The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 28th.

Pictured: Daniel Landaverde, NTCC McGraw-Hill Competitor in 2019-2020. He is a recent Winner of a Jack Kent Cooke and is currently an associate with Marsh, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk consulting

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

The mission of NTCC is "to provide personal, dynamic learning experiences empowering students to succeed." In keeping with this mission, faculty members frequently encourage students to expand their education beyond the classroom. A great example of this was found on March 28th, when student Alyssa Ochoa (pictured center in blue) spent several hours on a lovely spring afternoon collecting data on campus for her psychology research project.

On Thursday, March 23, 2023, 11 NTCC students were inducted into Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community colleges. The candlelight Induction was presided over by chapter officers Jocelyn Castorena, Tommy Arredondo, and Nataly Morales. The speaker for the evening, Margaret Dwiggins, a doctoral candidate in the Educational Psychology program at Texas A&M University-Commerce, presented her original research on Smartphones, Learning and FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).

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Mason Reynolds on the mound for the Eagles.

By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director

Northeast Texas Community College hosted Eastfield College in a non-conference, single game on March 27th and came away with a 16-11 win. The Eagles bounced back offensively after splitting a weekend series with Panola where they only score five runs in two games.

The NTCC Continuing Education department recently offered its very first pickleball course starting in late march. The course, taught by Marc Levesque, is a great way to stay fit, have fun and make new friends. 

"Thank you NTCC continuing education for allowing me to teach and instruct the fastest growing sport in America “Pickleball”  This amazing sport combines tennis, badminton and ping pong and is played with a paddle and heavier type whiffle ball," Levesque said. 

Texas A&M University-Texarkana is offering a special admission application fee waiver for community college transfer students during the month of April. They are doing so in celebration of Community College Month. For more information, visit www.tamut.edu/apply. 

The sketch pictured will be on display at the exhibit.

The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will hold its annual student art show from Thursday, April 6th through Tuesday, May 2nd in the foyer gallery of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The exhibit will feature student artworks in design, drawing, ceramics, photography, and digital media. A reception will be held Wednesday, April 12th in the Whatley Center foyer at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come, meet our amazing students, and enjoy the exhibit.  

Carson Zachry at bat for the Eagles.

By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director

Northeast Texas Community College Softball traveled to Corsicana, Texas on March 25th to take on Navarro College, coming away with one win and one loss. After losing in extra innings, 6-5 in game one, NTCC bounced back for a 4-1 victory in game two.

The Eagle newspaper staff attended the 2023 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention last week and returned home with a number of awards! The staff won a total of 23 awards including a 1st place in Best of Show and 2nd place in overall excellence. Co-Editor-in-Chief Skylar Fondren also took 2nd place in the feature photography on-site contest and was also awarded the $2,000 Fred Stewart Community College Journalism Scholarship.