Northeast Texas Community College Baseball hosted the North Conference leading Navarro Bulldogs on Saturday, April 22nd and came away with a series split with Navarro winning game one 10-2 and NTCC taking the win in game two, 4-3. Navarro jumped to an early lead after starter Seth Cox (Fairview, Texas) go the lead off man out but three walks led to a grand slam and a 4-0 lead for Navarro.

At a 20 April dinner, students and friends of Honors Northeast presented film patrons, Jerald and Mary Lou Mowery of Mount Vernon with a special commemorative quilt.  The quilt, created and donated by Ann Finch Goodson of Hughes Springs, and Donna Burns of Royce City, embraced colors and motifs of the most recent honors film on the Texas Suffragettes.

Weather once again played with the schedule for Northeast Texas Community College Athletics. NTCC Softball moved the two-game series with Navarro College to Tuesday, April 25th to get ahead of the rains. The Eagles took game one 8-5 and game two 5-3 to earn the sweep against the Bulldogs.

If you are looking for something fun to do this Saturday, head to downtown Pittsburg and check out the Texas Hot Link Festival. The excitement begins at 10 a.m. and will feature a variety of food, vendors, concerts and events. The festival is commemorating the 100th birthday of Carroll Shelby with several of the day's events themed around the late racing legend.

The Northeast Texas Community College Professional Driving Academy continues to grow and supply high-demand CDL drivers to the local area. Four new students recently graduated from the program. Pictured (from left) is: Aron Farley (Instructor), graduates Noah McDonald, Barak Barnum, Anthony Jenkins, Melissa McMichael, and Jimmy Smith (Director of Continuing Education and Corporate Training).

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation finished East Texas Giving Day at the top of the leaderboard for the second year in a row this Tuesday. NTCC raised a whopping $244,730 via the annual fundraising event that has become a regional tradition. In addition to raising the most money, NTCC also finished with the highest number of donations at 208.

Northeast Texas Community College traveled to Tyler Junior College on Wednesday, April 19th for what was to be a conference double header against the Apaches. Due to rains the day before the start time was pushed to 3:00pm on Wednesday instead of the normal 1:00pm start. While the teams were scheduled to play two seven inning games, game one went a total of fourteen innings and with TJC not having lights they managed to get just one game in with NTCC winning 11-9.

We are just a few days away from East Texas Giving Day and our generous donors have already blown us away with early giving. As of Friday morning, the NTCC Foundation is in second place on the leaderboard with more than $22,000 donated by 86 donors (more than double the number of any other organization)! We hope you will help us keep up the momentum by making your donations and sharing our cause on social media.

The NTCC Baptist Student Ministry will host a FREE pickleball tournament on Sunday, April 30th at 2 p.m. at the NTCC tennis courts. All students, faculty, staff and their immediate family members are welcome to participate. Come for food, fun and a chance to compete for $500 in cash prizes!

NTCC is now enrolling for the May Intersession term. This is a great way to quickly complete a class you need for your degree . There is a flat $300 rate per course (not including textbook). Classes are online and run May 15th through June 2nd. Click here to view the full schedule. Courses available are listed below...do you see a class you need?