President: Jose Galarza Vice-President: Piper Gauthier Treasurer: Victoria Fostini Secretary: Shakia Bouldin The swearing in ceremony was held on Tuesday April 29. The Student Senate Inauguration will be held from 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm on Friday May 2
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1. Scuba Diving at Dutch Springs Do not let living in a landlocked state stop you from having an underwater adventure. At Dutch Springs in Bethlehem you can scuba dive in their 50-acre lake to depths of 100 feet amongst koi, gills, perch and other fish. An underground filter provides maximum visibility and night diving…
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Social media has changed the way that we obtain our news in a “real-time” format. Twitter has become a vehicle in which news organizations have been able to produce up to the minute stories for the public to read. On April 15th, Sarah Wojcik, police beat reporter for the Express-Times and Sara Satullo, education beat…
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Paul Joly, marketing director, Shannon Sigafoos, marketing and publications department, and Digital Wave Antech Systems are teaming up to get NCC students involved in the new website design in focus groups being held on campus. Sigafoos explains, “The idea is to show students some design ideas for the new website and to get their feedback…
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Allentown’s Morning Call reports a cultural shift occurring in Bethlehem as hundreds of Asians from New York pour into the city by casino bus daily, lured by $45 in free slot play for the price of a $15 bus ticket. Many sell their Sands casino cards and scatter across the South Side to await the…
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The 2014 Leadership Program graduating class celebrated their completion of the semester in a private and intimate graduation ceremony with friends and family on April 16 in the Student Life Zone. This year’s leadership program class consisted of 17 NCC students that strive to become future leaders in the community, country and world. The program…
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Parents Achieve Success Now (PASNOW), a workshop for students with children, hosted The Balancing Act on April 3. The topic of the event, facilitated by Jeff Armstrong, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, surrounded advice and suggestions for student parents about time management, schedules and things they can do to…
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“Vile and demeaning” are just some of the words used by NCC President Dr. Mark Erickson in an email that slammed an online Twitter page run by an unknown NCC student. The Twitter account known as NCC Confessions has close to 1,000 followers and to date has posted more than 2,000 tweets. Students…
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The author and cofounder of “The Facing Project” gave NCC an inside look at the people and places that provide the world with everyday goods, the unfortunate reality of those people, and the compelling stories of his travels. Kelsey Timmerman spoke Thursday at the fourth annual Peace and Justice Conference in the Lipkin Theatre to…
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The war in Iraq has taken a toll on the United States and its people financially, mentally and of course physically. One person who knows what it’s like to be on the battlefields of the Middle East is Colonel John C. Church Jr. Church visited Northampton on March 11th as part of the…
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From the college: Northampton Community College will hold an information session for its Casino Training Program on Tuesday, March 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fowler Family Southside Center, Room 623. The interactive session will provide the information you need to launch a successful career in one of the fastest growing industries in…
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an… RV? That’s right. NCC will launch its first-ever Admission Van this spring. The 33-foot recreational vehicle will be turned into a mobile command center for everything Northampton, said Mardi McGuire-Closson, the college’s vice president of Student Affairs. “This is just another way that we can take the…
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