The only thing more impressive than Karina Calderon’s schedule is her persistence and work ethic.
The 35-year-old Methuen woman credits Northern Essex with helping her strike a balance between school, work, and family. Karina, who graduated …

Manufacturing has gone high tech. Northern Essex Community College recognizes this and in response has designed a new degree to train workers for employment in this high demand career.
Beginning in the fall, Northern Essex will offer an Associate …

Students enroll at Northern Essex to receive an education. Ashley Moore, director of career and experiential education, makes sure they find a career.
Whether it’s preparing a resume, honing interview skills, deciding on a major, mapping …

After 22 years with the FBI, Jay White said it just seemed logical to pass along his knowledge and experience. Fortunately, Northern Essex criminal justice students are the lucky recipients.
White, who is also an attorney, …

Sooner or later, NECC students faced with a research project realize they should probably get to know Laura Mondt.
As reference librarian on the Haverhill campus, Mondt helps students navigate books, periodicals, websites, and databases to …

By the time Professor Emily González has finished applying cell structure to students’ lives, they are as interested in natural science as she is.
González knows how to take heady subjects and make them relatable.
For example, defects …

What do The Boston Ballet, the Trustees of Reservations, and Northern Essex Community College have in common?
Well, the question is really who do they have in common and that would be Michelle Tremblay, NECC’s new …

By all accounts, Haverhill’s Jenna Naylor had it all – a happy marriage, three boys, a respectable job, two dogs, a kitten and even a few fish. What she didn’t have was a college degree …

What do engineering and classical guitars have in common? Plenty if you ask engineering professor Juan Oscar Azaret who believes math, science, and music can intersect. Azaret is a trained engineer and classical guitarist, who …

Even as an undergrad studying history at the University of Illinois, Laura Mondt enjoyed the satisfaction that came with using her sleuthing skills to research a paper.
Now the born and raised Midwesterner is sharing her …