By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 23rd through Friday, Nov. 25th for Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a wonderful break spending time with friends and family.

Pictured: Richard and Margaret Perryman with their scholarship recipient, Erika Mares. 

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation held its 2022 Scholarship Brunch on Friday, Nov. 19th in the Student Union Building. This was the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that NTCC was able to host the annual event.

Last week Dr. Paula Wilhite, Northeast Texas Community College Professor of Mathematics/Division Chair for Math, Physics and Engineering, presented “The Beauty of Mathematics in Beethoven’s Compositions” at the annual conference of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) in Toronto, Canada. Included in her presentation was the beauty of the patterns of mathematics in Ludwig Beethoven’s classical and romantic styles of musical works that may explain how his creativity appeared unaffected by his tragic deafness.

Pictured: Ian Griffin with one of the first place awards from TCCJA. 

By: Doc Anderson, Eagle Co-Editor-In-Chief 

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagle newspaper staff brought home 22 awards in several print, video and photography categories at the Texas Community College Journalism Association, TCCJA, this past weekend.  

The Northeast Texas Community College CARE Center staff traveled to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston to present at the 10th Anniversary First Gen Summit.

The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College is ready to help you get into the holiday spirit as it hosts The Celtic Angels Christmas on Tuesday, Dec. 6th at 7:30 p.m.

Shelby students who attended SEMA are pictured with the GT350 that was on display at the Shelby Heritage Center. From left is: Sam Nichols, Javier Macias, Josh Sigal, Kolby Perkins, and Rebekah Briggs.

The Northeast Texas Community College Theatre Department will present Almost, Maine on the stage of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts December 1st-3rd. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. nightly and there will also be a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Dec. 3rd.

The play, written by John Cariani, is directed by Dr. Page Petrucka, NTCC Associate Professor of Theatre. The cast and crew include NTCC students, staff, local community members, and Eric Staples, theatre instructor at Chapel Hill ISD. 

Come join the NTCC Culinary Arts Departments Fall Fundraiser on November 30^th at 6:00 p.m. at the Culinary Arts school in downtown Pittsburg. The catering class will be organizing this event with some help from other classes as well. Take-out will be available, but please e-mail orders ahead of time to Ana Perry (aperry@ntcc.edu). Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased at the Hansen Sewell Center during regular business hours. The cutoff date for tickets/preorder is November 28th. Seating is limited.