The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Men?s Eagles Soccer team ended their undefeated streak this†past†week with a†heartbreaking 1-0 loss to San-Jacinto College. Even with the tough loss to the defending national champions, the Eagles still find themselves ranked in the top 10 at number seven†in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) coaches poll this week.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Texas A&M University-Commerce was a unique and rewarding research training opportunity for community college students interested in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).††Seventeen students from community colleges in Northeastern Texas and Southwestern Arkansas were selected for the 2014 joint program in chemistry, physics and astronomy.††Each participant worked directly under a faculty mentor on a collaborative research project that matched the sp

For those interested in what ?Northeast Texas? was or could be, the Whatley Foyer of the campus of Northeast Texas Community College was again the place to be as local poets and commentators took the challenge to define the region.

The okra is still blooming at the Northeast Texas Community College Eagle Ranch!† Although the last month of August was hot and dry as expected, we are receiving the much needed rain today that will keep the okra blooming well into fall.† Thanks in part to the efforts of the work scholarship students this summer, we will have several jars of pickles, pickled okra, and relish to bring to market.† Come join us to end out the 2014 NTCC Farmer?s Market Season on a strong note!

Now is the time to start planting for a great fall garden.† Great fall plants include: greens, spinach, carrot

The Follett Higher Education Group Book Scholarship was recently awarded to five members of the Northeast Texas Community College Alpha Mu Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.

For the seventh year in a row, Cypress Bank has funded a high-end laptop for the use of Northeast Texas Community College honors students. This year?s recipient, Gabriela Quezada, was an art student at the University of Maryland. She is a native of El Salvador.† Cypress, the oldest Camp-County based bank, has three other branches, in Mount Pleasant, Commerce and Lone Star.

Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) will host a job fair on Tuesday, September 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Building (SUB) on the main NTCC campus. The event is free to the public. More than a dozen local and regional employers will be in attendance.

Kelli Knepp, a sophomore honors scholar at Northeast Texas Community College, was recently named the 2014 recipient of the $200 Chitsey Prize. This yearly prize is given in memory of Elizabeth Chitsey, whose daughters and grandchildren have had a far-reaching effect on Northeast Texas as educators and supporters of regional education on all levels.

The prize is unique in its efforts to identify a rising young scholar.