Skylar Fondren named Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar
Skylar Fondren, a Presidential Honors Scholar at Northeast Texas Community College, has been named a 2023 Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Skylar was named a Leader of Promise by Phi Theta Kappa in 2021 and has been very active in Honors Northeast, Phi Theta Kappa, and NTCC’s Journalism program.
Annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest planned for May 5th
Pictured: Daniel Landaverde, NTCC McGraw-Hill Competitor in 2019-2020. He is a recent Winner of a Jack Kent Cooke and is currently an associate with Marsh, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk consulting
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Honors students present at the Meeting of the GPHC
Pictured: Neida Perez, Dr. Andrew Yox, Aubrey Watkins, Alyssa Ochoa, and Sam Pollan.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox
Honors Scholars win awards at Webb/TSHA meeting in El Paso
Pictured (from left) is: Sam Pollan, Alyssa Ochoa, Michelle Calderon, Skylar Fondren, and Aubrey Watkins.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Last weekend in El Paso, NTCC honors-student essayists won their 31st and 32nd Caldwell essay awards in Texas history. The film effort of NTCC’s Webb Society and Honors Northeast won its fifth $600 Chapter Project Award, for the best creation in Texas history performed by any collegiate or university group.
Texas Suffragette: The Minnie Fisher Cunningham Story premieres March 24th
Film Poster Created by Dr. Jerry Wesson Scholar, Monserrat Rivero-Sanchez
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Honors Northeast and the NTCC Webb Society to feature the story of a surprise success—the victory of the Texas Suffragettes in 1919, at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at NTCC
31st issue of NTCC Honors’ Alacrity newsletter available
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter. The recently released 2023 February edition can be accessed on the college website by clicking here. One can also write Honors Director, Dr. Andrew P. Yox, for a real copy at ayox@ntcc.edu.
Two new Scholars in Honors Northeast
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
After outstanding performances in the fall semester, Garrett Phillips (left), and Luke McCraw have entered the ranks of Honors Northeast, NTCC’s Honors Program.
Honors scholars to address regional themes at Lunch & Learn
Pictured: Alyssa Ochoa, Neida Perez, Aubrey Watkins, and Michelle Calderon.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Thirty-first semester trip for Honors students
Pictured: Garrett Phillips, Skylar Hodson, Hope Kelly, Madellynn Smith, Skylar Fondren, Aubrey Watkins, Sam Pollan, Luke McCraw, Dr. Andrew Yox--Honors Director, Adri Gutierrez, Alyssa Ochoa, Jordan Chapin, Victor Diaz, Raul Leija, Michelle Calderon.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Two Presidential Scholars win Eckman Awards
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
For their performance in the fall of 2022 in challenging honors seminars at NTCC in relation to their peers, two Presidential Scholars will win $100 checks. Sophomore Skylar Fondren, president of the honors student council, obtained the highest combined grade in the Humusic Seminar. Neida Perez, a recently promoted phenomenon of the BioTex Seminar, scored the highest among first-year scholars.
