Articles by: Ellen Small-Davis
![NECC Hosts Health and Wellness Fair](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/03/health-and-wellness-fb.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Northern Essex Community College’s health and wellness fair will be held Monday, March 23, from 9 a.m. to noon in the first and second floor lobbies of the Spurk Building on the Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St.
Eagle Tribune: Stratton Returns to NECC Baseball
![It’s Lights, Camera, Action at NECC](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/03/006__DSC8765.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
The El-Hefni Allied Health & Technology Center, as well as NECC students and the Haverhill Campus have been receiving attention from film production companies.
![NECC Sponsors 12th Annual Peace Poetry Contest](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/03/PeacePoster2019-20-002.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
The 12th Annual Peace Poetry contest is accepting submissions of original works.
FOX25: Police Academy Addresses Shortages
![Graphic Design Exhibit Opens at Northern Essex](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/02/Liz-in-Motion.jpeg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Graphic design alumnus Vaughn Abbott returns to campus with a 20-piece exhibit of digitally enhanced pieces.
![NECC Student Attends NENPA Event](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/02/Jonas-Ruzek.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Northern Essex journalism/communications major Jonas Ruzek of Amesbury, recently joined journalists and other newspaper professionals at the 2020 New England Newspaper Convention at the Boston Renaissance Waterfront Hotel, held Feb. 7-8 in Boston.
NECC Early College student Joseph Trinidad was named to the Lawrence Alliance for Education as a student representative.
![Degree is Earned through Online Classes](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/02/Aracelis-digital.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
How did Aracelis Alvarado – wife, mom, and full-time billing supervisor manage to earn her associate degree?
![New Scholarship Designed for New NECC Students](https://www.necc.mass.edu/newsroom/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/scripts/timthumb.php?src=//2020/01/NECC-logo-e1578944164813.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
A new First-Year Knight’s Scholarship, for students who are new to Northern Essex Community College, has been created for students enrolled for the Fall 2020 semester.