{"id":23718,"date":"2021-03-09T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T18:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2021\/03\/09\/necc-hosts-virtual-open-houses-for-prospective-students\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:19:35","slug":"necc-hosts-virtual-open-houses-for-prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/03\/09\/necc-hosts-virtual-open-houses-for-prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Hosts Virtual Open Houses for Prospective Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/07\/202007-000-Virtual-open-house_Instagram_Organic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23103 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2020\/07\/202007-000-Virtual-open-house_Instagram_Organic-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College will host Virtual Open Houses for prospective students on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/event\/necc-open-house-online-2\/\">Wed, April 27, 5:30 to 6:45 pm<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/event\/necc-open-house-online-3\/\">Thur, May 27, 5:30 to 6:45 pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Open House, you will be welcomed by NECC President Lane Glenn; learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/\">academic programs<\/a>\u00a0offered at Northern Essex and their potential career outcomes; hear about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/experience\/\">many extracurricular activities<\/a>\u00a0from student government to athletics that are available; and listen to a student speaker.<\/p>\n<p>At Northern Essex, students can take their gen ed classes, which easily transfer to other colleges and universities; get started on a certificate or associate degree in a choice of over 60\u00a0degree and certificate\u00a0programs; or begin preparing for a new career in fields like\u00a0health care,\u00a0computers, and\u00a0education.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, contact\u00a0admissions@necc.mass.edu\u00a0or 978 556-3700.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers more than 60 associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year, more than 5,000 students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and another 2,600 take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information, visit the website at\u00a0 www.necc.mass.edu or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out how you can get started at NECC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,15,16,17],"tags":[177,238,480],"class_list":["post-23718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-headlines","category-press-releases","category-programs","tag-covid","tag-enrollment","tag-open-house"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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