Observer Department: Campus Life

NECC grad’s success story

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Exploring Jasmine Chazulle’s struggle and her achievement From Beauty School and unemployment to being in NECC’s graduating class of 2014. While Jasmin Chazulle is not a recent NECC graduate she is still well known by many faculty members and possibly some current students on campus. If anyone remembers any events…

Student Life hosts Welcome Week

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There and back again ... A fresh start to the new year and semester The start of the new semester can be a time of difficulty for students both old and new; what with having to adjust to new schedules, new classes, or not seeing the friends you used to.…

Arts & Design endangerment

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Could the Arts & Design major disappear from campus? With budget cuts to public institutions occuring in the past few years, arts programs all over the nation have been the first to suffer. According to a professor of NECC, The Arts & Design program has approximately 111 students enrolled. With…

Campus Culture Podcast takes NECC by storm

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Dynamic trio takes to the air to talk Northern Essex From podcast episodes to open mic nights, NECC’s Campus Culture Podcast is giving students a voice.Made up of three members, this podcast wrecking crew was established in the Spring semester of 2018.President of the group; Amanda Torres says their goal…

Club collecting donations

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Donations to help homeless in the Haverhill area The Respiratory Care Club has teamed up to provide a mitten/scarf drive as well as a canned food drive. Their boxes are in place until the end of November. All of the donations are going to the Emmaus House in Haverhill. Emmaus…

Knight is named

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Nessex is now the name for the NECC mascot Our new and improved mascot was proudly named “Nessex” thanks to submissions from students, staff and alumni for the “Name The Knight” contest. After collecting all submissions from September 4-23, three final names were chosen by a panel of judges to…

Leading by example

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Nathan Miller embraces role as student advocate In every college there is at least one person that stands out from the rest, providing a unique and memorable experience. Nathan Miller, age 22, of Newton, NH is one of those people for NECC. Since he came to the college in 2014…

“Saltonstall” recalls Haverhill history

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    He deserves to have his story told for the sake of memrory. - Michael Cormier, Playwright This weekend, Northern Essex Community College lent out the Chester Hawrylciw Theater to Punctuate4 Productions debuting their new play “Saltonstall”. Written by playwright and former attorney Michael Cormier and director Myriam Cyr,…

Performances stand out in Top Notch production

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‘Stupid F*cking Bird’ production The Top Notch Players Theater performed their fall 2018 production of  “Stupid F*cking Bird” by Aaron Posner. Under the direction of Professor Brianne Beatrice and Sarah Durning, it ran opened on Oct. 5 and closed Oct. 13. With the theater’s past productions such as “Almost Maine”,…

Homecoming brings community in

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An eventful and fun day, NECC’s second annual Homecoming was a big hit! On Saturday October 13, 2018, Northern Essex hosted its second annual Homecoming at the Haverhill campus. The whole day was packed with a plethora of events from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ranging from the volleyball game,…