February 5, 2016
The Northeast Texas Community College Honors Committee recently promoted Hector Zuniga, an NTCC sophomore from Mount Pleasant, from the title of Honors Scholar to Presidential Scholar. Zuniga won the citation for Academic Excellence in last fall?s Biotex Honors Seminar and has maintained a 4.0 GPA at NTCC.† The Biotex seminar is composed each fall of entering honors students, and Zuniga won the top rank.†Honors Northeast also admitted two additional Honors Scholars - Kassandra† Martinez and Ryan-Rose Mendoza. Both students, in addition to excelling on tests last semester, wrote excellent essays. Mendoza wrote on Civil War comparisons and Martinez on the evangelist, George Whitefield.† The three are pictured above during the recent Honors cultural trip to Plano (from left) Ryan-Rose Mendoza, Hector Zuniga and Kassandra Martinez. Honors Northeast is currently accepting applications for the 2016-2017 school year.†High School seniors in the top tenth of their class are welcome to apply as well as NTCC students with over a 3.5 GPA. Please contact Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director, at 903-434-8119 or ayox@ntcc.edu for†further information. The deadline for applications is March 1.†