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NECC Orientation leader Courtney Morin was the recipient of two NECC scholarships.<\/p><\/div>\n

Health issues in her early teens may have interrupted Courtney Morin\u2019s high school education, but she isn\u2019t letting anything interfere with her Northern Essex Community College<\/a> education and has a near perfect GPA, a lengthy list of extracurriculars, and two scholarships to prove it.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old Bradford resident is one of 200 Northern Essex students, nearly 50 from Haverhill and Bradford, to share nearly $200,000 in scholarship <\/a>money raised and distributed by NECC\u2019s office of institutional advancement for the 2017\/2018 academic year. Morin received both the Daniel Wilson Holroyd Memorial Scholarship and the Covanta Energy Scholarship.<\/p>\n

A liberal arts major, she plans on pursuing a bachelor\u2019s degree as well as a law degree before embarking on a career in human rights law. These are pretty heady dreams for someone who just a few years ago was felled by an undiagnosed case of Lyme Disease and all the complications that went with it. Wracked with fatigue, body aches, and anxiety, she was just 16 when she left high school. Once she was diagnosed and began treatment, she began a home schooling curriculum and eventually earned her GED in 2015.<\/p>\n

Physically and emotionally stronger, she began working as a restaurant hostess and waitress. More confident by the day, she decided it was time to enroll in college. So, last fall, just one month before classes started, she enrolled in her first college courses. Almost immediately, she became immersed in school culture. Morin is the newly elected president of the Student Government Association, the former president of the Students for a Democratic Society Club, an orientation leader, a member of the Student Leadership Institute, a member of the Amnesty International Club, and a staffer and contributor to \u201cParnassus\u201d the college\u2019s arts and literary magazine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess you could say I\u2019m making up for lost time,\u201d said the self-proclaimed perfectionist and Honors Program student. \u201cI believe it is important to be involved with one\u2019s community, as it\u2019s not only beneficial for others, but also for one\u2019s personal growth. I also believe that we should always strive to be bettering ourselves which is the part that I love most about NECC, that it provides a wealth of opportunities to accomplish this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Morin studying in the NECC Bentley Library<\/p><\/div>\n

And one of those opportunities came in the form of scholarships.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to receive the scholarships,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were very much needed as I have already taken out one loan. I\u2019m definitely appreciative.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his letter of recommendation, Behavioral Science Professor Peter Flynn wrote, \u201cI can confidently recommend her\u2026based on her academic skills, critical thinking and writing abilities, high level of motivation; and personal qualities of demonstrated leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students are deeply appreciative of the many generous individuals and organizations that make these scholarships possible,\u201d said Jean Poth, vice president of institutional advancement. \u201cFor many of our students, a scholarship is what allows them to stay in school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scholarships\u00a0range from $250 to $5,000 and come from a variety of sources, including private donors, memorial donations, local businesses, and private foundations.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex offers an associate degrees in liberal arts with concentrations in journalism\/communication, middle\/high school teaching, physical sciences, philosophy, psychology, and writing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Other Haverhill and Bradford Scholarship recipients include:<\/p>\n

Bradford:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bailey Bowden –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nEmily Bradley –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nKaitlyn Gould –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nNora Reguig –\u00a0Joanne Petrillo Memorial Scholarship
\nJennifer Soberon –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nJennifer Soberon –\u00a0Virginia Noonan – Paula Strangie Memorial Scholarship
\nLeandra Torres –\u00a0Torrisi Family Scholarship
\nElisabeth Walker –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship<\/p>\n

Haverhill:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jonathan Aguilar –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nJonathan Aguilar –\u00a0Follett Bookstore Gift Cards
\nAlexis Alestock –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nRose Bellahalea –\u00a0Dr. John G. Santos Environmental Education Scholarship
\nMarissa Bocchetti –\u00a0Matthew W. Poth Memorial Scholarship
\nConnie Bodemer –\u00a0Quota Club of Andover Scholarship
\nSmeralda Casimir –\u00a0Leewood Realty, LLC Sustainability Scholarship
\nKelsey Ceder –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nCaitlin Clifford –\u00a0Agnes & Francis J. Bevilacqua Memorial Scholarship
\nBrianna Comtois –\u00a0Everett & Margaret Cooper Memorial Scholarship
\nMatthew Cote –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Incoming Freshman Scholarship
\nSamantha Dacey –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nTimothy Dacey –\u00a0Edward J. Sheehan Memorial Scholarship
\nAnnabel Dryden –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Transfer Scholarship
\nJessica Figueroa –\u00a0Dr. John & Audrey Dimitry Scholarship
\nJessica Figueroa –\u00a0LeBlanc Family Scholarship
\nVictoria Gonzalez –\u00a0NECC PACE Program Transfer Scholarship
\nIbrahim Gunsever –\u00a0Pentucket Bank Scholarship
\nGwendolyn Hampton –\u00a0Geraldine Murphy Scholarship
\nGwendolyn Hampton –\u00a0Follett Bookstore Gift Cards
\nSamantha Hastings –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nMaryanne Hudson – Deborah Pifer Memorial Scholarship
\nKeith Joyce –\u00a0Friends of NECC Transfer Scholarship
\nAmanda Little –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nMaichel Mankarios –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nMaichel Mankarios –\u00a0Follett Bookstore Gift Cards
\nKatelyn Martin –\u00a0NECC Presidential Scholar Award
\nHygdrea Mathurin –\u00a0Leewood Realty, LLC Sustainability Scholarship
\nHygina Mathurin –\u00a0Joanne Petrillo Memorial Scholarship
\nJoseph Meli –\u00a0NECC PACE Program Transfer Scholarship
\nBryan Merino –\u00a0Haverhill Bank Scholarship
\nNina Nieves –\u00a0Barbara A. Quinn Memorial Nursing Scholarship
\nMargaret Njeri –\u00a0Rotary Club of Haverhill Scholarship
\nCasimir Ntar –\u00a0NECC PACE Program Transfer Scholarship
\nAlexandra Pezzella –\u00a0Women of NECC Scholarship
\nJan Pichardo –\u00a0Dr. Ibrahim El-Hefni Technical Training Scholarship
\nKayla Radwich –\u00a0NECC Presidential Scholar Award
\nSara Ramirez –\u00a0Haverhill Bank Scholarship
\nPeter Rodriguez –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nPeter Rodriguez –\u00a0NECC PACE Program Scholarship
\nRichard Santos –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Incoming Freshman Scholarship
\nEmi Sisco –\u00a0Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC Scholarship
\nAngel Solis –\u00a0Santander Scholarship
\nPanagiota Souliotis –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
\nAlexandria Spheekas –\u00a0NECC Foundation, Inc. Incoming Freshman Scholarship
\nLarissa Tinkham –\u00a0McConnell Family Memorial Nursing Scholarship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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