News & Updates

Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas is hosting the first annual Believe In Dreams Christmas Store. They are collecting new and gently used items for families to shop at no cost.

Carter BloodCare will be on campus Tuesday, November 3, 2020 conducting a blood drive. Please help save a life by donating blood!  The blood drive bus will be in the parking lot by the Student Union Building from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.   

Northeast Texas Community College student Carolina Alcocer-Salas, from Winfield, recently received the Walter B Cooper Scholarship at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Leadership Conference. The conference, held October 16-19 virtually this year, recognized five winners from across the entire state of Texas. The Walter B Cooper Scholarship recognizes outstanding students who are “well-rounded” in the four Hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship.

Northeast Texas Community College rodeo team members Peyton Cooper and Tervyn Armstrong received the Jerald Smith Memorial Scholarship this past month at the Mount Pleasant rodeo. Peyton Cooper is a NTCC sophomore from Telephone, Texas. She participates in breakaway roping, goat tying and barrel racing. Tervyn Armstrong is an NTCC freshman from Brokenbow, Oklahoma and is a bull rider.

Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce the hiring of Joshua Freeman as the new Head Coach of the Eagles softball team after a nationwide search. Coach Freeman comes to lead the Eagle Softball program from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. Christopher Newport University is a NCAA Division III program where Coach Freeman served as Assistant head coach.

Mark Your Calendars And Spread The Word! NTCC will host the Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Week in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please view the information listed below and the attachments regarding the Pink Rain Walk-A-Dollar-THON event!

National Transfer Week is taking place next week (Oct 19-Oct 23). Our friends at Texas A&M University-Texarkana at NTCC will be hosting special activities for NTCC students! 

The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is an integral component of the reaffirmation of accreditation process and is derived from an institution’s ongoing comprehensive planning and evaluation processes. It reflects and affirms a commitment to enhance overall institutional quality and effectiveness by focusing on an issue the institution considers important to improving student learning outcomes and/or student success that is consistent with our mission and strategic plan.

The new Northeast Texas Community College Professional Driving Academy recently celebrated the graduation of its first class of students. Antarius Morton and Marcus Allen completed the program and were awarded their certificates on October 1.  The four-week Professional Driving Academy includes 160 hours of training, DOT physical, drug screen, MVR and CDL permit. Students spend 50 hours in the classroom and 110 hours on the road driving. Instruction is provided by Michael Jones, who has more than 30 years of experience in truck driving. 

The Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo Team made the long trip to Uvalde, Texas to compete in the Southwest Texas Junior College Rodeo October 2-3. Sophomores Peyton Cooper and Garrett Fields had a nice showing for NTCC. Peyton (Ivanhoe, Texas) placed seventh in Goat Tying, while Garrett (Quitman, Texas) placed sixth in the Steer Wrestling event.