{"id":26848,"date":"2020-07-30T20:59:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T00:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2020\/07\/31\/necc-hosts-a-virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T09:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:51:41","slug":"necc-hosts-a-virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/07\/30\/necc-hosts-a-virtual-open-house-for-prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Hosts a Virtual Open House 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>Northern Essex Community College will host a Virtual Open House for prospective students on Thursday, August 20 from 5 to 6:15 pm.<\/p>\n<p>At the Open House, you will be welcomed by NECC President Lane Glenn; learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/\">academic programs<\/a> offered at Northern Essex and their potential career outcomes; and hear about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/experience\/\">many extracurricular activities<\/a> from student government to athletics that are available.<\/p>\n<p>You can also engage in small group discussions with NECC faculty from your area of interest and listen to a student speaker discuss their experiences at Northern Essex.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College is offering close to 300 credit courses this fall semester, which begins September 9, 2020, and\u00a090 percent of those courses will be delivered online.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/health\/\">health care<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/computer-information-science\/\">computers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/education\/\">education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Register online with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/northernessex.wufoo.com\/forms\/x1u8hil01hp3z7v\/\">Virtual Open House Registration Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For additional information, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:admissions@necc.mass.edu\">admissions@necc.mass.edu<\/a>\u00a0or 978 556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NECC will host a Virtual Open House for prospective students on Thursday, August 20 from 5 to 6:15 pm.<\/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":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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