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May Trustee Notes

May 31, 2016/in Archive/by jscamman

New academic programs were the focus of the May 4 meeting of the Board of Trustees which was held at NECC’s Quarrybrook Outdoor Learning Center in Windham, NH.

Before starting the business portion of the meeting, President Lane Glenn explained that, since last fall, Northern Essex has managed the operations and growth of Quarrybrook, which is funded by the El-Hefni Technical Training Foundation, a generous supporter of the college.

Opened in 2014, Quarrybrook offers hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences to a K-12 audience on a 245-acre campus featuring trails and outdoor gathering spaces and a 20,000 square foot facility with a large fireplace and gathering room and multiple flexible “classroom spaces.”

“Our partnership with Quarrybrook allows us to extend our reach to K-12 and better serve our New Hampshire students,” said Glenn, who offered trustees a tour of the facility after the meeting.

Public Health Associate Degree Receives BHE Approval

Beginning this fall, Northern Essex will offer an associate degree and a certificate in the public health field, preparing students for careers as community health workers. The associate degree program was approved by the Board of Higher Education at its May 3 meeting.

The Associate Degree in Public Health (68-credits) and Community Health Worker Certificate (27-credits) will both include online and classroom learning and a practicum experience. Classes meet in the late afternoon or early evening, one to two days a week, making the programs accessible to working students.

The associate degree will include foundational courses in the principles and practices of public health as well as general education and science courses. Graduates will be prepared for entry level positions as front line health care workers in hospitals, doctors’ offices, health centers, and clinics, and for transfer to bachelor degree programs in public health education, health administration, or environmental health.

The 27-credit Community Health Worker Certificate will prepare students for transfer into the associate degree in public health.

Northern Essex was recently recognized by the League for Innovation in the Community College, a nonprofit with the mission of cultivating innovation in the community college environment, for its work in developing the public health curriculum. The college was only one of six colleges nationally to be recognized at the league’s annual conference this spring.

Pat Demers, a former assistant dean and nursing professor, who is now an adjunct professor at NECC, told trustees “We want to attract a group of students that aren’t interested in back office work or direct care but want to provide health education.”

NECC Launches Certificate in Advanced Manufacturing

The board voted unanimously to approve a new certificate program in advanced manufacturing, precision machining, featuring a hands-on curriculum that will lead to immediate employment and/or transfer to NECC’s Associate Degree in Engineering.

Advanced manufacturing is a high growth industry and positions are increasingly technical requiring a thorough understanding of contemporary machining technologies, according to the report shared with trustees.

Graduates will be prepared to work in manufacturing in jobs as machinists, cell leaders, precision machining technicians, engineering assistants, or prototype developers.

BHE Approves Lyndon State College Bachelor Degree Completion Program

At its May 3 meeting, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted to approve bachelor’s degree completion programs offered by Lyndon State College on Northern Essex’s Lawrence Campus.

Beginning this fall, the Vermont public college will offer bachelors in computer information systems, music business and industry, and visual communications on the 2nd floor of 420 Common Street.

“Lawrence is becoming a college-town,” said NECC President Lane Glenn. “The lower Merrimack Valley is being well served by higher education.”

Four Appointments are Approved

Trustees voted unanimously to approve four new appointments including Margaret Pothier, director of communiversity outreach & marketing content developer, Marketing Communications; Steven DiLeo, Jr., maintainer 1/janitor; Shawn Donnelly, maintainer 1/janitor; and Kyle White, carpenter 1.

Free Program Helps Improve English Skills

May 31, 2016/in Archive/by review

A free program titled The Bridge to College and Careers program designed to help English language learners succeed in college will be offered through Northern Essex Community College’s Center for Adult Education Programs and Preparation.

This intensive two-semester program was developed to improve English reading, writing, and math skills to help individuals boost their placement test scores. This program is designed to help develop college and career and readiness skills for entry into a college degree or certificate program.

Individuals interested in exploring careers in instructional technology, health care, or business and are motivated and committed to work additional hours of work outside of class may qualify for the Bridge program.

A placement test is required upon registration. Registration days are held Wednesday, June 22; Wednesday, July 20; and Wednesday, August 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday, June 8, and Wednesday, August 17, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at NECC’s Riverwalk Campus, 360 Merrimack Street, Building 9, Entrance K, Room 309.

