Nothing prepared Christi Denney for the loss of her beloved sister, Nita DeWoody, in October 2016. However, In the midst of her grief, Denney became determined to do something good to carry on her sister?s memory. With that goal in mind, she organized a charity 5K race that was held in October 2017 in Pittsburg.

By Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

On Thursday, March 1, at 12:15 p.m.

The Northeast Texas Community College Agriculture Department will host a Muscadine Workshop Friday, Feb. 16 at the NTCC Ag Complex. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon under the instruction of Master Gardener Rhonda Lesher.

Lesher is a Master Gardener with the Cypress Basin Master Gardeners, where she has partnered with Texas A&M University in the Earth Kind trials for Mucadines and other grape vines for Northeast Texas.

The Northeast Texas Community College Speech and Debate Club will host an open candidate forum for the Democratic candidates for United States House of Representatives District 4 on Monday, Feb. 12 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The forum will include Catherine Krantz from Rains County and Lander Bethel from Sherman. Krantz and Bethel are the only Democrats facing off in the March 6 Democratic Primary.

The Mount Pleasant Fine Arts Club recently gave $500 to the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation. The funds will be used to provide a scholarship for a fine arts student at NTCC. The group has been contributing to scholarships for more than 25 years. Martha Parr (left), Vice President of the Fine Arts Club, is pictured presenting the check to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. To learn more about this and other scholarships at NTCC, contact McCullough at 903-434-8115 or give online at www.ntcc.edu/give.

The NTCC Foundation is now accepting applications for International Sulphur Transfer Scholarships.

Sometime after midnight last Friday night, the last of three vans returned to NTCC with Honors students, completing the second of two bi-annual culture/reward trips for this academic year.† This also was the 22^nd†semester trip taken by Honors Northeast since it began in 2007.† According to Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director, there has been one decisive factor behind all of these trips: the generosity of Drs.

The Northeast Texas Community College†Art†Department will host its first†exhibit†of 2018†February 5-28 in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing†Arts. The show, Bookland, will feature ceramics and alcohol ink panels†by artist and author, Kathy L. Murphy. A reception with the†artist will be held Tuesday, February 13 at 12:30 a.m. in the Whatley Center foyer.

Murphy's artwork is created hoping the viewer will be transformed and transported to other worlds sparked by their own experiences and imagination.

Texas Heritage National Bank recently presented a $3,000 check to the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College to sponsor the upcoming performance of Travis LeDoyt, ?the world?s best young Elvis.? The show is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available online at whatleycenter.com.

Two previously homeschooled scholars, Hannah Joy Dickson, and Matthew Frank Chambers, are recent winners of the†Richard, and Joan Eckman Awards for Excellence in Honors.†† These awards are presented biannually to each of the scholars of the two honors seminars at NTCC who maintain the highest seminar grade-point averages.† Each received a $100 check courtesy of an anonymous donor and friend of Northeast Texas Community College.

Both Dickson, and Chambers have made other contributions to the college and community.