{"id":22745,"date":"2024-03-13T12:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2024\/03\/13\/northern-essex-community-college-and-newburyport-bank-announce-the-seacoast-promise-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:00:23","slug":"northern-essex-community-college-and-newburyport-bank-announce-the-seacoast-promise-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/13\/northern-essex-community-college-and-newburyport-bank-announce-the-seacoast-promise-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Essex Community College and Newburyport Bank Announce the Seacoast Promise Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newburyport, MA (March 12, 2024) \u2013 Northern Essex Community College, with the generous support of Newburyport Bank, has created the new Seacoast Promise Program. Building on the success of the Lawrence and Haverhill <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/early-college\/promise\/\">Promise Programs<\/a>, the Seacoast Promise will provide full tuition, fees, and books to Early College graduates from Seacoast area high schools who wish to complete their associate degree at Northern Essex. This new program was created with a $250,000 pledge from Newburyport Bank.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27797\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Lana-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27797\" class=\" wp-image-27797\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Lana-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NECC student Lana Viola shared her experience with the Promise Program<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the generosity of Newburyport bank, we\u2019re going to be able to expand this opportunity to so many other students who may be able to achieve something they never thought possible before,\u201d said Allison Dolan-Wilson, NECC\u2019s Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the NECC Foundation, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is important,\u201d said Newburyport Bank President <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/11\/10\/president-of-newburyport-bank-joins-necc-board-of-trustees\/\">Lloyd Hamm, Jr<\/a>., who participated in an early college program when he was in high school and was a first-generation college student. \u201cNorthern Essex gets students to the next step, whether that\u2019s employment or onto a four-year institution. They play an important role in changing someone\u2019s life, which changes their families and their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27795\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Allison-and-Lloyd-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27795\" class=\" wp-image-27795\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Allison-and-Lloyd-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newburyport Bank President Lloyd Hamm Jr. and NECC VP of Institutional Advancement Allison Dolan-Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, leaders from Northern Essex, Newburyport Bank, Pentucket Bank and surrounding communities gathered for an event to celebrate the Seacoast Promise at Newburyport Bank\u2019s State Street location. Local high school guidance counselors were also in attendance, along with students who spoke about the benefits of Early College and affordable higher education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a student who works two jobs and has responsibilities at home, the Promise Program has helped to reduce the challenges and stress that come from balancing work and academics,\u201d said Lana Viola, who took early college classes while at Whittier Regional Vocational High School and is now continuing as a full-time student at Northern Essex under the Haverhill Promise Program. Lana will graduate next spring with her associate degree in Civil Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Leila Grasso is a senior at Newburyport High School who is currently taking early college classes at Northern Essex. \u201cWhen I graduate high school this spring, I\u2019ll have taken 15 early college classes. It will allow me to move right into my core classes in my major when I get to UMass, and I\u2019ll finish in two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27798\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Students-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27798\" class=\" wp-image-27798\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/Students-Seacoast-Promise-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students Lana Viola and Leila Grasso<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The event also honored the contributions of Pentucket Bank to Northern Essex\u2019s Haverhill Promise program, now in its fifth year.<\/p>\n<p>The Early College program at NECC has grown from 250 students when it began in 2018 to over 1,000 students participating this year. Students choose one of six pathways when joining: Liberal Arts, Education, Criminal Justice, STEM, Health Care or Business. In the fall 2023 semester, the Early College program served 875 students who earned 4,457 credits -an average of just over 5 credits per student.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for Promise Programs at Northern Essex, students must earn at least 15 credits in Early College and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. The new Seacoast Promise Program will include, but not be limited to, Pentucket Regional, Sanborn Regional, Amesbury, Triton Regional, and Newburyport High Schools. To learn more about Early College at Northern Essex and the Promise programs, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/early-college\/quick-facts\/\">webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newburyport, MA (March 12, 2024) \u2013 Northern Essex Community College, with the generous support of Newburyport Bank, has created the new Seacoast Promise Program. 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