NTCC open Saturday, Aug. 25 until noon
† † Northeast Texas Community College (main campus student services) will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 25 to assist students needing to complete the registration process for the fall semester.
NTCC to offer free GED classes in Mount Pleasant
The Adult Education Department at Northeast Texas Community College will offer free General Education Development (GED) classes in Mount Pleasant.†Both day and evening classes are available.†Students interested in attending classes must enroll in a 12-hour orientation. Orientation and classes will be held at the Adult Education Center located in Room 126 of the Mount Pleasant ISD Administration Building at 105 N. Riddle. †The day orientation will be September 4-6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and classes begin September 10.
Summer Academic Achievements
Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to recognize students who excelled academically in Summer 2012. To be named to the Academic Honors list, a student must have taken 12 or more hours and earned at least a 3.5 grade point average. To be named to the Special Academic Merit List, a student must have taken between seven and 11 hours and earned a 4.0 grade point average.
NTCC graduates 148 students at summer commencement
Northeast Texas Community College held its summer 2012 commencement ceremony at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Aug. 10. During the ceremony, 82 students were awarded associate degrees and 66 earned certificates of competency in their chosen fields. Cory Nesbitt, a 2003 graduate of NTCC who is now a mechanical engineer for NASA, gave the commencement address. Nesbitt is a native of Mount Pleasant and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School. Pictured above, Carlos Mendez, of Mount Pleasant, gives the student response as his classmates look on.
Submissions requested for Northeast Texas Poetry Contest
† † 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.
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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