Northeast Texas Community College is hosting an evening Police Academy (Basic Peace Officer Training) beginning October 3 at the Elementary School building in New Boston. The training program is 34 weeks and meets from 5:30-10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and every second and fourth Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The cost is $1,556 plus books and uniforms. NTCC offers affordable payment plans and this program qualifies for limited grant assistance for eligible students.

?We are excited to offer our night police academy in New Boston.

The Northeast Texas Community College Honors Program is pleased to announce its Honors Students for the 2016-2017 school year. This includes†10†Presidential Scholars and†15†Honors Scholars.

Honors Northeast†was founded in the spring of 2007. Geared to attract top high school graduates and college students, the program has prospered thanks to a network of loyal supporters both in and out of the college. Each year, NTCC honors students have attended and presented research at the Great Plains Honors Council and the National Collegiate Honors Council.

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Many of you may have noticed a new building being constructed†adjacent to the NTCC campus. The Wesley Fellowship Center, which is a†result of years of fundraising and planning by members of the Wesley Fellowship, is slated to open within the next few months. The facility features a kitchen, multipurpose room, classrooms and an apartment for the building manager. In addition to being utilized for Bible studies and fellowship events, the center will also be used by NTCC and Chapel Hill for various other purposes. Look for further information in the near future!

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Offices will be closed and classes will not meet. NTCC will resume its regular schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

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The Ninth Annual Northeast Texas Poetry Reading†will be held in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College on Friday, Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. The reading will feature two speakers with broad historical interests in our region.

The scholars of Honors Northeast completed filming their fifth feature-length movie last week in Nacogdoches.†The subject of this year?s film was the end of the Texas Cherokee and the transformation of Sam Houston. The project was researched, written, directed, acted and produced by students in the Northeast Texas Community College honors program with the support of faculty, staff and community members.