Classes are held Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information contact Marsha Parinussa Flynn, coordinator at mparinussaflynn@necc.mass.edu 978-659-1279 or Sheila Corsaro, academic advisor at scorsaro@necc.mass.edu 978-659-1282.

This program is funded through the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation grant.

Five NECC Faculty Receive Emeritus Status

May 26, 2016/in Archive/by review

Catherine Dabrowski, Linda Desjardins, Alan Hislop, Susan Sanders, and Nancy Nickerson (not in photo) received emeritus awards during NECC's graduation ceremony.

NECC faculty, Catherine “Kitty” Dabrowski, Linda Desjardins, Alan Hislop, Susan Sanders, and Nancy Nickerson (not in photo) received emeritus awards during NECC’s graduation ceremony.

Five Northern Essex Community College faculty members Catherine “Kitty” Dabrowski of Salem, MA, Linda Desjardins of Hampton Beach, NH, Alan Hislop of Plaistow, NH, Nancy Nickerson of Methuen, and Susan Sanders of Hampstead, NH, were recently honored with the title of emeritus during the NECC 54th Annual Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 21, on the quadrangle on the Haverhill campus.

At Northern Essex, the rank of emeritus is an honor that recognizes sustained excellence in performance, character, and meritorious service to the college. Emeritus status is given to a retired college employee based on recommendations by the college’s emeritus committee and approved by NECC President Lane Glenn.

Dabrowski taught in Northern Essex’s popular nursing program for 33 years before retiring last year.

“It’s well known that nursing is one of the most academically challenging programs at Northern Essex,” said NECC President Lane Glenn. “To secure a job in the field, graduates have to be prepared to pass the Massachusetts Licensure Exam and also have the clinical skills to hit the ground running once they are employed. Kitty taught classroom and clinical courses and she excelled in both settings.”

She also provided leadership for the program serving as the coordinator of the day and evening program, he said. She was much loved by all and in nominating her for emeritus status her colleagues wrote, “She was an open ear and a gentle hand to all faculty and students alike.”

Dabrowski was named Professor Emerita of Nursing.

An alumna of NECC, Desjardins returned to the college after completing her education in 1975 and joined the English Department as a faculty member. In addition to teaching English at the college and developmental levels, she also taught public speaking and communications. Desjardins was known for experimenting with technology, showing an openness to try new things, such as teaching public speaking fully online, said Glenn.

“Because of her willingness to innovate, she was awarded four technological collaboration grants, two from Johns Hopkins and two from the National Science Foundation,” he said. “Linda was a champion of learning communities, courses that are team taught by faculty from different disciplines…Linda was passionate about offering this opportunity to our students.”

In addition to her success as an educator, she is an avid runner who frequently could be seen running through campus, the neighborhood, or with the President’s Running Club. On April 18 she ran her 9th Boston Marathon.

Desjardins was named Professor Emerita of English.

In 1978, Hislop arrived at Northern Essex as a part-time English as a Second Language instructor. Two years later, he was named ESL Program coordinator. When the program was cut from the budget in 1982, Hislop rescued it by moving it into the Division of Continuing Education. As a result, the program grew significantly, enrolling 600 students in 1985.

One of Hislop’s most rewarding experiences was walking into a local bank and observing a bank employee, who was a former student, communicating with a Spanish-speaking customer with skills learned in his course.

Hislop was a leader in the classroom and on the campus, said Glenn. He served for many years as chair of the academic affairs committee.

Though he retired last year, he continues to teach ESL as an adjunct faculty member, said Glenn, “Which is good news for the college and our students.”

Hislop was named Professor Emeritus of English as a Second Language.

Last year, after 36 years as a professor of English and Theater and coordinator of the liberal arts: theater option, Susan Sanders retired.

“While her contributions in the classroom were many,” said Glenn, “She is best known for her dedication to building a theater program which has been called the best at a New England two-year college.”

He noted that during her years at Northern Essex, she put on 110 plays ranging from Shakespeare classics to contemporary musicals. For the last 15 years she and her husband Jim Murphy, who is also a professor at NECC, produced “A Christmas Carol” which became a local tradition attracting sell-out audiences show after show.

