NEWS
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09/09/2017
Groundbreaking Scheduled For New Main Academic Building at ESCC
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College is excited to announce the groundbreaking for our brand new academic building, planned for Friday October 13th. The College Board, the ESCC Foundation Board of Directors, and the faculty and staff of ESCC, will be acknowledging the official launch of activity on the building site on our campus in Melfa. The …
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09/05/2017
ESCC Workforce Development Offers “Career Checkup” Event
Category: Academics
Job seekers will benefit a variety of free services at an upcoming event at Eastern Shore Community College’s Workforce Development Services Center. The “Career Checkup” will be held for two days, on Friday October 20, from 1:00pm-6:00pm, and on Saturday October 21st, from 9:00am-2:00pm. With recent closings and layoffs in the local business community, “Career …
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09/03/2017
New Dean of Workforce Development Services Thomas “T.J.” Johnson Announces Full Slate of Fall Classes
Category: Academics
Eastern Shore Community College announces the new Dean of Workforce Development, Thomas “T.J.” Johnson. Before his appointment, Johnson served as an Assistant Principal with Accomack County Public Schools. Johnson also served as the project manager for Accomack County Public School’s STEM Project and he was selected as a finalist for VASSP’s Assistant Principal of the …
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08/30/2017
Fall 2017 ESCC STEM Internships Available
Category: Academics
The ESCC STEM Internship Program at NASA is accepting applications for fall. Internships are available to students studying Electronics Technology, including Computer Technician, Information Technology, and Industrial Technology. The ESCC STEM Internships are unpaid experiences working with an assigned sponsor at NASA Wallops Flight Facility or a Wallops contractor. Interns work 20 hours per week …
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08/26/2017
ESCC Awarded Major Three Year Grant From National Science Foundation
Category: Academics, College
Eastern Shore Community College (ESCC) has been awarded a three year, $365,000 National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education grant. The project, entitled “Creating Technical Scholars: A Model for Structured Pathways”, will create a seamless transition pathway from secondary education to post-secondary education to employment in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) related fields and high-tech …
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08/24/2017
ESCC Graduates Nursing Students in Multiple Programs
Category: Academics
Pinning ceremonies for both the Practical Nursing and Medical Assisting Programs at ESCC were held on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5 at the Workforce Development Services Great Hall on the campus in Melfa. Peggy Bennett is the new Program Director for the Practical Nursing Program, which is designed to prepare beginning practitioners for …
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08/21/2017
Welcome to the Fall Semester at ESCC
Category: Academics
We hope that you had a rewarding and enjoyable break and that you are ready for new challenges and opportunities in 2017 – 2018. We also extend a special welcome to students who are new to ESCC this semester; we are glad to have you join our community. Whether you’re here taking credit classes towards …
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08/02/2017
ESCC and Accomack Public Schools Collaborate at VATIE Conference
Category: College
Teresa Guy, ESCC Career Pathways Program Coordinator, collaborated last week with Curtis Taylor, Building Trades Instructor at Badger Technical Center South at Nandua High School, at the Virginia Association of Trade and Industrial Educators (VATIE) Conference in Norfolk. Guy and Taylor co-presented on the topic of linking secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE). …
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07/13/2017
TAKE 13 Program Returns for Fall 2017
Category: Academics
Eastern Shore Community College is proud to announce the return of “TAKE 13”, the award winning initiative that addresses the student who works Monday through Friday and is finding it hard to consider college full-time. TAKE 13 is a Saturday only program where students can earn 13 credits in two 8 week sessions leading towards …
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07/13/2017
ESCC Adult Education Program Honors GED Graduates
Category: Academics
July 11th, 2017 GED Graduates (l-r) Esveire Nava Gandara, Maria Hasty, Nateisha Ervin, Hannah Rose, Dezrae Reynolds, Irvin Dix, Daji West, Jean Lesly Louis, Shannon Weddel, James Chevalier, Brittnae Patterson, Kiarra Wise, Tiffany Price, Bernice Wilson, and Brittany Clayton. A program was held at Workforce Development Services, followed by a reception honoring the graduates. …