{"id":30213,"date":"2014-11-17T16:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T21:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2014\/11\/17\/necc-great-first-step-on-road-to-bachelors-degree\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:37:43","slug":"necc-great-first-step-on-road-to-bachelors-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/11\/17\/necc-great-first-step-on-road-to-bachelors-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC  Great First Step on Road to Bachelor\u2019s Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10036\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/11\/AllisonBrody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10036\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2014\/11\/AllisonBrody-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Brody, NECC Radiologic Technology graduate\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10036\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allison Brody, NECC Radiologic Technology graduate<\/p><\/div>\nAfter starting at Northern Essex and then attending another local college, Allison Brody<br \/>\nreturned to NECC and hit her stride in the Radiologic Technology Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthern Essex was close to home, affordable, and a good opportunity to get<br \/>\ninto health care,\u201d says the Central Catholic High School grad. \u201cHaving the clinical<br \/>\nopportunities integrated into the program was great, too,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the rad tech program, Allison was able to complete clinical placements<br \/>\nat Lowell General Hospital and Lawrence General Hospital. \u201cThe two different hospitals<br \/>\ngave me two different perspectives, and this made me more well-rounded,\u201d<br \/>\nshe explains.<\/p>\n<p>While Allison was a student at Northern Essex, she also worked for Zorvino Vineyards,<br \/>\na winery and function facility, as well as for a local accounting firm. Her plan was to graduate from the rad tech program and go to work in the field. Then she found out about NECC\u2019s<br \/>\ntransfer agreement with Regis College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned that by transferring to Regis I could get my bachelor\u2019s degree in one year,<br \/>\nwhich was great,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Allison graduated from Northern Essex in 2013 and transferred to Regis College.<br \/>\nShe is doing her clinical and most of her course work at Mass General Hospital, and will<br \/>\ngraduate with her bachelor\u2019s degree in December 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love having my clinical at Mass General, and I love that with this program I am<br \/>\nable to help people. The bachelor\u2019s degree will increase my knowledge of the field and<br \/>\nimprove my marketability,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthern Essex was a great place to start; I was well-prepared to pass the boards and<br \/>\ntransfer to Regis,\u201d she concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After starting at Northern Essex and then attending another local college, Allison Brody returned to NECC and hit her stride in the Radiologic Technology Program. \u201cNorthern Essex was close to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":30215,"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-30213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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