The Historic Preservation Trades program at Edgecombe Community College will offer a broad slate of weekend genealogy classes this spring.
The Golden LEAF Scholarship application for the 2021-22 academic year is now available at CFNC.org.
As Nash Community College’s minority male success initiative director and a success coach, Jamal Pitt feels it is important to meet students where they are and to consider each individual’s circumstances when working with students.
Nash Community College is among 95 finalists announced by the U.S. Department of Education for the Rethink Adult Ed Challenge, a $750,000 competition to advance pre-apprenticeships.
Rising 2021 high school graduates with plans to attend a four-year college or university are being encouraged to apply for a $1,000 LSV Scholarship.
The first week of 2021 has already had many ups and downs.
The family of Betty B. Ipock has endowed a scholarship in her memory at Edgecombe Community College.
It was the summer of 1969 or maybe 1970. I don’t remember the exact year, but I distinctly recall the experience.
The mission of Keep America Beautiful is “to inspire and educate people to take action everyday to improve and beautify their community.”
The National Association of Social Workers North Carolina Chapter recently awarded Marbeth Holmes with the 2021 Myrna Miller Wellons Advocate of the Year Award.
Many of us felt that 2020 lasted a long time. But now that 2021 is upon us, we can make a fresh start — and one way to do that is to make some New Year’s resolutions. Have you ever considered some financial resolutions?
I like to clean. I know — it weirds me out, too.
College reputation and positive educational experiences matter. Nash Community College Electrical Systems Technology Instructor and Halifax County native Spencer Davis recalls his decision to choose Nash Community College.
Happy New Year to you. With such a difficult 2020 for so many, we seem to all be breathing a collective sigh that a new year is here and with that, a renewed hope for a brighter future.
Now in its fourth year as an official chapter, N.C. Wesleyan College’s National Society of Leadership & Success recently inducted 62 student leaders into the organization.
A local attorney recently was inducted into the Legal Practice Hall of Fame by the Senior Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Even though the Christmas holidays are behind us, I admit that my family and I are still feeling the spirit of the season and we’ve committed to keeping that spirit alive throughout the new year.
Rocky Mount city employees have once again stepped up their giving levels to support United Way Tar River Region with their highest contributions in history.
Edgecombe Community College recently received more than $850,000 for the Rural College Broadband Access project from the N.C. Community College System to address technology needs, access and security.
Edgecombe Community College’s Alpha Omega Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa welcomed seventeen new members into its membership this fall.
“I knew early on that engineering was for me,” Coleman Cherry said. “As a kid, I loved building things, creating LEGO cities, problem solving and taking things apart just to see how they worked.”
For many of us, the New Year means a fresh start and the chance to set new goals.
On this Sunday after Christmas, chances are many people have already taken down O Tannenbaum and put away the decorations.
Good news for the New Year — Braswell Memorial Library has a Fine Amnesty Program in effect until Feb. 27, 2021.
My Sister’s House announced today it received a donation of “New Beginnings Baskets” from Truist Financial Corp. as a part of its Lighthouse Project program.
N.C. Wesleyan College recently received a $50,000 cash gift to construct what will be known as the Marvin and Cynthia Barnes Family Fare Convenience Stores Outdoor Classroom.
Chick-fil-A recently announced that Peacemakers of Rocky Mount is the recipient of a 2021 True Inspiration Award from the Atlanta-based company.
COVID-19 has forced us all to adapt the way we live, work and play. That’s why our theme this year at DEPC is “Moving Forward.”
UNC Orthopedics at Nash honored the careers of Dr. Adolfo Marsigli and Dr. Eduardo Marsigli by dedicating a fund in their honor and placing a plaque in their name on the orthopedic wing of the fourth floor in Nash General Hospital.
N.C. Wesleyan College recently procured a substantial theological library collection from the family of the late Rev. Frank Scurry.
Phillip Lampron will be conferred with a “Top 100 Leaders in Education’’ award for his contributions toward the field of education at the Global Foundation for Education and Learning Conference on April 21-23, 2021, in Las Vegas.
Did you know that an estimated 30 million people in the United States each year are victims of fraud, according to Consumer Protect?
For many years, Black people were not allowed to purchase plots or be buried in Pineview — the cemetery owned and maintained by the City of Rocky Mount.
Saying this year didn’t go exactly as planned may be the understatement of 2020.
If you’ve never had a persimmon, they look a bit like squashed, orange tomatoes.
Earlier this month, many organizations around the world benefited from #GivingTuesday.
Phillip Lampron of Lampron LLC and North East Carolina Preparatory School recently graduated from the N.C. Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders program.
N.C. Wesleyan College held its Winter Commencement for 195 graduates on Dec. 5 on the front lawn of campus.
The shift to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic has profoundly impacted teaching and learning nationwide.
One thing for certain, there will be tax changes coming; however, we do not know what all those changes will be, we will have to wait and see.
In its heyday, The Champion was Seaboard Coastline Railroad’s flagship passenger train, leaving New York City’s Penn Station at 12:30 p.m. and arriving in Jacksonville, Fla., early the next morning.
