Texas A&M University-Texarkana and Communities in Schools are teaming up for a sock drive to help area children. Other items are needed as well. Please see the flyer below.

Cypress Bank recently gave $3,000 to sponsor the upcoming holiday performance of the Celtic Tenors at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Northeast Texas Community College. B Gooding, President of Cypress Bank, (right) is pictured presenting the check to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. Tickets are still available for the December 11 performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Visit†www.whatleycenter.com†to purchase tickets and to find out more about this and other upcoming events.

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 22 through Friday, Nov. 24 for the Thanksgiving holiday. In case of an emergency on campus during this time, please contact security at 903-434-8127.

For the 10^th year in a row, members of Honors Northeast, the honors program at Northeast Texas Community College, have presented scholarly work at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC).

Dr. Ron Clinton has been named the sole†finalist to become the next president of Northeast Texas Community College. The NTCC Board of Trustees voted to move forward with hiring Clinton for the post at a special-called board meeting Wednesday night. He has served as interim president of the college since October†1.

State law requires the college to give a 21-day notice of announcing a sole†finalist before appointing a new president.

?It is a unanimous decision for the board to hire Dr. Clinton.

Theatre Northeast, the student theatre group of Northeast Texas Community College, will present its annual Children?s Play December 2 and 3 at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. This year?s production is Once Upon a Wolf by Steph DeFerie.

This fast and furious collection of fractured fairy tales with a modern twist tells what happens when the Big Bad Wolf decides he doesn't want to be big or bad anymore! Old Granny Stinkyfeet is just trying to tell the kiddies some stories but she's having trouble with the Wolf. He won't eat her like he's supposed to!

Name: Brenda Godoy, Sophomore Biology Major
2016 Salutatorian from Mount Pleasant High School

Future Plans: After graduating from NTCC, Brenda plans to transfer to Texas A&M University in College Station in the fall of 2018 to pursue a bachelor?s degree.

Goal: To attend medical school and become a pediatrician.† Scholarships: NTCC Presidential Scholar.

The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to present a holiday performance by The Celtic Tenors Monday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. This festive show, sponsored by Cypress Bank, is sure to get you into the spirit of the season as they deliver some of your favorite holiday songs in their innovative style.

The Celtic Tenors have established themselves as the most successful classical crossover artists ever to emerge from Ireland.

Quilts by local quilters hang in the Whatley Center foyer in what is now an annual tradition for the NTCC art department.† For the second consecutive year, quilters bring their treasured quilts to share with the community. The exhibit runs from Monday, Nov. 6 through Wednesday, Nov. 29. A reception is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center foyer, and refreshments will be served.

Seven quilters brought 25 quilts for this exhibit, which is titled†Beyond the Rail Fence.

Early fall-winter forage production is particularly valuable as it allows flexibility for earlier grazing or increased stockpiling. The goal of the Noble Research Institute?s small grains breeding program is to develop cultivars with improved forage qualities, better fall production, improved ability to recover after grazing and better overall forage yields. Come see six of the new small grain varieties, selected for increased early season forage yields, recently released by the Noble Research Institute