By: René McCracken, NTCC Ag Director

Pictured: Alison Majors and Dr. Mary Hearron, daughter of Elizabeth Chitsey.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Alison Averie Majors was recently named the winner of the 2024 Chitsey Award, granted each year to the student of Honors Northeast who most exceeded expectations during their first year at NTCC.  The award comes with a $200 check.

Pictured: George and Michael collecting salamander larvae to check for Bd fungus.

Dr. Chris McAllister (NTCC-Biology) and his independent study students, George Burrows and Michael Rodriguez, visited the Fountain Spring House of the Ouachita Mountains Biological Station on April 25-28 near Mena, Arkansas, to conduct their ongoing research on vertebrate parasites. 

The Student Services team at Northeast Texas Community College was pleased to host a Scholarship Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 30th in collaboration with Texas A&M University-Texarkana. Scholarships for NTCC students who have applied and been accepted to attend TAMU-T were awarded on the recommendation of their NTCC College Navigator.  NTCC College Navigators chose students from their assigned cohorts who they had worked closely with to assist in the pursuit of their Associates Degree while at NTCC.

The Northeast Texas Community College Taste of NTCC: Battle of the Booths event was a huge success! Ten booths served up a variety of delicious dishes for sampling by a large crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members.  The event raised almost $2,400 that was split evenly between the participating clubs and organizations. 

Each ticket holder was able to cast votes for their favorite booths. The winners of the People’s Choice awards were as follows:

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation finished East Texas Giving Day 2024 at the top of the leaderboard for the third year in a row this Tuesday. NTCC raised a whopping $255,534 via the annual fundraising event that has become a regional tradition.

The Northeast Texas Community College Culinary Arts Program is pleased to announce an exciting series of couples cooking classes that will be held this May-June. NTCC is partnering with local restaurants to offer participants the chance to learn how to prepare some of their most popular dishes directly from the chefs who create them. 

By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director

The Northeast Texas Community College baseball team has solidified the third-place position in Region 14 North of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Eagles will finish up conference play with two games this weekend against Navarro College at NTCC weather permitting Saturday, May 4th.

By: Justin Hargrove, Assistant Athletic Director

Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo ended the regular season of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southern Region with a Rodeo hosted by Hill College April 26-27.

The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for its regular April meeting on Tuesday, April 23rd. The first order of business was the presentation of the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Jennifer Sparks presented the award to Monica Graves on behalf of the faculty. Graves teaches Learning Frameworks for NTCC.