Pictured: A former police academy cadet practices firearm skills in the indoor firing range at NTCC.†

The Northeast Police Academy at Northeast Texas Community College will offer both day and evening academy options beginning in early 2013. Both programs will be held in the state-of-the-art criminal justice facility on the main NTCC campus.

The 17-week daytime fast-track academy will begin on January 14. Courses meet from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently held its annual golf tournament at the Mount Pleasant Country Club. This was the 25^th†consecutive year of the tournament. Gold sponsors for the event were AEP-Swepco, American National Bank, Capps Insurance, Guaranty Bond Bank, Luminant, Northeast Texas Credit Union and Scrubbies Wash USA. Silver sponsors were EDH Electric, Texas Heritage National Bank, Big Tex, Elliott Motors and Redfearn Real Estate.

Northeast Texas Community College recently inducted 11 new members into Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for students at two-year colleges.

Inductees pictured above from left are: Susan Saunders of Pittsburg; Molly Corres of New Boston; Florence Parker of Big Sandy; Jennifer Hargrave of Daingerfield; Dawn Cunningham of Pittsburg; Cody McEntire of Omaha; Bree Ann McAdams of Pittsburg; Brandy Schelsteder of Pittsburg; Victoria Watts of Big Sandy and April Dodson of Gilmer.

Pictured from left to right: †Dylan Schlosser as Noah, Nick Derby as Starbuck, Tyler Beadle as File, Sean Casebolt as the Sheriff, Brittany Derby†as Lizzie, Cory Myers as H.C., and John Chambers as Jimmy.

Theatre Northeast will present the romantic comedy†The Rainmaker†in the Studio Theatre of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Northeast TexasCommunity College.

The Northeast Texas Community College 23^rd annual rodeo wrapped up Saturday afternoon at the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Arena. The NTCC women?s team took second place and the men finished fourth.

NTCC athletes were up against around 300 competitors from other colleges and universities in the Southern Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA)

Wacey Hathcock won the saddle bronc riding and Slatyr Hunnicut finished third in the same event.

Northeast Texas Community College recently received a $30,000 planned gift from Jon and Patti Cohen. This donation established an endowed memorial scholarship that will provide three $500 scholarships per year to benefit cosmetology students at NTCC. The scholarship is given in memory of Johnnie Cohen, who was a long-time cosmetology instructor at NTCC. Pictured, Dr. Brad Johnson (left), NTCC President, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement, accept the gift.

By Rene McCracken, NTCC Director of Agriculture

It certainly has been a busy few weeks getting classes going at the Northeast Texas Community College Farm.† The organic gardening and food production class has been busy at work doing what some of you home gardeners might be interested in.† We have raised vegetable beds that I discovered in a patch of weeds at the farm.† Unfortunately, when the students leave for the summer, so do the labor hands for us ?

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