{"id":30314,"date":"2013-01-25T20:35:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T01:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/01\/26\/necc-recognizes-lawrence-growth-convocation-is-held-at-lawrence-high-school\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:05:30","slug":"necc-recognizes-lawrence-growth-convocation-is-held-at-lawrence-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/01\/25\/necc-recognizes-lawrence-growth-convocation-is-held-at-lawrence-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC Recognizes Lawrence Growth: Convocation is held at Lawrence High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5195\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/Shalimar2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5195\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/Shalimar2.jpg\" alt=\"Shalimar Quiles, a 2008 graduate of NECC\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shalimar Quiles, a 2008 graduate of NECC, is now scholars re-engagement manager for the Lawrence Public Schools<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lawrence, MA is Northern Essex Community College\u2019s \u201cfastest growing campus\u201d and its \u201cfastest growing zip code\u201d, according to NECC President Lane Glenn. That\u2019s why the college decided to host its start-of-the-semester convocation at Lawrence High School on Tuesday, Jan. 22.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Northern Essex faculty and staff members as well as representatives from local community organizations gathered in the auditorium of the performing and fine arts high school for presentations and a tour of the high school which opened in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Presentations included the \u201cHistory of Lawrence\u201d by NECC Professor Richard Padova; \u201cThe Future of the Lawrence Public Schools\u201d by Superintendent Jeff Riley, and \u201cGetting Students Ready for College: K-12 Initiatives\u201d by Ellen Grondine, NECC\u2019s assistant vice president of planning and strategic<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5197\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/padova.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5197\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5197\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/padova.jpg\" alt=\"Global Studies Professor Richard Padova provided a brief history of Lawrence\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global Studies Professor Richard Padova provided a brief history of Lawrence<\/p><\/div>\n<p>initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Shalimar Quiles, who graduated from Lawrence High School in 2006 and from Northern Essex in 2008, and is now scholars re-engagement manager for the Lawrence Public School System, shared her own story and provided some perspective on how the college can help Lawrence High School students to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the challenges in Lawrence, including low college success rates, Quiles said \u201cDespite that, I\u2019m optimistic. The list of what we can do better as a school district is long, but achievable\u2014And it requires we work with the community at large\u2014because we all know, it takes a village.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The importance of partnerships was a theme echoed throughout the morning program. In his remarks, President Glenn recognized Lawrence\u2019s \u201ctalented and dedicated\u201d partners including Heather McMann of Groundwork Lawrence, Evelyn Friedman of the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Todd Fry and David Parker of Merrimack Valley Sandbox, and Jess Andors of Lawrence Community Works.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared the college\u2019s plans to build a comprehensive campus in Lawrence, describing recent activity in the city. In the last two years, the college has opened classroom and corporate training facilities at the Riverwalk and a new iHealth facility downtown; begun construction on the Ibrahim El Hefni Allied Health and Technology Center, which opens this fall; and purchased the old Registry of Deeds building to make way for green space.<br \/>\n\u201cThe college is on the move in Lawrence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5199\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/New-Employees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5199\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5199\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/01\/New-Employees.jpg\" alt=\"New employees included Lori Weir, Allison Gagne, Mark Mitchell, and Carolyn Fox\" width=\"275\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New employees included Lori Weir, Allison Gagne, Mark Mitchell, and Carolyn Fox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At convocation, President Glenn also introduced new faculty and staff including Carolyn Fox, staff assistant, Administration and Finance; Mark Mitchell, assistant vice president, Administration and Finance: Fiona Edwards, enrollment\/academic counselor; Allison Gagne, events coordinator; Luis Caceres, heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanic, Matt Deschuytner, maintainer; Dawn Shea, administrative assistant, Marketing Communications; and Lori Weir, director of PK-12 partnerships, Planning and Strategic Initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence, MA is Northern Essex Community College\u2019s \u201cfastest growing campus\u201d and its \u201cfastest growing zip code\u201d, according to NECC President Lane Glenn. 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