Northeast Texas Community College Medical Assistant students recently gave back to the community by helping to feed those who have served our country at a special Veteran’s Day event at PE Wallace Middle School in Mount Pleasant. This is just one of many activities Medical Assistant (MA) students participate in outside of the classroom. The program is currently accepting applications for the spring semester. If you would like to learn more about the program, contact instructor Amanda Hutchings at 903-434-8363 or ahutchings@ntcc.edu.
The NTCC Business Club is pleased to announce that they will host a very special guest on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Student Union Building. Santa himself will be in attendance to take pictures with your little ones! They will even have a chance to make a keepsake ornament with Santa's elves. Mark your calendar, because you won't want to miss this fun opportunity.
Alpha Mu Chi, NTCC's chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, is selling its Outside the Lines 2020 Calendar to support mental health in the local community. Copies are $25 each. Please contact Dr. Melissa Fulgham (mfulgham@ntcc.edu) or Delbra Anthony (danthony@ntcc.edu) to purchase a copy.
Texas A&M University-Texarkana at NTCC's Student Advisory Council and Education Club and Communities In Schools is hosting an annual Christmas Drive Nov. 11 through Dec. 5. They are seeking new items for children and teens in the community, including toys, clothes, undergarments, electronics, board games, jackets, makeup and hair accessories, socks, shoes, hoodies, etc.
NTCC’s Gladys Winkle Scholar, Courtney Baldwin has set a new college first. Baldwin placed first in the Arts and Humanities division among student presenters at the recent meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council in New Orleans, 6-10 November 2019.
The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo team closed out the fall schedule with a trip to Conroe, Texas for the Sam Houston State University Rodeo this past weekend. Presley Spoonemore led the way for the Eagles with an excellent run in the Breakaway roping bringing home a second place finish.
The Northeast Texas Community College Continuing Education department held its fourth annual Northeast Texas Childcare Providers Conference on the NTCC campus on Saturday, Nov. 9. They hosted 110 attendees.
Theatre Northeast, the Northeast Texas Community College student theatre group, will present a play for young audiences December 4-7 at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Several weekday matinees will be performed for school children and then there will be two performances for the general public on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2:05 p.m.
The Office of Student Activities, Student Government Association, Social Work Club and The Wesley Fellowship Center are partnering together to host a campus-wide Advent Calendarfood drive to support The Eagle Pantry. Please view the advent calendar below for details on how you can make your contributions.
On November 1, NTCC’s Jalyn English, Sam Griffin, Rebekah Reed and Katelyn Cox presented the newest trailer of an honors film, “Starlight: Adina De Zavala, and the Making of a Patriotic Supersite,” at the meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Society. The Webb is a collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association, and has been operating since 1974. Lisa Berg, the new Austin-based Education Director of the TSHA, coordinates the activities of the association.
