NEWS
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12/14/2016
LTCA Graduating Class of Fall 2016
Category: Students
The pinning ceremony for the Fall 2016 ESCC Long Term Care Assistant Class was held Tuesday, December 13th. Graduates included Alicia Giddens, Carla Harmon, Ke’anjra Harmonson, Rhonda Johnson, and Char’nece Morris. LTCA Program Coordinator Linda Pruitt, RN,MS led the program with guest speaker Micki Spanger, WIOA Coordinator, and a student presentation by Ke’anjra Harmonson. 2016 …
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12/07/2016
Angela Owens: A Student’s Story by Jose Alvarado
Category: Students
Sometimes to reach our destination, we have to sacrifice and accept a few detours along the way. This simple truth is especially true for Angela Owens, who put off her own dreams so that others could realize theirs. Angela Owens was born in Cape Charles in 1972, but she moved to Portsmouth, Virginia, where she …
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11/22/2016
ESCC Student Profile: Kevon Rice-Welding and Rodeo
Category: Students
ESCC welding student Kevon Rice is a professional bull rider from Texas. In our video, we learn how Kevon takes the skills he is learning from Travis Connelly’s welding course, and utilizes them in a rodeo project. Watch it here:
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11/09/2016
Phi Theta Kappa Inducts New Members
Category: Students
The Eastern Shore Community College Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa held their 2016 fall induction ceremony on Thursday, November 3. Faculty Advisor Robin Rich-Coates oversaw the program that also featured History Professor Barry Neville and ESCC President, Dr. Linda Thomas-Glover. Chapter President Nicole Reyes, and Co-Advisor Joshua Taylor acted as ceremony officials. New members inducted …
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09/03/2016
The Fall 2016 “Navigator” Is Available
Category: Academics, Students
Eastern Shore Community College and Workforce Development Services, proudly announce the arrival of the new Fall 2016 “Navigator”. The print edition is available at both the main building of ESCC, and at WDS, and details the classes offered under the Workforce Development Continuing Education program. The online edition will be available soon. Please call 757.789.7979 for more …
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07/01/2016
Summer 2016 CDL Tractor Trailer Training Class Graduates
Category: Students
The second CDL Class has graduated through Eastern Shore Community College with CDS Tractor Trailer Training. Starting in May, this class produced nine graduates completing classroom and behind the wheel instruction. All of the graduates have either accepted local or regional driving jobs, or are in the process of deciding on multiple job offers. The class …
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06/21/2016
ESCC Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Wraps Up Another Exciting Year
Category: Students
The Eastern Shore Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa finished the 2015-2016 academic year with a flurry of successful projects and awards. In addition to embarking on numerous internal school and external community endeavors, the small ESCC chapter amassed a number of accolades at the state level, and even had a member participate in …
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06/20/2016
Class of 2016 Graduates
Category: Students
The forty-fifth annual commencement ceremony was held at Eastern Shore Community College at 4:00pm, Friday May 13th on the campus in Melfa. ESCC awarded 143 post-secondary credentials which included Associate Degrees, Certificates and Career Studies Certificates, to our 2016 graduates. The majors included, Administrative Assistant, Business Administration, Early Childhood Education, Electronics Technology, General Studies, Liberal …
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05/06/2016
Regional Job Fair Draws Over 200
Category: Community, Students
Eastern Shore Community College enjoyed another successful collaboration with the E.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Chincoteague and Northampton County Chambers, with this spring’s Regional Job Fair on April 13. Held at the college’s Workforce Development Services Building, the event attracted 39 businesses and 226 job seekers. The employers all had open positions in a …
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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 …