Haverhill, MA (June 30, 2025) — Enterprise Bank Senior Branch Relationship Manager/VP, and Northern Essex alumna, Christina St. Onge is the newest member of the NECC Foundation Board. St. Onge graduated from Northern Essex in …

Haverhill, MA (June 16, 2025)– In a show of regional unity, Whittier Tech and its 11 partner communities have taken a bold step forward in reshaping the future of vocational and technical education. Monday, at …

Proposal changes to the Pell Program could threaten Massachusetts’ free community college program.

At Northern Essex Community College, 78 percent of the students are enrolled part-time, said Lane Glenn, the college’s president.

The House budget bill, passed in May, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, includes substantial changes to the Pell Grant program. The Pell Grant is a federal, need-based entitlement grant awarded to eligible …

Haverhill, MA (May 15, 2025) ­– More than 460 graduating seniors from 21 local high schools earned college credits in addition to their high school diplomas this year as participants in Northern Essex Community College’s …

Congratulations to the Northern Essex Community College students on the Spring 2025 Dean’s List!
To be included, students must attain a grade point average of 3.3 or higher within the term, carry six or more credits …

Good grades didn’t always come easily for Victor Van, ’25 of Haverhill. As a student at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, an undiagnosed sleep disorder made concentrating in the classroom nearly impossible.
“I used to …

The House’s budget would strip Pell Grants from many part-time students. That’s bad news for community colleges.

Haverhill, MA (May 20, 2025) — More than 800 people, many of them K-12 students, submitted works to this year’s Peace Poetry Contest & Reading at Northern Essex Community College.
This is the 17th year for …