Since 2009, the Edgecombe Community College Foundation has raised close to $60,000 for its scholarship fund through a series of annual music festivals. This year, with a new host and a different entertainment lineup, organizers said they hope to attract a whole new set of fans to the event. “We’re hoping to draw from all […]
Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 3. Shown from left are (front row) Jennifer Miller, Kathryn Freeman, Tansy Best, Lauren Webb, Heather Canada, Taylor Weatherford, Meghan Harvey, Latasha Staton, Brittany Rodriquez, Michelle Franklin, Gwendolyn Harrison, Tasasha McKinney, Jinny Joyner, (middle) Taylor Dail, Nyimasata Janneh, Ronnie Edmundson, Jackie […]
Eighty-one high school seniors declared their intention to attend Edgecombe Community College this fall at ECC Signing Day held in Edgecombe high schools Tuesday and Wednesday. Signing Day is a national initiative to celebrate students for making a commitment to higher education. Students, parents, and college and high school officials attended ECC Signing Day events […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List and Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. East Flat Rock: Sherri Strickland Elm City: Amanda Faircloth, Lauren Whitley Fayetteville: Anna Fraley, Dori Sandall Greenville: Gina Adams, Caroline Beachum, Deledai Johnson, Porshia Mizzelle, Whitlee Powell, Brittney Young Macclesfield: Brooke Corbett, Teresa Denton, Cassie […]
A capacity crowd filled Keihin Auditorium on Saturday, May 6, as family members and friends, and college faculty and staff watched the Class of 2017 receive their diplomas during Commencement exercises. The college awarded 570 associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates to a total of 460 graduates. In addition, 42 individuals received Adult High School Equivalency […]
Eighteen Edgecombe Community College students competed in the SkillsUSA North Carolina State Leadership and Skills Conference in Greensboro last week and brought home 15 awards. The students and their faculty advisors were among the more than 2,500 students, instructors, industry members, and volunteers at the conference, which is the largest showcase of career and technical […]
The ECC Foundation is hosting the Spring Music Festival and Backyard Cook-Off on Saturday, June 10, from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m. The Tarboro campus will be transformed with a stage, dance floor, food vendors, cornhole, and grills in the cook-off competition. Hosting this event is popular DJ Starrchild, owner of Da Boatryde in Rocky […]
Regina Lyons, a part-time instructor at Edgecombe Community College, cuts patterns from recycled denim during a Sole Hope cutting party held April 21 on the Rocky Mount campus to commemorate Earth Day. Sole Hope is a charitable organization that provides shoes for children in Africa.
Scott Shook, chairman of the State Board of Community Colleges, will give the keynote address during Commencement at Edgecombe Community College on Saturday, May 6. Commencement begins at 10 a.m. and will be held in Keihin Auditorium on the Tarboro campus. For those unable to attend, live streaming coverage of graduation exercises will be available. […]
Edgecombe Community College nursing instructors (clockwise from top left) Loretta Langley, Ginger Leake, Earlie Barnes, and Christie Marsh attended the 50th anniversary celebration during the North Carolina Associate Degree Nursing Council conference held April 20-21 in Wrightsville Beach. Barnes is current treasurer of the organization.
