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There were only two priests to cover 90,000 square miles of territory.  Missionaries who tried to slip through from the outside were threatened, robbed, and arrested. The Stalinist Soviet Union in 1937? Mexico in 1920, after the Calles Law attempted to undermine the Roman Catholic Church?  The answer is . . . Texas

Time is running out to sign up for Kids Discovery College 2023! Registration ends June 23rd and classes are filling up quickly. You don't want to miss this fun, educational summer opportunity for kids ages 8-16. Classes will be held July 10-20 on the NTCC campus.*  Register online today or contact the NTCC Continuing Education Department at 903-434-8134 if you have questions. 

The summer is about to heat up at Northeast Texas Community College! Summer classes begin Monday, June 5th and several special programs will also bring students to the NTCC campus during the coming weeks. Some of these include: Work4College - Students work on campus during the summer to earn money to pay for their college classes at NTCC. Learn more at work4college.com

The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for its regular May meeting on Tuesday, May 30th. The board voted to approve Russell East of Lone Star to fill the remainder of the term for Place Four.  The position was vacated last month with the resignation of trustee Sid Greer. “NTCC is a great asset for our community and I am honored to be appointed to serve on its board of trustees. I look forward to learning more about the college and helping to ensure that current and future students have access to quality affordable educational opportunities close to home,” East said.  

For their performance in challenging honors courses at NTCC in relation to their peers, two Presidential Scholars will win $100 checks. Neida Perez, a biomed major, won her award as an honors freshman, ranking number one in the Stat-Psych Honors Seminar taught this past spring by Dr. Karyn Skaar and Dr. Paula Wilhite. NTCC’s 2022-2023 James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar, Victor Diaz, who graduated this past May with his associate degree, was the sophomore who took all six honors seminar courses—not to mention honors calculus, and ended with the highest GPA.

If you are employed in Camp County and would like to get more education or training for your employees, you can take advantage of a matching grant that the Pittsburg Economic Development Corporation (PEDC) granted to Northeast Texas Community College. The grant will fund 50% of the tuition for any classes NTCC offers for you to help improve your working skill sets.

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day. Offices will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, May 30th. Students can still apply and register online for summer and fall 2023 classes even when the college is closed. 

Northeast Texas Community College celebrated its May 2023 commencement with two ceremonies on Saturday, May 13th. There were 340 candidates for graduation. The 9 a.m. ceremony honored those receiving Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees and dual credit certificates. There were 130 students in attendance to receive their diploma. A total of 132 Associate of Applied Science degrees and Certificates of Competency were presented at the 11 a.m. ceremony. 

Three NTCC history students emerged on top in the 2023 Bonnie Spencer competition, for the best student essays in history, outside of the honors seminars.  Essays could have been entered from any other history course from any history instructor, full-time or part-time, on campus or off, such as with embedded dual history classes. Andrew Higgins, a dual enrollment student from Mount Vernon High School won first place...

Every semester full-time and associate faculty in NTCC’s Division of Math, Physics and Engineering can select an outstanding student, who is exceptional in some way. For the Spring 2023 semester, Dr. Doug Richey nominated Jenna Renae Lukehart from Mount Pleasant as outstanding in College Algebra (Fall 2022) and Statistics (Spring 2023).