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GSA holds trans awareness workshop

By neccobserver

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 Schwing, the president of the … Continue reading GSA holds trans awareness workshop → Read More

NECC holds security seminar

By neccobserver

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 supports them, Eagle Investigative Services, &hellip... Read More

Why students choose community college

By Christina Hillner, Staff Writer

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 school.  There is a significant … Continue reading Why students c... Read More

Student Life holds open house to talk about services

By neccobserver

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 and new student orientation,” said … Continue reading Student Life holds open h... Read More

Dynamic signage comes to NECC

By neccobserver

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 to the school. They reached … Continue reading Dynamic signage com... Read More

Hispanic Heritage at NECC

By observerstaff

By Eduardo Souza Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, when people recognize the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to the U.S. and celebrate Hispanic culture and heritage.  There’s a considerable and diverse Hispanic population making their own contributions to the NECC student body.   This fall, 37 percent of all students … Continue reading H... Read More

NECC maintenance prepares for winter

By observerstaff

By Rachael Sarcione It may seem as though fall has just begun but the Maintenance Department at NECCs Haverhill campus has already begun preparing for winter. Keeping the NECC campus safe for students, faculty and staff is a year-round job that requires careful planning and considerations for the surrounding area.  Steve Shepard has spent many hours … Continue reading NE... Read More

Howard Dean talks at NECC

By neccobserver

Howard Dean, former six-term governor of Vermont and 2004 Democratic primary presidential candidate, spoke to NECC students Wednesday, Sept. 24. “This is a new program, a speakers series, ‘Movers, Shakers and Opinion makers,’ and he’s the one who inaugurated it today,” said Richard Padova, a government professor at NECC and coordinator of the series.  “I … Continue readi... Read More

College community gathers for fair

By neccobserver

The College Life and Campus Services fair was a sea of blue, yellow and white The event, hosted by NECC’s Student Engagement Center on Sept. 10, aims to help students learn about the various services, activities and clubs at NECC. It was very well attended. The fair helps students get accustomed with their new college … Continue reading College community gathers for fair... Read More

CoOL is cool

By neccobserver

College isn’t just for young adults anymore. NECC has a volunteer organization known as the College of Older Learners, or CoOL, for people 50 or older who want to remain intellectually active. “I was teaching at the college, and I did a sabbatical on lifelong learning and came up with this model with my cohort … Continue reading CoOL is cool → Read More