NTCC Scholars win Third Set of Portia Gordon Awards

Pictured: Andrew Higgins, Stephanie Hernandez, Estefani Garcia, and Yahir Garcia.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

As in 2022, and 2024, scholars of Honors Northeast have won the top student prize of the East Texas Historical Association (ETHA).  For their panel, “Areas where the Amnesia of Modern Texas is more Acute,” four NTCC sophomores took home $200 apiece. They had the best student panel at the association’s plenary fall conference. The meeting occurred in Nacogdoches, 2-4 October at the Fredonia Hotel.

Industrial Technology Training Center kicks off NTCA classes

Northeast Texas Community College’s Industrial Technology Training Center is excited to welcome students this fall as part of the very first Northeast Texas Career Alliance (NTCA) classes! This new partnership brings together Chapel Hill CISD, Paul Pewitt CISD, Hughes Springs CISD, and Daingerfield CISD to give students the chance to explore careers in Industrial Technology while still in high school.

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Alumni Spotlight: Chef Brandon Rodriguez

Chef Brandon Rodriguez, a 2011 graduate of NTCC with an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts, later earned his B.S. in Hospitality & Culinary Management from The Art Institute of Dallas. His culinary journey began at just 14, when he started as a dishwasher under his father, who has more than 40 years of experience in the kitchen. Inspired by those early moments in the restaurant, Brandon knew he was destined to become a chef.

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