Two Northeast Texas Community College sophomores were the recipients of this year’s Bonnie Spencer awards. Jordan Whelchel, a Presidential Scholar writing in the required non-honors class, won $100 and first place for his original work on “Capitalist Chemistry.” Laura Ross’s second-place essay, winning $50, concerned the persecution of Russian immigrants during the era of World War I.
Two NTCC Presidential Scholars are the recent recipients of $1,250 Gladys Winkle Scholarships. Israel Perez and John Rodriguez, of Mount Pleasant, are the third and fourth recipients of this coveted award in honors. The previous winners were Texas Heritage National Bank Scholar, Mercedes Collins, and Leader of Promise recipient, Courtney Baldwin. The scholarship goes to humanities majors in honors who have a proven record of attainment in a humanities field. It will be applied to their costs this 2021 spring semester.
At Northeast Texas Community College, we like to say you can start here and go anywhere - because it's true! Whether you are looking to train for a one-semester certificate to help you get a better job or you have plans to transfer to a university to seek a bachelor's degree (or beyond), NTCC is a great choice for taking the first step.
The Northeast Texas Community College Student Government Association recently presented its annual awards to student organizations that went above and beyond during the 2018-2019 academic year.
The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation participated in East Texas Giving Day on Tuesday, April 30. As a result of the event, the foundation raised a total of $77,517!
The Northeast Texas Community College (17-31, 8-18) baseball team faced Angelina College (28-18, 14-13) in three games last weekend. NTCC was unable to pick up a win in the series.
The Morris County Retired School Employees Association conducted its April meeting at NTCC where they presented Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement, with a $500 check to support the Work4College program.
Louisiana State University Graduate Student, Matthew Jordan, has just won a $138,000 National Science Foundation grant for his work on electrochemical selective separations for bio-oil upgrading. Jordan spent his freshman and sophomore years at NTCC, 2012-2014, as an engineering major and honors student.
