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What high schoool did not teach us: Prep skills are lacking for many students going into college
How would the lack of college prep skills high school students get effect students that are just coming to college? School has officially started, and new college students are coming in. High school is different in so many ways. High school can also teach us skills that are meaningful in…
PACE Awards
People of Lawrence photo essay
My profile is on Lawrence and the people residing in it making it what it is today I took photos of people doing their every day activities. Note: Arias is currently enrolled in an Early College Journalism I course. Students completed profiles and/or portraits for their final projects. Arias chose…
Students share views at open forum
Monday afternoon proved fruitful for members of the Student Affairs Committee, as they held an open student forum where members of both campuses shared their experiences, questions, and concerns with the current state of Northern Essex Community College in a town-hall style online meeting. Hosted on the afternoon of April…
Comics by Narjis Musa
Observer staff win NENPA awards
Student journalists from the NECC Observer recently won awards from The New England Newspaper and Press Association in the college division of the Better Newspaper competition. Shaun Hood of Groveland and Observer correspondents received a first place award for best arts and entertainment section and former Observer Editor-in-Chief/Opinion Editor Kim…
Water woes in the Spurk building
Students and staff on the third floor of the C Building recently had to grapple with issues caused by a persistently leaking ceiling on the third floor. The issue led to trash cans being placed throughout the floor to manage the water dripping into the hallways, but this temporary solution…
Comics: The art of making you laugh at the current situation
Opinion comics by Narjis Musa, Observer correspondent
What is the college experience?
We are living in a time of unprecedented growth and change. The college campus is the ultimate forum of debate, discussion and establishment of an individual’s intellectual identity. It is in these spaces where students are not only tasked with understanding the past but reckoning with the present and molding…
Campus Life flatline?
Examining the college experience on a commuter campus Anyone who spends a significant amount of time on Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus is likely to acknowledge it is a place where people are made to feel welcome. Where does this sense of welcoming acceptance come from? Does it stem…
