News & Updates

The NTCC Adult Education Department will be offering free Fast Track GED classes this summer both in-person and virtually. Registration/orientation will run from June 20-July 10, 2023 and classes will begin July 11 and run through August 17. 

It is officially summer at Northeast Texas Community College and the campus is buzzing with activity. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight some of the special programs taking place at NTCC this summer. This week’s Summer Spotlight feature is Work4College!

Four NTCC students earned their Pharmacy Tech certifications after completing required courses and on-site pharmacy training. They were honored in a ceremony on Monday June 6. Juanita Martin was recognized as the top performer in the program.

It is officially summer at Northeast Texas Community College and the campus is buzzing with activity. Over the next few weeks, we will highlight some of the special programs taking place at NTCC this summer. This week’s Summer Spotlight feature is Upward Bound’s PEAK (Preparation, Education, Attitude & Knowledge) program!

The NTCC Foundation is sending out scholarship award letters for the 2023-2024 school year! If you applied for a scholarship, CHECK YOUR NTCC E-MAIL or login to ntcc.awardspring.com for follow up instructions. Notifications will be going out via e-mail over the next few weeks and you MUST respond to accept your scholarship within the allotted timeframe.

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.