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NEWARK, N.J. — Olympians, celebrated coaches and a record-breaking basketball team were among the ...
May-14-25
NEWARK, N.J.– Essex County College celebrated the graduates of its Physical Therapist As...
May-02-25
ECC Celebrates Grand Reopening of Student-Focused Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library & Learning ...
Apr-30-25
Newark, N.J.– Five students at Essex County College will be inducted into the prestigious New ...
Apr-16-25
Newark, N.J. – A team of Essex County College students took first prize in the 2025 New Jersey Cou...
Apr-14-25
Newark, N.J. – Essex County College’s most recent job and internship fair was widely regarded as...
Apr-11-25
West Caldwell, N.J.- Essex County College hosted a Spring Open House for prospective students, famil...
Apr-04-25
NEWARK, N.J. — Essex County College held its inaugural Women’s Achievement Luncheon Tuesday, Mar...
Mar-26-25
NEWARK, N.J. – For more than 50 years, Essex County College has been committed to educating and e...
Mar-20-25
Dr. Augustine A. Boakye and the Three Kings Dr. Boakye and Newark Councilman Luis Quintana _________...
Jan-09-25
Laela Lawal Towela Mwale _________________________________________________ Laela Lawal andTowela Mwa...
Dec-20-24
Registration for the Spring I 2025 Semester at Essex County College is underway. The College’s Spr...
Dec-13-24
Dr. Queenie Reda explains the Princeton University Summer program to ECC students __________________...
Dec-11-24
The West Essex campus of Essex County College is holding its annual Toy and Coat Drive for the 2024 ...
Dec-06-24
The College’s annual Holiday Tree Lighting, presented by the Office of Student Affairs, was he...
Dec-05-24
ECC Color Guard raising the Amerian Flag Dr. Augustine A. Boakye with some of the College’s ve...
Nov-11-24
From left: Business Division Chair Germaine Albuquerque, Finance major Ed Pean, and ECC Vice Preside...
Nov-07-24
From left: Sara Lipsett from OSHE, Dr. S. Aisha Steplight Johnson, and Jessica Steiger from OSHE ___...
Nov-06-24
______________________________________________________________ It’s playoff time for both the Men�...
Oct-30-24
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Oct-29-24
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Oct-24-24
ECC’s observed the end of Hispanic Heritage Month with a lively closing ceremony on October 15. In...
Oct-21-24
Essex County College is launching a 15-credit Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Instructional Certific...
Oct-16-24
From left: Professor Frank Duroy, Jose Medina-Pardo, ECC Trustee Cynthia Martinez, ECC President Aug...
Oct-08-24
Dr. Augustine A. Boakye with members of the College’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Commit...
Oct-07-24
Essex County College will host an Open House for prospective students on Saturday, October 19 at the...
Oct-02-24
Dr. Augustine A. Boakye, center, displays the State of New Jersey check earmarked for College enroll...
Sep-30-24
ECC Latinx Engagement Center Co-Chair Christine Soto ECC President Augustine A. Boakye National Hisp...
Sep-18-24
September 17 is National Voter Registration Day. To help ensure more people are registered to vote t...
Sep-17-24
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Sep-11-24
Essex County College’s Fall II 2024 Term begins on Monday, October 7. Classes for the Fall II Term...
Sep-10-24
Essex County College will host a pair of Saturday Open House events for prospective students this Fa...
Sep-06-24
From left: Derrick Law, Garth Naar and Dr. Elvy Vieira prepare to present completion certificates EC...
Aug-27-24
Dr. Augustine A. Boakye (right) with McGraw Hill CEO Simon Allen McGraw Hill CEO Simon Allen deliver...
Aug-19-24
SGA Officers, from left: Destine Madu, Vanessa Previlon, Michael Aghaji, Naylah Young, Ethan Erfe, R...
Aug-14-24
RedShelf, the innovation leader in course materials solutions, has been selected by Essex County Col...
Aug-06-24
Registration for the Fall I 2024 Semester at both of Essex County College’s campuses is underway. ...
Essex County College and the Essex County College Foundation will co-sponsor its 24th annual Golf Sc...
Aug-05-24
ECC President Dr. Augustine A. Boakye (left) and NJCU Interim President Andres Acebo after signing t...
Jul-18-24
From left: Ton Duong, ECC Math Professor Ines Figueiras, and Math Professor Monica Matos. Professor ...
Jun-14-24
Kappa Beta Delta inductees ______________________________________________________ The Business Divis...
