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Science behind music: STEM week speaker discusses deeper meaning behind ordinary things
On Thursday Oct. 20, during STEM week, on the Haverhill Campus in the Technology Center building a talk was held on the Science of Music with physics professor J. Oscar Azaret with NECC chemistry student Lindsey Fevry. In this talk Azaret discusses how Art, Science and Craft combined creates the classical guitar, the predecessors of … Continue reading Science behind musi... Read More
Only yesterday: A look back at NECC and its legacy over 60 years
When Northern Essex Community College opened its doors in 1961, few would’ve expected the former schoolhouse would one day morph into two sprawling campuses, with an enrollment of nearly 4,000. Northern Essex Community College was one of only four community colleges in Massachusetts when it was founded and its inaugural class only had a student … Continue reading Only ye... Read More
Unidos Paint Night: Special night celebrates creativity, art, music and meditation
Photo courtesy by Owner of Collectva & Wellness, Elizabeth Delgado
Paint Night participants hold up their artwork in the Dimitry building on the Lawrence campus on Sept. 27.
Unidos Paint Night at NECC Lawrence Campus on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 27, brought together a group of women to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. This wonderful group of all ages, and Hispanic demographics were brought together with a meditation guided by Elizabeth Delgado, owner of Colectiva Wellness & Healing, an employee wellbeing strategist and … Continue rea... Read More
A glimpse into the writing major option
Northern Essex Community College provides students with the tools needed to succeed, and the Liberal Arts Writing Option program gives students the opportunity to expand their career while they are enhancing their skills. The Liberal Arts Writing Option major has been around for a long time. Northern Essex’s English department created the program so those … Continue read... Read More
Games Club offers opportunity make new friends, play new games
The Northern Essex Community College Games Club is a fun and unique club that is great for meeting friends while playing a myriad of different types of games. This past semester the games club has been meeting consistently. As advisor Matt Gingras says, “This semester we met in C-107, alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tuesdays were … Continue reading Games Club offers... Read More
Stop the trend
Everyone has somewhat fallen into a need for greed or small desire to be recognized at some point, but when the quality of the idea to bring them there has lost its originality then it should be forgotten instead of repeated again and again. In today’s current state of the world, plenty of things within … Continue reading Stop the trend → Read More
The mastermind behind Student Activities
If you find yourself looking through Northern Essex’s event calendar, one name starts to stick out from the rest: Student Life Coordinator Stephanie Haskell. Haskell has been with NECC for nearly four years now, and her role in student life has been essential in almost all major events on campus. Though her history of event … Continue reading The mastermind behind... Read More
Hold me back as time flies
It is no secret that time starts to fly by at an incomprehensible rate as we get older. As unexplainable as this is, the trials and tribulations of life slowly weigh on the human race creating a paradox of what we used to know as one day now feels like a week. It is most … Continue reading Hold me back as time flies → Read More
New Year’s resolutions: The lie we keep telling ourselves
Many make New Year’s resolutions but are unable to keep them. Working out, eating healthier, reading more. But how are some able to complete their resolutions and even make them into a habit? I asked two current and one former NECC student about this to try to examine what factors made their resolutions stick. Former … Continue reading New Year’s resolutions:... Read More
Life vs. travel
With all of the factors at play in your everyday life, it is hard to just pick up your bags and travel. The typical job would not help you have any available time to actually go on this trip, especially if you are trying to actually experience the location of interest. If you are a … Continue reading Life vs. travel → Read More