Northampton Community College

Continuing education fair Oct. 14

There will be a continuing education fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Arthur L. Spartan Center, Main Campus, 3835 Green Pond Road.

Representatives from more than 150 colleges, universities and technical schools will be at NCC to meet with high school students, their parents, transfer students and adults interested in continuing their education.

The free event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of College Admission Counseling.

College selected as 'Military Friendly'

For the third year in a row, NCC has been named to the Military Friendly Schools list of the 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.

In addition to having a certifying official who can help veterans access the educational benefits they have earned and apply for state and federal financial aid, the college's support for veterans includes a special orientation program to help them transition to the college environment. The "Band of Brothers," a student-veteran club, focuses on veteran-related issues on campus. Visit www.militaryfriendlyschools.com and the school website for information.

Northampton Community College's main campus is located at 3835 Green Pond Road. The Fowler Family Southside Center is located at 511 E. Third St. For more information, contact NCC at 610-861-5300 or 1-877-543-0998 or visit www.northampton.edu.

Moravian College

Journalist Hinojosa to speak Oct. 8

Journalist and former PBS host Maria Hinojosa will present a free, open to the public keynote address, "Preparing Our Society for 2043," at 7 p.m. Oct. 8, in Foy Hall.Nobel

Human trafficing lecture Oct. 22

Donna Sabella, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., P.M.H.M.P-B.C., will present a free lecture "Human Trafficking: Global and Local Perspectives," at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Foy Hall. The event is funded by the Janet A. Sipple Lecture Endowment Fund.

Sabella is the director of global studies at the College of Nursing and Health Professions and an assistant clinical professor at Drexel University.She is a mental health nurse and contributing editor of the "Mental Health Matters" column in the American Journal of Nursing. A former program director and founding member of Dawn's Place, a residential recovery program for trafficked and prostituted women in Philadelphia, she is the founder and current director of Project Phoenix, an outreach program which provides support and facilitates groups for prostituted and trafficked women in Philadelphia.

Moravian College is located at 1200 Main St. For more information, call 610-861-1300 or visit www.moravian.edu.