Observer Department: News
Presidential Scholarship winners
Twenty-seven local 2015 high school graduates were accepted to Northern Essex Community College’s Presidential Scholars Program, an honors program devoted to high academic achievement. The 16-year-old program is designed to reward motivated high school students who will be attending NECC. “Most plan to transfer to a four-year college or university…
Anime club struggles to become reality
By Abraham Anavisca, Correspondent Fans of Japanese animation at NECC will be glad to know that a group of students are working to start an anime club. Jennifer Lebron, an art major here at NECC, is the would--be president of the organization. “Normal clubs like sports and honors are [here].…
HC Media gives future NECC podcasters a space on the air
By Thomas Matatall, Correspondent NECC will soon see podcasters begin recording at HC Media as hosts and co-hosts of their own show. Pre-production will be starting in November. There will be four podcasts, each having a main topic, consisting of sports, overcoming life obstacles, race and uncomfortable subjects. Each podcast…
Book showdown: Print vs Digital
By Courtney Hanson, Correspondent 23-year-old college student Ariana Stevenson wraps herself in a blanket, snuggling up in the warmth and comforts of her bed with her hands wrapped around the folded and worn cover of an old book. As she reads, she basks in the faint, musky telltale scent of…
Student Senate News
The Student Senate meets every Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. in A112 on the Haverhill Campus and L244 on the Lawrence campus. Excerpts from the Nov. 4 meeting minutes: *Senate welcomed David Gingerella as a guest *Jaqueline Torres, Programming Chair of Lawrence was relieved of her duties due to excessive absences;…
Comparing online classes to traditional online learning
By Courtney Hanson, Correspondent The likelihood of a community college student failing or dropping out of a course is far greater if taken online rather than in a traditional classroom or face to face setting with an instructor. According to an April 2015 study done by the UC-Davis Community College,…
Trainees trigger debate on campus
Opinions on campus regarding the addition of the Methuen Police Academy and Essex County Sheriff’s Department vary widely. The debate began on the quad and in the hallways but quickly has moved into Student Senate meetings, the pages of the NECC Observer and even onto social media. Former student Faith…
MCCC Union
At community colleges throughout the state of Massachusetts, 1,400 professors, librarians and other full time professional staff members are currently working without a contract. “The contract expired at the end of June. We continued to meet with the state over July and August and into September with still no opening…
NECC/Methuen Police Academy Graduates First Class
New part of college off to a good start with 45 graduates Forty-five new police officers graduated from the first class of the Northern Essex Community College/Methuen Police Academy in a ceremony at the college on June 26. Michael J. Havey, Jr. of Methuen, who has worked as a part-time…
Amesbury Street Property Donated
Louise Haffner Fournier’s family make donation The Louise Haffner Fournier Education Center on Amesbury Street on the Lawrence Campus has gone from a rented building to a building that is now owned by NECC through a donation from the EMLO Realty Trust, which is under the direction of Joanne…
