Observer Department: Features
Journalism/Communication students celebrate free speech with free speeches
By: Cleo Brigham Staff Writer Last Wednesday, Northern Essex students and public speakers alike gathered in Spurk’s Lecture Hall A to celebrate their freedom of speech as well as one of the final events held before the Spurk building is closed for renovations. This semester marks the one year anniversary…
Math professor holds to traditional family values
By Sarah Colpitts Correspondent [learn_more caption="Sujatha Thiruvengadathan"] Content goes here[/learn_more] , known to students and faculty as “Sue” and by her family members as “Suji,” teaches math courses here at NECC. Thiruvengadathan was born in Tamilnadu, India. Thiruvengadathan studied electrical engineering in undergrad school while living in India before moving…
Single mom follows her dreams to NECC Deaf Studies program
Taryn Decker is a Deaf Studies major in her second semester at NECC. She is 30 years old and a single mom, taking five classes and working part time. She somehow manages to balance all of these things and keep an optimistic attitude while she does so. Decker realized what…
Professor Padova is in the news
When NECC’s Director of Public Relations, Ernie Greenslade, was approached by international news agency, Reuters, about speaking with a professor who’s knowledgeable about the New Hampshire primary, she put them in contact with Richard Padova. Padova has been an adjunct professor in NECC’s global studies department since January of 2005.…
Let Armando Belliard-Harmon entertain you
Armando Belliard-Harmon, 3rd semester theatre major at NECC, got involved with theatre at a very young age, bonding with his grandmother watching golden age movie adaptations of musicals. “Singing in the Rain,” “White Christmas,” and works by Ben Crosby is what sparked the fire for him to become a multi-dimensional…
HC Media internship opportunities continue
HC Media continues to work with NECC internship program Cassie Ellson is a twenty-year-old Art major at NECC. She took the Video Field Production class at HC Media, after which she remembered they had talked about the internship positions that would be opening in the next semester. Lance Hidy, graphic…
Cramming is bad for your health and worse for your transcripts
By Carly Columbo Correspondent NECC students are finding themselves under crippling stress during these last few weeks in the semester, which leads them to cram. Cramming is defined by Wikipedia as “a widely used study skill performed in preparation for an examination or assessment. Most common among college-aged students, cramming…
A voice of literature, Elle Yarborough
Elle Yarborough, who is a full-time professor of the English Department at NECC, didn’t go to college with the mindset of becoming a teacher. While Elle was finishing up her master’s in English and participating in Community Outreach, one of the faculty members came to her with an opportunity. “I…
Phi Theta Kappa Community Outreach
The feeling of outreach and community in Phi Theta Kappa, or PTK, is drawing more interest from students. PTK is the largest honor society in American higher education. PTK’s website states that the society traces its beginnings to “a society that originated with six charter members under the name of…
PACE Hosts Aquarium Field Trip
On Dec. 3, PACE traveled to downtown Boston for an educational trip to the New England Aquarium. Normally, PACE takes field trips to four-year colleges and universities. “They provide students with an opportunity to visit area colleges in person, take campus tours, attend information sessions, and meet with university staff…
