Message from the President

dear Friends of the College,

When our students graduate from northern Essex, 60 percent transfer directly to a four-year college or university, and the great majority transfer to umass lowell. This nationally-ranked university is only 23 miles south of our Haverhill Campus, and we have 26 articulation agreements in place which make the transfer process practically seamless.

This fall we will take our relationship with umass lowell to a new level when the university opens a satellite campus — the first in its history — on our Haverhill Campus.

This will be a tremendous benefit to the community, our graduates, and our current students, many of whom begin taking umass lowell classes during their final semesters at northern Essex.

in this issue of alumnecc, you will read about umass lowell’s new satellite campus. You will learn about the new science labs on our Haverhill and lawrence campuses, made possible through a very generous grant from the massachusetts life sciences Center and a matching grant from a private foundation, the Technical Training Fund. You will also read about susan Bonenfant of Plaistow, new Hampshire, an nECC alumna who is a successful banker, community leader, and the incoming chairperson of the nECC alumni association advisory Board.

We are excited about what is happening at the college, and alumnecc magazine is designed to share much of our good news. as always, if you have feedback, i’d love to hear from you at lglenn@necc.mass.edu.

Whether you are a graduate of northern Essex, a donor to the college, or one of our dedicated volunteers, i hope you know how much we appreciate you and what you do for the college. We couldn’t accomplish what we do without your support.

lane a glenn President

Editor: maureen o’leary

Contributing Editors: Ellen small davis, Ernie greenslade, Wendy shaffer

Graphic Designer: susan stehfest

Writers: Ellen small davis, Ernie greenslade, lindsey mayo, maureen o’leary after completing an internship with a global company, Charm s ciences in l awrence, l indsey Curole was hired as a quality control technician. l indsey graduated from n ECC’s l ab s cience Program in m ay 2012.