The most awaiting and cheering time has come for every PACE Program participant at NECC – the special night for the Annual Pace Awards and Alumni Success Panel. The event celebrates and recognizes outstanding individuals who were chosen for PACE Program awards this year, and was held on  Thursday April 21, 2021. It was a virtual event via Zoom meeting to acknowledge and award alumni success and staff member recognition.

The event host Jessica Rockers , exclaimed, “welcome, everyone to this special ceremony night in which PACE students and staff members will be awarded and honored for their hard work and effort they have put into educational studies at Northern Essex Community College.”

She went on saying, “we will be joined by four super star PACE Program alumni who will share their best advice for graduating, transferring, earning scholarships, and landing the job of your dream!”

The event was held from 5pm- 630pm and was pretty much an exciting moment to experience. Hearing all the nominations and the winners being announced at the end was incredible.

Among others student attendees, there were also PACE Staff members such as Sheila Corsaro – PACE Academic Advisor, Kristen Arnold- PACE Director, and Stephanie Haskell –Coordinator of Social Justice and Student Leadership, as part of the many panelists and nominees to receive awards.

Finally, the ceremony was a success, the winners received their award for the night, all of them being happy and proud of themselves, they all demonstrated a sense of appreciation when obtaining their awards. This eventually marked the end of a beautiful ceremony night that everyone enjoyed and will remember forever.

The most unforgettable and exciting time of the year is here, the start of  the Summer and Fall registration at NECC.

The PACE Program held a virtual event for advance registration on April 5, online via Zoom meeting, Program staff were there, available to help students chose classes. Staff met with each student indvidually with a focus on academic advising and counseling.

While attending the event, Sheila Corsaro, a PACE academic advisor said , “we will randomly choose one student who attends to receive a special prize.”

Everything started with a student one on one counseling, going over the Degree work and tracking academic progress.

Then, they discussed their academic plan by selecting the right courses needed to complete their overall degree.

The Zoom meeting lasted about 15-20 minutes.  Jessica Rocker, Transfer Advisor Pace Program, -TRIO-student support services helped host the event and announced the winner to receive the special prize at the end.

As the event went along, student had the chance to converse about their school goals such as transferring to a four –year universities to further their educational career.

The Pace program encourages their student to continue with education and seeks to aid them with process of transferring.

Finally, the event end at 3 p.m. having the PACE students already set with their classes schedule for Summer and Fall semester.