Under the guidance of ECC instructor Kevin Strickland, construction students at SouthWest Edgecombe High School are adding the final touches on their “dogdominium.” They're gearing up to showcase their incredible work at next week's North Carolina SkillsUSA competition in Greensboro, NC! This student competition celebrates leadership and practical skills in trades.

Members of ECC's Surgical Technology class recently attended the North Carolina Association of Surgical Technologists meeting at Duke Regional Medical Center in Durham. The students took part in a hands-on workshop and were able to see how the NCAST business meetings are held. The community outreach project for this meeting was the Ronald McDonald House, and ECC students answered the call with a generous number of donations. In addition, Program Chair Suzi Shippen-Wagner was voted onto the State Board of Directors to serve a two-year term. Way to go, Surg Tech!

Here’s an Eagle pride shout-out to Lorrie Coltraine, instructor of English/humanities at Edgecombe Community College, who presented at the Two-Year College English Association – Southeast (TYCA-SE) conference held recently in Greenville, SC.

She presented “Escape Room: Using Creative Classroom Activities for Assessment.”

TYCA-SE is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of English and TYCA National.

The public is invited to hear Nash Correctional Institution employees discuss "Careers in Corrections" on Monday, April 22, at 12 p.m. in the Fleming Building, Room 152, on the Tarboro campus of ECC. The presentation is part of Instructor Ryan Cox's Intro to Criminal Justice class. Nash Correctional Institution employment applications will be available. Contact coxrm@edgecombe.edu.