Message from the President

dear friends of the College,

As president of northern Essex, i know and appreciate that running a successful community college is a group effort, requiring a great deal of support from a variety of sources. i t is because of our generous community partners and the dedicated alumni who give back to northern Essex that we are able to offer our students a wealth of opportunities.

late last summer, i had the opportunity to meet with phil Starks, a northern Essex alum, who went on to Harvard and Cornell and is now a biology professor at Tufts university.

phil runs a biology lab at Tufts and he makes it a priority to choose northern Essex students from the hundreds who apply from all over the country for the paid summer internships available in his lab.

in this issue of alumnecc, you will read about the Tufts university program as well as about our longtime partnership with Haverhill Community Television (HCTV).

for years, HCTV has let the college use its state-of-the-art production facilities to teach classes in our communications program, and they recently announced two $5,000 annual scholarships for nECC communication students. i am happy to report that the HCTV partnership also has an alumni component. darlene Beal, ’89, is the executive director of HCTV.

This issue will also explore the many things that we are doing as a college to welcome the close to 200 veterans who are at northern Essex preparing for new careers as civilians.

Since you are receiving alumnecc, i’m sure you, too, have contributed to the success of this college. Whether you donated to the college, hired an nECC graduate or intern, or contributed to the college in other ways, thank you for your continued support of the college!

lane A. glenn president

Editor: maureen o’leary

Contributing Editors: Ellen Small davis, Ernie greenslade, Wendy Shaffer

Art Director: marty lapham

Writers: Ellen Small davis, Ernie greenslade, lindsey mayo, maureen o’leary

NECC Grads Find Success in Communications Fields

Below is a sampling of some of our grads who have found success in communications fields.

Tom Bergeron, attended ’74-‘75

Emmy Award-winning host of Dancing with the Stars and America’s Funniest Home Videos

Tim Coco, ‘90

President and general manager of WHAV, a local radio station; and president and CEO of COCO+CO., Inc.

Rod Doherty, ‘73

Executive editor, Foster’s Daily Democrat in New Hampshire

Sharon Lynch, ‘75

Director of online media development, Berklee College of Music in Boston, formerly a news reporter and anchor at WMUR-TV (ABC)

Dan Lyons, ‘83

Editor-in-Chief of ReadWrite, one of the top tech blogs in the world, formerly the technology editor at Newsweek

Colin Tierney, ‘97

Senior designer at Conde Nast, previously worked at The Onion

David Willis, ‘04

Sportswriter/videographer for the Eagle Tribune

Helen Ubiñas, ‘92

Currently a freelance writer, formerly columnist at the Hartford Courant, and member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team for breaking news