News & Updates

The application deadline for an optimal scholarship of Honors Northeast for the 2023-2024 school year is 1 March. A student may apply directly through the application portal of the honors website or email-scan an application obtained from a local guidance counselor to ayox@ntcc.edu. Since 2010, the scholars of Honors Northeast have won 58 national awards, including eleven exclusive Jack-Kent-Cooke-foundation, full-ride $150,000 transfers. 

Northeast Texas Community College hosted the Howard College Hawks February 18-19 in a three-game series. Howard College won games one and two, 6-5 and 8-0, but NTCC bounced back in game three to win 8-4. NTCC Head Coach Andy Morgan and Howard College Head Coach Jake Carlson were high school teammates back in Kansas growing up and set up a good match between the schools.

The Northeast Texas Community College Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program recently announced that it has been awarded the maximum 10-year reaccreditation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). Continued accreditation means that the program meets or exceeds all requirements and that students who graduate from the program are eligible to sit for the National Physical Therapy Examination and practice as licensed PTAs.

It's time to mark your calendars for the 2023 Northeast Texas Community College Kids Discovery College! Classes will be held July 10th-20th (Monday-Thursday) on the NTCC campus and at the Culinary Arts school in downtown Pittsburg. As always, we will have a great schedule of fun, educational classes for kids to choose from. Look for the full schedule and registration dates in April. 

There is still time to register for the spring 2023 2nd 8-week term at NTCC! Classes start Monday, March 20th. Most current students should be able to register online in the myeagle portal. New students and those who cannot register online should e-mail advising@ntcc.edu or stop by the Student Services Building...

With the weekend series with Cowley College canceled due to weather, Northeast Texas Community College picked up a home contest with Eastern Oklahoma State College on Monday, February 13th. The Eagles would take game one in dramatic fashion 5-4, Mountaineers would come away with the win in game two, 11-4.

There’s been a rumor going around that Colton Dixon is coming to the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts this May…and it’s true! Dixon will bring his Build A Boat tour featuring Apollo LTD and Alexander Pappas to NTCC on Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. This event is organized by Rock The Pines and tickets can be purchased by clicking here. Get yours before they are gone...

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a gift for $32,714 from Pure Hope Foundation (PHF) in Mount Vernon. Pictured at the check presentation (from left) is: Holly Morris, PHF Events Director, Ryan Morris, PHF COO/Executive Director, Dr. Kevin Rose, NTCC Senior Vice President for Student Success, Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement, Michael Lee, PHF Co-Founder and Kathrine Lee, PHF Co-Founder/CEO. The donation established the Pure Hope Foundation General Scholarship, which will provide assistance for PHF students well into the future.

Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter.  The recently released 2023 February edition can be accessed on the college website by clicking here. One can also write Honors Director, Dr. Andrew P. Yox, for a real copy at ayox@ntcc.edu. The current newsletter provides a summary of intervarsity student successes in the fall of 2023, including NTCC’s first attainment of the Portia Gordon Awards of the East Texas Historical Association, its anomalous showing in the recent publication of the state journal, Touchstone...

The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo team made the short trip to Sulphur Springs, Texas for the first National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southern Region Rodeo hosted by Texas A&M University-Commerce February 3-4. The Eagles had a great representation in the finals Saturday night, with the Women’s Team placing third and Makenzie Mayes (Scroggins, TX) coming away with the Women’s All-Around Champion Award.