Rhylie Anderson participated in the 58^th Annual Western Historical Association held at the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, October 17-20. The conference theme was “Re-Imaging Race and Ethnicity in the West.”

While there, Rhylie presented a poster on her work on African-American leaders in Texas after the Civil War. Her work appeared alongside that of scholars from colleges such as Stanford University and Montana State University.

Members from NTCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Mu Chi, visited PTK Headquarters in Jackson, Mississippi, October 26. The group spent the day touring the Center for Excellence, meeting headquarters staff, learning more about PTK scholarships and programming, and seeing the beautiful building which serves as headquarters for the International Honor Society.

The NTCC Eagles men's soccer team is headed to Daytona, Florida to play in the NJCAA National Tournament. The seeding for the tournament was released Wednesday with the Eagles seeded #8 in the tournament. The Eagles will be in Pool A along with #1 seed Pima and #12 seed Muskegon College. First game for the Eagles will be Tuesday November 13^that 9:30 AM against Muskegon College.

This past Friday the men’s team traveled to take on LSUE in the South District Final game. The Eagles were able to come out with the 3-1 win and punch their ticket to the NJCAA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT!! This is the first time since 2014 that the men’s soccer team has made it to Nationals. The team will be traveling to Daytona, Florida to participate in the 2018 NJCAA Division 1 Soccer National Tournament taking place November 12th-17th. Thank you to everyone for the continued support of the team on and off the field.

Submitted by: René McCracken, Ag Director If you have survived October fall festivals and events then you are headlong into a thankful harvest in Texas.  The college garden was no exception to homeowners garden in having a better fall harvest than we did this past dry spring and summer.  Garden clean-up and winter preparations are in full swing in hopes of getting all our tasks completed before the first freeze, typically around November 15^th.  With all the business of a working mom with active teenage daughters, the last thing I want to worry about it what my Thanksgiving

Quilts created by local quilters will hang in the Whatley Center foyer in what is now an annual tradition for the Northeast Texas Community College art department.  For the third consecutive year, quilters bring their treasured art to share with the community. The exhibit runs from Wednesday, Nov. 7 through Monday, Nov. 26. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center foyer, and refreshments will be served.