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Math Center Helps Local Man Conquer Math and Succeed
July 19, 2011 – 11:32 am
Math Center Helps Local Man Conquer Math and Succeed Many people make life-changing decisions after facing a mid-life crisis but for Scott Hume it was a “quarter-life crisis” that prompted him to give up his full-time job and re-enroll in college. At the age of 25, Scott realized that,…
Transferability Makes NECC Right Choice for Methuen Grad
July 19, 2011 – 11:06 am
Transferability Makes NECC Right Choice for Methuen Grad Cost, convenience, and most of all, transferability, were all considerations for Cristina Napoli when she was exploring her college options. Happily, she found all three at Northern Essex. “Finances played a big part in my enrolling at Northern Essex,” says…
Haverhill High Grad Finds Balance at NECC
July 19, 2011 – 10:48 am
Haverhill High Grad Finds Balance at NECC Noelia Figuereo came to Northern Essex expecting to further her education. What this gifted athlete didn’t expect was to find a renewed interest in track which brought a balance to her very full life. When…
Support Services Help Lawrence High Grad Succeed
July 19, 2011 – 10:27 am
Support Services Help Lawrence High Grad Succeed Abraham Batista elected to attend Northern Essex Community College after graduating from Lawrence High School in 2007 for two reasons. First, he wanted to save money on his college education. And second, he was looking to develop his academic skills…
NECC Annual Fund Helps Revitalize ArtSpace
July 19, 2011 – 9:07 am
NECC Annual Fund Helps Revitalize ArtSpace From card catalogs to computers, libraries have changed over the years. While students still go to the library for quiet study and to borrow books, they also look to the library to access content online and work on group projects.…
Covanta Energy Supports NECC
July 18, 2011 – 2:32 pm
For more than 15 years, Covanta Energy (formerly Ogden Martin) has been a strong donor to Northern Essex Community College. In the past, they have donated funds a number of times to assist with the enhancement of student programs, such…
Memorial Scholarship Established in Honor of Revered Professor
July 18, 2011 – 2:17 pm
Three Northern Essex Community College students, Vicki True of Hampstead, N.H., Renee Ouellette of Haverhill, and  Joshua Stone of Sandown, N.H. are recipients of the Jack Wysong Memorial Alumni Scholarship, which was recently established in the name of the late…
Alaskan Poet Was Inspired at NECC
July 12, 2011 – 3:04 pm
Alaskan Poet Was Inspired at NECC Forty-five Years Later, Tom Sexton Fondly Recalls Time at NECC Former Alaskan Poet Laureate Tom Sexton is a celebrated poet with 12 published books but he is also a storyteller and many of the stories he tells are of the…
Q & A with Tom White
July 12, 2011 – 2:46 pm
Q & A with Tom White Tom White was just 25 in 1969 when he began teaching anatomy and physiology at what was then a fledgling community college operating out of a former Bradford elementary school. Just a few years older than many of his students,…
Students Practice Drawing Blood
July 12, 2011 – 2:05 pm
Students Practice Drawing Blood Imagine learning and practicing drawing blood without ever touching a human arm. The students in Northern Essex Community College’s allied health programs are doing just that using a Laerdal Virtual Phlebotomy System purchased with a grant from the Webster Family…

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