News & Updates

Amidst a dwindling pool of community-college presenters over the years, four NTCC sophomores qualified this year to present at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). Each featured research on a 10 November session dedicated to student posters in an enclosed section of the Sheraton Hotel by the Chicago Riverwalk.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation is pleased to announce that seven NTCC employees have been awarded funds through the 2022 Whatley Employee Enhancement Grant. The Foundation received 13 outstanding applications. A total of $16,470 was awarded through the grant. 

The Northeast Texas Community College Theatre Department, in collaboration with Firefly Community Theatre, will present the holiday classic, Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus – A Radio Play, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 16-18, at 7:30 pm with a Saturday matinee at 2:30 pm. Performances will be held at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the NTCC campus. Tickets can be purchased at whatleycenter.com/tickets.

Quilts by local quilters will hang in the Whatley Center foyer in what is now an annual tradition for the NTCC art department.  For the seventh year, quilters will bring their treasured art to share with the community. The exhibit will run from Friday, Nov. 10th through Wednesday, Nov. 30th...

The Northeast Texas Community College Continuing Education and Corporate Training department facilitated a seven-hour professional development leadership training for UT Health Pittsburg and UT Health Quitman at NTCC's Hanson Sewell Center this week. Thirty participants are engaged in this initiative...

The Northeast Texas Community College Theatre Department, in collaboration with Firefly Community Theatre, will present the holiday classic, Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus – A Radio Play, Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 16-18, at 7:30 pm with a Saturday matinee at 2:30 pm. Performances will be held at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the NTCC campus. Tickets can be purchased at...

When Americans delve into fiction, cops, and criminals, take center stage. Higher Education, with its semester-schedule routines, grade-melodrama, and plodding creep to graduation seems drab by contrast. But in terms of the American Dream, and individual wellbeing, much rides on higher education. 

The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for its regular October meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 31st. All six members were present. The seventh seat on the board is currently vacant, as Dr. Dan McCauley retired from his position in September. McCauley was on the NTCC Board since 1988 and was the longest-serving trustee in the college’s history. 

The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo Team has been busy the last week with Rodeos on back to back weekends. NTCC hosted the third Rodeo of season October 20-21 at the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Association Arena and then went to McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana October 26-28.

Neida Janet Perez, the James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar of NTCC, has just won the student election of the Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC).  In a general email to the institutional members, GPHC secretary Ebonie Hill of Oklahoma State communicated the results last Monday.  Perez defeated an upperclassman from Midwestern State University for the top honor.