Seniors in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Medical Assisting program and Julie Walker, instructor and clinical coordinator, hosted CITI High School students on March 31. The high school students toured the Lamm Building, which houses the college’s health sciences programs, and participated in demonstrations presented by the Medical Assisting students. The Medical Assisting degree is a five-semester […]
A number of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» faculty and staff participated in National Read Across America Day on March 2. Dr. Greg McLeod, Viola Harris, Dr. LaShawnda Washington, Stacey Staton, Laura Brown Evans, and Carole Mehle enjoyed reading with young students. The day was established by the National Education Association in 1998 to help get kids […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» hosted high school students from Tarboro, SouthWest Edgecombe, and North Edgecombe high schools for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Day on February 16. CTE Day is a career exploration event that highlights CTE programs at the college. Students enjoyed demonstrations in agribusiness, automotive systems, collision repair and refinishing, cosmetology, medical assisting, criminal […]
Students from North East Carolina Prep School and Edgecombe Early College, North Edgecombe, SouthWest Edgecombe, and Tarboro high schools attended an October 21 college fair at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» to learn about opportunities in higher education. College counselors affiliated with the Carolinas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers were on hand to promote their […]
Southern Nash Middle School students visited the Rocky Mount and Tarboro campuses of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on October 6. Students toured the campuses, met with college instructors and staff, and learned about programs in Agribusiness, Cosmetology, Electrical Systems, Drones, and Surgical Technology. See photos on Facebook
Forty students from Edwards and Parker middle schools visited the Rocky Mount campus of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» on October 4 for the annual Communities in Schools event. Students toured the campus, met with college instructors and staff, and learned about programs in Criminal Justice, Emergency Medical Science, Health Information Technology, Radiography, Respiratory Therapy, and Surgical […]
Students from Northern Nash, Southern Nash and Rocky Mount high schools recently toured Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» as part of the Summer Bridge Program. Pictured is Suzi Shippen-Wagner, program chair of Surgical Technology, providing an overview of the field to students in the simulated operating room in the Lamm Building on Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Rocky Mount campus.
When Eren Exum starts classes at the University of Alabama as a junior in August, she says she feels well prepared, thanks to the first two years of college she received at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Exum completed an Associate in Arts degree at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in May. She also graduated from Edgecombe Early College High School […]
Incoming Edgecombe Early College High School ninth graders planted shrubs and perennial flowers next to a new parking lot and sidewalks on the Tarboro campus of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». The lot is adjacent to the Library Building. Students participated in the project as part of their week of orientation to the Early College, which is […]
More than 100 Edgecombe County high school seniors recently declared their intention to attend Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in the fall. The college honored the students at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Signing Day held at high schools in May. Signing Day is a national initiative to celebrate students for making a commitment to higher education. Students, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» leaders, and […]
