad leaders Alicia Godinez and Keon Caudle presented the Academy plaque on behalf of the graduates […]
College and Career Readiness (CCR) programs at Edgecombe Community College provide instruction, training, and credentials to individuals of all ages, from sixteen years and up. Though it’s a challenge to describe a “typical” CCR student, it is not typical to see a student over the age of 70. Milton Pittman is proof that we’re never […]
In an effort to meet students’ needs, new eight-week classes begin at Edgecombe Community College on March 7. Fall and spring semester classes are 16 weeks long. The college has offered eight-week classes during the second eight weeks of the semester for several years. The classes are accelerated and cover the same amount of material […]
Jacquie Jeffers, adjunct humanities instructor at Edgecombe Community College, has been appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to serve on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission. She is one of 16 individuals who sit on the statewide commission, which works to encourage appropriate ceremonies and activities throughout North Carolina relating to the observance of the legal […]
Viola Harris, administrative assistant in ECC’s Office of College and Career Readiness, received the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Citizenship Award during the MLK Commemorative Banquet held recently in Tarboro. Harris is a member of the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners. She is serving her fourth term as a commissioner. The award honors Harris for […]
Health Occupations graduates at Edgecombe Community College were honored by college staff, family, and friends during the annual Health Occupations Recognition Ceremony held January 26. Last year, 193 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 […]
Edgecombe Community College, in cooperation with the Furman Mathewson Trust of Edgecombe County Memorial Library, is pleased to present an evening of theatre featuring The Barter Players on Thursday, February 16. The event is the third of five performances in Season Twelve of the Edgecombe Performance Series, which brings world class entertainment to Tarboro and […]
Reflecting a national trend, student enrollment in online classes at Edgecombe Community College is on the rise. Over the past three years, the number of students enrolled in online classes has increased 14 percent, from 1,206 students in Fall 2014 to 1,374 students in Fall 2016. “Online classes are more convenient, and they are less […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Phi Theta Kappa honor society chapter focused on children in one of their primary service projects last semester. The Alpha Omega Nu chapter, which has about 50 student members, collaborated with Mattress Firm in Rocky Mount on projects for the Mattress Firm Foster Kids program and the Ticket to Dream Foundation. Mattress […]
