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Credit concerns
Students weigh in on personal finance choices When we were kids, we used to think that credit cards had unlimited money and questioned adults why we were denied of more tokens at Chuck E. Cheese or a stuffed animal we happen to fall in love with and just have to have it. As we become … Continue reading Credit concerns → Read More
Talking security
Do students want their professors armed? Do Students at Northern Essex want their professors to be armed? As many of us have seen online and on television, school gun violence is a very controversial issue. We may all want the same end result, no more gun violence, but there are many different opinions on how … Continue reading Talking security → Read More
Students readying for ‘Speechapalooza’
Public Relations class puts on annual event Public relations students are gearing up for the fifth annual Speechapalooza on April 23rd, in Lecture Hall A. It’s a student-run public speaking event that is truly an exercise in free speech says Professor Amy Callahan. She doesn’t screen the speeches beforehand, but she says her students are … Continue reading Students ready... Read More
Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote?
Empower Act would allow cities and towns to lower voting age to 16 or 17 Just last month a bill was entered into Massachusetts state legislation that would lower the local voting age to 16 years old (currently 18 years old). The bill, known as the Empower Act would give cities and towns the right … Continue reading Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote? → Read More
Branching out abroad
Program offers students chance to experience international travel Traveling to another country might be easier than it sounds. Northern Essex has a unique and very accessible study abroad program offered to students. Students are able to learn about the history and culture of the country they are traveling to at NECC. They then travel to … Continue reading Branching out... Read More
Marriott reps speak to hospitality students
Presentations give glimpse into world of hotels a career information session was held in the Center for Business and Accounting. Twelve NECC Hospitality majors welcomed General Manager Grace Concepcion, Assistant General Manager Peter Chasse, and Director of Sales and Marketing David Compton all from the Residence Inn: Marriott located in Danvers, Mass. While most of … C... Read More
Art students show off portfolios
Event was opportunity to network, get input from four-year schools Northern Essex offered a chance for art and design students to meet with several different art and design 4-year colleges in the area. The colleges represented on Feb 16 were MassArt, Montserrat College of Art, Salem State University, Umass Lowell, New Hampshire Institute of Art, … Continue reading Art st... Read More
Goverment shutdown spares NECC
Many in the surrounding communities were affected, students say “We were a bit lucky,” says Alexis Fishbone, the Director of Financial Aid at Northern Essex Community College (N.E.C.C.) , regarding the recent federal government shutdown. According to Fishbone, N.E.C.C. suffered no financial damage as a result of the now-over 35-day shutdown that began last December. The &hellip... Read More
Best Buddies recruitment
Best Buddies program needs more students to participate Optimism poured into the room as ideas were bouncing off the walls. A group of dedicated students and faculty met Monday Feb. 4 in SC 106 to discuss the next steps of bringing a Best Buddies chapter to Northern Essex. Although some students have signed up to … Continue reading Best Buddies recruitment → Read More
NECC music program
Students and faculty weigh in NECC’s unique music program and enthusiastic professors are helping students gain experience in a quickly changing field of study. Recent additions to the music program as well as transfer agreements with local four-year schools make the music major here appealing, but some students say they are unimpressed with the quality of … Continue rea... Read More