GenTX hosts video contest for high school students

The Generation TX (pronounced "Generation Texas") movement to promote a college and career-ready culture in communities statewide has declared†November 18-22†to be GenTX Week. To celebrate GenTX Week, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), creators of the Generation Texas movement, invites all high school students to participate in the first-ever GenTX video contest dubbed†Take the Challenge!

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Matthew Jordan elected to GPHC Executive Council

The annual October vote of the members of the Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC), an association of 80 honors colleges and programs, recently confirmed†Matthew Jordan,†a Presidential Scholar at Northeast Texas Community College, as the 2013-2014 Student Representative of its Executive Council.

Jordan, the 2012 Salutatorian of Pittsburg High School, will become the highest ranking student in an organization that represents thousands of honors students, including those at large and prestigious universities.
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Eagles Soccer finishes record season with loss to San Jacinto



The Northeast Texas Community College Men's Eagles Soccer team suffered a 6-1 defeat against San Jacinto College-South on Friday, ending their season for the year. The Region 14 semifinal game was the closest that the Eagles have ever gotten to a national championship since their program began in 2010.

The Eagles and San Jacinto both defended their goals until the 35-minute mark when Eagles Forward Rimario Gordon scored a goal, assisted by Logan Humphries.
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Charlie and Helen Hampton sponsor The Broadway Tenors

Charlie and Helen Hampton recently gave $3,000 to sponsor the upcoming performance of The Broadway Tenors at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College. The show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available by calling the Whatley Center box office at 903-434-8181. The Hamptons are pictured above (seated) after presenting the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for Whatley performances, please call Carolyn Franks at 903-434-8182.

 
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The Broadway Tenors to perform at Whatley Center

Fans of Broadway musicals won't want to miss the chance to see The Broadway Tenors live at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College.†Musical theater?s best leading men will transport you from the Golden Age and back in a thrilling and moving evening of Broadway?s most beloved hits.†The show is Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
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NTCC Men's Soccer beats Coastal Bend, advances in playoffs

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Men's Eagles soccer team kicked off the playoff†season with a†victory against the Coastal Bend College Cougars Tuesday. The Eagles defeated the Cougars 2-1, achieving the first-ever playoff win for the NTCC soccer program, which began in 2010.

Omar Aguilar started things off for the Eagles with an unassisted goal in the first five minutes. Roman Rodriguez scored again at the 30-minute mark, assisted by Rimario Gordon.
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NTCC Ag has new weed eaters

By: Rene' McCracken, NTCC Director of Agriculture

Normally a headline about getting a new "weed eater" would not be worth mentioning, however the new "weed eaters" at Northeast Texas Community College are not the mechanical kind.†Since coming to NTCC as the director of agriculture in 2012, I had a vision of utilizing more sustainable techniques to manage the natural resources on the farm.†Thanks to a recent donation of some Boer goats, we were able to put into practice one of the techniques that we have been teaching in our new sustainable agriculture certificate and
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Men's soccer heads to playoffs

By Christopher Hamilton,†NTCC Eagle Newspaper Staff

The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) †Eagles men's and women?s soccer teams wrapped up their regular seasons this week with one loss and one win against Coffeyville Community College on Wednesday. †The men?s team begins their postseason championship tournament next week.

The Lady Eagles (7-10-0) fought hard against the Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens (12-4-1) in their final game of the season.
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Eagle Disc Golf club to host tournament

Have you seen those people on campus throwing Frisbee looking things?† What about those yellow baskets with chains hanging from them?† Get used to it?and a whole lot more!

Eagle Disc Golf, one of the newest student clubs on the NTCC campus, has hit the ground running.† After an initial fundraiser selling custom designed Eagle Disc Golf discs, the club is pleased to announce its first ever NTCC Disc Golf Classic tournament, scheduled for Friday, November 1st, at 12:00pm.† It is open to the public; however, the student division is the only one available to win prizes.† There
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