Observer Department: Campus Life

Free Farmers Market fills a need

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The free Farmers Market at Northern Essex Community is open to all  students, staff, and faculty at both the Lawrence and Haverhill campuses. The market provides  up to 25 pounds of fresh produce to anyone a part of the Northern Essex community. It is located  at the Spurk “C” Building…

How the Center for Liberal Arts embraces different cultures

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Northern Essex Community College has a diverse group of students attending both the Lawrence and Haverhill campuses, especially in the Lawrence campus where 80 percent of the student population are bilingual and speak predominantly Spanish. This is why NECC and the Center for Liberal Arts have incorporated different activities and…

Virtual events help students stay connected

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Northern Essex Community College has held numerous virtual events ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak last March. Planned events like this allow the NECC community to feel togetherness, even when classes are remote. Virtual events have been orchestrated for a little over a year now by the Coordinator…

Spreading Alzheimer’s awareness in the community

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The Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with NECC to spread awareness about Alzheimers. The association is inviting NECC, students and their families to participate in an event called, “Know The 10 Signs of Alzheimers.” The event will be held over a webinar and will be hosted both in Spanish and in…

Panel highlights careers in journalism/communication

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The Center for Liberal Arts hosts Career Panel events from timeto time to connect students with professionals in the liberal arts community. The purpose of thisevent is to have the liberal arts students listen in on how these communication professionals were able to achieve their level of success starting off…

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The academic centers in Northern Essex Community College have been coming up with different ways on how to keep the student body engaged with theschool virtually. The Center for Liberal Arts particularly has hosted many zoom events for students to participate in if they chose to. Events the center hosts…

Survey shows students coping with a year of isolation, loneliness

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The pandemic has caused a mass amount of change in a small amount of time. Some people may refer to the pandemic as unprecedented. The group that the pandemic has had the largest effect on is students. Kids went from seeing their teacher and friends everyday face to face to…

Registration for summer, fall begins at NECC

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Registration for the summer and fall semesters is now open at Northern Essex Community College. The school is offering many different options for classes. There will be in person classes, only for health and stem classes unless the pandemic improves as stated on NECC’s website. There will be online classes,…

Reflecting on a year of COVID

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In March of 2021 the anniversary of the first lockdown came about, and more specifically the first time since NECC shut down and changed the format to online learning. Students reflect on the past year. Nisaly Gonzalez, who lives in North Andover and is studying Liberal Arts in NECC says…

COG offers outlet to help community

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Club members say NECC’s Community Outreach Group is a place for students of any background to make friends while working towards a common goal: helping their community. “Everyone is coming from a different situation [and] different perspective, but at the end of the day we find something that everyone can…