The Adult Education Department at Northeast Texas Community College is accepting new and returning students for its GED (General Educational Development) and ESL (English as a Second Language) programs. Those interested in participating in either of these free educational programs should call to make an appointment for registration. While classes are offered in various convenient locations around the area, all registration will be held at the Community Resource Center (formerly MPISD Administration Building) at 105 N. Riddle Street in Mount Pleasant. Please call 903-434-8341 for an appointment. In-person, remote, and online self-paced options will be available. For more information and updates, like Adult Education Program at Northeast Texas Community College on Facebook.Classes are scheduled to begin August 23, 2021.
Megan Folk, a student from Northeast Texas Community College, has been named a 2021 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) StudyBuddy Scholar and has received a 100 percent discount on either the TEAS or HESI prep courses at StudyBuddy.live.
Christi Denney recently presented the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation with $2,000 to support the Nita DeWoody Memorial Scholarship fund. The money was raised through a 5K virtual event that was held last year due to COVID-19.
Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter. The recently released 2021July edition is now available on the college website. Click here to view it!
NTCC is pleased to announce that the Health Science Admin Team (Renee Tomlin, Nicole Walker and Bree McAdams) has been nominated for this week’s Summer Shout Out. In addition to their usual workloads, these ladies stepped up during the COVID-19 crisis to work on the front lines to help safely bring students and employees back to campus.
Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America, a national nonpartisan nonprofit organization, visited the NTCC campus Wednesday. The visit was part of a coast-to-coast journey this summer to shine a light on the continuing national hunger crisis, to meet with those working on the front lines of hunger, and to advocate for long-term, public policy solutions to food insecurity. In addition to visiting the NTCC CARE Center (formerly Eagle Pantry), Berg also visited sites in Mount Pleasant and Daingerfield.
Northeast Texas Community College Continuing Education Department is pleased to announce that eight students graduated from 2021 Firefighter Academy on Monday, July 19. A commencement ceremony was held and Russ Marshall, Fire Chief of the Athens Fire Department, was the guest speaker.
The connection of the auto-racer/developer Carroll Shelby to the preeminent American muscle cars of the pre-regulation era, before 1970, makes him iconic still in American automotive history. The most expensive American car ever sold in an auction was a Shelby Cobra, which netted 14 million dollars, in 2016. In 2019, the Academy-Award-winning sports drama film, Ford v Ferrari, featured star actor, Matt Damon, playing the role of Shelby.
Mr. Gilbert Wilson (right), of Pittsburg, recently gave $1,000 to the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation. Dr. Jonathan McCullough (left), NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement, is pictured receiving the donation.
The NTCC Career and Transfer Center will host two special events next week. On Wednesday, July 28 a recruiter from UT Tyler will be in the Career and Transfer Center (BT ?) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. NTCC students who are interested in transferring to UT Tyler are encouraged to stop by and apply. The university is waiving the application fee for those who apply during the event.
