Seventeen-year-old Amir Carr will attend Edgecombe Community College this fall, saying the college’s proximity and sense of community helped shape his decision.

“I feel like it gives a feeling of community, family, and gives students the ability to feel comfortable,” said Carr, a North East Carolina Prep graduate. “I wanted to be closer to my home, my church family. I also wanted to go ahead and do a smarter way, in my opinion, of getting the career I desire.”

Dr. LaShawnda Washington encouraged the 16 spring inductees of Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society to embrace and embody fellowship.

“May you carry fellowship from this ceremony into every classroom, every meeting, every community space you enter,” said Washington, dean of College and Career Readiness and Human Resources Development at ECC.

A partnership between the Edgecombe Community College Foundation and Jersey Mike’s in Tarboro raised $3,400 to support students.

The fundraiser, held May 5–7, featured ECC coupons that allowed customers to purchase a regular sub for just $5. Jersey Mike’s donated 100 percent of the proceeds to the ECC Foundation.