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The Nursing Program at Northeast Texas Community College recently awarded 35 students with an Associate's Degree in Nursing. These students are now eligible to test to become Registered Nurses. The May 2013 graduating class is pictured above:

First Row:††Left to right

Kayla Denise Segari of Mount Pleasant; Laramie Jade Worden of Cooper; Shelby Lee Ann Harrison of Como; Shannon Merie Atchley of Wake Village; Hannah Grider of Reno; Jennifer E.

Getting Blood from a Turnip, by Rene' McCracken, NTCC Agriculture Director

I think as a native Texan I have been privy to (and guilty of using) my fair share of ?old-timey sayings." In fact, my agriculture students at Northeast Texas Community College just love to ask for clarification of ones like ?86^th†the noise? or†?gobbldygook? or ?hottsy tottsy?or ?flapping your gums?.

One such colloquialism that I heard quite a bit growing up was ?You just can?t get blood from a turnip!?

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. Offices will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, May 28. In case of an emergency on campus during the closure, contact security at 903-563-1417.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $500 gift to benefit a student majoring in fine arts. This scholarship, contributed by the Fine Arts Club of Mount Pleasant, is one of the longest running scholarships at NTCC (established 1985). Pictured, Sandra Price (center), Rosalie Chambers, and Joyce Thomas present the donation to Nita May, NTCC Director of Development (left) and NTCC President Dr. Brad Johnson. For more information on this or other NTCC Foundation Scholarships, please call 903-434-8115.

Louellen Lowe (right), East Texas Regional Director for Senator John Cornyn's office, recently met with Northeast Texas Community College President Dr. Brad Johnson†to discuss regional education and economic development needs.

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Recent STARR testing for Freshmen and Sophomores caused Junior and Seniors at Chapel Hill to be displaced.††Kristin French, Comunities in Schools coordinator at Chapel Hill Junior High and High School planned three days of activities for Juniors and Seniors.

The theme of the activities for juniors was getting ready for senior year. Mrs. Cristy Nolen, Family and Consumer Science teacher said, "Senior Camp" and that name stuck!††We wanted to get LOTS of work done, but have fun at the same time.