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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Jesse Maranville (right),†President of International Sulphur, Inc., presents†Dr. Jonathan McCullough†(left), Vice†President†for†Advancement at†Northeast Texas Community College, with a check for $5,000.†The funds will be used to award five $1,000 scholarships to students†who graduated†from NTCC in the spring of 2013†and†will be†transferring to four-year†universities†this†fall.†For information on this or other scholarship opportunities, please contact McCullough at 903-434-8115.

The 20th Century Study Club of Pittsburg recently presented the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation with a $500 scholarship to benefit a Culinary Arts†or Nursing†student at NTCC.††Pictured (from left)†is†Nita May, NTCC Director of Development; Linda Grundish and†Melinda Mayben, members of the 20th Century Study Club;†and†Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. For information on this or other scholarship opportunities, please contact the†Dr. McCullough†at 903-434-8115.

Former NTCC Eagle Baseball player Matt Durst is having a great summer in the Valley Baseball League. Playing for the Charles Town Cannons, Durst was named D-Bat Player of the Week on Monday, June 17. According to a VBL press release,†Durst played in six games that week and recorded at least one hit in five of them. He finished the week batting .409 (9-for-22) with two double, a triple and a home run. The rising junior at Southern Mississippi added eight RBIs, four runs, a sacrifice fly and a stolen base.

Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce the publication of the fall edition of NTCC Now. This is a magazine that features important information about the upcoming Fall semester.

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