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Dr. Melissa Weinbrenner, Northeast Texas Community College Division Director of Social Sciences, Professor of History, and Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, gave the keynote address at the fourth General Session of the†at the 2013 Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.

Northeast Texas Community College Presidential Scholar Stephen Milburn is the 2013 winner of the $200 Elizabeth Chitsey Prize for improvement as an NTCC honors student.† Milburn graduated early from Mount Pleasant High School and improved his rank from Honors Scholar to Presidential Scholar after a semester in NTCC Honors. He has maintained a 3.9 GPA while taking 17 hours of honors credit.

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Jerry Webster (left), newly appointed board member for Northeast Texas Community College, is given his oath of office by Lt. Gov Bill Ratliff. †Webster is Market President of Pilgrim Bank, Pittsburg. He was appointed to fill Place†I†of the board of trustees in June after long-time member Jerry Massey retired.

Learning Resource Center (LRC) at Northeast Texas Community College recently announced that it is changing operating hours to the following schedule for the upcoming Fall and Spring semesters:

Monday & Tuesday, 8am ? 7:30pm

Wednesday & Thursday, 8am ? 6pm

Friday, 8am ? 12pm

Saturday & Sunday, Closed

Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas will host the annual SMART Girls Conference on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013 at Northeast Texas Community College. SMART Girls (Science, Math And Related Technology) provides girls between the ages of 11 and 15 access to dynamic women in SMART careers.

The keynote speaker will be Leslie Denman. She loves to motivate and empower women and girls. Denman openly shares her struggles, victories and faith with young girls to inspire them to Dream Big! She is a mentor to young people and an encourager to women.

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