Dec 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Student Handbook

Directory and Additional Student Services



Where to Go When You Want to Know

Provided below is a list of faculty/staff who may assist students with their specific questions and/or needs. After identifying the needed personnel, students may find the individual’s contact information in the Employee Directory

Where to Go When You Want To Know

Career and College Promise

 

 

High School Programs

 

Shawn Dawes

Charnte Rosber

 

Employee Directory

 

General Admissions

  admissions@edgecombe.edu

Placement Testing

 

Patricia Mitchell

Orientation

  Patricia Mitchell

Recruitment

 

Shaquana Deans-Thorne

Career Assessment

 

Shaquana Deans-Thorne

Student IDs

Rocky Mount:

Tony Rook

 

Tarboro:

Laketa Parker

Residency Status

 

Sherlock McDougald

Graduation

 

Kienesha Ebron

Tony Rook

Transfer Evaluations

 

Kienesha Ebron

Proficiency Exams/Advanced Placement

 

Kienesha Ebron

Grades

 

Kienesha Ebron

 

 

 

 

Employee Directory

 

Student Support Services

 

 

Non-Academic Appeals

 

Tony Rook

Early Intervention/Starfish

 

Sherrod Sumner

Disability Services

 

Teresa Bottoms

Child Care Assistance

 

Teresa Bottoms

Curriculum Learning Center/Library

 

Kate Brittain

Tutoring

 

Mark Johnson

 

Employee Directory

 

Financial Aid

   

Financial Aid

Rocky Mount:

Destiny Collins

   

Jessica Giles

  Tarboro:

Sherlock McDougald

 

 

Meg Brown
   

April Lamm

Veterans’ Affairs

 

Meg Brown

 

Employee Directory

 

Administrators

   

Vice President of Instruction

 

Dr. Bruce Panneton

Vice President of Student Services

 

Samanthia Phillips

Dean/Arts & Sciences

 

Christine Nicodemus

Dean/Business, Industry & Technologies

 

Michael Starling

Dean of Enrollment & Financial Aid

 

Sherlock McDougald

Dean/Health Sciences

  Nacole Everette

Dean of Students 

  Tony Rook
 

Employee Directory

 

Academic Program Counselors

   

Nursing (LPN and RN)

 

Courtney Baggett

CT/MRI

 

Domonique Hall

Health Information Technology

  Teresa Bottoms

Medical Assisting

 

Courtney Baggett

Radiography

  Domonique Hall

Respiratory Therapy

 

Domonique Hall

Surgical Technology

  Domonique Hall

Dental Hygiene

 

Tony Rook

 

   
 

Employee Directory

 

Continuing Education Advisors

   

General Information

 

Linda Mann

Business and Industry Services

 

Dennis Hackett

Career Readiness Certificates

 

Latasha Sledge

College & Career Readiness/Adult High School Equivalency/LEIS

 

Dr. LaShawnda Washington

   

 

Education to Go- Online Courses

 

Selwyn Spence

Special Programs: Effective Teacher Training, Notary Public, Real Estate, etc.

 

Selwyn Spence

Work Based Learning

 

Michael Starling

Fire and EMS

 

Adam Culbertson

Health Occupations

 

Jennifer Norville

Historic Preservation

 

Selwyn Spence

Human Resources Development-Employability Skills

 

Latasha Sledge

Law Enforcement/BLET

 

Bernie Taylor

Lean Six Sigma

  Dennis Hackett

Real Estate Programs

 

Selwyn Spence

Small Business Center/Entrepreneurship

 

Laura Evans

Customized Training for Business

 

Dennis Hackett

 

Employee Directory

 

Student Life and Organizations

   

High Altitude Balloon Team Advisors

 

Rebecca Stamilio-Ehret

Student Government Association Advisors

 

Ashley King

Tony Rook

PAAMES Coordinator  

Tony Rook

Phi Theta Kappa Advisors

 

Karin Ruffin

C. Jordan Carter

SkillsUSA Advisors

 

Trey Cherry

Rebecca Stamilio-Ehret

Ambassador Advisor

 

Shaquana Deans-Thorne


Services for Students

The Student Services Department endeavors to make its services available to every student from pre-admission through graduation. The pre-admission interview is designed to help students decide what curriculum program or programs they are best suited to enter. The interview involves an evaluation of the high school transcript, along with a discussion of the student’s needs, interests, and abilities.

Guidance and Counseling

Guidance and counseling services are an integral part of the Student Services Department at Edgecombe Community College (ECC). Staff members of the department are individuals of varying backgrounds who are professionally trained and hold at least a master’s degree in the counseling area. Counselors are available on each campus to help students become more self-knowing, self-reliant, and directive by offering the following services:

  1. Appraising, organizing, and evaluating information such as transcripts, placement test scores, and interviews with students and instructors to determine proper placement and assist students toward self-knowledge needed for decision making and planning.
  2. Providing professional counseling services to students in clarifying basic values, attitudes, interests, and abilities; assisting in all phases of decision-making; formulating vocational education plans and progress; providing appropriate resources for more intensive and deep-seated personal problems.
  3. Providing information pertinent to selecting courses, occupational prerequisites, transfer requirements, availability of resource agencies, and other areas of concern to students.
  4. Providing community services through vocational and educational counseling and other student personnel services to youth and adults in the community.
  5. Disseminating information by brochures, counselor visitations, conferences, or direct correspondence; encouraging school attendance; fostering understanding of admission requirements and special curricula; developing proper attitudes; and contributing to student decision-making and planning.
  6. Providing information on loans, scholarships, grants, part-time jobs, and other resources for students who need financial assistance.

