Observer Department: News
NECC Eclipse party
On April 8, Northern Essex Community College hosted an Eclipse Party for those who wanted to view the eclipse and spend time with friends and loved ones. The Career Services Staff at Northern Essex Community College also joined the Eclipse party, along with NECC staff and students. While I was…
PACE program changes students’ lives
A Northern Essex Community College student success service has been changing students’ lives for decades and does not plan to change that tradition any time soon. This impactful student success service is the TRIO Program, or to the dedicated members, they know it as the PACE Program. The program stands…
How professors ended up at NECC
At any institution around the world, whether it is a four-year university, communitycollege, high school, middle school, or elementary school, the bread-and-butter of these places are centered around the students, whose job is to learn, and the faculty, whose job is to instill knowledge that help their students succeed in…
Students honored
The PACE awards dinner was held on April 23. During this celebration, student members of PACE were recognized for their commitment and academic excellence. PACE which stands for Pathways to Academic & Career Excellence, is a student support services program funded by a TRIO grant from the U.S. Department of…
TikTok faces ban in the U.S.
On Tuesday April 23 the U.S. Senate approved a bill that would ban TikTok. The United States House of Representatives already passed a bill April 20, that would give “TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S assets of the short video-app, or face a ban”. The…
Speechapalooza to return to NECC
Poster created by Matthew Scharn Northern Essex proudly announces today that in April Speechapalooza is coming back better than ever. The event is organized and hosted by the Principles of Public Relations class. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic Speechapalooza was attended by students who wanted to share their ideas to…
Get inspired by PTK alumni
On Thursday, April 25, at 5:00 PM. is the 14 th Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony, in the Lecture Hall, C-Building, on the Haverhill campus. Mostly known as PTK, it is the world’s largest honor society for community college students. It offers great opportunities to access scholarships “to help you…
Observer staff members win NENPA awards
The New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) recently honored two student staff members of the Northern Essex Community College Observer student newspaper. Observer News Editor Daniela Valdivia-Terres of Chelmsford won first place for best news story and Editor-in-Chief/Opinion Editor Kim Zappala of Haverhill won second place for best opinion…
Total Eclipse: Students take a trip to view rare event
On April 8, 2024, the college’s PACE program organized a field trip to take their participants to St. Johnsbury, Vermont to experience this year’s total solar eclipse. Days leading up to the event, the PACE program held a workshop hosted by Northern Essex Community College Professor of Earth Science Mark…
Food programs in jeopardy?
Students create petition about food, housing, civic engagement resources. On April 2, there was a petition spread by Student Government Association SGA about food and housing insecurity titled Saving Civic Engagement. It called for students to sign up on behalf of the services the Civic Engagement, Service-Learning, and Community Resources…
