The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles softball team traveled to Temple last weekend to participate in a five-game tournament. The Eagles faced San Jacinto, Temple, McLennan, Blinn and Galveston. The team fought hard, but were unable to come back home with a win.

The Lady Eagles faced three teams on Friday. In the first game versus San Jacinto, Northeast put up a good fight.

Brittany Baggett collected two hits and two RBI for the Eagles and helped put the team on the board with a double in the top of the seventh inning.

By Iesha Fluellen
Staff Writer

Each spring the NTCC Journalism Department attends the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference to compete in collegiate and professional journalism events. This year the team will be traveling to Dallas to show-off its award wining newspaper and literary magazine. In order to alleviate some of the travel expense, the Eagle Staff will be hosting a Bar-B-Q cook-off fundraising event.

Student who plan to graduate this May should save these important dates in their calendars:

? March 3 - Deadline to Apply for Graduation (login to the MyEagle portal and look for Forms)
? March 24 - Deadline to Order Graduation Announcements from the College Store
? April 3 - Begin Picking up Caps and Gowns at the College Store
? May 13 - Graduation Ceremony at the Whatley Center

Congratulations on this important achievement!

 

The Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education recently lauded a Northeast Texas Community College Adult Education Student, Jose Martinez, and an instructor Jaudon Wilhite, with two separate but distinctive honors.† Martinez, an NTCC ESL (English as a Second Language) student from Mount Pleasant has received the Texas Association for Literacy and Adult Education (TALAE) ESL Persistence Award.† This statewide honor is awarded to students who exhibit personal accountability and commitment to pursuing their education while maintaining their family and civic responsibilities.† A cash aw

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles Baseball and Softball teams have kicked off their spring seasons. Eagles Softball won their season opener against North Central Texas College 9-6 Saturday. The Eagles defeated NCTC 9-6 on Saturday.

The Eagles collected 11 hits and NCTC 8. Kymber Green earned the win for NTCC.† She pitched four innings, giving up one run, two hits, and striking out two.† Morgan Robinson started the game for NTCC, she pitched three innings, giving up five runs, and six hits.

The NTCC College Store is asking for help from the campus and community to help make homemade Valentine's Day cards for area seniors.

The College Store plans to deliver all valentine cards received to local nursing homes. †Their hope is to receive enough cards to provide valentine cards for all residents to receive a card at one nursing home in each of our three counties. Prizes will be awarded for the best cards in both the child and adult categories.

Another Northeast Texas Community College student recently earned a national award. Wycliffe Kenani, an NTCC Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) student, has been named a Hurst Review NCLEX Scholar by the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.

Kenani was one of only 10 students to receive the honor. This scholarship is designed to assist Phi Theta Kappa nursing students who plan to take the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEXÆ) during the Spring 2017 term.

The Northeast Texas Community College Adult Education Department has partnered with Pittsburg ISD to make English as a Second Language (ESL) education more accessible to area residents. Classes are held at Pittsburg Primary School and Pittsburg High School.

Carter BloodCare will be on campus Tuesday, January 31, 2017 conducting a blood drive. Please help save a life by donating blood! The blood drive bus will be located in the parking lot behind the Student Union Building from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dr. Ron Clinton, Northeast Texas Community College Executive Vice President for Instruction, will perform a solo piano recital on Sunday, Jan. 29 at†2:30 p.m. at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.†Tickets to the concert are $15 for adults and $5 for children and NTCC students with a current ID. Proceeds from the event will benefit scholarships for NTCC students.

The concert will feature Beethoven?s Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 14 No. 1; Chopin?s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52; Ravel?s Sonatine and Brahms? Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1.

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