Sondra Fowler (right) was sworn in by Gov. Bill Ratliff at the December meeting of the Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees. Fowler, of Daingerfield, was appointed to replace John Bryan, who resigned from the board in September.†She will fill the seat until the next board election in 2018.

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Northeast Texas Community College will host its winter commencement ceremony Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Graduates should plan to arrive no later than†6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building. Free graduations portraits will be taken in the SUB beginning at 6 p.m.

Diploma pick-up for graduates†who filed prior to the October 13^th†deadline will be in the back hall of the Whatley Center after the ceremony ends.

Two Northeast Texas Community College sophomores learned they have been named semifinalists for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Ryan-Rose Mendoza and Melody Mott learned of the honor this week. Their applications were among more than 2,800 submitted by students across the nation. Only 20% of applicants made it to semifinalist status.

HuMusic Honors Seminar -†Fall 2016 Live Performance Final

Click here to view some of the performances on the HuMusic Facebook page

Every fall a team-taught Honors Seminar, known colloquially as the HuMusic Seminar, combines HIST2322 World Civilizations II and MUSI1306 Music Appreciation.

Northeast Texas Community College recently held a graduation ceremony for its Hopkins County Police Academy. Graduating cadets and instructors are pictured: Front row (from left): Lt. Tanner Crump, Brennan Bassham, Daniel McLarry, Alissa Foster, Amy Peacock, Wesley Salters, Charles Duke.† Back row (from left): Justin Findley, Melvin Jackson, Jim Dial, Develon Scott, Director Richard Jones.† Cole Dial is not pictured. NTCC is also accepting applications for an evening academy in New Boston and its traditional police academy on the main campus. Both begin in January 2017.

The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College will present Christmas with the Nelsons Monday, Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Starring Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, twin sons of Ricky Nelson, Christmas with the Nelsons tells the story of three family Christmases in the lives of America?s Favorite Family- The Nelsons.

?It has become tradition to have a holiday show at the Whatley Center and we are very pleased to bring you Christmas with the Nelsons.