NECC students’ anticipation for the spring semester is blooming.
Grappling with upcoming final projects and tests, students at NECC plug away at the remaining course load, register for new classes, and ready their plans for winter break.
Even the most studious students worry about their final exams.
Joe Miller, a student at NECC, who plans to major in Geo-Informational Science after transferring, anxiously awaits the beginning of the end.
“I know I won’t fail, but no, I don’t feel confident,” Miller said.
Some students, like Miller, plan to use their time over the winter break to take care of extra classes.
Miller cites the ice and snow on campus for the reason he wants to take his final lab online.
Other students, like Dez Kelly, plan to use their winter break otherwise.
“I decided not to do any winter intercession courses, I just need a break,” Kelly said.
Even though fall flew by, and Kelly laments their time spent in classrooms with their peers.
“Ive gotten used to seeing the same faces, gotten to know a few people,” they said.
Kelly looks forward to the spring semester, and expressed their interest for the next session of classes.
“It’s gone so quickly, I’m kind of sad to end my classes, honestly… I’m also excited for the ones I chose in the spring,” they said.
Kelly, a Liberal Arts major, got a first look at NECC’s new program Brightspace during their Sociology course.
Brightspace is a new program set to roll out for the spring semester to replace Blackboard.
“I’m not super worried about it,” said Kelly, on the topic of the Brightspace transition.
They went on to explain a very important facet of the Brightspace transition.
“Just because I know how to navigate it, doesn’t mean the professors will,” they said.
Professor Andrew Morse, a semi-retired Professor who still teaches Western Civ I, claims he knows very little about the Brightspace transition.
“I know nothing about it, except its going to replace the Blackboard system,” Morse said.
To some Professors, like Morse, the transition is simply increasing the current workload.
“It’s more work. Something else that’s gotta be done,” he said.
As students buzz like busy little bees, working hard for a little break, Kelly leaves readers with some parting knowledge for the next semester.
“Email your professors, stay on top of problems you might have. If you have those problems, then it’s likely someone else is having them too,” they said.
They go on to encourage students to take the plunge into the spring semester.
“Just dive into it, you got nothing to lose,” Kelly said.
With one last final reminder.
“Everyone is here to support you, professors don’t want to fail you,” they said.
