{"id":27727,"date":"2018-03-29T15:08:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/03\/29\/collegeforaday\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:19:44","slug":"collegeforaday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/29\/collegeforaday\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC\u2019s Haverhill Campus to Host \u201cCollege for a Day\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17496\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/03\/College-for-a-Day-1-300x199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17496\" class=\"wp-image-17496 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/03\/College-for-a-Day-1-300x199-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Cavan, coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program, teaching a class.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prospective students will have a chance to test drive the community college experience this April as Northern Essex Community College hosts \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/apply\/check-necc-upcoming-event\/college-for-a-day\/\">College for a Day<\/a>.\u201d The annual event, which will be held on the Haverhill campus from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollege for a Day\u201d offers all interested participants the unique opportunity to live a day in the life of a community college student. Activities include sitting in on college-level courses, speaking with current students, taking part in guided tours of the campus, and meeting with members of the admissions staff to learn about the NECC application process.<\/p>\n<p>The event coincides with NECC\u2019s campus Renaissance Fair, titled \u201cA Knight\u2019s Realm,\u201d which will play upon the Northern Essex mascot to transport students to another time. Attendees are invited to engage in a range of games and crafts &#8212; including archery, a scavenger hunt, and a \u201ccreate your own shield\u201d station &#8212; as well as enjoy live music, converse with faculty, staff, and students, and eat complimentary food options. Many of NECC\u2019s student organizations will be on site with informational materials and giveaways. All are welcome to participate.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on \u201cCollege for a Day,\u201d please visit the college\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/apply\/check-necc-upcoming-event\/college-for-a-day\/\">website<\/a>. To register, or request a sign language interpreter, call 978-556-3721 or email <a href=\"mailto:admissions@necc.mass.edu\">admissions@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, Northern Essex Community College offers over 60 associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth. Each year 8,500 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. For more information, visit the website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">www.necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prospective students will have a chance to test drive the community college experience this April as Northern Essex Community College hosts \u201cCollege for a Day.\u201d The annual event, which will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"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-27727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NECC\u2019s Haverhill Campus to Host \u201cCollege for a Day\u201d - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/03\/29\/collegeforaday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NECC\u2019s Haverhill Campus to Host \u201cCollege for a Day\u201d - 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