“Susan’s passion was the stage, but she supported all performing arts,” he said.

Sanders was named Professor Emerita of Theater.

For decades, Nickerson taught math of all levels to many types of students.

“She was best known for her ability to teach math to anyone,” Glenn said. “She focused on individualized instruction. As Bill Heineman, our vice president of academic and student affairs wrote in his nomination of her, ‘I have never known a teacher with such a passionate and loyal following of students’”.

Nickerson was named Professor Emerita of Mathematics.

Northern Essex Graduates More than 1000

May 24, 2016/in Archive/by review

NECC student speaker Ray Florent, guest commencement speaker Attorney Wendy Estrella, and NECC President Lane Glenn.

NECC student commencement speaker Ray Florent, guest commencement speaker Attorney Wendy Estrella, and NECC President Lane Glenn.

Armed with a message of positivity and resiliency as well as a t-shirt cannon, Northern Essex Community College President Lane Glenn opened the 54th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 21, on the quadrangle on the Haverhill campus.

President Glenn opened the ceremony asking the graduates to hold their cell phones high. He took a photo of the cell phone toting graduates and shared it on social media and asked them to do the same.

He reminded the crowd seated under an enormous white tent that “commencement is an opportunity to celebrate your accomplishments and also to celebrate your resilience because as we all know achievement is not always a straight path…our ability to bounce back often determines whether we will be successful.”

NECC President Lane Glenn exhibits a Stay+ tshirt which is the creation of graduate CJay DiPrima.

NECC President Lane Glenn exhibited a “Stay+” t-shirt which is the creation of graduate CJay DiPrima.

Two members of the graduating class were highlighted as “shining examples of how important attitude is to success, and how the choices we make and the personal strength we demonstrate during difficult times are what’s important.

Jeanne Hallisey of Amesbury, who graduated with high honors and an Associate in Science Accounting degree, was praised by Glenn for completing her degree while raising two children and caring for her husband, who succumbed to cancer in February.

The college community is “…impressed by your talent and perseverance, and inspired by your resilience,” Glenn said.

Twenty-two year-old CJay DiPrima was lauded for completing his Associate in Arts General Studies: Art after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, which resulted in the founding of the “Stay +” apparel line of which 30 percent of all proceeds are donated to the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center with a year to date total of $9,000.

Glenn displayed a t-shirt to the crowd and then proceeded to launch tightly, rolled, “Stay +” t-shirts into the crowd first with a t-shirt launcher and then by hand.

He finished by saying “The challenges you faced may not have been quite as dramatic as what CJay and

NECC graduate Taylor Langlois waves to family after receiving her dipoma.

NECC graduate Taylor Langlois waved to family after receiving her diploma.

Jeanne encountered, but I’m sure you faced your own adversity…take a minute to remember those strengths within you that helped you persevere…”

The featured speaker was Lawrence Attorney Wendy Estrella, a 1994 graduate of NECC who continued her education at Merrimack College where she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and later the Massachusetts School of Law where she earned her juris doctorate.

Estrella recounted for the crowd her tale of success from the Dominican Republic to her success as an attorney in the United States.

“My story is like so many others in the United States of America. I am an immigrant who migrated to this country at the age of 13 not knowing a word of English…I realize my upbringing gave me great resilience…It was my attitude and determination that helped me reach my goals. Today I’m living the American dream thanks to this wonderful country of opportunities.”

Respiratory Care graduate Laura Forman and husband Mark Forman, a member of the NECC Board of Trustees.

Northern Essex, she said, “…was a game changer” for her and her journey to success.

Here is a link to Estrella’s speech.

Ray Florent of Merrimac was the student commencement speaker. A former welder, he enrolled at Northern Essex after a serious workplace injury. He graduated with high honors with an Associate in Science Elementary Education. He is transferring to Merrimack College to earn his bachelor’s degree and teaching license.

Florent told his fellow graduates that as a nontraditional student he had a little more experience than other college students. He imparted his wisdom on them.

“Whenever you do something, do it well…Immerse yourself…Don’t be afraid to make a difference in this world… be your extraordinary self…when you experience loss…there are gains to be made.”

Here is Florent’s entire speech.

