In 2008, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers performed on the Northeast Texas Community College campus before a packed house at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Gatlin will return for an encore with an intimate, solo acoustic performance on April 5 at 7:30 p.m.

This unplugged concert will feature Gatlin telling stories about his life through multimedia presentations and songs from his childhood.

Become a leader worth following!

Access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders by attending Leadercast^{Æ †}Northeast Texas on†Friday,†May 9 at the Whatley Center at Northeast Texas Community College†in Mount Pleasant.

Leadercast exists to positively change the way the world thinks about leadership. This year?s theme?Beyond You?challenges leaders to focus outward rather than inward.

Leadercast, now in its 15^th†year, is a one-day learning event for leaders, broadcast live from Atlanta, Ga.

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Northeast Texas Community College was the only community college in the nation to have two students selected as†2014†Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholarship recipients. Noah Griffin and Matthew Jordan, both of Pittsburg, were among the 20 students who received the honor this year.

They will be recognized and invited to a special reception during Phi Theta Kappa?s Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, April 24-26.

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) rodeo team competed in their second rodeo of the spring season at the Texas A&M-Kingsville rodeo at the Robstown Expo. Center in Kingsville, Texas. NTCC was represented by six students, with the men?s team scoring 295 points and placing fifth and the women?s team placing sixth with 80 points.

The header and heeler team of Shane McCall and Jordan Self took third in the team roping event earning 20.8 points.

The Northeast Texas Community College Lady Eagles (NTCC) softball team swept their doubleheader against Ouachita Baptist College on Monday. Game one ended with a 6-1 Eagle victory and Game two finished early with a 10-2 run rule victory.

Hailey Dixon led the Eagles, giving up one run in the opening ininng and allowing only five hits during the remainder of the first game of the afternoon.

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles (NTCC) baseball team dropped their conference series against Panola College this past weekend.

Panola kicked off the first game in the series with a run in the top of the first which was answered in the bottom by Jason Jones. Panola scored again in the second and third before a passed ball put Austin Griffin and Connor Hall in position to even the score. Neither team was able to put any more runs on the board until the ninth when Panola added one to defeat the Eagles 4-3.

The Northeast Texas Community College Learning Resource Center (LRC) and Culinary Arts School will host their second annual Edible Book Contest on Tuesday, April 1. This event challenges participants to depict a favorite book through edible art. The contest is open to the general public and all experience levels are welcome.

Contest entry forms are available online at www.ntcc.edu/ediblebooks. These should be returned to the LRC by Monday, March 31. While there is no cost to enter, late entries (day of) will be charged a fee of $2.

Where does your food come from?

If you're like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store. In fact, the grocery store is not where our food comes from, just from where it's distributed. Unfortunately, far too many people are unaware of the role of American agriculture has in their daily lives . . . and what it really takes to have food on their dinner table.

Just a few generations ago, most people were a part of, and had friends or relatives directly involved with, agriculture. Today, that is no longer the case.