Pictured: Michelle Calderon, Neida Perez, Haley Lewis and Adrilanie Gutierrez.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Honors Northeast, the Northeast Texas Community College Honors Program, is pleased to announce its Honors Students for the 2023-2024 school year. This includes seven Presidential Scholars and nineteen Honors Scholars.

Pictured: Fernanda Aleman, Raul Leija, Assistant Honors Director and Driver--Melody Mott, Michelle Calderon, Vanessajane Bayna, Sam Pollan, Neida Perez, Perla Guzman, Skylar Hodson, Garrett Phillips, Kaden Groda, Maddy Smith, Morgan Thrapp. Michael Rodriguez, Student Services Specialist and Driver--Fatima Fuentes, Luke McCraw, Odalys Adame (Not shown: John Jones, Halea Ledezma, Alison Majors, and Honors Director and Driver--Dr. Andrew Yox).

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Monse Rivero, Vice President of the Honors Student Council, at the 2023 Roundup.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: 2023 Student Winners of the Northeast Texas Poetry Contest, First through Fourth, Michelle Calderon, Maddy Smith, Morgan Thrapp, and Odalys Adame. Photo courtesy of Mandy Smith and the Eagle.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Odes to the Majestic and Natural:  An Upbeat Objectivism Returns to the Northeast Texas Poetry Reading

Photo Courtesy of Hudson Old, and the East Texas Journal.  Pictured from Left to Right: Victoria Matiz, Joel Reyes, Honors Director--Dr. Andrew Yox, Kaden Groda, Allen Herald, Hannah Goldblum, Luke McCraw, Halea Ledezma, Rev. Dan Hoke, Morgan Thrapp, Sam Pollan, Alison Majors, Demi Reyes, Garrett Phillips, Andrea Reyes, Aubrey Watkins, Monse Rivero, Michael Rodriguez, Raul Leija, Assistant Honors Director—Melody Mott, Michelle Calderon, Skylar Hodson.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Cypress Bank Vice President, Josh Cato, Presidential Scholar, Amy Vazquez, and NTCC Honors Director--Dr. Andrew Yox.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

In her first year at NTCC, Neida Perez became a standout among standouts.  As a top-ranked Presidential Scholar, she has earned this fall one of the two most lucrative foundation scholarships granted through the college’s honors program. She will be the college’s James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar for 2023-24.

This scholarship came into being as part of a record-breaking 1.7 million-dollar gift to Northeast Texas Community College in 2007 by the Whatley family.