Edgecombe Community College will host a Job Fair Friday, March 21 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The annual event will take place in the Fleming Building on the Tarboro campus with nearly 40 employers already committed. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the various companies on site, and potentially obtain an interview or job offer.

Current students, alumni and community members are encouraged to attend the free Job Fair and to bring copies of their resume. Shaquana Deans-Thorne, ECC recruiter and career services counselor, recommends that participants dress professionally; prepare a one-minute intro about who they are and the type of job they are seeking; and be able to share their strengths, goals and preferred location for employment.

The family of the late Jim Dickens presented the Edgecombe Community College Foundation with a $2,200 scholarship Monday.

Dickens was deeply involved in the community, serving on the Salvation Army Advisory Board, the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club and past president of the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce, among other organizations. He founded Jim Dickens Business Forms in 1978, which later became Jim Dickens Printing and Promotional Products.