August 4 construction update

? There is currently no interior pathway to walk from the east side of campus to the west side. There is access to the Testing Center (BT) and Student Success (SUB) from the exterior parking lots behind BT and the SUB. There is also access to the BT building through the IT building.

? Plans are in place to reopen the front entrance of the Student Services/Administration Building early next week.

Power outage planned for Aug. 5, registration moved to Whatley Center

† † † Northeast Texas Community College will have a construction-related power outage on most of its campus this Friday, Aug. 5. Student Services and the business office will remain open, but will be working out of the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts from 8 a.m. to noon.


† † † ?We apologize for this inconvenience. Our campus is currently undergoing major renovations and there are times when disruptions are necessary.
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Alpha Mu Chi attends Texas Honors Institute

Alpha Mu Chi, the Northeast Texas Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, recently returned from the Texas Honors Institute, held at Stephen F. Austin State University. The Honors Institute is a chance for Phi Theta Kappa members from throughout the Texas Region to engage in intellectual discourse about this year's Honors Study Topic "How the World Works: Global Perspectives.?†

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Faculty Focus: Fulgham co-writes instructor's manual for Norton textbook

Our own Dr. Melissa Fulgham, Division Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of History, recently co-wrote the instructor's manual for the 10th edition (most recent) of Norton's history textbook†America: A Narrative History. †Her past textbook work includes†being an acknowledged reviewer for McGraw Hill's†Experience History†and writing the instructor resource materials for Bedford/St.
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NTCC plans GED, ESL registration

Do you know someone who is interested in learning English or completing their GED (General Education Development)? The Adult Education Program at Northeast Texas Community College offers free GED and ESL (English as a Second Language) classes at a variety of convenient locations. Registration for all locations will be held at the Community Resource Center (formerly MPISD Administration Building) at 105 N. Riddle Street on the following dates: August 9, 11, 15 and 17.

Both daytime and evening classes are available.
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Honors Northeast seeks entries for poetry contest

Northeast Texas Community College and Honors Northeast†recently†announced a call for original poems to enter the ninth†annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. The judges will be looking for poems that can accent or enliven our sense of the surroundings, people, the culture, and/or the history of Northeast Texas. Adult winners will take home $200 for first place and $50 for second place. Full-time student winners will receive $400 for first place, $300 for second, $200 for third, and $100 for fourth. All ages are welcome to enter the contest. Any genre of poem, and at any length, can compete.