Jun-13-24
Registration for Summer II 2024 classes at Essex County College is underway. The College’s Summer ...
Jun-11-24
William Tooma (at right) proudly displays his Essex County College degree. He is joined at left by h...
Jun-05-24
Class Valedictorian Sergio L. Cubas-Roman, is flanked by ECC’s President Dr. Augustine A. Boak...
May-29-24
Cynthia D Martinez Cynthia D. Martinez, second from left, is sworn in as new Essex County College Tr...
May-21-24
Rising high school juniors and seniors can earn college credits at Essex County College’s ...
May-17-24
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May-15-24
At PACE program signing, from left, Dr. Elvy Viera, ECC Dean of Community, Continuing Education &...
May-10-24
Dr. Akil Khalfani with President Assimi Goïta of Mali and an international body working on the 9th ...
Apr-29-24
It was a fun day of food and activities at the 2024 Students First Fest held on Wednesday, April 10....
Apr-11-24
Presentation of the 2023 Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge certificates. From left: ECC President D...
Apr-10-24
ECC’s President, Dr. Augustine A. Boakye, checks out the Nursing displays ____________________...
Apr-02-24
Cutting the ribbon are, in foreground from left, Ronald Rice, Jr., Trustee Isabel Cruz and Trustee C...
Mar-28-24
From left, Andrea Green and Elizabeth Vicente display the Chapter’s 5 Star designation plaques Fro...
Mar-20-24
Panelists, from left: Loretta Gomez, Fernanda Santos, Veda Shamsid-Dean, and Gladys Vonglahn _______...
Mar-18-24
Registration for Summer I & II 2024 classes at Essex County College is underway. The College’s...
Mar-15-24
Samirah Scantling, a Business Administration major and President of the College’s Alpha Theta Thet...
Mar-13-24
As part of Women’s History Month, a special Black Women as Revolutionaries program was held Thursd...
Mar-11-24
Essex County College is celebrating 55 years of Student Success with its 55th Anniversary Scholarshi...
Mar-08-24
Dr. Boakye outside the new Student System Support Center ___________________________________________...
Koi Kirk, Jr. ______________________________________________________ Koi Kirk, Jr., leading scorer o...
Feb-28-24
The cafeteria at the Newark campus reopened on Monday, February 26, with a full array of food statio...
Feb-27-24
Essex County College was well represented at the Positive Community Magazine’s Great American Eman...
Feb-26-24
ECC President Dr. Augustine A. Boakye (left) and Caldwell University President Dr. Jeffrey D. Senese...
Feb-23-24
Dr. Akil Khalfani opens the Flag Raising ceremony __________________________________________________...
Feb-12-24
LPN Class of 2023 ___________________________________________ It was a proud moment for the 38 membe...
Feb-06-24
__________________________________________________________________________ Essex County College has ...
Feb-02-24
2024 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Teams __________________________________...
Feb-01-24
Web and in-person registration for Spring II 2024 classes at Essex County College is underway. The C...
Jan-30-24
From left: Dr. Akil Khalfani, Newark Deputy Mayor Ligia De Freitas, Moroccan Counsel General Abdelka...
Jan-25-24
Mark Anifowose _____________________________________ A typical day for Essex County College (ECC) st...
Jan-23-24
ECC student-athletes with members of the West Orange Women’s Club ____________________________...
Jan-18-24
ECC President Dr. Augustine A. Boakye, (center), and Newark Councilman-at-Large Luis Quintana (secon...
Jan-09-24
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Dec-20-23
From left, Trustee Johanna Wright, Trustee Isabel Cruz, Professor Gerald Freedman, Professor Dr. Rob...
Dec-19-23
Esther Okie Vanessa Porta Esther Okie and Vanessa Porta are Essex County College’s 2024 representa...
Team members standing, from left: Louis Jean Paul, Grace Anthony, Teresa Cadet, Hajara Sulley and Os...
Dec-15-23
Registration for the Spring I 2024 Semester at Essex County College is underway. The College’s Spr...
Dec-12-23
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Dec-11-23
______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The Co...
Dec-08-23
ECC’s Dr. Elvy Vieira, second from left, with other conference participants __________________...
Dec-01-23
Business Professor Jean-Wilner Alexandre (left) displays his Bright Idea Award. He is joined by Busi...
Nov-30-23
Vivian Carter – Volunteer Extraordinaire Vivian Carter ________________________...
Thanksgiving Food Giveaway volunteers ______________________________________________ _______________...
