News & Newsletters

  • Jerry Wesson
    NTCC mourns the passing of Dr. Jerry Wesson

    Northeast Texas Community College mourns the passing of Dr. Jerry Wesson, a founding administrator and former Vice President of Student Services, who passed away on April 20, 2026, at the age of 85. A memorial service will be held on May 9 at 1:00 p.m. at Tennison Memorial United Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant...

  • NTCC alumnus, Ricky Huitema, Dr. Andrew Yox, and NTCC alumnus, Matthew Jordan at the new lithium factory outside Texarkana, created by EnergyX out of Austin
    NTCC alumni helping to shape the future of Northeast Texas

    When two aspiring engineers, both from Pittsburg High School, placed first and second in the Northeast Texas Poetry Contest of 2012, then vice president of the college, Dr. Herbert Riedel, was impressed.  He had the two read their poems to the subsequent meeting of the NTCC Board of Trustees...

  • 2021 winners
    History essays sought for Bonnie Spencer Awards

    Expertise has its own rewards. In the case of history essays at Northeast Texas Community College, the reward might be something greater than an ‘A’.  For the eleventh straight year, the history professors of NTCC will feature the Bonnie Spencer Awards...

  • Ochoa
    Annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest planned for May 8th

    The Eighteenth Annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest is set for Friday, May 8th 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...

  • fulgham and yox
    Drs. Fulgham and Yox honored at recent luncheon of the Texas State Historical Association

    The Mary Jon, and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award of $5,000 goes out each year to a higher education professor for outstanding attainments in historical pedagogy.  University professors have been the usual recipients of this Texas-wide accolade, with educators from Sul Ross, Tarleton State, and the University of Texas at El Paso, winning the most recent awards...

  • alacrity preview
    Honors releases new Alacrity newsletter

    Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter.  The recently released 2026 spring edition can be accessed on the college website. The current issue provides a summary of student success stories at NTCC in honors last fall: the attainment of NTCC’s third string of Portia Gordon awards, Stephanie Hernandez’s election as student leader of the Great Plains Honors Council...

  • Fuentes with leadership team
    José Fuentes elected International President of Phi Theta Kappa

    Northeast Texas Community College student José Fuentes has been elected International President of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the highest student leadership position in the prestigious honor society. He was elected during the organization’s annual Catalyst conference held last week in Baltimore, Maryland, marking a historic and unprecedented achievement for NTCC...

  • winners
    NTCC Scholars win over $2,000 in awards for scholarship in Texas history

    The current cohort of honors students at NTCC have set yet another record.  Never before in the history of NTCC have its scholars topped the $2,000 mark, for scholarly awards won in a single meeting.  In the recent 5-7 March meeting of the Texas State Historical Association at Irving, NTCC scholars won two $400 first-place...