The commencement proceedings opened with the national anthem sung by NECC alumna Carli

Emeritus recipient Linda Desjardins, English faculty member, hugs Kim Whiting, who received her Associate in Arts: Journalism/Communication Option.

Emeritus recipient Linda Desjardins, English faculty member, hugged Kimberly Whiting, who received her Associate in Arts: Journalism/Communication Option with High Honors. Fellow emeritus recipient Alan Hislop looks on.

Hamilton of Plaistow, N.H., who is currently attending Berklee School of Music.

Alumna Susan Bonefant, who is chairperson of the NECC Alumni Association, presented the Outstanding Alumni Award to Wendy Estrella, the commencement speaker.

Emeritus status, which recognizes sustained excellence in performance, character, and meritorious service to the college, was presented by William Heineman, NECC vice president of academic and student affairs, to Catherine “Kitty” Dabrowski of Salem, MA; Linda Desjardins of Hampton Beach, NH; Alan Hislop of Plaistow, NH; Nancy Nickerson of Methuen, MA; and Susan Sanders of Hampstead, NH.

Floral arrangements were provided by Holland Flowers.

Musical selections were provided by members of the Stuart Highland pipe band.

Here is a full list of 2015 graduates.

Here is a link to the photos of the ceremony.

Knights Basketball Captain Receives Two Awards

May 23, 2016/in Archive/by review

Jonathan Paulino is the recipient of the Outstanding Student Achievement Alimni Award and the Male Athlete of the Year Award.

Johnathan Paulino is the recipient of the NECC Alumni Award for Outstanding Student Achievement and the Male Athlete of the Year Award.

Recent Northern Essex Community College graduate Johnathan Paulino of Lawrence, is the recipient of the NECC Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement from the NECC Alumni Association as well as the NECC Male Athlete of the Year Award .

The Alumni Award is given to a graduating student who has distinguished her or himself through academic achievement and involvement in either campus activities or community service.

Paulino, who graduated Saturday, May 21, with honors with an Associate in Science Business Transfer degree, served for two years as the captain of the NECC men’s basketball team.

The Male Athlete of the Year Award is a student-athlete award that is presented to an individual who has attended NECC for two years, holds at least a 3.0 GPA, and has demonstrated leadership and athletic ability.

A first-generation college student, Paulino was a member of the Pathways to Academic and Career Excellence (PACE) Program, Alpha Beta Gamma, the community college business honor society, and a regular to the NECC dean’s list.

“Johnathan is a bright, motivated, humble young man. As a first generation college student, he has overcome many obstacles and challenges to get to where he is today,” wrote Kristen Arnold, PACE Transfer Adviser, who nominated Paulino for the Outstanding Student Award. “When not in uniform himself, Johnathan has emerged as a role model, mentor, coach, and teacher for youth in the community. He spends countless hours with various organizations working with student-athletes in the Lawrence Public School system.”

As an Enrichment Teacher he motivates and prepares middle school students for high school. He also supervises the summer Smart Hoops program designed by the local YMCA for middle school students to keep them safe and off the streets. He volunteers at both the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club basketball tournaments and the Lawrence High School varsity basketball team.

A basketball standout at Lawrence High School, Johnathan continued to be noticed for his athleticism at NECC. His college coach once remarked to the local paper that Johnathan was “the Knights’ MVP both on and off the court. Without him, Northern Essex…would be as lost as the Patriots without Tom Brady or Rob Gronkowski.”

During the summers, he has been recruited to help staff the famed Bob Hurley Basketball Camp in Roxbury. Through his basketball affiliation Paulino has made a deep and positive impact on countless lives.

Paulino will attend UMass Amherst in the fall.

He received his awards at Awards Convocation on Tuesday May 17th.

For additional information contact Lindsay Graham, director of scholarships, alumni & community relations in the NECC alumni office at lgraham@necc.mass.edu

First Year is the Charm for NECC Softball Coach

May 18, 2016/in Archive/by review

NECC Softball Coach Kendra Hobbs was named Coach of the Year.

NECC Softball Coach Kendra Hobbs was named the NJCAA Region XXI Coach of the Year.

Northern Essex Community College’s first-year head softball coach Kendra Hobbs sure knows how to make a name for herself. She was recently named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XXI Coach of the Year.

