Retirees, students honored at April board meeting

Retirees

The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for their regular April meeting on Tuesday, April 30. The meeting started off by honoring four retiring employees and acknowledging the outstanding accomplishments of four campus student groups.

 

Dr. Ron Clinton, NTCC President, presented retirement gifts (pictured) to Dr. Brenda Deming, Professor of Biology; Richard Zylks, Professor of Medical Laboratory Technology; and Marguerite Morris, Professor and Director of Development Education. Retiring, but not pictured, is Freda Duncan, Community Resource Center Coordinator.

 

The board then heard a presentation from Dr. Kevin Rose, NTCC Vice President for Instruction, in which he recognized several student groups for their hard work and achievements throughout the 2018-2019 academic year. 

 

“We are so proud of our students and all that they have accomplished this year. These folks have truly taken full advantage of their NTCC experience and it has paid off,” Rose said.

 

Representing the groups honored were as follows:

 

Ag group

 

Agriculture: Pictured (from left): Casey Oney, Madison Blood, Jan Shirley, Breanna White, and René McCracken (Ag Club Advisor).

 

The Eagle group

 

Journalism/The Eagle newspaper: Pictured (from left): Elisabeth Lively, Daniel Sanchez (Advisor), Halley Goodwin, Elisabeth Samel, Tahj McRae, Joelle Weatherford, Adriana Elizondo, Emma Yeager, Tonya Hammonds, and Mandy Smith (Advisor). 

 

Honors group

 

Honors Northeast: Pictured (from left): Madison Blood, Jacob Lambie, Olivia Griffin, Miguel Paco, Daniel Landaverde, Verania Leyva, and Rhylie Anderson.

 

PTK Group

Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Mu Chi Chapter (from left): Dr. Melissa Fulgham (Advisor), Madison Blood, Jan Shirley, Olivia Griffin, Tonya Hammonds, Rhylie Anderson, Hannah Fouche, and Jacob Lambie.

 

In action items, the board approved a new strategic plan, Destination 2025. Dr. Clinton said that the college will begin work to operationalize the plan and that the development of new Key Performance Indicators will follow soon.

 

The board also released an Academic Advisor from their contract and approved new employee contracts for the 2019-2020 academic year.