The Northeast Texas Community College Learning Resource Center (LRC) and Culinary Arts School will host their second annual Edible Book Contest on Tuesday, April 1. This event challenges participants to depict a favorite book through edible art. The contest is open to the general public and all experience levels are welcome.

Contest entry forms are available online at www.ntcc.edu/ediblebooks. These should be returned to the LRC by Monday, March 31. While there is no cost to enter, late entries (day of) will be charged a fee of $2.

Where does your food come from?

If you're like many Americans, the answer is the grocery store. In fact, the grocery store is not where our food comes from, just from where it's distributed. Unfortunately, far too many people are unaware of the role of American agriculture has in their daily lives . . . and what it really takes to have food on their dinner table.

Just a few generations ago, most people were a part of, and had friends or relatives directly involved with, agriculture. Today, that is no longer the case.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $500 gift to benefit a student majoring in fine arts. This scholarship, contributed by the Fine Arts Club of Mount Pleasant, is one of the longest running scholarships at NTCC (established 1985).†Pictured, Sandra Price (center), Frances Standridge, and Joyce Thomas present the donation to Nita May, NTCC Director of Development (right) and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement (left). For more information on this or other NTCC Foundation Scholarships, please call 903-434-8115.

SBDC Presents: Effective Facebook Marketing

An effective Facebook page needs to be dynamic, with frequent status updates and photos.

Are you ready to be dynamic?

In Effective Facebook Marketing, the third installment of our social media training series, Amanda McCellon, Wonderland and Company, will demonstrate how to:

The Northeast Texas Community College Eagles (NTCC) softball team suffered a series of losses this weekend during a tournament held in Longview. The Eagles faced four college teams from three states on Friday and Saturday, with two additional games scheduled for Sunday being canceled because of weather.

Sophomore infielder Jennifer Miller hit the first homerun of the tournament for the Eagles in the fourth inning of Friday?s first game against Lamar Community College, scoring their only run of the game.