NTCC Art to host exhibit featuring the art of Steven Barker

The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will host its first exhibit of the 2018-2019 school year September 7-26 in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. A collection of drawings and watercolors by Steven Barker will be on display for public viewing during this time. A reception with the artist will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley foyer.

NTCC Student Services to extend hours Aug. 20-23

In order to better serve students as the new semester approaches, Northeast Texas Community College Student Services will offer extended business hours Monday, Aug. 20 through Thursday, Aug 23. They will be open an extra hour, from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Students will be able to meet with advisors to register for classes, speak with financial aid representatives, make payments and more.

?We realize that many of our students have work and other obligations that make it difficult for them to come out here during regular business hours.

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Jazmin Garcia Named 2018 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar

Jazmin Garcia, a student at Northeast Texas Community College, has been named the 2018 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.

Garcia is a first-generation college student majoring in biomedical science.† She serves as the Vice President of Scholarship for her local Phi Theta Kappa chapter and holds the Chair of Service officer position for her college?s Biochem Club.† After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder in high school, she became interested in medical research, which has inspired her to study immunology.

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Mercedes Collins named Gladys Winkle Memorial Honors/Humanities Scholar

Northeast Texas Community College student Mercedes Collins has been named the first†Gladys Winkle Memorial Honors/Humanities Scholar. This $2,500 scholarship award goes to a top-ranked honors student who is majoring in a field in the humanities. Collins, who graduated third in her class from Daingerfield High School, is a history major and she is putting her interests and talents to use already in the yearly honors film.†She was one of the four student researchers to travel to Austin last May to rehearse the desegregation case of Barbara Conrad in 1957 at the University of Texas?

NTCC receives $60,000 grant from Pioneer Foundation

Fred Markham, Executive Director of the Texas Pioneer Foundation, recently presented the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation with $60,000 to support the NTCC Work Scholarship Program. The gift came in two separate checks, one for $50,000 to be used as a matching gift for scholarships, and the other for $10,000 to be used as program support. Markham (left) is pictured with Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement.†This summer marked the fifth year of the program, which allowed†63 students to work on campus to†earn their education.

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