On November 1, NTCC’s Jalyn English, Sam Griffin, Rebekah Reed and Katelyn Cox presented the newest trailer of an honors film, “Starlight: Adina De Zavala, and the Making of a Patriotic Supersite,” at the meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Society. The Webb is a collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association, and has been operating since 1974. Lisa Berg, the new Austin-based Education Director of the TSHA, coordinates the activities of the association.
One Night in Memphis, the official and number one tribute to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash will be appearing live at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College on Monday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Quilts by local quilters hang in the Whatley Center foyer in what is now an annual tradition for the NTCC art department. For the fourth consecutive year, quilters bring their treasured art to share with the community. The exhibit runs from Wednesday, Nov. 6 through Monday, Nov. 25. A reception is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center foyer, and refreshments will be served.
The Northeast Texas Community College Men’s Soccer team defeated Laredo College, 3-0 last Saturday to advance to the NJCAA Gulf South District Semi-Finals on Friday, November 8.
Outgoing Great Plains Honors Council President, Carrie Pritchett, announced on October 16 the winners of the association’s 2019 election. NTCC’s Courtney Baldwin won the student election. She defeated two upperclassmen, one from Texas Woman’s University and the other from Wichita State. She will become the Executive Council’s Student Representative during the upcoming New Orleans meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council.
The Pineywoods Iris Society recently gave $500 to the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation to provide a scholarship for an NTCC Agriculture student. The group presented the gift when they held their meeting on the NTCC campus.
Carter BloodCare will be on campus Tuesday, November 12 conducting a blood drive. Please help save a life by donating blood! The blood drive bus will be in the parking lot over by the Student Union Building from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
A sophomore Presidential Scholar from Scroggins and President of Alpha Mu Chi became the second winner of the Dr. Charles B. Florio Award for Leadership. Lambie will receive $200, given by an anonymous donor, in memory, of Northeast Texas Community College’s longest-term president.
It definitely was a different kind of thanksgiving on the farm here at NTCC. The recently purchased breeding pair of Kune Kune pigs decided to pick Thanksgiving evening to farrow or give birth to eight healthy piglets. My family and student workers, security(Lisa and her husband), all were on hand to basically be “in the way” as Chive (mama pig) managed like a pro to have all 6 girls and 2 boys like it was an everyday event! Both breeding pigs were purchased from DEW Farms with the help of a Perkins grant. The two have quickly become a favorite part of the 20 acre Sustainable Market side of the Farm and Ranch and are providing more opportunities for our students to gain hands on experiences on a working farm.
Northeast Texas Community College student Rebecca Mercedes Collins, of Daingerfield, has been named the 2019 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
