Medical Assisting graduates at Edgecombe Community College participated in a pinning ceremony on May 5. Shown are (l-r) Latoya McCray, Tina Ezzell, Taquita Bryant, Tracey Williams, Shirice Strickland, Kathryn Hale, Azucena Valdez, and Stacey Howard. All of the graduates have already taken and passed the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Exam to become certified […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List and Dean’s List for the Spring 2016 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Ahoskie: Crystal Bazemore Battleboro: Raul TerevintoEncino, Tammy Casaw Weinzoff Fayetteville: Judy Stakeley, Carmen Vassilopanagos Fuquay Varina: Mark Chrest Greensboro: Amie Ring Greenville: Daniell Davenport, Kimberly Joyner, Sharkeysha Midgette, Marquella Thompson […]
Edgecombe Community College has joined the national effort to increase the number of college graduates while decreasing the financial burden for students seeking a college diploma. Beginning in Fall 2016, ECC is offering a three-year EDGE Scholarship to fully fund the education of qualified students at the in-state tuition level. Current tuition is $76 per […]
More than 50 Edgecombe high school seniors declared their intention to attend Edgecombe Community College this fall at ECC Signing Day held in Edgecombe high schools yesterday. 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 […]
The Division of College and Career Readiness at Edgecombe Community College is now accepting students for the summer semester on the Tarboro and Rocky Mount campuses and all off-site locations. The GED program is open to individuals 18 and older who wish to complete their high school credentials as well as 16- and 17-year-olds who […]
Edgecombe Community College set two graduation records on Saturday by awarding the largest number of credentials to the largest number of graduates in college history. During the morning event on May 7, the college awarded 630 associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates to a total of 508 students. In addition, 49 individuals received Adult High School […]
Seniors in Edgecombe Community College’s Medical Assisting program recently won first place in a state Quiz Bowl for medical assistants. The students were attending the 51st annual North Carolina Society of Medical Assistants Convention in Greensboro held April 21-24. Each year, the convention holds a Quiz Bowl in which community college medical assisting students from […]
Edgecombe Community College’s Small Business Center has begun promoting the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2016 Small Business Week theme, “Dream Big, Start Small” this week in recognition of Small Business Week. Each year the Small Business Administration, or SBA, gives the week a theme after the President proclaims and designates the week of the year […]
Edgecombe Community College students brought home four individual awards and four team awards from the SkillsUSA state competition held April 19-20. Twenty-two students and ten faculty advisors traveled to Greensboro to participate in the competition. Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA offers a contest program for students to demonstrate their career and technical skills. The ECC chapter, […]
Students in the Edgecombe Community College Phi Theta Kappa honor society and their family members participated in Adopt-a-Highway on Saturday, April 16. Twenty-one volunteers spent about three hours collecting 25 bags of trash and recyclables along a three-mile stretch of Wilson Street in front of the Tarboro campus. The college’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of […]
