News & Updates

During this time of global pandemic, nurses are at the forefront caring for patients. NTCC Nursing students have been able to help by participating in COVID-19 vaccine clinics.  Both LVN and RN students have participated both at Titus Regional Medical Center and Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. On Feb 27, 28 students help deliver 3,500 vaccines given that day at GSMC Vaccine Clinic. 

The National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) membership celebrate the Athletic Training profession each March to spread awareness of the important work Athletic Trainers (AT’s) do. This year’s slogan is “Essential to Health Care”. This past year showed this more and more as athletic trainers worked to develop COVID-19 protocols to help combat the Coronavirus Pandemic. Athletic Trainers not only assisted their teams, schools, and companies in developing and implementing risk mitigation protocols but safe return to work and play protocols.

There’s still time to enroll the kids in green-themed camps. Spring break camps everywhere are filling up fast, but slots remain open for camps where the fun and games revolve around food — growing it, that is.

The Eagle student newspaper staff has been working hard this semester to bring news to the campus. They are not currently printing physical copies, but are still publishing online. Please check out their brand new edition:

Northeast Texas Community College took on Tyler Junior College on Wednesday, and were unable to hold on for the win in the high scoring affair. TJC would come back from an early Eagles scoring barrage to win 16-11.

Is learning a new language on your resolution list? Now is the time to check it off! The NTCC Continuing Education Department will offer two Conversational Spanish classes this spring. Both will be taught by Iris Marino and cost $69 each. The Introduction to Conversational Spanish class will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. March 23-April 8. It will be followed by Intermediate Conversational Spanish, also on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, April 13-21. Sign up for one or both!

The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce that it will be returning on Friday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. for a socially-distanced piano concert featuring NTCC President Dr. Ron Clinton. The event is limited to 100 guests and tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for ages 17-and-under. Virtual live-streaming tickets are also available for $15. All proceeds from the concert will directly benefit the NTCC Eagle Food Pantry, which provides much-needed food and other services to NTCC students.

Northeast Texas Community College Softball returned to the field on Tuesday to face Hill College after a two-week layoff due to the winter storm that hit Texas. NTCC and Hill would each win a game to split the two-game series. Hill won game one 16-13 and the Eagles would take game two 5-1.

Northeast Texas Community College Baseball returned to the diamond after a lengthy time off from the snow storms that affected most of Texas last week. NTCC hit the road to make up the weekend series that was lost with the Tyler Junior College Apaches. TJC would hold off and Eagle comeback attempt and win the first game of the series 7-6.

The first week of classes can be a stressful time in the life of a college student. To help alleviate this stress, and to encourage students to meet new people, we have planned activities during Welcome Back Week. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Activities at 903-434-8265.