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What skis and snowboards can teach you: Life lessons in the snow mountain
Students Lauren Rafferty, this reporter Daniela Valdivia-Terres and alum Chris Drew had fun during the Ski Trip which was organized and lead by Engineering Professor Doug Leaffer. About 1.5 hours away from NECC Haverhill campus, Mount Sunapee in Newbury in western New Hampshire was the chosen place to spend a…
“Hurricane Diane” competes at festival, will return to NECC
The spring semester started with a bang for Northern Essex Community College theater students and professor Brianne Beatrice. They went right back into the theater to start re-rehearsing last spring’s production, Hurricane Diane.Beatrice learned just before the holiday break that representatives from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)…
The idea of NECC: How current, former students and parents of students see the college
Situated in Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts, Northern Essex Community College may be considered one of the top community colleges within Massachusetts when it comes to athletics and academics, but it may owe this spectacle to the positive reception it handles from their student body, past or present, and the figures…
Internships offer real-life experiences
Northern Essex Community College offers students the opportunity to do college internships on campus or off-site. The plus about students doing internships in general is that they have the opportunity to earn real-life experiences and apply all the knowledge that they learn during their internship to their future jobs. Internships…
Art professor’s work on view at local gallery
Marc Mannheimer has been an artist all his life. Since long before selling his first piece or becoming a professor of art and design at Northern Essex Community College, art was always an intrinsic part of who he is. The heart of the art world, New York City, which has…
Students speak on Seasonal Affective Disorder
Daylight Savings is a normalcy here in New England, and its end in the fall leads to reduceddaylight, shorter days, and a drop in moods. Some may be aware of the phrase “winter blues,”the phenomenon where many feel sadder during the winter months. It’s an old phrase, dating back to…
The issues that matter most for students
With the 2024 presidential election less than a year away, it is important to look at the differences between the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration. The contrasting approaches of the Trump and Biden administrations in key policy areas, such as the economy, abortion rights, health care, climate change, immigration,…
U-Knighted: Involvement Resource Fair highlights community programs
NECC (Northern Essex Community College) goes above and beyond with educating and providing support to the needs of students with the U-Knighted Involvement Resource Fair. On Oct. 11 students were able to meet with the many different programs that represented the Haverhill community and to not only assist with support…
Q & A with The Screening Room owners, Becca and Ben Fundis
Recently, the NECC Observer was fortunate enough to chat with the owners of The Screening Room, an independent movie theater in downtown Newburyport. Owned by Becca and Ben Fundis, this past summer, The Screening Room showed both “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”! Check out part of our interview below! Shaun: Walk us…
MassReconnect: A second chance for education
On August 28, in a step towards redefining accessibility to higher education, a state-funded program was launched and is set to reshape the learning landscape for college students aged 25 years and older. This program provides two years of free college to such students, working to break down financial barriers…
