NEWS
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04/25/2016
Distinguished Alumni Honored at ESCC
Category: Alumni
The ESCC Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2016 ESCC Distinguished Alumni awards. This annual award is presented to ESCC alumni in recognition of outstanding professional achievement and community service. Ann Pruitt received her Associate’s degree from ESCC in Nursing in 1996 and is currently enrolled in the BSN program at ODU. …
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04/20/2016
ESCC Foundation Provides Scholarships and Much More
Category: College
You may know that the Eastern Shore Community College Foundation provides scholarships for ESCC students. You may know someone who has received a scholarship or you may even have benefited from one yourself. A scholarship through the Foundation can be obtained in addition to other forms of financial aid. There are scholarships for specific programs, …
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04/15/2016
Celebrating Community College Month with Evron Stand and his ESCC story
Category: Alumni
by William McCarter By his own admission, Evron Strand is a military brat. He was born in Fayetteville, N.C. and moved to the Eastern Shore in 1985 when he was 11; he attended Arcadia Middle and High School, where he wrestled, played football and ran track. But Evron did not graduate with his classmates because in …
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04/08/2016
2016 Distinguished Alumni
Category: Alumni
Ann S. Pruitt received her Associate in Applied Science in Nursing in 1996. She is employed at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital as the Director of Maternal and Child Health where she oversees 35 team members in Labor and Delivery and the Mother/Baby unit. Ann has had many professional accomplishments, including implementing electronic medical records in …
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04/06/2016
2015 Distinguished Alumna
Category: Alumni
Amy McCluskey Davis received her Associate’s degree from ESCC in Electronics Technology in May 1993 and went on to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Physics/MicroElectronics from Salisbury University in 2002. She is currently employed as an Electronics Engineer at NASA Wallops Flight Facility where she is responsible for the building, testing, and maintenance of a …
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03/15/2016
ESCC in STEP with Governor’s Vision of Workforce Development
Category: College
Eastern Shore Community College is actively engaged in the statewide effort that echoes the Governor’s recent commitment to growing the state’s economy through strengthening budgetary support of higher education in the area of workforce development and credentialing. With the trend for employers to typically seek applicants now holding associate’s degrees and/or industry-recognized certifications, it is …
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03/09/2016
ESCC Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Earns State Honors
Category: Students
Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society for two-year college students worldwide. At Eastern Shore Community College the chapter is one of the smallest in Virginia and in the nation. However, that does not keep it from being an award-winning chapter. Recently at the Virginia/West Virginia Regional Convention, the chapter was named a Distinguished Chapter …
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02/26/2016
2016 Science Fair
Category: Community
Hear Robin Rich-Coates describe the Science Fair in this interview. (Click for Audio Stream) Robin Rich-Coates, Associate Professor of Biology/Chemistry at Eastern Shore Community College, has announced that the College’s annual science fair will be held from 8:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 30. This year’s fair will emphasize the importance of protecting the environment. The …
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02/24/2016
Accomack-Northampton Regional Job Fair April 13th at ESCC
Category: Community, Students
Every career begins with a job, and on Wednesday April 13th, Eastern Shore Community College will provide that next step with the Accomack-Northampton Regional Job Fair from 9am-1pm at the Workforce Development Center in Melfa. Presented in partnership with the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Northampton County and Chincoteague Chambers, and the …
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02/01/2016
Virginia’s Community Colleges Celebrate Fifty Years of Progress; Promise for the Future
Category: College
Virginia’s Community Colleges are marking the 50th Anniversary of the statewide system of comprehensive community colleges in 2016 with a year-long observance that celebrates the progress of the past 50 years as well as the promise of the future. And one part of that year-long observance is to ask community members to share their stories …