† † Submissions are now being accepted for the fifth annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. Poems about our region of Northeast Texas are due to Dr. Andrew Yox, Northeast Texas Community College Professor and Honors Director,†by Friday, August 24 at noon. Poems should be e-mailed to ayox@ntcc.edu.
† † The contest includes both a student and adult category and cash awards will be given.
Pleasant Sams give $500 NTCC scholarship
The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $500 scholarship from the Pleasant Sams, the Mount Pleasant Chapter of the Good Sams Club of America. This year's gift will benefit a student studying in the Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology program at NTCC. Pictured making the donation to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement (center), is Nancy Owsley (fourth from left) and †Diane Dalby (third from right).
NTCC offers free GED, ESL classes
The Adult Education Department at Northeast Texas Community College will offer free General Education Development (GED) classes and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at various locations throughout the area. All students must in enroll in an orientation session before beginning classes.
NTCC offers Sustainable Agriculture classes this fall
† † The Northeast Texas Community College department of Agriculture recently announced that it will offer two sustainable agriculture courses during the fall 2012 semester. Courses begin on August 27 and there is still time to enroll.
† † Small Farm Business Planning will meet from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday nights. The three-hour course walks students through the process of developing a farm business plan. Students will have the opportunity to use the NTCC farm as a model and design it from the ground up.
First day of class changed to Aug. 27
Northeast Texas Community College announced Tuesday that the fall semester has been pushed back to begin on Monday, August 27. The schedule originally stated that classes begin on August 20.
The decision to move the date back one week was made in order to ensure consistency with the start dates of local school districts and other colleges.
The due date for fall payments has also been pushed back one week to August 17. Please make arrangements to take care of your accounts by this date to avoid being dropped from classes.
The decision to move the date back one week was made in order to ensure consistency with the start dates of local school districts and other colleges.
The due date for fall payments has also been pushed back one week to August 17. Please make arrangements to take care of your accounts by this date to avoid being dropped from classes.
SBDC offers free workshops in August
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