For the fourth year in a row, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ students brought home gold from the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held last week in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference is the world’s largest showcase of skilled trades. The highlight of the conference was the SkillsUSA Championships on June 26-27, during which 6,500 student contestants […]
Jobi Cook, associate director of the North Carolina Space Grant, traveled to Tarboro on June 21 to present members of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s critÄ¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵly stable team with awards won in the NC Space Grant Community College High Altitude Ballooning Challenge and Competition held in April. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s team received plaques for winning Best Overall Team and […]
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Class of 2019 Radiography graduates participated in their pinning ceremony in May. Clockwise from top right are Michael Aquino, RT(R); Rose Gailor, RT(R); Kayla Joyner, RT(R); Mikala Morris, RT(R); Shelby Webb, RT(R); Grayson Bass, RT(R); Leanne Davis, RT(R); Chelsea Clements, RT(R); Sarah Echols, RT(R); Parmelee McAden, RT(R); DeVanai Crandol, RT(R); Natalie Armstrong, […]
The State Employees Credit Union Foundation recently awarded six scholarships to Continuing Education students at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. Each student received an SECU Bridge to Career Workforce Development scholarship valued at $500 for study at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. In 2018, the SECU Foundation introduced the SECU Bridge to Career program. Available to all NC community colleges, the […]
Thirty-eight students, faculty, and staff participated on the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ team at Tackle the Tar held May 18. Tackle the Tar is a 5K obstacle course race and family fun day sponsored by the Rocky Mount Rotary Club. Proceeds support scholarships for local students attending Edgecombe and Nash community colleges and NC Wesleyan College. […]
Medical Assisting graduates at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ participated in a pinning ceremony in May. Shown from left are Monica Latham, Marianela Lopez, Te’Quisha Farrow, La’Kira Bullard, Kathleen Christman, and Latonya Hendricks. Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ Certification Exam to become certified medical assistants. See photos on Facebook
More than a hundred Edgecombe County high school seniors declared their intention to attend Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ this fall at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Signing Day held at high schools earlier this month. 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 […]
Dr. Lia Walker (above), anatomy and physiology instructor, reviews the syllabus in a microbiology class that began Wednesday at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. Shown left are Bud Speight (below), program chair of Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology, and student Bailey Elliott making a repair with fiberglass during a plastics and adhesives class. Summer classes began at […]
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Associate Degree Nursing students Haley Lewis and Genesis Munguia-Valencia received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the ADN pinning ceremony on May 8. The seniors received a certificate, a DAISY in Training Award TM pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Both Lewis and Munguia-Valencia graduated from […]
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Associate Degree Nursing graduates participated in their pinning ceremony on May 8. The ADN Class of 2019 is a large class of 35 members, who graduated from the ADN program during the College’s commencement ceremony on May 10. These graduates have met the education requirements to take the NCLEX-RN®, the National Council […]
