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Convocation celebration: Students return for fall semester
Students in PACE, SOAR and other programs took part in NECC's Convocation Ceremony on Sept. 5. The day began with a light breakfast before the ceremony. At breakfast, the students were given gift bags to be opened at the end of the ceremony. The ceremony took place in the Tech…
Easily accessible art on display in Andover
When looking to delve deeper into art and culture, one need not travel far or even spend any money to do so. Many people would be pleasantly surprised to learn that they can experience incredible works of art locally for the cost of nothing. The Addison Gallery of American Art…
Eight tips from Career Services for NECC graduates
Congratulations soon-to-be NECC graduates! You have accomplished a great deal in your NECC journey – taking courses during the pandemic and navigating through a cyberattack this semester. It can be both exciting and intimidating to take consider life after graduation but we are here to help with any questions related…
SMART meals available for free on campus
The NECC food programs are partnering with Food For Free, a wonderful organization dedicated to reducing food waste and supporting local meal programs, to bring students free microwavable meals. The meals they provide to us are frozen, pre-made meals from their “Heat-n-Eats” program, which aims to improve people’s access to…
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…
A second half surge fuels a 98-63 win, NECC men’s basketball advances to semi-finals
A second half surge fuels a 98-63 win, advance to semi-finals In the quarterfinals of the region 21 East district playoff tournament The Knights took down Rhode Island Community college (RICC) 98-63 on Feb. 25. They advanced to face MassBay in the semi-finals of the region 21 East district tournament. …
Honors students awarded scholarships
Northern Essex Community College is proud to recognize the accomplishments of five honors students. Emily Ellis, Scotty Silva, Wildalis Tejada, Elvis Soto, and Soiri Rosario each earned a $1,000 scholarship from the NECC Foundation, Inc. These students completed at least one honors course in the fall semester and maintained an…
Theater shines: Students star at festival
Students from Northern Essex Community College theater program recently went to the Kennedy Center American Theater Festival that took place on Jan. 31 through Feb. 4 in Hyannis, where they won awards for acting and their production of “Lighten Up.” Brianne Beatrice has been a theater professor at NECC for…
Women’s Basketball looking for recruits for 2023-24 season
The NECC women’s basketball head coach is Malaquias Canery, Coach Canery also serve an assistant head coach for the men’s basketball team as he is a part of Coach Darren Stratton’s coaching staff. I asked him about his knowledge of the game and how the different clubs and organizations he…
Knights volleyball, rally, but fall short at Brockton
On Tuesday Oct 18, NECC Knights lost three sets to two against Massasoit Community College in Brockton. The Knights lost the first set 25-10, they lost the second set 25-20, the Knights won the third and the forth set identical 25-18 but they felt short in the fifth set 15…
