Pictured from left to right are Mike Cross, Elizabeth Bromm, and Ian Schade

This event is free and open to the public and everyone who enjoys board games is invited to attend.

Diversion Puzzles and Games, located on Congress St. in Portsmouth, NH, is sponsoring the marathon and will provide games as well as door prizes.

The college has a large selection of board games, according to Mike Cross, faculty adviser to the club, and those attending are also invited to bring their own games.

“We’ll have tables set up for tournaments as well as cooperative board games,” says Cross, who calls the event “the largest and most exciting bacon-themed board gaming event in the history of the world.”

The Board Game Convention will be held in room 260 in the E Building on the college’s Haverhill Campus.

The NECC Bacon Board Gamers Club was founded two years ago in response to a growing student interest in playing board games. The club meets the first and third Friday of every month from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the Haverhill Campus.

For more information, contact Professor Mike Cross, mcross@necc.mass.edu or 978 556-3362 or visit their website at www.baconboardgamers.com.

Salisbury Native Kadee Tapley

The dance program and the affordable tuition are what drew Kadee Tapley to Northern Essex, but the class variety, faculty support, and student activities are why she stayed and earned one degree and enrolled in another.

The-23 year-old Newburyport native graduated from Newburyport High School in 2008. She worked a few part-time jobs and continued to do what she enjoyed most — dance — before enrolling in NECC’s dance program.

It was Kadee’s dad who taught her to tap, tumble, and ballroom dance and in doing so inspired her to open her own dance studio. With that in mind, she earned an Associate Degree in General Studies: Dance in December of 2012 and will complete her Associate Degree in Business Transfer in December of 2013.

The now-Salisbury resident fully immersed herself in college life: she danced with the Stillpoint Dancers and even choreographed a few routines; worked as a work-study student in NECC’s student engagement office; completed the student leadership program; and served as president of the NECC dance club. She is also a seasoned orientation leader who now trains other orientation leaders.

She is unapologetic when she gushes about Northern Essex.

“I can’t say enough about the college,” she says. “It offers such a positive learning environment. I am inspired to give back to the college in any way I can. It has given me a lot of opportunities. I have done so much here.”

“Northern Essex offers a safe and comfortable environment where you never feel like an outsider,” she offers. “The professors are always willing to put in the extra time to help students,” she says. “Northern Essex is all about the student getting a good education.”

Two hundred NECC students will receive approximately $178,000 in scholarships for the 2013/2014 academic year, including HCTV’s new scholarship which is being awarded for the first time this year. Shown left to right in photo are Jean Poth, NECC VP of institutional advancement, Lane Glenn, NECC president, Darlene Beal, executive director, HCTV, Ed Felker, HCTV board.

Two hundred local residents who are students at Northern Essex Community College will receive approximately $178,000 in scholarships for the 2013/2014 academic year, according to a recent announcement by the college.

“Our students are deeply appreciative of the many generous individuals and organizations that make these scholarships possible,” said Jean Poth, vice president of institutional advancement. “For many of our students, a scholarship is what allows them to stay in school.”

Scholarships range from $500 to $5000 and come from a variety of sources, including private donors, memorial donations, local businesses, and private foundations.

There are two new memorial scholarships this year: the Betty Beland Memorial Scholarship and the Kathryn F. Moyes Memorial Scholarship.

Funded by the Stevens Foundation, the Betty Beland Memorial Scholarship is in memory of Betty Beland, a Lawrence activist who passed away in November of 2011. Beland was the administrator of the Stevens Foundation for more than 25 years, and the scholarship will be awarded annually to a student from Lawrence.

The Kathryn Moyes Memorial Scholarship is an annual award funded by the family of Kathryn Moyes, a longtime member of the college’s Developmental Education faculty, who passed away in May of 2012. This scholarship will be awarded to two deserving students each year.

Also new this year are the Haverhill Community Television Transfer Scholarships, two $5000 scholarships for NECC students who are graduating with an associate degree and plans to pursue a four-year degree in communications; the Greater Newburyport Community Center Foundation Scholarship, a $1000 annual scholarship for a deserving student with preference given to individuals from the Newburyport area or those who have served in the military; and the NECC Foundation, Inc. Incoming Freshman Scholarship which will be given to nine students from local high schools based on high school transcript, recommendation, and credits enrolled at NECC.

“Establishing a scholarship can be a very appropriate way of honoring an individual,” said Poth. “A scholarship also is a very effective way of giving back to the community since the great majority of our students are from the Merrimack Valley.”

To establish a permanent endowed scholarship, donors must make a minimum pledge of $10,000. For more information, contact Poth at 978 556-3624 or jpoth@necc.mass.edu.
Scholarship recipients include: 2013-2014 Scholarships List