Pictured: 2021winners with History Faculty: Front Row: Fatima Fuentes, Erika Alvarado, and Davin Whatley: Back Row: NTCC history professors--Dr. Andrew P. Yox, Dr. Melissa Fulgham and James McGregor
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Pictured: Alyssa Breann Ochoa wowed the judges in 2023 with a 11.6 average of a possible 12 for her study on the past and potential of the dairy business in Texas. This was the highest score ever recorded. Ochoa transferred after the contest to Texas A&M at College Station, and is now pursuing her Master’s there in Poultry Science.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter. The recently released 2026 spring edition can be accessed on the college website:
One can also write Honors Director, Dr. Andrew P. Yox, for a real copy at ayox@ntcc.edu.
The Mary Jon, and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award of $5,000 goes out each year to a higher education professor for outstanding attainments in historical pedagogy. University professors have been the usual recipients of this Texas-wide accolade, with educators from Sul Ross, Tarleton State, and the University of Texas at El Paso, winning the most recent awards. However, in the last twelve years, two of the winners have not only been from a smaller community college—they have been from the same institution—Northeast Texas Community College.
Northeast Texas Community College student José Fuentes, of Mount Pleasant, has been elected International President of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the highest student leadership position in the prestigious honor society. He was elected during the organization’s annual Catalyst conference held last week in Baltimore, Maryland, marking a historic and unprecedented achievement for NTCC.
Student Winners in Irving, Hailey Randall, Manuel Ramirez, and Adam Richards
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced today that José Fuentes of Northeast Texas Community College is among the semifinalists for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The Foundation named 485 semifinalists for the scholarship, which supports the nation’s top community college students with financial need seeking to complete a bachelor’s degree at four-year colleges or universities.
Northeast Texas Community College announced today that Stephanie Hernandez has been selected as member of the prestigious 2026 All-USA Academic Team. Selected from more than 2,300 nominees, Stephanie will receive a $3,000 scholarship.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
The recently premiered Honors Northeast/Walter Prescott Webb Society film, Chicano Thermidor: Art and Identity in San Antonio, 1970-1995 is now in the public domain: Click here to view film
Pictured: NTCC’s Honors Northeast is the only community college honors program in the nation to have sent students to the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) every year since 2008. Here is the group in San Diego at the NCHC in November of 2025. The NCHC is dominated by university presenters.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
