News & Updates

Following the initial launch of Essentials of Regenerative Ranching, Noble Research Institute is bringing the program to Northeast Texas Community College’s Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Agriculture Complex on August 15-16, 2023, in Mount Pleasant, Texas. This two-day immersive experience will equip ranchers with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to monitor and enhance the health of their land, livestock, and financial wellbeing.

Unique among small colleges, NTCC can claim eleven Jack Kent Cooke scholars, all elected since 2010. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has conferred through the years, the most lucrative transfer scholarship in the United States with only forty-to-sixty awards each year. Today JKC scholarships are worth $165,000 for up to three years of study.

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 Summer Success!

NTCC is a proud training partner of Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas, who is currently offering scholarships for eligible individuals to complete truck driver training. NTCC's four-week professional driving academy is participating in the program. New classes start 

Do you have a strong desire to help others? Do you enjoy a fast-paced work environment? If so, a career in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) might be a good option for you - and there has never been a better time to get started. The NTCC EMS Program is part of a special initiative offering up to a full scholarship for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic and Paramedic students who qualify for entry into the program.

A combination of widespread power outages, thunderstorm damage and dangerous summer heat left thousands of Northeast Texas residents without access to basic necessities last week. Thankfully, Northeast Texas Community College was able to assist a few of them by providing a safe, cool place to stay. Thirteen families and representatives from the Texas A&M Forest Service disaster response team found a temporary home in NTCC’s dormitories over the weekend and into this week.

This past 31 May, NTCC’s scholars could see that they had picked the right library for research on the lives of Texas’ early traveling preachers. Head of Public Services of the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University, Christina Jensen, was ready for them. She had laid out diaries, memoirs, and select nineteenth-century monographs on each of the six desks where the NTCC scholars would perform their work.

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.