Hobbs led the team, in just its second year as a varsity program, to a 14-11 record and a third place finish in the NJCAA Region XV tournament in Westchester, NY.

The award goes to one coach in the New England Region and includes all divisions (Division I, II, and III).

The 24-year-old Haverhill resident served as NECC’s assistant softball coach for the last two seasons when the softball team was revitalized under Coach Robert Gillespie. He recently resigned to become softball coach at Newburyport High School.

She is a 2009 Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School graduate where she was a star softball player. In 2013, she graduated from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where she studied biology and was a valued member of both the softball and volleyball teams.

“We are very fortunate to have had Kendra on our staff. Kendra has done an exceptional job with this team and has really made a difference,” said NECC Athletic Director Sue MacAvoy.

At the start of the season, Hobbs was hoping to take the team to the state championship, which is exactly what she did.

For additional information on the NECC softball team, contact Coach Hobbs at khobbs@necc.mass.edu or MacAvoy at smacavoy@necc.mass.edu

Beta Omicron Students Recognized at Annual Ceremony

May 17, 2016/in Archive/by review

Professor Pam Donahue, faculty advisory to the Northern Essex Community College Beta Omicron chapter

Eight students of Northern Essex Community College’s Beta Omicron chapter of the Alpha Beta Gamma International Business society were honored with prestigious awards at the organizations 29th annual induction ceremony held last month. The awards, many of which were recognized at the national meeting of Alpha Beta Gamma, highlight outstanding achievement.

Christine Ogilvie of Newburyport received the Professor Steven Graham Memorial Award, which recognizes significant chapter contributions. Ogilvie represented Beta Omicron at Alpha Beta Gamma’s National Meeting.

Former chapter president Pat Ketabchi, also of Newburyport, won the Hausman Siegel Distinguished Award for outstanding chapter leaders. Ketabchi has been praised for her devotion to ABG activities, including her previous year’s attendance at the national meeting.

Kathleen Blum of Methuen earned the Keith Ulich Memorial Essay Award for her piece “Living Life to Its Fullest.” Other essay prizes were given to Adam Bergstrom of Plaistow, New Hampshire, who reported on the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur and to alumnus Bruce Loring of Brentwood, New Hampshire, who wrote a piece about U.S. investment banks.

The Zagara Competitors’ Award, presented to an outstanding athlete with high academic credentials, was distributed to Johnathan Paulino of Lawrence. Paulino is a member of NECC’s men’s basketball team.

Receiving Beta Omicron-specific awards were Carlos Gabriel of Haverhill and outgoing president Stephanie Quezada of Lawrence. Both were awarded the Muller and Norton Outstanding Leadership Award for their exemplary leadership qualities and ongoing dedication to ABG.

The Beta Omicron chapter itself was recognized with two awards during the ABG’s national meeting – the Professor Donald Bertram Community Service Award for excellence in community service initiatives and the Brooks College Golden Key for outstanding chapter campus services, recruitment, community services, and financial management. This year marks the sixth time that Beta Omicron has won the latter award.

Alpha Beta Gamma is an international honor society that recognizes and encourages scholarship among students of two-year business and professional colleges. Members of NECC’s local chapter must maintain a cumulative 3.0 minimum grade point average and exude strong moral and academic character.

Northern Essex offers the following business programs: Accounting, Business Management, Business Management: Computer Applications, Business Management: Hospitality, Business Transfer, and Business Management: Health Care Practice.

This year’s Beta Omicron induction ceremony welcomed fifty initiates including:

