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    Two Honors scholars at the heart and soul of coming film

    Was it fifteen times, the official honors count, or twenty-five times? Kaden Groda, and Michael Rodriguez, two NTCC honors scholars who were stalwart supporters of the coming film on the traveling preachers, believe it was more than the official count.  But they weren’t counting.  They loved the process. The coming film project was exceptional in NTCC history

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    Scholars to address regional themes at Lunch & Learn

    Those interested in learning more about cutting-edge issues relating to the history of Texas are welcome to a free Lunch & Learn at the Mount Pleasant Library, Thursday, 22 February, 12:15-1:15 p.m.  The series of presentations will occur in the library’s community room, with free pizza, salad, drinks, and dessert to all who RSVP with Dr. Andrew Yox at ayox@ntcc.edu by 5 p.m. on 21 February.

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    Honors to host premiere for new film February 23rd

    For twelve years running, the scholars of Honors Northeast have premiered previously un-filmed stories of the Texas past.   But this year, Honors Northeast, and the NTCC Webb Society have teamed with Herald and Co. Motion Pictures to present a story that has never even been told before.  The film follows the research of the Reverend Dan Hoke of Franklin County, and NTCC Presidential Scholar, Luke McCraw.

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    Thirty-third semester trip for Honors students

    For the 33nd time, thanks to honors donors such as Drs. Jim and Paula Archer, NTCC honors students were able to take a free, day-trip to a big city. Seventeen students and four faculty drivers left campus at 7:45 a.m., 26 January for a whirlwind experience that began with free breakfasts at Starbucks in Greenville, and ended with the musical, I love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change, in Garland.

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    Two new Scholars in Honors Northeast

    After making outstanding contributions to campus life at NTCC in the classroom and out, two new scholars have entered the ranks of Honors Northeast, NTCC’s campus-wide honors program, this spring. Sarah Dierflinger (left), a Social Work Major from Winnsboro, and Michael Rodriguez, an agriculture major from Marietta, both joined other honors students recently in their first honors event, a free day-trip to Dallas.

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    McCraw and Majors promoted to Presidential Scholar

    Albert Einstein once noted that creative people see what others see, they, however, think differently about it. During the past fall semester, two Honors Scholars in the NTCC honors program, Honors Northeast, conceptualized and thought their way into preeminence, emerging as fall showcases of achievement at NTCC.  Both Luke McCraw and Alison Majors exhibited a level of academic excellence equivalent to the top-tier of the NTCC honors program.

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    Two Presidential Scholars win $100 Eckman Awards

    For their performance in the fall of 2023 in challenging honors seminars at NTCC in relation to their peers, two Presidential Scholars will win $100 checks.  Sophomore Madellynn (Maddy) Smith (pictured left), the college’s Gladys Winkle Scholar as the top honors student in the humanities, came out ahead in the sophomore, HuMusic seminar. Perla Guzman (pictured right), winner of the prestigious...

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    Luke Mitchell McCraw wins sixth Dr. Charles B. Florio Leadership Award

    For NTCC Honors Students, there are three major ways in which leadership not only benefits the recipient, but the whole honors experience.  Students can lead in classroom erudition, scholarship, and in collective activities that provide services for the community and/or accolades for the larger group. 

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    Former scholars publish award-winning essays developed at NTCC

    Maiko Estrada (pictured left) and Jessie Parchman (pictured right) have become the 27th, and 28th scholars of Honors Northeast to have published work in a regional journal since 2010. This past week, the forty-first volume of the journal, Touchstone, published by the Texas State Historical Association, was released.