News & Updates

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $25,000 grant from the Ed Rachal Foundation. Thanks to an additional matching grant opportunity, the funds will be doubled for a $50,000 impact. The grant will be utilized to expand the reach of the Work4College Program.

Are you ready to get into the spirit of Fall? If so, the NTCC Continuing Education department is hosting a class you won't want to miss. A Fall Wreath Decorating class will be held on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at the NTCC Culinary Arts Institute in Pittsburg (114 Jefferson St). 

The NTCC EagleAssist Counseling and Wellness Center is pleased to announce that it will host a special group session aimed at helping student manage stress. Everyone experiences stress, but not everyone reacts to it the same way...

NTCC’s Agriculture Club and Program again proved this past 16 September that it cannot only produce fresh foods in sustainable, scientific ways, but prepare them in the form of a delectable dinner. The NTCC honors program, in turn, enjoyed its seventeenth fall-semester get-together in as many years...

Are sprawling urban ghettoes, filled with homeless people, the real prisons of America? Does half of the American population lack the savings to cover a $1,000 emergency payment?  Those statements might be true, and in the last three years of the Northeast Texas Poetry Reading, they were the kind of statements to be provocative enough to consider...

Elliott Auto Group in Mount Pleasant recently donated a customized Ford F-150 truck to the Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Program at Northeast Texas Community College. Pictured at the gift presentation is (from left): Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement and Elliott representatives...

The Carroll Shelby Automotive Program at Northeast Texas Community College will host their annual Dyno Day and Open House on Saturday, Oct. 14th. The event will be held at the Shelby Automotive building on the NTCC campus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spooky season is almost upon us and it is time to mark your calendars for NTCC's annual Scare Affair event. It will be held on Saturday, Oct. 21st from 6-9 p.m. As always, there will be free candy, a costume contest, bounce houses, food, games and more! We look forward to seeing everyone there as we celebrate 35 years of family fun. 

The NTCC Physical Therapist Assistant program has started a new academic year with 16 new students. Students participated in wheelchair mobility activities including maneuvering wheelchairs on level and unlevel surfaces, in elevators, and on curbs and ramps. Students also learned to measure patients for custom wheelchairs...

You may have seen some buzz on social media lately about the Continuing Education Department's American Sign Language (ASL) and Conversational Spanish classes being held in Mount Pleasant. ASL is being taught at Jo's Downtown on Tuesday and Thursday evenings...