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.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» is proud to announce its President’s List for the Spring 2022 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Bailey: Jocelyn Brumley Chapel Hill: Charles Price Denton: Heather Jones Elm City: Parker Hobgood, Thomas Lane Fountain: Amber Stancil Greenville: Joeisha Tripp Macclesfield: Latasia […]
Jacob Anderson, a student in the Electrical Systems Technology program at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», has set a high mark for himself. He is studying toward an unlimited license, the highest credential for electricians and one that has become uncommon. According to Doug Parrish, department chair of Industrial and Technical Trades at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», “There are only […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» staff were on hand at the Youth STEAM Summit held July 29 at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Shown is Dr. Johnica Ellis-Kiser, program chair of Business Administration, sharing information about Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Agribusiness Technology program with young guests. The purpose of the Youth STEAM Summit was to connect young people to science, […]
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 […]
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» participated in the Twin Counties Resource Fair held July 21 at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Shown are Desmond Sykes (standing), College and Career Readiness instructor, and Montrell Staton (seated), success coach, with a guest. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» staff from Student Services and Human Resources Development also were on hand at the event.
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 […]
Sherrod Sumner, coordinator of the Academic Success Center at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³», participated in the recent first Annual Coach Academy in Winston-Salem. The two-day training, called Improving Student Success Through Proactive Coaching, was sponsored by the NC Community College System Office in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, the Minority Male Success Initiative, the NC Career Coach Program, […]
His path may have been winding, but Kevin Sharpe has ended up exactly where he was meant to be, a student in the Respiratory Therapy program at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». Sharpe, 36, is a graduate of North Pitt High School in Bethel. “I took a year off, life happened, and I didn’t go to college […]
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 […]
