Skylar Hodson wins Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Skylar Hodson, the recent winner of the most prestigious award of Phi Theta Kappa in Texas, the Dr. Mary Hood Award, has also become the fourth winner of the Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship. This annual $500 award goes to an honors student who has made significant contributions to Northeast Texas culture and life.

Honors Northeast receives $10,000 donation to support film projects

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a donation of $10,000 from the Stevenson family of Gilmer. These funds will help the Honors Northeast program continue its legacy of unique special projects, specifically their annual feature-length film. Pictured at the check presentation is (from left): Dr. Andrew Yox, NTCC Honors Director, Wlliam Stevenson, David A. Stevenson, David L. Stevenson, and Dr. Ron Clinton, NTCC President. 

Mary-Faith Wilson wins 7th Gladys Winkle Humanities Scholarship in Honors

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

The Gladys Winkle Family has empowered six NTCC honors students through the years with a special scholarship for excellence in the Humanities that comes in addition to an institutional honors scholarship.  This year’s winner is Mary-Faith Wilson, a star of the HuMusic Seminar last fall before she even entered honors, and this year, one of the top-tier Presidential Scholars of Honors Northeast.