Students and faculty from the Northeast Texas Community College Agriculture Department recently attended the Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA) conference at Texas A&M University College Station. In addition to attending a variety of sessions on trending agriculture topics, students also competed in competitions against other community college students from across the state.
For the fourth year, history at NTCC will feature the Bonnie Spencer Awards for the best two research papers in non-honors classes. The first-place winner will receive $100, and the second place, $50. There will be an optional Honorable Mention Prize.
Jerald and Mary Lou Mowery recently presented the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation with a check for $500 to preschedule a gift for East Texas Giving Day.
Christi Denney recently presented the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation with $1,500 to support the Nita DeWoody Memorial Scholarship fund. The money was raised through the Jingle Bell Jog (5K) held last December in Pittsburg, which Denney organized in memory of her late sister, DeWoody.
The Northeast Texas Community College rodeo team traveled to Hillsboro to compete in the NIRA Southern Region Rodeo hosted by Hill College on April 5-6.
The Northeast Texas Community College (9-21, 4-10) Eagles softball team traveled to Tyler Junior College (39-5, 14-0) for a doubleheader contest on Friday. Ranked third in the nation by the NJCAA, the TJC Apaches took the opening game by a score of 8-2 and won game two 11-4.
The Northeast Texas Community College (10-20, 5-11) Eagles baseball team traveled to Bossier Parish Community College (20-13, 6-10) Friday to start the second round of conference play. BPCC defeated the Eagles 7-4 to take game one of the three game series. The final two games were scheduled to be played at NTCC on Saturday, but rain forced a change of venue to Paris Chism High school’s turf field on Sunday. BPCC took games two and three by a score of 4-3 in game two and 7-4 in game three.
The 2019 issue of Touchstone, the collegiate journal of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) released this spring, contains three essays by students currently enrolled at NTCC.
The art department is proud to invite you and your friends and families to our annual student art show. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 17 starting at 12:30 in the Whatley Center foyer.
