NECC Observer

The student news website of Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass.


Peace Poetry contest winners celebrated

By        May 9, 2023 Photo courtesy NECC At NECC’s Haverhill campus Tech Building the 15th Annual Peace Poetry contest was held the night of May 4. The contestants’ ages ranged from first...
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Professor Profile: Tom Greene

By        April 28, 2023 Fifty-four-year-old Thomas Greene is the chair of the NECC English department and professor as well as a short-story writer, gamer and vampire history fanatic. Greene also has an...
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Plagiarism and how to avoid it

By        April 18, 2023 The NECC Library is hosting a continuing series of workshops to help students define, identify and avoid plagiarism when completing assignments. One workshop was held on April...
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Students weigh in on campus events at NECC

By        April 7, 2023 Northern Essex Community college is known for how proactive and engaging they are with their students and community. Today I walked around campus to ask students about the...
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Getting to know Professor William Gleed

By        February 21, 2023 William Gleed, 60, is a NECC professor with a master’s degree in poetry from the University of New Hampshire. He has also taught at Middlesex Community College, Hesser College...
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Tipping culture

By  and        December 16, 2022 Families and friends often come together to grab a bite to eat at a restaurant to be able to sit down and enjoy each other‘s company, drinks and good food, as well as good...
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New art gallery opens on Lawrence campus

By  and        November 22, 2022 On the night of Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. the department of Art + Design held the grand opening for the very first art gallery on NECC’s Lawrence Campus.The new gallery is located in the...
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