The Northeast Texas Community College Associate?s Degree Nursing (ADN) Program recently learned that it achieved a passing rate of 89.1 percent on the NCLEX board of nursing exam. This marked a significant improvement†over the last three testing years†and moved the program from conditional status back into full approval with the Texas Board of Nursing.

?We are exceptionally proud of our ADN nursing faculty and students. Not only did they achieve their goal ?

The Communities In Schools group is coordinating †?CIS DAY?†to raise funds to support the CIS Believes In Dreams Christmas Project and other CIS activities and services.† Last year with this project, we served over 1,400 students and their siblings for Christmas and the numbers will be even higher this year.

Please join us on the square in Mount Pleasant on November 18^th†from 9:00 am until 2:00†pm and help support Communities In Schools!

Please plan to attend another PLACE lecture hosted by A&M-Texarkana on the NTCC campus.

Texas A&M University-Texarkana at Northeast Texas Community College and Northeast Texas Community College have partnered with students and student leaders on campus to collect plastic bags to be donated to Titus County Cares.

Judy Lee, chairman of the Titus County Cares Board of Directors, said the organization is in tremendous need of bags to meet the demand of the organization?s Food†Pantry†and weekend food program for children in the area.

?We use around 5,500 plastic bags a week between Food4kids and the Food Pantry.† Around 200 families a week are served through the

Five Northeast Texas Community College honors freshman recently presented the trailer of their new film on Mary Kay at the annual fall meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society. The Webb Society is the collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association.

Warren Wu, Rhylie Anderson, Jordan Whelchel, Karsen Nelson, and Matthew Chambers (pictured from left) have all taken major roles in the production of the film, due for a premiere this February.

The Annual Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO) College Fair, sponsored by Northeast Texas Community College, is set for Monday, Nov.†13†in the Student Union Building at NTCC.

Colleges and universities will have representatives on hand from†1-3 p.m. to provide admissions and financial aid information to students and their parents. Anyone interested in learning more about college - from junior high to current college students and their families - are invited to attend.

Student Success will be hosting the Study Skills & Memory Improvement Workshop on November 7^th†from 12:25 ? 1:25 in H101 (The Community Room). Our very own John Russo will be presenting helpful tips and techniques that our students can utilize throughout the semester.

Students will get an opportunity to:

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• Learn tips for studying productively

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• Learn how to retain course material effectively

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• Learn how to deal with procrastination

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• And much more!

For the past five years our softball team has been a part of Titus County cares Food4kids program, helping to make sure children are eating over the weekend and giving them a better opportunity to excel in life.†Every Tuesday evening we sack †1,800 bags (plastic shopping bags) of food for children in the county and then organize to be delivered every Friday to the schools for those students to have a meal on the weekends. This is a program that we are passionate about as a team and program over the years.

We need your help! This year we are running low on plastic bags.

The Office of Student Activities†and Student Government Association is hosting a campus-wide food†drive October 30-December 6, 2017.

The Northeast Texas Community College Golf Classic raised more than $7,000 for the NTCC Foundation this year.† The tournament, held at the Daingerfield Country Club, consisted of eight six-person teams.† There was a two-way tie for first place between the Daingerfield Country Club Team and the team from Guaranty Bank and Trust. The tie breaker was settled on a score card play-off that was won by Daingerfield Country Club.