Spring Classes Under Way, New Building Opens

Ashleigh Hudson, a part-time adjunct nursing instructor, evaluates second-year nursing student Cherish Dickens’ IV skills as spring classes begin at Edgecombe Community College.

Health sciences students returned from holiday break to classes in the just-opened Biotechnology and Medical Simulation Center on the Rocky Mount campus. The cornerstone of the new high tech facility is a simulated hospital where students work in teams to assess and treat simulated patients.