News & Updates

Cap and gown portraits that were taken in the library before the December 2019 graduation have been posted for viewing and downloading. This is a free service provided by NTCC. The photos can be directly downloaded from the Flickr gallery below. If you have any questions, please contact Jodi Pack at jpack@ntcc.edu. 

The 2020-2021 Foundation Scholarship application is available online. You can get the application from http://www.ntcc.edu/scholarships or you may stop by the Student Services Center and get a copy from Lori Hunter. Please note the priority deadline for scholarship applications is March 13, 2020.

Jim Shanahan (left) recently donated $5,000 to the NTCC Foundation to further enhance the Jim and LaRue Shanahan Endowed Scholarship. NTCC President, Dr. Ron Clinton, is pictured receiving the check. The gift was made in memory of Dr. Lee McKellar, Bill Hinson, Bill Chambers, Buck Weems, Bill Satterwhite and Tom Galloway. 

Carol Hodges (left), owner of the Design Factory in Hughes Springs, recently established the Bruce and Carol Hodges Work4College Perpetual Scholarship at Northeast Texas Community College. Nita May, NTCC Director of Development, is picture receiving the donation.

NTCC will be closed Dec. 23 through Jan. 3 for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Administrative offices will re-open on Monday, January 6. The first day of the Spring 2020 semester is Tuesday, Jan. 21. 

Alpha Mu Chi, Northeast Texas Community College’s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, was pleased to be able to donate $500 to Hospitality House. Hospitality House is the only long-term residential facility in the state of Texas and one of the very few in the nation that specializes in individuals dealing with mental health concerns. A representative of the facility, as well as a few residents, came to receive the check on December 10. Chapter officers and a few students and administrators were present to help celebrate the donation, a heartwarming experience for all concerned. The goal was to help residents experience a joyful Christmas as well as have additional needs met.

Northeast Texas Community College recently celebrated its annual employee Christmas luncheon and honored employees who have reached service milestones. In addition, they also celebrated the retirement of Beverly Austin, SBDC Business Advisor. 

Northeast Texas Community College inducted a total of 22 new members into the Alpha Mu Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa on November 15 in the Whatley Auditorium foyer. A total of 71 attendees and their guests celebrated the occasion with a dinner featuring chicken parmesan as the main entrée and the PTK chapter’s trademark chocolate fountain for dessert. 

The NTCC Foundation is happy to announce that 10 NTCC employees have been awarded funds through the 2019-2020 Whatley Employee Enhancement Grant. The Foundation received 18 outstanding applications.  Five were funded by the grant and five received funded by private donations or other funds.  The total for all funded projects was $19,368.99.  The Whatley Employee Enhancement Grant was established by James & Elizabeth Whatley specifically to fund special projects and enhance educational opportunities that fall outside the institution’s regular budget. Each year, NTCC full-time employees may apply for the approximately $8,500 available. Projects are reviewed and selected by the volunteer members of the Whatley Employee Enhancement Committee.

The honors students and program at Northeast Texas Community College, local students in need, and Franklin county students have benefitted enormously from the philanthropic handiwork of “Santa’s Sweeties.” This is their story.