{"id":23900,"date":"2021-12-16T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T22:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2021\/12\/16\/our-top-ten-necc-news-stories-for-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:26:04","slug":"our-top-ten-necc-news-stories-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/12\/16\/our-top-ten-necc-news-stories-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Top Ten NECC News Stories for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/12\/newsroom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24725 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/12\/newsroom-300x216.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>There were close to 44,000 visits to the NECC Newsroom in 2021, and hundreds of stories posted.<\/p>\n<p>While COVID was a theme in much of the most well-read content, more than half of the top stories were\u00a0 unrelated, including our most popular story, an announcement of the new police academy director, which received over 1,000 views, and our second most popular story, a release announcing our new vice president of academic affairs, which received over 800 views.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a recap of the year&#8217;s most popular stories, as determined by you, our readers.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 1:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/24\/new-police-academy-director-appointed-2\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 2:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/07\/26\/necc-selects-vp-of-academic-affairs\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 3:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/06\/21\/necc-has-funding-available-to-help-new-and-returning-students\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 4:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/09\/01\/culinary-2\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 5:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/08\/vaccine-clinic-opens-on-lawrence-campus\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 6:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/11\/17\/necc-players-hair-becomes-viral-sensation\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 7:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/14\/2020-necc-grad-continues-his-education-with-a-little-help-from-oprah\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 8:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/03\/16\/necc-announces-plans-for-fall\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Number 9:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/03\/30\/lawrence-nursing-grad-will-represent-necc-at-statewide-29-who-shine-event\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tied for Number 10:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/06\/necc-health-students-are-administering-vaccines-in-lawrence\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tied for Number 10:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/10\/20\/endowed-scholarship-is-created-in-memory-of-necc-professor-emerita\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were close to 44,000 visits to the NECC Newsroom in 2021, and hundreds of stories posted. 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