Northeast Texas Community College Honors students, Elyse Coleman of Gilmer and Kayleah Cumpian of Mount Pleasant, swept two of the four 2014 Caldwell essay awards given annually by the Webb division of the Texas State Historical Association (for freshmen and sophomores in the colleges and universities of Texas).

Both wrote papers that were also deemed the two 2014 Boe nominees for NTCC by the Honors Committee, consisting of professors Joy Cooper, Robert Fenton, and David Rangel.† Each year the college submits two of its best 15-20 page essays by students to the Great Plains Honors

In 2008, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers performed on the Northeast Texas Community College campus before a packed house at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Gatlin will return for an encore with an intimate, solo acoustic performance on April 5 at 7:30 p.m.

This unplugged concert will feature Gatlin telling stories about his life through multimedia presentations and songs from his childhood.

Become a leader worth following!

Access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders by attending Leadercast^{Æ †}Northeast Texas on†Friday,†May 9 at the Whatley Center at Northeast Texas Community College†in Mount Pleasant.

Leadercast exists to positively change the way the world thinks about leadership. This year?s theme?Beyond You?challenges leaders to focus outward rather than inward.

Leadercast, now in its 15^th†year, is a one-day learning event for leaders, broadcast live from Atlanta, Ga.

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Northeast Texas Community College was the only community college in the nation to have two students selected as†2014†Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholarship recipients. Noah Griffin and Matthew Jordan, both of Pittsburg, were among the 20 students who received the honor this year.

They will be recognized and invited to a special reception during Phi Theta Kappa?s Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida, April 24-26.

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) rodeo team competed in their second rodeo of the spring season at the Texas A&M-Kingsville rodeo at the Robstown Expo. Center in Kingsville, Texas. NTCC was represented by six students, with the men?s team scoring 295 points and placing fifth and the women?s team placing sixth with 80 points.

The header and heeler team of Shane McCall and Jordan Self took third in the team roping event earning 20.8 points.

The Northeast Texas Community College Lady Eagles (NTCC) softball team swept their doubleheader against Ouachita Baptist College on Monday. Game one ended with a 6-1 Eagle victory and Game two finished early with a 10-2 run rule victory.

Hailey Dixon led the Eagles, giving up one run in the opening ininng and allowing only five hits during the remainder of the first game of the afternoon.

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles (NTCC) baseball team dropped their conference series against Panola College this past weekend.

Panola kicked off the first game in the series with a run in the top of the first which was answered in the bottom by Jason Jones. Panola scored again in the second and third before a passed ball put Austin Griffin and Connor Hall in position to even the score. Neither team was able to put any more runs on the board until the ninth when Panola added one to defeat the Eagles 4-3.