By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Film Crew and Troupe from Left to Right: Erik, Andrea, and Demi Reyes, Grace Zittel, Silas Mendoza, Sky Bass, Dr. Andrew Yox, Sabrina Otero-Svirska, Emma Mendoza, Gwynn Roberts, Martin Mata, Johnathan Ventura, and Alex Garcia. Winkle Scholar, Emma Mendoza in red is both the film scholar and the director. Photograph courtesy of Sam Ferguson, and the East Texas Journal, published by Hudson Old.  

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured (from left): Martín Mata, Emma Mendoza, Sabrina Otero-Svirska, and Dr. Andrew P. Yox

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Students with the mural of the Joe Guerra Library in Laredo (left) and at the Mary Couts Burnett Library at TCU in Fort Worth. 

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured (first row, from left): Johnathan Ventura, Emma Mendoza, Araceli Solis, Estefani Garcia.  Second row (from left): Alan Garcia, Manuel Ramirez, Hailey Randall, Andrew Higgins, Andrew Perez, and Adam Richards.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured (from left) is: Dr. Karyn Skaar, Stephanie Hernandez, Johnathan Ventura and Dr. Drew Murphy. 

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Adam Richards was recently named the winner of the 2026 Elizabeth Chitsey Award, granted each year to the student of Honors Northeast who most exceeded expectations during their first year at NTCC.  The award comes with a $200 check.

Northeast Texas Community College mourns the passing of Dr. Jerry Wesson, a founding administrator and former Vice President of Student Services, who passed away on April 20, 2026, at the age of 85. A memorial service will be held on May 9 at 1:00 p.m. at Tennison Memorial United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant. Following the memorial, A short graveside service will be held at 4:00PM at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Wolfe City, Texas. 

Pictured: NTCC alumnus, Ricky Huitema, Dr. Andrew Yox, and NTCC alumnus, Matthew Jordan at the new lithium factory outside Texarkana, created by EnergyX out of Austin

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

When two aspiring engineers, both from Pittsburg High School, placed first and second in the Northeast Texas Poetry Contest of 2012, then vice president of the college, Dr. Herbert Riedel, was impressed.  He had the two read their poems to the subsequent meeting of the NTCC Board of Trustees.

Pictured: 2021winners with History Faculty: Front Row: Fatima Fuentes, Erika Alvarado, and Davin Whatley:  Back Row: NTCC history professors--Dr. Andrew P. Yox, Dr. Melissa Fulgham and James McGregor

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director