Observer Department: News
2023 PACE awards
It is the end of the spring 2023 semester, and it is time to celebrate students for their hard work and determination with the PACE awards. The amazing staff at PACE had a hard job of determining which awards students would receive. PACE staff member Jessica Rocker came up with…
Students and faculty opposed to removal of student resources coordinator position
College administrators have proposed eliminating the position of Civic Engagement, Service-Learning, and Community Resources Coordinator. Since 2015, working on developing plans for increasing student civic engagement, creating alliances with organizations to help students experiencing food, clothing and housing insecurity, advocating for paid-internship student programs, adjunct professor and licensed social worker…
Panel focuses on book banning and intellectual freedom
On Wednesday April 12th Northern Essex Community College hosted a panel discussion about book banning and intellectual freedom event that took place in Lecture Hall (A) in the Spurk building on the Haverhill campus. Students, faculty and staff were encouraged to come listen to a panel of hosts discuss their…
Students continue to reflect on cyberattack
As most students attending Northern Essex Community College know, a few weeks ago at the beginning of March, the school underwent a cyber attack on its systems causing panic that personal information about staff and students were accessed from the systems. For many students, the stress of not knowing if…
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown shares life story with NECC students
Scott Brown served as United States Senator for the Bay State from 2010 until 2013. Brown rose to the Senate after running a successful campaign against former Attorney General Martha Coakley during the special election for Sen.Ted Kennedy’s seat, who had died in August of 2009. Before his tenure as…
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown visits NECC
On April 10, NECC students, faculty and staff were invited to join GOV101 in listening to former U.S. Senator and U.S. Ambassador Scott Brown speak in Lecture Hall A on the Haverhill Campus. Professor Richard Padova had some assistance from Liberal Arts Administrative Assistant Tammy Foster to get this event…
‘Hot Topics’ event takes on ‘indoctrination’ in the classroom
Northern Essex faculty gathered for a Hot Topics event hosted by President Glenn on Monday, Feb. 27 to discuss ideological indoctrination in the classrooms of schools across the United States. The Center for Professional Development welcomed administration and staff in room C209 to discuss ideology in the classroom and the…
Cyberattack’s effects linger for some students
The recent cyberattack had many effects on the students and faculty. Luckily the college was able to reopen the night of Tuesday the 7th. The IT at NECC sent an email to the students and facility saying, “ NECC ITS would like to thank you for all of your patience…
NECC hit by cyberattack
Students, faculty and staff are trying to get back on track after Northern Essex Community College was hit by an apparent cyberattack, which led to canceled classes and outages of email, Blackboard and other systems from March 3 to March 7. On Thursday, March 2, students received an email saying…
Public safety at NECC
The Northern Essex Community College ( NECC) police Department is committed to serve and protect the campus the students and the community. Chief David Hobbs dressed in a black police Polo shirt and khakis, warmly interviewed in the NECC Public Safety office in Haverhill. Chief Hobbs has worked in Law…