Nov-27-23
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Nov-20-23
Dr. Akil Khalfani, Executive Director of the College’s Africana Institute (left) talks with To...
Nov-16-23
Navasky Anderson running for Essex County College Essex County College alumnus Navasky Anderson, Cla...
Nov-15-23
Registration is underway for Essex County College’s Winter Intersession, where students can earn t...
Nov-14-23
___________________________________________ Dr. Keith Kirkland addresses Veterans Day ceremony audie...
Nov-13-23
Coach Fawzia Kheir ____________________________ Fawzia Kheir was a National Junior College Athletic ...
Dr. Margaret Stevens and ECC’s President, Dr Augustine A. Boakye at Essex County Veterans Day ...
Nov-10-23
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Nov-06-23
2023 Division II, Region 19 Women’s Soccer champions ECC’s Women’s Soccer team captured th...
Oct-31-23
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Oct-27-23
Essex County College was well represented on Sunday, October 15, at the American Cancer Society’s ...
Oct-17-23
Essex County College is the recipient of an $80,000 two-year grant aimed at addressing the basic sup...
Oct-13-23
The grand opening of Essex County College’s West Essex campus wrote a new chapter in its 55 years ...
Oct-10-23
Essex County College and the Essex County College Foundation will co-sponsor its 23rd annual Golf &a...
Sep-19-23
Nayale Green (left) in her cosmetology workshop Jakai Price displays his clothing brand ideas Zaniya...
Sep-08-23
Registration for the Fall I 2023 Semester at both of Essex County College’s campuses is underway. ...
Aug-16-23
Laptop bags displayed by, from left, Adult Learning Center Director Judith Celestin; Omarion Jett Do...
Aug-09-23
ECC President Dr. Augustine A. Boakye Dr. Leigh Bello talks about student services SWEP participants...
Jul-13-23
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) has reaffirmed the accreditation of Essex C...
Diaine Watson Diaine Watson’s association with Essex County College began in 2018 in the College�...
Jun-22-23
Standing, from left, Dr. Akil Khalfani and Dr. Augustine A. Boakye. Seated, Dr. Angela R. Garretson ...
Jun-19-23
Students working with a drone Using potatoes to light up a digital clock Keynote speaker Jocelyn All...
Jun-15-23
ECC President Dr. Augustine Boakye is flanked by Valedictorian Zachary Miller and Salutatorian Yulan...
Jun-02-23
Aanyah Cox Lissette Fuentes Michael Serrano Three members of the Class of 2023 have the distinction ...
May-25-23
Students gathered at the bright green and gold awning outside the Clara Dasher Student Center under ...
May-17-23
Professor Cassandra Johnson May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At Essex County College, the menta...
May-15-23
Rising high school juniors and seniors can earn college credits at Essex County College’s Ear...
May-05-23
From left: Nickson Ekekwe, Bolaji Falade, Calixte Abanda, Dr. Nidhal Marashi, ECC President Dr. Augu...
Apr-28-23
Silvia Huerta Lopez, Essex County College Class of 2014, is the recipient of a $90,000 award from th...
Apr-25-23
The visit to Essex County College by His Majesty, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, from the...
Apr-24-23
Renee C. Burgess, (Essex County College Class of 1999) is passionate about public service. She is a ...
Apr-19-23
Yadira Rosales, ECC’s Student Government Association (SGA) President, has been honored with the 20...
Mar-30-23
The pairings for the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XIX Men’s and Women’s B...
Feb-21-23
The 11 members of Essex County College’s 2022 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) class proudly entered...
Jan-27-23
The spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. filled Essex County College’s Smith Hall throughout an e...
Jan-25-23
Essex County College’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Program will be held on Tuesday...
Jan-18-23
Praxis Core Exam Preparation (PCER) Course offered at Essex County College Anyone interested in teac...
Jan-05-23
Elizabeth Bakare andFavour Ogbinaka are Essex County College’s 2023 representatives on the All USA...
Dec-22-22
A wide range of pertinent information for students is now just a quick electronic device click away ...
Nov-29-22
A lack of access to technology will no longer be an obstacle to students in Essex County College’s...
Nov-21-22
A steady stream of students filled the area outside the Division of Business offices from October 31...
Nov-15-22
Forty-seven Essex County College Nursing students, along with two faculty members, spent a recent Su...
Nov-07-22
Keith Bellamy, Ph.D., had graduated three years earlier from East Orange High School and was working...
Nov-02-22
Once again, Essex County College has one of its Associate degree programs top ranked by the online r...
