Articles by: Melissa Bouse

Newburyport, MA (March 12, 2024) – Northern Essex Community College, with the generous support of Newburyport Bank, has created the new Seacoast Promise Program. Building on the success of the Lawrence and Haverhill Promise Programs, …

Ask any of Maria Cubias’s friends to describe her, and chances are they’ll use the word “determined” multiple times. The Northern Essex Community College Criminal Justice major, known to those friends as Ampa, has set …
Northern Essex Community College professor Meredith Gunning asks her Philosophy through Film students a parting question on this day in late February: Do you fear weapons of mass destruction?
Haverhill, MA (March 6, 2024)—On Wednesday, March 6, The Northern Essex Community College Board of Trustees convened on the Haverhill Campus for its monthly meeting. At just under an hour, much of the meeting was …

Boston, MA (March 7, 2024) – Northern Essex Community College will receive $137,000 as part of a statewide initiative to create workforce training programs for adults looking to enter or re-enter the workforce. The Healey-Driscoll …

Congratulations to Northern Essex Community College Dean of Business and Professional Studies, Jody Carson! On International Women’s Day, Carson received the “Catalyst for Women’s Empowerment Award” from the American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network …
Haverhill, MA (March 6, 2024)—Planning for the 62nd annual Commencement Ceremony at Northern Essex Community College is underway. The event will be held on the Haverhill Campus on Saturday, May 18, at 11 a.m. More …
If you want to understand what campus life is really like at America’s colleges today, visit your local community college, not Harvard.
While elite institutions like Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford loudly boast about the number of applicants they reject each year (average acceptance rate: 5 percent), community colleges are America’s “open door” institutions, and proudly proclaim that they …
In front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Sport and Fitness on Sunday afternoon, the Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team picked up their 30th win of the season.
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