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NECC Business Transfer student Bel Andrickson<\/p><\/div>\n

Bel Andrickson had a good job, but knew a college degree from Northern Essex would make it bigger and better, and she was right.<\/p>\n

When she graduated from Haverhill High School in 1997, Bel actually attended NECC for a few years, but admittedly wasn\u2019t serious about school. She moved to Colorado and then Oregon, where she lived for 10 years with her then-husband. She worked as a secretary in a hospital by day and enrolled in college-level science classes at night in preparation for entering a nursing program.<\/p>\n

When her mom became terminally ill, Bel, by then a single mom, returned to New England to care for her. She became a receptionist at Worcester Orthodontics where she flourished. She was promoted to office manager at their Lawrence location, Lawrence Braces, and was tasked with learning the accounting system.<\/p>\n

After enrolling in one accounting class at NECC, she knew she had a head for business. After that one course, she enrolled in the college\u2019s associate degree in business and now dreams of taking her management skills to a new level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis degree will open doors for me,\u201d she says. \u201cIt will serve as my stepping stone to the business world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bel graduated in May 2014 with an Associate of Science Degree in Business Transfer<\/a>. She will begin taking business management classes through Umass in the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are studying business management it is kind of like learning to be a coach,\u201d she says, \u201cyou look at every team member\u2019s potential and then advance it. That\u2019s what I take pride in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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