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NECC Introduces New Health Care Opportunity
This fall, Northern Essex Community College will expand its health care offerings with the launch of iHealth@NECC, an innovative public/private partnership, designed to prepare adults for careers in health care. “iHealth@NECC is a new way of delivering health care programs,”…

Striking a Balance Key to Success for Single Mom
After holding down a string of jobs and enrolling in college several times without earning a degree, Jacqueline Marte decided to get serious about her education and career and came to Northern Essex to do it. Today, the 44-year-old holds…
Dance Teacher Becomes the Student
After years of teaching dance to students 3 to 23, Tracy DiJulia needed artistic inspiration. She found it at Northern Essex. The Merrimack, N.H. resident who had been home schooled through middle school and high school, earned her high school…

Marine Reservist Earns EMT Certificate and Job as Firefighter
Kristofer Jenkins had no interest in college when he graduated in 2005 from North Andover High School. So he enlisted in the Marine Reserves, completed boot camp, and with nearly two years until his deployment, turned to Northern Essex thinking…

Math Center Helps Local Man Conquer Math and Succeed
Many people make life-changing decisions after facing a mid-life crisis but for Scott Hume it was a “quarter-life crisis” that prompted him to give up his full-time job and re-enroll in college. At the age of 25, Scott realized that,…

Transferability Makes NECC Right Choice for Methuen Grad
Cost, convenience, and most of all, transferability, were all considerations for Cristina Napoli when she was exploring her college options. Happily, she found all three at Northern Essex. “Finances played a big part in my enrolling at Northern Essex,” says…

Haverhill High Grad Finds Balance at NECC
Noelia Figuereo came to Northern Essex expecting to further her education. What this gifted athlete didn’t expect was to find a renewed interest in track which brought a balance to her very full life. When…

Support Services Help Lawrence High Grad Succeed
Abraham Batista elected to attend Northern Essex Community College after graduating from Lawrence High School in 2007 for two reasons. First, he wanted to save money on his college education. And second, he was looking to develop his academic skills…

Students Practice Drawing Blood
Imagine learning and practicing drawing blood without ever touching a human arm. The students in Northern Essex Community College’s allied health programs are doing just that using a Laerdal Virtual Phlebotomy System purchased with a grant from the Webster Family…

Professor Brings Math Alive for NECC Students
Nancy Nickerson has been Helping Students for 35 Years Nancy Nickerson never intended to become a math maven, but some might say that is just what happened to this itinerant minister’s daughter who, more than 30 years after walking on…