MASSACHUSETTS

AMESBURY

Amara Nguyen

Adelia Purdy

GLOUCESTER

Tyler Favaloro

GEORGETOWN

Amanda Shepard

GROVELAND

Cherye Hoff

HAVERHILL

Heather Blais

Marlain DeJesús

Victoria Alexis Gonzalez

Leslie Jimenez

Jessica Lucas

Marilyn Santiago

LAWRENCE

Randall Correa

Alba Diaz

Annabell Ellington

Victor Estrada

Laxmi Fernandez

Matthew Giovannetti

Melanie Gonzalez

Jesse Liriano

Karla Marte

Cindy Martinez -Garcia

Elizabeth Travassos

Douglas Uhl

LITTLETON

Carolyn Otis

LOWELL

Sopheak Oeung

MERRIMAC

Nicholas Candage

Dianne Pratt

John Williamson

METHUEN

Karina Calderon

Mary Houlihan

Zion Ko

Tara Torrisi

Ashley Ventrillo

NEWBURYPORT

Adam Murray

Catherine Ryan

Alexander Salah

NORTH READING

Winfield Field

WEST NEWBURY

Jared Shepard

NEW HAMPSHIRE

DANVILLE

Brandon Foster

EAST HAMPSTEAD

Justin Sandburg

HAMPTON

Karla Cadena

LONDONDERRY

Holly Alix

NEWTON

Connor Whitford

SALEM, NH

Nicole Alexandrou

Olivia Barberian

Brandon Lacroix

Branden Newman

Blair Robertson

Robert Frost’s Granddaughter Presents White Fund Lecture

May 17, 2016/in Archive/by review

Robert Frost’s granddaughter Lesley Lee Francis will present the June White Fund lecture.

To the rest of the world he was a renowned poet, author of “The Road Not Taken,” a former U.S. Poet Laureate, and the poet who recited “The Gift Outright” at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.

To Lesley Lee Francis he was grandfather. A topic she explores and shares in a recently published book “You Come Too: My Journey with Robert Frost, ” which is also the title of the White Fund lecture she will present in partnership with Northern Essex Community College on Monday, June 27, at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson Street, Lawrence.

This event is free and open to the public.

Frost had a strong connection to Lawrence having moved there when he was 11 years old. He attended Lawrence schools before continuing his education at Dartmouth College and later Harvard University. He returned to Lawrence as editor of “The Lawrence Sentinel”.

A graduate of Radcliffe College, she holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages from Duke University. She was a professor of Spanish language, literature, and history at a number of colleges and universities and ran a summer program in Spain.

Now retired from the professional staff of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in Washington, D. C., she continues teaching and writing and helps organize the annual Frost Symposium. Dr. Francis has lectured and published extensively on her grandfather. Her biographical study, “Robert Frost: An Adventure in Poetry, 1900-1918,” is available in paperback (Transaction Publishers).

She currently lives in Arlington, VA. Her three daughters and six grandchildren live nearby.

The White Fund’s purpose is to have a free series of interactive presentations for Lawrence area adults, youth, and children. The audience is encouraged to seek wisdom, cultural enrichment, and intellectual enhancement by attending and participating.

Funded by a generous financial gift from the Honorable Daniel Appleton White, the White Fund Lecture Series has provided cultural conversation featuring well-known lecturers in fields such as history, literature, travel, the arts, and politics. The White Fund is collaborating with Northern Essex on this series.

For additional information or to be notified of upcoming events in the White Fund Enlightenment Series, contact Analuz Garcia at agarcia@necc.mas.edu or call 978-738-7423 or visit the website www.necc.mass.edu/whitefund

New Faculty and Staff Website Showcases Achievements

May 12, 2016/in Archive/by review

The classroom and office are not the only places where Northern Essex Community College faculty and staff shine brightly. Many hone their crafts and share their talents away from campus as well.

For example, did you know we have experts in the role of Puerto Rico in World War II, perinatal stroke, small mammal populations on Bumpkin Island and the use of playlists and mashups in crediting sources?

We have all that and plenty more. Now, thanks to an initiative by Kim Burns, dean of academic innovations and alternative studies, NECC faculty and staff have their own website Celebrating Faculty and Staff Scholarship where the rest of the college community can learn about all of the exciting contributions our faculty and staff are making in their disciplines through publications, presentations, and creative achievements.

Here is an example of what you will find:

Nursing Professor Jill Becker.

• Adjunct Faculty Bonnie Ashmore-Davis has had several accomplishments, including acceptance as an artist member of Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and at Art in Giving in Boston, MA. Her works Perceptions and Art and Healing were exhibited at Art in Giving. Neighbors was exhibited at Aeronaut in Somerville, MA and Emanations was exhibited at Mt. Auburn Healthcare in Waltham, MA.

• Adjunct Instructor Kathleen Bartolini was invited in Fall 2015 by the National Safety Council and the Massachusetts State Troopers Association to serve as Technical Review and Written Editorial for the development of the second edition of the State Courts Against Road Rage (SCARR) Program. She was also invited by the National Safety Council to serve as part of the development team, technical review and written editorial for a new pilot Chronic Offenders Program.

