Barber instructor Rufus McKoy is happy to have a teaching venue worthy of its clippings. “It’s a state-of-the-art facility,” McKoy says of Edgecombe Community College’s renovated Barbering Building on its Rocky Mount campus. It’s one of a spate of capital improvements undertaken at the college’s two campuses over the last several years. The goal has been to strengthen teaching and learning while also making the college’s campuses more inviting.

ECC’s student honor society won nineteen awards at the recent awards ceremony held by the Phi Theta Kappa Carolinas Region. The ceremony was the capstone of the regional convention, held March 8-10 at Davidson-Davie Community College in Thomasville, NC. Shown with several of the awards are (l-r) Kyla McLeod, Tamara Frank-Pourvady, Karin Ruffin, and Tiffiny Wolf.

Recently, ECC's Providing African American Males the Edge to Succeed (PAAMES) organization held a workshop for students titled "The Inner Man." The event was held on the Tarboro campus and featured guest speaker, W.A. Pattillo Middle School Principal Leshaun Jenkins. The workshop covered various discussion topics including motivation, self care, courage, reflection, fortitude, and Q&A. The PAAMES program is designed to help increase retention and completion rates among African American males within higher education.

Catch a conversation with Crystal Gray, a recent ECC surgical technology graduate who works as a surgical technologist at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Hear more about how an internship last summer led to a full-time position and her work assisting in specialized procedures. Interviewing Crystal will be Suzi Shippen-Wagner, chair of ECC’s surgical technology program. Join the Google Meet on Wednesday, April 10, 1-2pm.