When Northern Essex Community College Professor Barbara Stachniewicz reviews Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” in her British Literature class this fall, she will share her own tales of Canterbury.
Canterbury was just one of the literary …

Professor Paul Chanley is the heartbeat of the NECC Engineering Program, which, with close to 300 students, is one of the college’s largest and fastest growing programs. In addition to preparing students for transfer to …

When the family, friends, and colleagues of the late Kathy Proietti, a native of Haverhill, long-time resident of Sandown, NH, and an alumna and beloved computer science professor at NECC, wrote the criteria for her …

With seven patents and 32 years in the engineering field, Jim Cahaly has a hands-on kind of knowledge that he easily shares with his engineering students.
He became interested in engineering as a child growing up …

Scott Joubert may teach tough courses in NECC’s Criminal Justice Program, but at heart he is really a “helper” teaching others to be “helpers.”
This may sound simple, Joubert says, but criminal justice is anything but simple.
“While …

While other children were playing with toys, a young Adrianna Holden-Gouveia was playing with technology.
“I’ve always been into technology,” the NECC computer and information sciences (CIS) professor says. “I can’t really remember a time when we didn’t …

When Kevin Carvalho transfers from Northern Essex to Fitchburg State University in the fall it won’t be his first time starting over, but it could be his easiest.
The 21-year-old, who emigrated from Brazil when he …

Like the character in a good library book, NECC librarian Jenny Fielding is a resourceful detective, which is just what college students want in their campus librarian – even if they don’t know it.
It’s the …

Ginger Hurajt loves to read and wishes everyone else did too. To that end, she nurtures the reader in all her students.
“Reading is one of the joys of life,” she says. “Literature can take you …

Nearly 50 years after attending Northern Essex, David Vose, Berklee College of Music professor and working musician, told NECC students and guests that NECC was “pivotal” to his life’s direction.
When he was in the fourth …