Sep-23-22
Essex County College’s Associate degree programs in Health/Medical Preparatory have been ranked Nu...
Sep-02-22
Every 2022 graduate of Essex County College’s Radiography program passed the required national lic...
Aug-15-22
Sister Also Member of this Year’s Class Sisters Maya and Jasera Abdurrashid both received Asso...
Jul-14-22
As proud family and friends looked on, 1,118 members of the Essex County College Class of 2022 recei...
Jun-14-22
Since opening in 1985, the Essex County College Gymnasium had simply known as the Physical Education...
Jun-07-22
Essex County College was well represented in two prestigious Track & Field meets this Spring, th...
Jun-02-22
Summer Camp for Future College Students Rising high school juniors and seniors can earn college c...
May-20-22
College Joins Medical School Pathway Partnership Essex County College has entered into a part...
May-09-22
ECC Basketball Star Jakira Coar Named to All American Team Jakira Coar began playing basketball at t...
May-06-22
Alumni Corner – James Spivey When James Spivey earned his Associate degree in Nursing from Ess...
Apr-26-22
Essex County College’s Veterans Service Group is off to a good start, having only been established...
Apr-21-22
Dr. Augustine A. Boakye will be inaugurated as Essex County College’s 9th President in an Inaugura...
Apr-14-22
Dayana Arrue is an environmental staff engineer for the engineering consultant firm Langan while als...
Apr-12-22
Biology, Pre-Medicine major Ines Kenfack Donfack has the honor of being Essex County College’s rec...
Apr-11-22
Led by the nation’s leading scorer, the Essex County College (ECC) Women’s Basketball team enter...
Feb-22-22
Essex County College’s Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams continued its successful 2022...
Feb-15-22
Resource Day Fair at Essex County College was an overwhelming success as more than 300 people learne...
Feb-11-22
The Essex County College Men’s & Women’s Track & Field teams scored big at the DeSchrive...
Feb-10-22
As part of Essex County College’s celebration of February as Black History Month, there is a speci...
Essex County College’s Men’s 4×400 meter relay team reigned supreme at the prestigious Mill...
Feb-01-22
The 23 excited members of the Essex County College Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Class of 2021 took...
Jan-25-22
Once again, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing scholarships for current, fulltime Es...
Jan-11-22
When Essex County College’s (ECC) Student Nurse Association put out a campus-wide call for donatio...
Dec-23-21
Karolina Kowal and David Alonge have the honor of being Essex County College’s 2022 representative...
Dec-15-21
In keeping with the holiday spirit, members of the Essex County College Radiography Class of 2023 to...
Dec-13-21
Essex County College’s 2nd Floor Forum was transformed into an employment opportunity center on De...
Dec-08-21
The 12 Essex County College students who took part in the week-long NASA Community College Aerospace...
Nov-19-21
Paced by a pair of outstanding sophomores, Essex County College’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Coun...
Nov-04-21
Under sunny skies Friday, September 10, a groundbreaking ceremony signaled the official start of wor...
Sep-10-21
Nkuah Asare, Essex County College’s newly elected Alumni Association President, is quick to point ...
Jul-27-21
The Dual Enrollment program at Essex County College allows pre-college students to take college for-...
Jul-14-21
Essex County College is the recipient of a $90,000 grant as part of the Johnson Controls Community C...
Jul-13-21
When Abimbola Arigbe assumed the presidency of the Essex County College Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor ...
Nov-25-20
Even though the recently completed NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) program had a di...
Sixty desks, spread out across the expansive floor, occupy a good portion of the Essex County Colleg...
Sep-08-20
The College’s Associate degree Nursing program has received continuing accreditation by the Ac...
May-15-20
Essex County College was front and center during the March 10 New Jersey State Senate Budget Committ...
Mar-11-20
A free computer training and programming workshop, using the program Python, will be held Friday, Ma...
Mar-09-20
The recent Essex County College Supply Chain Management field trip to Fleet Distribution Center in H...
Dec-11-19
A free day-long workshop using Matlab/Octave will be held Wednesday, October 30. The morning session...
Oct-23-19
Freshmen Navasky Anderson and Leon Clarke represented themselves and Essex County College well at th...
Mar-08-19
Due to the inclement weather and unsafe road conditions, Essex County College will be closed toda...
Nov-13-18
The Essex County College Lady Wolverines soccer team seeks to defend its Region XIX title this Satur...
Oct-22-18
Essex County College (ECC) will receive up to $305,000 as part of the state’s Community College In...
Oct-01-18
