News & Updates

The Texas Region of Phi Theta Kappa held its annual Texas Honors Institute as a virtual event July 23 – 25. The event featured an art inspired theme and included three days of guest speakers, interactive virtual fellowship events, seminar group discussions, and bonding activities.  Traditionally the event is planned and coordinated by the Texas Regional leadership team, which this year includes District III Vice-President, Cade Bennett of NTCC. 

Are you and your computer ready for the Fall semester at NTCC? The IT team has made it easy for students to access everything they need to have their technology ready to go for the first day of school. The best part is, you can do it all yourself...no need to stop by to see anyone! Check out the steps below...

NTCC is pleased to announce that JoAnn Rodriguez has been nominated for this week’s Summer Shout Out. JoAnn is the Secretary to the Math and Science departments. She frequently goes above and beyond to keep things running smoothly in the MS building.  Congratulations, JoAnn! We appreciate all that you do to support the mission of NTCC!

Cade Alan Bennett, a NTCC sophomore, District III Phi Theta Kappa Vice President, and former Cypress Bank Scholar, is the winner of the 2021-22 Gladys Winkle Humanities/Honors scholarship.  He will receive $2,500 for matriculation at NTCC in the coming year, as a top student of Honors Northeast, majoring in the Humanities.

Because of his combination of academic excellence, leadership, and public service, Brian Ramirez of Mount Pleasant has become the second winner of the James and Elizabeth Whatley Honors Endowed Scholarship.  This $2,500 scholarship, to be applied to the coming academic year at NTCC, and available for distinguished NTCC honors sophomores in the years to come, is the result of a $50,000 gift given to Honors Northeast, the college’s honors program, when it started in 2007.  Elizabeth Whatley (1927-2016) at that time gave a record-breaking 1.7 million dollars, one of the largest known gifts to a rural community college.  She and her husband, James, gave over 2.6 million dollars to NTCC between the years, 1985 and 2016.

Davin Whatley, a student at Northeast Texas Community College in Texas, has been named the 2021 Dr. Mary Hood Texas Region Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship. 

Elliott Auto Group in Mount Pleasant recently donated a customized Ford F-150 truck to the Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Program at Northeast Texas Community College. Pictured presenting the donation is (from left): Ashley Willson, Brandon Milam, Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Executive Vice President for Advancement, Tommy Shumate and Shelton West. To learn more about the Shelby Auto Tech Program, visit www.shelbyautotech.com.

Northeast Texas Community College celebrated August 2021 commencement on Friday, Aug. 13. The ceremony was held at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Graduates received a total of 76 degrees and 53 certificates of competency. The event was streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. See links below for graduation portraits, recordings of the ceremonies and the slideshows listing all graduates that was played during the ceremony

Did you know that NTCC has a WorKamper program?  It allows full-time Rv’ers to exchange work for rent. Retirees and disabled workers can share their considerable experience and talents to help NTCC on a wide variety of projects, including landscaping, painting, farming, electrical, plumbing, and computer support.

NTCC’s Continuing Education and Corporate Training department is pleased to announce our first Senior Adult conference for seniors 55 and up. The conference will be held on August 20th, 2021 in the Whatley Center on the NTCC campus, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.