Edgecombe Community College hosted high school students from Tarboro, SouthWest Edgecombe, North Edgecombe, and North East Carolina Preparatory School on Career and Technical Education (CTE) Day earlier this month. CTE Day is a career exploration event that highlights CTE programs at the college. Students enjoyed demonstrations in electronics, agribusiness, automotive technology, construction, welding, cosmetic arts, collision repair, health occupations, early childhood, information technology, geospatial technology, and criminal justice. Denise Batts (right), information technology studies instructor, was among the many faculty who participated.

Members of the Providing African American Males the Edge to Succeed (P.A.A.M.E.S.) program at ECC showcase the book display they assembled in the Tarboro campus library. The goal of the display is to highlight and recognize African American males who made major contributions to Black history and to strengthen the culture of brotherhood on campus. From left are students Jordan Armstrong Mardre and Terrence Gardner; Montrell Staton, P.A.A.M.E.S. success coach; and student Marquis Eanes.