At 17, Identical Twins Have High School and College Degrees The phrase "high-achieving students" seems inadequate to describe Sabine and Violette Smith of Groveland, 17-year-old identical twins who are…

NECC Grad Selected for State Department Fellowship   If you want to know what it’s like to have the whole world at your fingertips,…

NECC Announces This Year’s Student Commencement Speakers Typically, one student is selected to speak at Northern Essex Community College’s commencement ceremony. This year, five students will be speaking, one at each of the five smaller…

NECC Observer Earns Gold Medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Northern Essex Community College's student newspaper, the NECC Observer, received a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for the 2019-2020 school year. The newspaper had the additional distinction of All Columbia Honors…

She Arrived in the U.S. with a Suitcase and a Dream As a girl, growing up in the Dominican Republic, Paola Sierra de Valerio, now a resident of Lawrence, dreamed…

With Two Internships, This Computer Science Grad is Well Prepared for the Future Vladimir Ventura of Lawrence is graduating from Northern Essex Community College on May 15 with an Associate Degree…

From High School Drop Out to High Honors College Grad Michelle Colbert-Mason dropped out of Haverhill High School when she was 16, but she didn’t skip a…

She Had a Career Plan in First Grade Shania Berard decided on her career path as a six-year old at the Tenney Grammar School in…

This Business Grad is Finishing What She had Started 10 Years Ago Shanna Guy’s first attempt at college didn’t work out well, but she has certainly redeemed…

Business Student Named Semi-Finalist for Prestigious National Scholarship Northern Essex Business Transfer student Tiary Gonzalez of Haverhill is one of just eight community college students from Massachusetts…