Weather forced the Northeast Texas Community College Eagles to move their season opening series to a road contest against 10th ranked Cowley County Community College this past weekend. After several days of rain, the field at NTCC was too wet to play on, so the Eagles hit the road to Arkansas City, Kansas for their 2020 season opener. The Eagles went 0-3 on the weekend against the nationally ranked Tigers.
Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) is pleased to announce the addition of Connor Anderson to the Eagle Baseball coaching staff. Connor is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University where he also served as an assistant coach upon his graduation. Coach Anderson comes to NTCC from TCS Post Grad Academy in McKinney, Texas.
Jeremy Kellin, Campus Liaison for Herring Bank will be providing the free financial seminar listed below. If you have an interest in the topic and would like to know further information about this topic, please feel free to join us for the interactive seminar. Please also contact Rico Willis, Director of Student Activities and Multicultural Affairs to RSVP.
The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Softball team made the journey to the Alamo city to open the season. The Eagles faced off against the Butler Grizzlies in game one of the tournament. Despite two home runs by the Eagles, they would fall to the Grizzlies 6-4. Pearl Perry (Hughes Springs, Texas) went deep in the third inning, and Kendal Wiley (Quitman, Texas) hit a solo shot in the 7th inning to help power the NTCC offense. Emily Cole (Naples, Texas) went the distance in the circle in game one, earning one strike out and gave up 6 hits in the game.
Northeast Texas Community College students Courtney Baldwin, Jazmin Garcia, Daniel Landaverde, Verania Leyva-Garcia, and Andrea Reyes were all named semi-finalists in the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Transfer Scholarship competition. The Jack Kent Cooke scholarship is worth $40,000 a year for up to three years, for a total scholarship value of $120,000.
On Tuesday 25 February, from 12:15 to 1:15 PM in the Community Room of the Mount Pleasant Library, 601 North Madison, three members of Honors Northeast will present original essays on regional themes. An anonymous donor will provide pizza, salad, and drinks, especially to those who email Dr. Andrew Yox ahead of time, at <ayox@ntcc.edu>--during the presentations. The event is free and open to the public.
Do you want to have some fun on the farm during spring break? If so, join Renee McCracken for two fun filled classes where you can learn to preserve the harvest and become a true farmer! She may even let you cuddle some of the goats!
Northeast Texas Community College students Mercedes Collins, Tonya Hammonds, Jacob Lambie, and Daniel Landaverde recently learned that they had been named semi-finalists for Phi Theta Kappa’s Fall Common Scholarship Competition. The Fall Common Scholarships include the All USA Community College Academic Team, Coca-Cola Scholars, Guistwhite, and Hites Scholarships.
Every year the NTCC Faculty Senate awards one or more scholarships to students who reside in Texas, have at least 15 semester hours, and are NOT receiving scholarship assistance above $500.00. The awards are funded by donation and payroll deductions from current and previous NTCC faculty members for students to finish their education at NTCC.
The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will host an exhibit featuring paintings by Gary Perrone Friday, Feb. 7 through Wednesday, Feb. 26. A reception with the artist is will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center foyer gallery. Refreshments will be served.
