Support Services Make College Possible Georgetown resident Lisa Sanborn has struggled with school for as long as she can remember. And, for as long as she can remember, she wanted a college degree. Today, Northern Essex and its support…

Mom Trades in Financial Career for Health Care Northern Essex’s phlebotomy program gave Christina “Tina” Nicolo a new career and a new direction. Though she spent nearly her entire career as a successful financial advisor for a large financial institution, the 38-year-old…

NECC ESL Students Collect Books for Family Shelter Children living at Haverhill’s Emmaus House, a family shelter, will have new books, thanks to a children’s book drive organized by a Northern Essex Community College English as a Second Language (ESL) class. NECC’s ESL Advanced Integrated Reading students participated…

NECC Entrepreneurs Showcase Their Businesses A business that repairs cell phones and laptop screens, a lending library full of high-end board games, and a yoga practice for individuals struggling with addiction are just three of the…

NECC Student Wins Music Competition in Boston Northern Essex Community College student Amanda McCarthy of Londonderry, NH won “Most Confident/Enthusiastic Performer” at “Music On & Up- 19 and Under Showcase” competition at the Hard Rock Café in Boston earlier this month.…

NECC Helps Soldier Work Toward New Career Before Specialist Jillian Hoiseth was deployed to Afghanistan with her Army Reserve unit, the 24-year-old Newburyport native was pretty sure she wanted to become a teacher. By the…

Communication Arts Graduates Share their Stories Four successful NECC alumni proved that you can…

NECC Student Literary Magazine is Top in the Nation [caption id="attachment_2284" align="alignright" width="325" caption="Left to right in Photo: Hannah Larrabee, NECC faculty, Groveland; Chantal McGovern, student, Haverhill; Mary Ellen D’Angelo-Lombari, student, Methuen; Patrick Lochelt, NECC English Professor and faculty advisor to Parnassus, Haverhill; Tony Rossetti, student, Haverhill; Susan Stehfest,…

NECC Student Wins Seventeen Magazine Contest Northern Essex Community College student Jorge Martinez of Lawrence is featured in the November issue of Seventeen Magazine as the winner of their “Best Boyfriend” competition. Martinez, a 2010…

New NECC Student Wins Laptop Tyler McMullen of Hampstead, NH, was the winner of a new Dell laptop computer raffled off by Northern Essex Community College’s Student Engagement Center.  McMullen’s name was randomly selected from a pool of students who participated in NECC’s new student…