News & Updates

Northeast Texas Community College will host its December 2022 Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 9th at 7 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Seating is limited, so only guests who have tickets will be admitted into the auditorium. Graduation will be streamed live on Youtube and Facebook for those who are unable to attend in person. 

Be on the lookout for members of the NTCC Eagles Baseball and Softball teams if you happen to be out shopping in Mount Pleasant today (Friday, Dec. 2nd). Players will be ringing bells for the Salvation Army from 9 a.m. until the evening at Wal Mart, Super One and Mount Pleasant Brookshire's. We are proud of our student athletes for their commitment to serving the community!

As a member of NTCC’s first Presidential-Scholar cohort in 2007, Ann Finch persevered with a topic on the Paleolithic Indians of Texas. The evidence was thin, and she had to surmise scenarios at every turn.  And yet her effort culminated into an exercise on thesis maintenance that has been employed as an exercise in honors Texas history every year since.

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23rd through Friday, Nov. 25th for Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a wonderful break spending time with friends and family.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation held its 2022 Scholarship Brunch on Friday, Nov. 19th in the Student Union Building. This was the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that NTCC was able to host the annual event.

Last week Dr. Paula Wilhite, Northeast Texas Community College Professor of Mathematics/Division Chair for Math, Physics and Engineering, presented “The Beauty of Mathematics in Beethoven’s Compositions” at the annual conference of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) in Toronto, Canada.

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagle newspaper staff brought home 22 awards in several print, video and photography categories at the Texas Community College Journalism Association, TCCJA, this past weekend.  

Come join the NTCC Culinary Arts Departments Fall Fundraiser on November 30th at 6:00 p.m. The catering class will be organizing this event with some help from other classes as well. Take-out will be available, but please e-mail orders ahead of time to Ana Perry (aperry@ntcc.edu).

Sometimes the most impactful learning experiences happen far from the classroom. Students in the Carroll Shelby Automotive Program at Northeast Texas Community College recently learned this as they had the opportunity to attend the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six Shelby students and three instructors spent the first week of November at the world’s largest automotive aftermarket show. In addition to exploring the exhibits, the group also attended the Shelby American reception at the Shelby Heritage Center.