Articles by: Ernie Greenslade
![Navy Veteran and Mother of Two Appreciates NECC’s Flexibility](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/10/Crystal-on-Boat.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Navy veteran and mother of two appreciates NECC’s flexibility.
![Endowed Scholarship is Created in Memory of NECC Professor Emerita](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/10/Mary-DiGiovanni-NECC.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Endowed Scholarship is Created in Memory of NECC Professor Emerita Mary DiGiovanni, founder of the college’s Human Services Program.
![NECC Announces Plans for Spring Semester](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/10/spring-campus.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
NECC will be significantly increasing the number of courses with an on-campus component in the spring semester, which begins January 19.
![NECC Brings “Tiny Beautiful Things” to the Outdoor Stage](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/10/Sugar-2.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
The NECC Theater Department will bring “Tiny Beautiful Things”, a play based on a book by best-selling author Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by actor, director, producer and screenwriter Nia Vardalos, to the Merrimack Valley, with outside socially-distanced performances on its Haverhill Campus, November 4, 6, and 7.
![Massachusetts Community Colleges Announce Vaccine Requirement](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/09/Fall-Campus-crop.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
MA community colleges announce vaccine requirement, beginning in January.
Luis Matute of Telemundo interviews Noemi Custodia-Lora, VP of the Lawrence Campus, and Rosanna Lara, NECC’s contact tracing manager, about vaccine mandates and the vaccine pop-up clinics on campus.
In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NECC will present a virtual presentation on the African influence in Latin America.
![NECC Announces Pop-up Vaccination Clinics](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/09/NECC21_0164.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
NECC is planning two pop-up vaccination clinics the last week in October, one in Lawrence and one in Haverhill.
El Mundo covers the recent reopening of the Revolving Test Kitchen on our Lawrence Campus, a resource for food entrepreneurs.
![Revolving Test Kitchen Reopens with New Focus](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2021/09/rtk-ribbon-cutting.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
The Revolving Test Kitchen located at 420 Common Street is transitioning from an incubator and pop-up restaurant to a shared commercial kitchen that will benefit aspiring food entrepreneurs.