Recent Edgecombe Community College Associate Degree Nursing graduates Michaela Dew and Anna Zinn received the DAISY Foundation’s DAISY in Training Award during the nursing pinning ceremony in May. They received a certificate, a DAISY in Training Award pin, and a hand-carved stone sculpture entitled A Healer’s Touch. Both Dew and Zinn graduated from the Associate […]
Edgecombe Community College is proud to announce its President’s List for the Spring 2023 semester. The following full-time students earned a 4.0 grade point average, placing them on the President’s List. Autryville: Hailey Barefoot, Zanetta Tafili Battleboro: Annie Hughes Elm City: Tanisha King Farmville: Rayann Spruill Greenville: Angel Blount, Sholonda Brown Henderson: Josie Roberson Mount […]
Edgecombe Community College recently celebrated students who won awards at the state SkillsUSA competition held in April. College officials hosted a reception on May 4 for the students, their families, and faculty advisors. Eighteen students and six faculty advisors participated in the SkillsUSA North Carolina State Leadership and Skills Conference, a competition for students to […]
Every Edgecombe Community College student who competed at the recent SkillsUSA state conference brought home an award. Eighteen students and six faculty advisors traveled to Greensboro to participate in the SkillsUSA North Carolina State Leadership and Skills Conference held April 18-20. SkillsUSA offers a competition for students to demonstrate their career and technical skills. The […]
For the fifth time in eight years, members of Edgecombe Community College’s High Altitude Balloon Team are state champions in the SkillsUSA North Carolina Championships, Career Pathways Showcase: Industrial and Engineering Technology. The competition was held April 18-20 in Greensboro. From left are ECC-high school dual enrolled students Payden Kiser and Matthew Duff of Edgecombe […]
Edgecombe Community College’s student honor society won fourteen awards at the recent awards ceremony held by the Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Region. The awards ceremony was the capstone of the regional convention, held March 17-19 in Columbia, SC. ECC’s chapter, Alpha Omega Nu, received the following awards: Chapter Awards Distinguished Chapter – Honorable Mention Five-Star […]
Laura Brown Evans, director of the Small Business Center at Edgecombe Community College, recently received Level 1 and Level 2 credentialing awards at the North Carolina Community College System Small Business Center Network Professional Development Conference. Credentialing awards were presented to NC Small Business Center directors who have achieved the required training milestones of the […]
Edgecombe Community College has been named a Best Community College by intelligent.com, a higher education resource guide. The research identified top schools in the state based on tuition costs, the number of credits required to graduate, and the online coursework delivery format. ECC is ranked #29 among the 66 educational institutions in North Carolina that […]
Doug Parrish, chair of Industrial and Technical Trades at Edgecombe Community College, has received the 2022 Hitachi Astemo Endowed Faculty Chair Award, which rewards excellence in teaching. “Thank you so much for this wonderful honor,” Parrish said in accepting the award during a recent ceremony. “I teach people how to earn more than their teachers, […]
An Edgecombe Community College instructor, staff member, and department received special awards from the ECC Foundation at the college’s fall semester kickoff held August 15. Employees met for an in-person kickoff for the first time since 2019 due to pandemic restrictions. Warren Lynch, welding instructor, received the 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award. In announcing the […]