Counseling Procedures

Students may see a counselor individually to discuss personal, academic, vocational, educational, and financial needs. Student access to a counselor is determined by student-initiated or counselor-initiated appointment or by instructor or advisor referrals.

Specialized counseling for disabled students is available in cooperation with Vocational Rehabilitation, the Department of Social Services, the Veterans’ Administration, and other agencies. The degree of disability and the educational potential of the students determine the extent of training and placement.

Academic counseling is available to students who have deficiencies in reading, writing, listening, computing, and study skills.

Advisors maintain academic records for advisees. Faculty members also are available for consultation.

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Student Assistance Procedures

Referral Service

The college recognizes that most student problems can be successfully treated, provided they are recognized in their early stages, and referral is made to an appropriate resource. The problem may be personal relationships, physical illness, mental or emotional illness, finances, marital or family discord, alcoholism, drug abuse, legal issues, or other concerns. When students’ academic performance or attendance is unsatisfactory, and the students are unable or unwilling to correct the situation, either alone or with normal advisory assistance, there may be some cause outside the realm of their academic studies, which is the basis of their problem. This policy assures that if such personal problems cause unsatisfactory academic performance, students receive careful consideration and an offer of assistance to help resolve such problems effectively and confidentially.

Substance Abuse Program

Students will be referred to a local substance abuse treatment provider.

Career Services

Career Services assists students and graduates with the career exploration process. Students or graduates who wish to talk with a professional staff member about career plans may make an appointment. Professional staff is available to assist students in choosing a major, assessing skills and interests, exploring job information, arranging interviews, analyzing resumes, developing interviewing skills, and determining job-hunting strategies.

Students are encouraged to begin the job search process at least six months before graduation and to contact the North Carolina Division of Workforce Solutions for assistance in their job search.

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Health Services and Standards

Student health services are not provided on campus. Students should seek medical attention from an area healthcare facility or provider.

Students with communicable diseases may be prohibited from registering for classes when health records indicate that their attendance would be detrimental to their health and safety or to the health and safety of other persons with whom they may come in contact. After recovery, students may be registered for classes.

Students who have significant health conditions or limitations may be required to submit a report or medical examination before their initial registration and are encouraged to inform their instructors at the beginning of each semester.

When deemed appropriate by the Vice President of Student Services, faculty advisors, instructors, and/or counselors are notified of students identified as having significant health conditions.

Certain programs have technical standards that students must meet for admission to the program. Technical standards are defined as physical, mental, social, and psychological requirements needed for educational training. Those standards are required so that students are not a danger to themselves or others they encounter to pursue their educational objectives.

The college seeks to assist students who have special health conditions or limitations in attaining their educational goals. Services are provided under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In an accident or illness, students should notify the Student Services Department or the Business Office immediately. First aid is provided by capable college personnel. First aid kits and automatic electronic defibrillators (AED’s) are located in the Student Services Department and the library on both campuses, the Cosmetology Building on the Rocky Mount campus, and the reception area of the Edgecombe Early College, Havens, and Fleming buildings on the Tarboro campus.

Students who become ill, are injured, or develop health problems requiring professional attention are referred to the emergency room at the most convenient hospital or a local physician following instructions given by students or their families. Students may be taken directly to the hospital by the rescue squad in an emergency that requires immediate attention.

Environmental health and safety on the campus are the responsibility of the Vice President of Administrative Services.

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Bookstore

Textbooks can be bought and resold at the college bookstore non-profit service of ECC. School supplies, sportswear, and gift items are also available. A bookstore is located on both campuses.

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Tutoring

The Tutoring Program assists students who are experiencing academic difficulties in curriculum courses. Tutors provide additional individualized instruction and support necessary to help students achieve academic success at the college. Tutors assist with study skills, test-taking skills, and class content. Students may request tutoring assistance for any curriculum course by contacting the Student Services Department. There is no fee for tutoring services. The Tutoring Program employs students and other qualified individuals as tutors. Students may apply to be tutors by contacting the Curriculum Learning Center. Online tutoring is available to all students 24 hours per day. Please contact the Curriculum Learning Center (CLC) for more information.

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Student Housing

Housing for students is not provided on campus. Members of the student body live in and around the area and commute to the campus. Although organized student housing services are not provided, students who seek housing are referred to area real estate agencies and citizens who have indicated the willingness to rent to students. Such referrals are made on a non-discriminatory basis.

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 Orientation 

If planning to attend classes on campus at ECC, you should plan to attend an on-campus orientation. While we look forward to seeing each of you at one of our on-campus events, we realize that your particular circumstances may prevent you from joining us in person.

If you cannot make it to campus during one of the face-to-face events listed above, you may complete your START@ECC session online! You’ll have access to the same valuable information available in our on-campus sessions, with the flexibility to complete orientation at a time and location convenient for you.

The online orientation is best viewed in Firefox.

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