Articles by: Ellen Small-Davis
![Master Piano Classes Offered at NECC](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/02/Christina-Dietrich-copy.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
The music program at Northern Essex Community College will present a free piano master class workshops on the art of piano playing, led by NECC Music Professor Christina Dietrich, on Saturday, April 13, at 4 p.m. …
![New Police Academy Director Appointed](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/02/Police-Academy-Director-John-Scippa.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Retired Stratham, NH, Police Chief John Scippa, has been named director of the Northern Essex Community College/ Methuen Police Academy. Scippa stepped into his new role on Monday, February 11.
Scippa, who was appointed Stratham Chief …
![NECC Open House March 30th](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2016/03/El-Hefni-e1464881104411.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Northern Essex Community College will hold its annual spring open house on Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Allied Health & Technology Center, 414 Common St., Lawrence.
Tour the …
With the start of a new semester, Northern Essex Community College welcomes a new face, Alexis “Lexi” Fontaine, to the its student-operated Instagram account – knightlife_necc.
Fontaine, 21, replaces Kiley Broadhurst who has taken her education …
![NECC Summer Kids Programs Announced](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/02/College-for-Kids.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
What do art, computer coding, and 3D printing have in common? All are part of this year’s offerings at Northern Essex Community College‘s College for Kids and STEM Academy this summer.
Starting in July, NECC will …
![Faculty and Staff Receive National Honor](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/01/006_DSC_2414.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Five Northern Essex Community College faculty and staff members were recently named recipients of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Awards for Excellence, a national honor that recognizes outstanding faculty and staff …
A Northern Essex Community College alumna, Tia Franklin-Garrett of Amesbury, was one of the first students awarded a $5,000 Oprah Winfrey Scholarship to attend UMass Lowell.
The television talk show host and author recently spoke at …
Two Northern Essex Community College students, Steevie Litchfield-Groves of Billerica and Brendan Romero of Newburyport, have been nominated for this year’s Phi Theta Kappa’s (PTK) All-Massachusetts Academic Team.
The two are part of a group of …
![Spring Convocation Opens Semester](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/01/080_DSC_2909.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
With an eye to the future, Northern Essex launched the new semester with spring convocation Tuesday, January 22, in the Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus 100 Elliott St.
“NECC 2020: New Ways of Seeing” …
![NECC Showcases Sports During Open House](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2019/01/baseball.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Northern Essex Community College is holding its first athletics open house on Tuesday, February 19, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., followed by a home men’s basketball game. Prospective and current students will have the opportunity …