The mission of NTCC is "to provide personal, dynamic learning experiences empowering students to succeed." In keeping with this mission, faculty members frequently encourage students to expand their education beyond the classroom. A great example of this was found on March 28th, when student Alyssa Ochoa (pictured center in blue) spent several hours on a lovely spring afternoon collecting data on campus for her psychology research project.

The Fifteenth Annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest is set for Friday, May 5th at 9:30 a.m. in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College. This contest recognizes and rewards creative student scholarship in Northeast Texas. Area high school seniors, college and university students are welcome to compete. Prizes range from $100 for fourth place to $400 for first place. Community judges will determine a project’s contribution to scholarship, the persuasiveness of its author, and the quality of the overall presentation.

The Eagle newspaper staff attended the 2023 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention last week and returned home with a number of awards! The staff won a total of 23 awards including a 1st place in Best of Show and 2nd place in overall excellence. Co-Editor-in-Chief Skylar Fondren also took 2nd place in the feature photography on-site contest and was also awarded the $2,000 Fred Stewart Community College Journalism Scholarship. The NTCC literary and art magazine, Lagniappe, received a 2nd place award for cover design and overall design.   

NTCC Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) students (from left): Monse Rivero, Neida Pérez and Anahí Valente represented NTCC at the state TAFE (Texas Association of Future Educators) competition in Austin. Neida and Anahi qualified to compete at the National competition in Orlando June 29-July 2. We wish them luck as they represent their college this summer!

The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department will hold its annual student art show from Thursday, April 6th through Tuesday, May 2nd in the foyer gallery of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. The exhibit will feature student artworks in design, drawing, ceramics, photography, and digital media.  A reception will be held Wednesday, April 12th in the Whatley Center foyer at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come, meet our amazing students, and enjoy the exhibit.  

The Northeast Texas Community College Professional Driving Academy continues to grow and supply high-demand CDL drivers to the local area. One new student recently graduated from the program. Pictured (from left) is: Aron Farley (Instructor), graduate Alex Martinez, and Jimmy Smith (Director of Continuing Education and Corporate Training).

The NTCC Continuing Education department recently offered its very first pickleball course starting in late march. The course, taught by Marc Levesque, is a great way to stay fit, have fun and make new friends. "Thank you NTCC continuing education for allowing me to teach and instruct the fastest growing sport in America “Pickleball”  This amazing sport combines tennis, badminton and ping pong and is played with a paddle and heavier type whiffle ball," Levesque said. 

Northeast Texas Community College hosted Eastfield College in a non-conference, single game on March 27th and came away with a 16-11 win. The Eagles bounced back offensively after splitting a weekend series with Panola where they only score five runs in two games. NTCC would score in seven of eight innings that they batted, including a big seven run fifth inning to match a seven run top half of the fifth by Eastfield.

Northeast Texas Community College Softball traveled to Corsicana, Texas on March 25th to take on Navarro College, coming away with one win and one loss. After losing in extra innings, 6-5 in game one, NTCC bounced back for a 4-1 victory in game two. In game one of the series, Navarro scored first in the bottom of the third...

Texas A&M University-Texarkana is offering a special admission application fee waiver for community college transfer students during the month of April. They are doing so in celebration of Community College Month. For more information, visit www.tamut.edu/apply.