Daingerfield Country Club wins NTCC Foundation golf tourney

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently held its annual golf tournament at Princedale Country Club in Pittsburg. This was the 26th†consecutive year of the tournament. Participating teams included: AEP/Swepco, American National Bank, Daingerfield Country Club, Bowie-Cass, Cypress Bank, Guaranty Bond Bank, Luminant, Northeast Texas Credit Union, Texas Heritage National Bank, and an NTCC team sponsored by East Texas Wealth Planning Advisors.
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Crop Production Services donates seed for NTCC Agronomy experiment

Crop Production Services recently donated 13 sacks of cool season forages to the Northeast Texas Community College Ag Department for use by the Agronomy class. †Representatives Wayne Marshall and Jay Madison presented the gift during a recent class. They are pictured above with NTCC Agronomy students; faculty members Chad Henry and Joe Whinery; and Titus County Extension Agent Kenny Rollins, who assisted with setting up test plots for the cool season forages. The class is using the seeds to study different planting techniques on the NTCC instructional farm.
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NTCC college rodeo wrap-up



By: Christopher Hamilton, NTCC Eagle Newspaper Staff


The Northeast Texas Community College rodeo team hosted their annual rodeo at the Mount Pleasant Rodeo Arena from Thursday, Oct. 10 through Saturday, Oct. 12. Along with hosting the rodeo, members of both the men?s and the women?s teams participated and placed in several events.

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Living From The Ground Up sustainable ag seminar scheduled for Nov. 1

Northeast Texas Community College will host its third annual Living from the Ground Up (LFGU) sustainable agriculture seminar on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 at the Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Agriculture Complex. Sustainable agriculture specialist, Daniel Salatin of Polyface Farms in Virginia, will be the keynote speaker.†

?Living From The Ground Up is a great chance for folks who are passionate about sustainable agriculture to get together and learn from one another.
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Water outages force NTCC to address aging infrastructure

The maintenance staff at Northeast Texas Community College has been busy this semester as a series of water system breakdowns plague the college. Since mid-August, the main campus has been forced to go without water five times due to leaks in its aging water system. Outages have varied from a few hours to more than half a day.

On the morning of Fall Inservice (the one day when all college faculty/staff gather to prepare for the new school year) a major water system break took out the entire campus, leaving the college without running water, working restrooms, and cafeteria services.
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Culinary Arts to host final Buffet Night on Oct. 17

The Northeast Texas Community College Culinary Arts Program will host its final special Buffet Night of the season on Thursday, Oct. 17 at the NTCC Culinary Institute (?Our Place?) in historic downtown Pittsburg.


The dinner is open to the public and will be held†from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Seating is restaurant-style and to-go orders will be available by calling ahead to†903-434-8333†The cost is $10 per person.
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Mary Jane Coker Memorial Scholarship established at NTCC

Bill and Rosalie Chambers recently established a Perpetual scholarship at Northeast Texas Community College in memory of Mary Jane Coker. The Mary Jane Coker Memorial Scholarship will be for available for students from Titus county majoring in general academic studies. For information regarding how you can make a contribution to this scholarship or other scholarship opportunities at NTCC please contact Dr. Jonathan McCullough at 903-434-8115.††Pictured above is Mrs. Rosalie Chambers presenting the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Vice President for Advancement, NTCC.

 
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