With possibly millions of manufacturing jobs at stake over the next decade, 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ is banking on its new Center for Innovation to help pave the way for the future of skilled manufacturing workers. And local businesses Keihin Carolina System Technology and Barnhill Contracting Co. are pitching in. A study by the National Association […]
91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ students and employees have a new dining option. Six Smokin’ Bones, owned and operated by Audra Walton, recently opened in the student lounge on the Tarboro campus. Walton has operated a successful food truck for five years, and she says moving into the Tarboro location was a unique opportunity to expand her […]
Visitors to the Rocky Mount campus of 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ will see a familiar name on the front of the health sciences building: Deborah L. Lamm. The name of the College’s former president, who retired in May 2018, was installed recently on the front exterior of the building, which has been known as the Biotechnology […]
Peter Hans, president of the North Carolina Community College System, and other state leaders visited 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ recently and met with Dr. Greg McLeod, president of the College. Hans became president of the community college system in May 2018, and his visit to ECC was part of an effort to tour all 58 community […]
91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Barbering instructor Rufus McKoy (left) provides an orientation to new students Joseph Wallace (middle) and Wesley Lucas during the first day of class. Spring classes began at ECC on January 8. Edgecombe is one of just three community colleges in the state that offers barbering.
On October 10, East Carolina University admissions staff introduced 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ students to the Pirate Promise, a new partnership that provides a seamless transition for ECC College Transfer students to the university. The program enables students, while enrolled at ECC, to benefit from a variety of ECU services prior to transferring. Shown is Erica […]
For the past 20 years, 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ’s Tutoring Center has helped thousands of students pass classes, graduate with credentials, and even weather life’s ups and downs. Vicky Bolivar, who graduated in 2015 with degrees in Spanish and business administration, raves about the College’s Tutoring Center. Shawn Smith, who is studying accounting at ECC, says […]
Before Hurricane Florence had completed her thrashing of Eastern North Carolina, 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ had reached out to students hit by the storm. College leaders relied on lessons learned during previous storms, Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016. “We have taken what we learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd and Hurricane […]
During a retirement reception honoring Dr. Deborah L. Lamm, president of 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ for 14 years, the College’s Board of Trustees announced plans to name a building in her honor. The tribute was announced by Dr. Jerry Price, chair of the ECC Board of Trustees, during a retirement reception held May 22. The Biotechnology […]
People who visit the 91Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Tarboro campus may be surprised to see seven images of people nearly eight feet tall on the side of the Fountain Building. These images represent the college’s present and future. A mural depicting a teacher, welder, nurse, law enforcement officer, firefighter, IT professional, and hair stylist overlooking young […]
