{"id":30639,"date":"2013-08-19T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T18:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2013\/08\/19\/lab-science-degree-transfers-seamlessly-to-umass-lowell\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:11:42","slug":"lab-science-degree-transfers-seamlessly-to-umass-lowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/08\/19\/lab-science-degree-transfers-seamlessly-to-umass-lowell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Science Degree Transfers Seamlessly to UMass Lowell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6701\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/08\/Lindsey-Curole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6701\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6701\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2013\/08\/Lindsey-Curole.jpg\" alt=\"Lab Science Degree Transfers Seamlessly to UMass Lowell\" width=\"325\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lindsey Curole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lindsey Curole had two concerns when she sat down with an enrollment counselor at Northern Essex \u2014 earning a science degree and being able to transfer it to a four-year institution. After a quick conversation, Lindsey learned she could earn an associate degree in lab science, a high-demand degree, and transfer seamlessly to UMass Lowell under a transfer agreement between the schools.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, the now 28-year-old Merrimac resident graduated with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/academics\/courses-programs\/areas\/science\/laboratory-science\/\">Associate of Science Degree in Applied Science<\/a> and is enrolled in UMass Lowell\u2019s Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science.<\/p>\n<p>A New Orleans native, Lindsey came to Massachusetts after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She arrived with a semester of courses and the desire to study science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I learned about the Lab Science Program I knew it was what I wanted,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was hands on and wellrounded. I knew I wanted to work in a lab, but didn\u2019t know what kind of degree I needed. This was it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After completing an internship with a global company, Charm Sciences in Lawrence, she was hired as a part-time quality control technician. Lindsey still works for the diagnostic test company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program is excellent.\u201d she says. \u201cYou are extremely well prepared for the workplace. You hone those hands-on technical skills that are so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey says she found assistance at NECC at every turn \u2014 from the enrollment staff who helped her identify a science program, to the professors who encouraged and guided her, to the PACE staff who helped her apply for scholarships that fully funded her UMass tuition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so glad I attended Northern Essex,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was one of the best decisions I ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey Curole had two concerns when she sat down with an enrollment counselor at Northern Essex \u2014 earning a science degree and being able to transfer it to a four-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":30290,"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-30639","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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