The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will host its first exhibit of the 2017-2018 school year September 5-27 in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The show, ?Art from the Heart?, will feature graphite artwork by Maurya Beth Holland. A reception with the artist will be held Monday, Sept. 18 at 11:30 a.m. in the Whatley Center foyer.

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed Monday, Sept. 4 for the Labor Day holiday. We will resume our regular schedule and business hours on Tuesday. In case of an emergency on campus during the closure, please contact security at 903-563-1417.

We hope you have a safe, fun weekend!

 

 

For the 10th straight year,†Cypress Bank†has presented a MacBook computer for the use of Northeast Texas Community College honors students.†This year?s recipient is Jordan Whelchel.† He is a recent graduate of Daingerfield High School who already has become active in Honors film and Phi Theta Kappa activities at NTCC.†Whelchel plans to major in physics.

Cypress, the oldest Camp-County-based bank, has four locations in Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg, Lone Star and Commerce.

The Tenth Annual Northeast Texas Poetry Reading at Northeast Texas Community College will include special remarks by two local educators. †Dr. Elaine Beason, a retired professor of Texas A&M University-Texarkana, and Kristin Ellermann, a young educator who taught with the Peace Corps in the Republic of Georgia, and also as a Disney instructor in Shanghai, China, will supplement the reading of winning poems with observations about local life.

Chuck Barkow recently gave $1,000 to sponsor two chairs in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College. The seats are dedicated in memory of Jill Barkow and Holly Hardman. Barkow (second from left), is pictured presenting the gift to Nita May, NTCC Director of Development (left), Carolyn Franks, Director of the Whatley Center, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. Theater seats are available for sponsorship at $500 each.

Don't miss these fun events next week to celebrate the first week of classes!

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 (11:00am-2:00pm)

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• Ice Cream Social in the SUB

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• Music

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• Interactive Games: Board Games

Thursday, August 31, 2017 (11:00am-2:00pm)††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††

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• Welcome Back Picnic ?