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? at the Archers' beautiful Upshur County ranch and has traveled each semester on cultural day-trips to nearby locales such as Dallas, Fort Worth and Shreveport.
?Thanks to the Archers, we have visited the Kimbell, the Dallas Art Museum, the Perot Museum, and the Norton, seen the Texas Rangers lose and the old Shreveport Mudbugs win,? Dr. Andrew Yox, NTCC Honors Director, said.†? We have danced with other college honors programs and skated at the Galleria; we have visited Dallas theatres, seen the Fort Worth Zoo, the Dallas Arboretum, and have even visited the highly restricted campus of Texas Instruments.?
NTCC Professor Emeritus,†Dr. Jim Archer, began the trip sequence even before Honors Northeast was officially formed as a reward for some of his best students. Dr. Paula Archer was a long-term employee of IBM who has been able to†receive matching grants through the company and double the impact of their gifts.
"I know I speak for every student in Honors when I say that the Archers are an essential component to our Honors Program. We are more than thankful for their hospitality, encouragement, and special trips they provide us with every year,? Angelica Fuentes, NTCC Presidential Scholar, said. Fuentes is a sophomore chemistry major who attended the fall 2014 cultural trip to Fort Worth, the 2015 spring trip to the Dallas Arts District, and the 2015 fall trip to the George Bush Museum and Arboretum.
For more information on Honors Northeast, contact Yox at 903-434-8229 or†ayox@ntcc.edu.
