Archers support Honors Northeast
Jim and Paula Archer recently contributed $1,000 to the Honors Northeast program at Northeast Texas Community College. A matching gift from IBM brought the total gift to $2,000. †The gift will be used to fund cultural trips for scholars in Honors Northeast.
Since its inception at NTCC in 2007, the Honors Program has begun each school year with a ?roundup?
Since its inception at NTCC in 2007, the Honors Program has begun each school year with a ?roundup?
Honors Northeast to premiere new historical film
The Northeast Texas Community College Webb Society and Honors Northeast Present will premiere their new original film†Two for One: The Story of Ma and Pa Ferguson on†Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in the†Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.
Jim ?Pa" Ferguson came to power by backing tenant farmers and avoiding the issue of alcohol.
Honors Northeast attends NCHC meeting in Chicago
Five sophomore Northeast Texas Community College Honors students, in addition to Honors professors Dr. Mary Hearron and Dr. Andrew Yox,†recently†represented NTCC at the 50th Anniversary meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) in Chicago. The NCHC is the premier association of honors programs and honors colleges in the nation. NTCC is the only community college to have featured scholarly student presenters at the yearly NCHC continuously since 2008.
NCHC committees select proposals to present on the basis of appeal, previous awards, and scholarly promise.
NCHC committees select proposals to present on the basis of appeal, previous awards, and scholarly promise.
NTCC Webb chapter presents in Galveston
The Northeast Texas Community College chapter of the Walter Webb Society recently presented work at the group's statewide fall meeting in Galveston. The focus of NTCC's presentation was their upcoming film on Texas†governors Ma and Pa Ferguson.
Honors Northeast takes fall cultural trip
Thanks to the Friends of Honors Northeast, Northeast Texas Community College Honors students and professors were able to take their eighth annual cultural fall trip to Dallas/Fort Worth September 18.
Morgan Capps wins Chitsey Prize
Presidential Scholar Morgan Capps is the 2015 winner of the $200 Elizabeth Chitsey Prize given annually to a student at Honors Northeast whose performance in the preceding year far exceeded expectations.
Poster Contest winners announced
Northeast Texas Community College hosted the 8th annual McGraw Hill Poster Contest April 24. Students presented posters highlighting original research on a wide range of topics. This event has become an annual test of creative scholarship in Northeast Texas, funded in part by the McGraw-Hill Corporation and judged by friends of NTCC and Honors Northeast. First place went to Kayleah Cumpian of Mount Pleasant. She presented research performed last summer at Texas A&M University-Commerce and won the top prize of $400.
Northeast Honors scholars recognize Dr. Mary Hearron
Each year, for the past two years, NTCC honors sophomores have been asked, ?what professor at NTCC best challenged you to go above and beyond your standard performance in learning??† This year the sophomores chose Dr. Mary Hearron.
Each year, for the past two years, immediate honors alumni have been asked, ?what professor at NTCC best prepared you for the standards that you encountered at the university??† This year, Dr.
Each year, for the past two years, immediate honors alumni have been asked, ?what professor at NTCC best prepared you for the standards that you encountered at the university??† This year, Dr.
Mendoza wins scholarship to University of St. Thomas
Miranda Mendoza, a Northeast Texas Community College sophomore Honors Scholar and Vice President of the college?s PTK chapter, has won the two-year $48,000 Francis Monaghan Excellence Scholarship to attend the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Mendoza also has received lucrative offers from the University of Arkansas, and St. Edward?s University in Austin.† She is choosing St.
Mendoza also has received lucrative offers from the University of Arkansas, and St. Edward?s University in Austin.† She is choosing St.
