Spurred by mass shootings in communities across the United States, Edgecombe Community College has broadened its safety training for faculty and staff on both campuses. “We’ve always tried to have core people trained,” says Robert Whistler, coordinator of Emergency Services and Public Safety Training. “But the Wayne Community College incident pushed the issue to the […]
Local residents are learning how to improve their health, thanks to a joint program between Edgecombe Community College and East Carolina University. The two institutions recently signed an agreement that designates ECC as the institution of higher education to offer ECU’s Community Health Coach program. The class has already been taught at ECC this year. […]
Keihin Carolina System Technology has donated a 2016 Honda Civic EX-T Sedan as a hole-in-one prize for the Edgecombe Community College Foundation’s 31st Annual Golf Tournament at Maccripine Country Club on Thursday, September 15. The tournament is a fundraiser for scholarships. Tee-times are set for 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. To register a team, call […]
An Edgecombe County native and community leader has been selected to serve on the Edgecombe Community College Board of Trustees. In August, the Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners appointed Carl J. Warren of Pinetops to serve as a trustee. “I am honored by this opportunity to serve Edgecombe County and to have the chance to […]
Dr. Deborah Lamm, president of Edgecombe Community College, has begun a one-year post as president of the North Carolina Association of Community College Presidents (NCACCP). Her 2016-2017 term as president began in July. As president, she will plan and conduct monthly, one-day meetings in Raleigh and quarterly, three-day meetings throughout the state; set the Association […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce that Lindsey Woodlief of Macclesfield earned a 4.0 grade point average for the Summer 2016 semester, placing her on the President’s List. The college also is proud to announce that Amber Staton of Scotland Neck earned a grade point average of 3.5, placing her on the Dean’s List […]
Jennifer Derby, instructor of Early Childhood Education at Edgecombe Community College, has been awarded the 2016-2017 Keihin Endowed Faculty Chair. The chair was endowed by Keihin Carolina System Technology (KCST) through a $100,000 gift in 2007, and it rewards excellence in teaching. “Thank you so much for this wonderful gift,” Derby said in accepting the […]
Wick H. Baker was recently reappointed to a four-year term on the Edgecombe Community College Board of Trustees. Baker was first appointed to the board in 2007, and he has served as chair of the board since 2013. Baker is president of Vidant Edgecombe Hospital in Tarboro. Shown presiding at the official swearing-in ceremony is […]
Parking lots and classrooms were busy with activity yesterday as Edgecombe Community College students began their first day of fall semester classes. Shown left is Tim King, clinical director of Respiratory Therapy, with Respiratory Therapy students meeting for class in the Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center on the Rocky Mount campus.
In just eight months of operation, the Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center at Edgecombe Community College is already attracting many new students and raising the standard of healthcare education throughout the region. The college opened the state-of-the-art 45,000-square-foot facility on the Rocky Mount campus in January 2016 and held an official ribbon cutting in early […]