• Nursing Professor and Curriculum Coordinator Jill Becker published A Primer for Nurses on Perinatal/Neonatal Stroke in the August/September 2015 volume of “Nursing for Women’s Health”.
• Adjunct Foundational Studies Instructor Jim Brennan published two short stories in Fall 2015. Glasnost was published in Issue 10 of the Sound & Literary Art Book (SLAB) and Bonne Annee was published in Volume 9 of Edge Literary Journal.

Text Book Task Force co-chairs Jody Carson (left) and Sue Tashjian sow some of the sources available through Open Educational Resources (right) as well as books

• Jody Carson, Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education, Region 3 Partnership Coordinator for NECC, CIT Instructional Coach and co-chair of the NECC Textbook Task Force and Susan Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology and co-chair of the NECC Textbook Task Force presented Motivating Faculty to Adopt Open at the Open Ed Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Mark Clements published Small-Mammal Population Dynamics and Habitat Use on Bumpkin Island in the Boston Harbor with Lauren Nolfo-Clements in the September 2015 volume of Northeastern Naturalist.

• Coordinator of Library Services Jenny Fielding published a book chapter Context through Citation in Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians published by the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Professor of Music Ken Langer

• Professor of Music Ken Langer‘s composition Sound Over All Waters for brass quintet will be published by Cimarron Music.

• Five NECC faculty and staff members were recently named recipients of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Awards for Excellence, a national honor which recognizes outstanding faculty and staff in the country’s community colleges. This year’s recipients include Liliana Brand, a member of the math faculty; Tricia Butler, administrative assistant for the Division of Technology, Arts and Professional Studies; Jack Davidson, human services faculty; Patricia Schade, professor of developmental reading and college success seminar, and curriculum coordinator of developmental reading; and Pat Willett, radiologic technology faculty.

Strong Turnout at the Northern Essex Community College Campus Classic 5K & Fun Run

May 10, 2016/in Archive/by review

Photos by Mike Dean www.mikedeanphotos.com

…and they are off…

Saturday, May 7 was chilly and just a little bit damp, perfect weather for the Fourth Annual Northern Essex Community College Campus Classic 5K and Fun Run. Nearly 200 runners, representing a wide variety of organizations and communities, participated in this year’s race.

Finishing first overall was Anthony Salvucci of Burlington, MA with a time of 17:47, followed closely by Larry Fowle, 17:59, and Edson Chipalo of Pittsfield, MA, 18:20.

Kirsten Kortz, K-14 education development director at NECC’s Quarrybrook Outdoor Learning Center, of Atkinson, NH, was the top female finisher with a time of 21:32

Kirsten Kortz, K-14 education development director at NECC’s Quarrybrook Outdoor Learning Center, of Atkinson, NH, was the top female finisher with a time of 21:32. Lauren Hamilton of Beverly, MA, 22:59, and Lisa Doucett of Lowell, 24:11, finished second and third respectively.

NECC President Lane Glenn, who came in first in the 40 to 49 year old age category, with a time of 21:58, said he was pleased to see so many teams participating. There were runners from Berkshire, Middlesex, and Greenfield community colleges and Lyndon State College in Vermont, which just signed a partnership with Northern Essex. Other groups included The Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union and Anna Jaques Hospital.

The largest group was the NECC Police Academy which had 40 runners including the men’s winner, Anthony Salvucci.

NECC employees made a strong showing at the NECC Campus Classic. (L to R) Melba Acevedo, Ethel Schuster, NECC President Lane Glenn, Liliana Brand, Gisela Nash, and Emily Gonzalez.

The Campus Classic 5K and Fun Run is an annual college fundraising event held each spring along the Haverhill Campus USATF certified course. People of all ages and competitive levels, including novices and walkers, are encouraged to take part in this growing campus tradition. Proceeds benefit the NECC Annual Fund for student scholarships and academic programs.

Special thanks is owed to Covanta Energy Corporate, the Campus Classic’s Platinum Sponsor, and Anna Jaques Hospital, the Silver Sponsor. In-kind sponsors included b.good, a healthy and delicious restaurant located in North Andover, and Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods.