Pictured above: From Left to Right: NTCC Vice President for Instruction, Dr. Kevin Rose, Honors Director, Dr. Andrew Yox, NTCC President Dr. Ron Clinton, and Andrea Reyes, Phi Theta Kappa-Honors Coordinator
By: Dr. Andrew You, NTCC Honors Director
The 14th annual Honors Northeast Roundup occurred again this fall, 12 September, amidst an initial screening, social distancing, and individualized servings. NTCC’s Agricultural Pavilion provided an ideal, open and covered location for the dinner, and the Ag Club directed by Rene McCracken, and led by student president, Maverick Jones provided a sumptuous and safe chili dinner.
Fifty honors students and their families attended the gathering. In a brief opening ceremony, Honors Director Andrew Yox called attention to the financial support for the dinner provided by Drs. Jim and Paula Archer, as well as Dr. Mary Hearron. He also featured a plaque that will be given the Archers in commemoration of their not only hosting the first thirteen Honors Roundups, but also of financing twenty-five day trips to Dallas, Fort Worth, and Shreveport, for honors students and faculty, since the honors program began in 2007.
Families in attendance included the Barnes family from Marietta, the Avellaneda, Hernandez, Lester, Perez, Ramirez, and Rodriguez families from Mount Pleasant; the Coxes from Mount Vernon, the Bennett family from Naples, the Griffins from Pittsburg, the Risners from Scroggins, and the Elmore family from Winnsboro.
