Articles by: Ernie Greenslade
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Northern Essex Community College is pleased to announce the addition of three new varsity athletic programs for the 2019-20 academic year. Both the men’s soccer and women’s basketball teams will return to the college, while …
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The ValleyWorks Career Center, which Northern Essex manages, has a new name, as of this month. Now called MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center, the center, which has locations in Haverhill and Lawrence, serves over 10,000 …
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On Tuesday, Oct. 16, Congresswoman Niki Tsongas led a forum for Northern Essex Community College students on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an American immigration policy. The forum was held in the El-Hefni Allied …
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On Tuesday, October 9, Northern Essex Community College and the Lawrence Partnership hosted a welcome reception for Cynthia Paris, the new superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools.
The reception was held on the rooftop of the college’s …
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Acclaimed Alaskan poet Tom Sexton was born in the Merrimack Valley, and, on Thursday, November 8, he will return to deliver a poetry reading on Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill Campus.
Sponsored by the Northern Essex …
NECC Professor Publishes Textbook,
Thanks to Sabbatical Leave
Behavioral Sciences Professor Kristi Arford has taught at Northern Essex for 10 years, but she was never satisfied with the textbooks available in her field.
“They were written in a …