Observer Department: News
Opening up doors for future employment
By Shaina Richards The internship program at NECC recently started up again this semester for Communications, Business, and CIS majors. Sarah McCarthy, Chris Bowden and Brian Hough started as interns at HC Media, the local public access studio in Haverhill and were able to become permanent employees. Internships open up…
Two years’ free college on the President’s agenda
Over the break President Obama announced that he plans to push for making the first two years of community college "free for everybody who's willing to work for it." By working for it, he means that students receiving this funding will have to attend college at least half-time, maintain a…
New Students get oriented to NECC
The spring new student orientation is held four times during winter break, with two sessions being held on the Haverhill campus and two on the Lawrence campus. The orientations are held so students know all that is offered on campus, from class information to counseling services. Kadee Tapley, a programming…
Wheelchair lift malfunctions during show
The show was uplifting. The lift was not. On December 13, outside the Chester W. Hawrylciw Theater, a small group of hopeful audience members stood around the lift that provides wheelchair access to the theater itself. After pushing buttons and reading signs to no avail, the group finally received help…
NECC students share opinions on Ferguson
By Emily Marsden On Aug. 9, Officer Wilson shot and killed unarmed Michael Brown after a confrontation in a Ferguson street. The shooting triggered protests that went on for weeks. While often peaceful, some protests would turn violent, and police would respond by firing smoke canisters and using tear gas…
GSA holds trans awareness workshop
On Friday, Nov. 21 the NECC Gay Straight Alliance held a trans awareness workshop. Three students spoke to educate students, staff and faculty about the issues they face every day, and the proper ways to talk about it so no one gets hurt. At the beginning of the workshop, Kelly…
NECC holds security seminar
On Friday, Oct. 31, select NECC faculty, staff and students met with NECC’s presently contracted security company, EIS inc., Haverhill police and other local security institutions to spend a day overviewing safety procedures and scenarios for NECC. “We’re doing a drill with our public security department, and the company that…
Why students choose community college
Students face a lot of pressure to make decisions about their future after high school. Among those choices is whether to go straight to a four-year college or university, or start with a two-year community college. Students believe that attending community college is not the same as attending a four-year…
Student Life holds open house to talk about services
On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Student Life Department held an open-house for students to learn what services are available to them on campus. “It’s an open house, so that people can find out what happens in student life. So we have a counseling center, we have athletics, student engagement center…
Dynamic signage comes to NECC
A student senate idea from 2012 comes into play at NECC as electronic information screens pop up all over the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses. In 2012 the senate thought students needed a better way of getting information through technology. They decided to start raising funds for their annual class gift…
