The 2012 spring baseball season gets underway this weekend as the Eagles host Cedar Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Eagles baseball team is looking to earn a trip to the regional tournament and beyond this season as the squad has high hopes in 2012.

Northeast Texas Community College Eagles softball and baseball fans will have a new way to keep up with their favorite team in 2012, as NTCC will be using the stat keeping software Gamechanger to provide live scoring during all games.

This program will allow NTCC fans to keep up with all of the action, even if they can?t make it out to the ballpark.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD) recently donated a 2007 squad car to the Northeast Texas Community College Police Academy. The retired cruiser will be used for training purposes and will give cadets †experience in various real-world simulation scenarios. The Mount Pleasant City Council approved the donation at its January 2012 meeting. Pictured making the donation is Captain Rob Vine (left), Interim Police Chief, with Richard Jones (right), Director of the Northeast Police Academy. For more information about the NTCC Police Academy, please call 903-434-8206.

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Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Vice President for Advancement, Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC), is pictured receiving a $12,000 check from Ms. Dana Durman, Program Officer, East Texas Communities Foundation (ETCF).† The funds were made available to the College by the ETCF through a planned gift from the estate of the late Burt and Nancy Marans, formerly of Pittsburg, Texas.† The gift was designated to be used to assist non-traditional students with their tuition and fees in the spring semester at NTCC.† For more information on this or other scholarship opportunities please contact Dr.

NTCC is beginning a transition to the Blackboard Learn 9.1 platform. Most classes will use the new Learn 9 environment and you can access it from within the myEagle Portal. The Blackboard Learn 9 icon on the Quicklaunch area will log you directly in.

NOTE: Some courses will still be held on the Blackboard CE8 platform.

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