Don't forget to get your tickets for these exciting upcoming shows at the Whatley Center!

With all of the cold and wet weather we?ve been having, there haven?t been many opportunities to do a lot of outdoor activities. Why not take up a new hobby or learn a new skill while the chill is on? Continuing Education has several courses coming up that still have seats available. †There is no time like the present to learn something new and exciting!!

String Ensemble.................................... Jan 21st................... NTCC Whatley Center ?????.....$65† (David Mills)

Knitting for Fun.................................... Jan 26th...................

Jim and Paula Archer recently contributed $1,000 to the Honors Northeast program at Northeast Texas Community College. A matching gift from IBM brought the total gift to $2,000. †The gift will be used to fund cultural trips for scholars in Honors Northeast.

Since its inception at NTCC in 2007, the Honors Program has begun each school year with a ?roundup?

• Read more about Art Department to host painting exhibit

• Read more about Scholarship applications available

United States Congressman John Ratcliffe will visit Northeast Texas Community College†Thursday,†Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m. He will speak in the Criminal Justice Center to Police Academy cadets on the topic of Cyber Security,†Terrorism and Illegal Immigration. Mr. Ratcliffe represents the fourth district of Texas, which includes the NTCC district, in the United States House of Representatives.

As U.S. Attorney, he was the top federal law enforcement officer for a 33,000 square mile area of North and East Texas, including almost all of the 4th Congressional District.