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As many students know, there is often an art exhibit set up in the back of the library, also known as the Linda Hummel-Shea Artspace. This time around the exhibit on display is one known as Passing Spirits by Maria L. Denjongpa of Beverly. When asked about Passing Spirits and…
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On Jan 25 Northern Essex announced the representatives for the 2024 hall of fame class. The inductees include Larry Fowle, Colby Maiola and Sercan Fenerci. The three former athletics members will be inducted on March 20. This will be the fifth annual induction ceremony at NECC. The ceremony will be held…
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The Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball team got off to a ferocious start, winning its first 14 games with a mighty points-per-game average of 89.1 and a strong field goal percentage of 45.1%. The team unfortunately fell to Westchester Community College by only a four-point deficit, but they immediately…
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Unexpectedly, the Northern Essex Community College (NECC) baseball team has achieved unprecedented success, advancing to the third place in the country. Players and advisers are thrilled with the team’s incredible ascent to the top, which has created a historic moment for the college’s sports department. Head Coach Jeff Mejia expressed…
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Award season is in full swing, an exciting time for enjoyers of all things entertainment. The 66th Annual Grammy Awards were held on Sunday, February 4th, and proved to be an important night in the music world. Of all discourse surrounding the award show, one of the most prevalent topics…
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NECC Tabletop Game club has been meeting once a week at 4:30 p.m. at the Knights Nook in the SC Building of the Haverhill Campus for years to allow students to gather around and have fun working together or participating in friendly competition over some fun games of their choice.…
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NECC students are connected with international peers virtually to team up on projects together. There are around seven courses with a special component, the International Virtual Experience IVE and Collaborative Online International Learning COIL where NECC students are paired with students at universities from Canada, France, Mexico or Palestine, to work as a team on an assigned project. NECC students, the same as their international peers, consider these courses as highly valuable and open-door to thinking globally. Learning globally from class Courses like Physiological Chemistry and Anatomy and Physiology are required courses for most AS programs in Health Sciences. Professor Emily Gonzalez is the leader of both. She is leading this spring her third cohort of NECC students in a project with UIT Cachan of…
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“A Christmas Carol,” the classic season story is back in NECC Theater on Dec 8, 9 and 10. “Every year (it) puts me in the Christmas mood. The carols and theme. So, I love it. It’s so difficult sometimes to get into that mood of holidays and it just does it in 90 minutes,” assured J. Mark Morrison, who plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character of Charles Dickens’s novel. When: Dec. 8 at 7:00 p.m. / Dec. 9 at 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. / Dec. 10 at 3:00 p.m. Where: Chester Hawrylciw Theater, on the third floor of the C-Spurk Building on the Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St. “A Christmas Carol” a story written by Dickens in 1843 tell us the story of Scrooge,…
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Professors and staff are under “Work to Rule,” as of press time for the Observer, on Tuesday, Nov. 14. They say they are protesting being underpaid, not receiving a raise since 2021 and currently working without a contract. Faculty and staff members of the Massachusetts Community College Council – MCCC Union held signs that read “Work to Rule” on Nov. 1 at President Lane Glenn’s pizza meeting, in front of the TC building at the Haverhill campus. A similar group stood under the rain, in front of the Dimitry building on the Lawrence campus on Nov. 9. What is Work to Rule Faculty and staff members of the MCCC Union are not allowed to strike. “We are stuck. All we can do is Work to…
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