Northeast Texas Community College will celebrate the opening of its new Athletics Complex Pavilion with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, Aug. 31, at 12:30 p.m. The event will help kick off NTCC’s Weeks of Welcome activities for the fall semester.
Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to attend the celebration, which will feature free barbecue, drinks, games and custom NTCC giveaways.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
The annual Northeast Texas Poetry Reading on Friday, 4 September at 11 AM will again occur at the Foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the Northeast Texas Community College campus. The public is invited for this free event, the nineteenth of its kind in as many years.
Northeast Texas Community College will kick off the fall semester with Weeks of Welcome Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Students are invited to enjoy four days of free activities designed to help Eagles connect, have fun and get involved on campus.
Events are planned from noon to 1:30 p.m. each day:
Northeast Texas Community College nursing faculty member Jami Baker, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNEcl, was recently recognized with a DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurse Educators. Baker serves as Professor of Nursing and ADN Program Coordinator at NTCC.
Born and raised in Mount Pleasant, Texas, John Matthews attended Harts Bluff through eighth grade before graduating from Mount Pleasant High School. In 1990, he earned an associate degree in chemistry and mathematics from Northeast Texas Community College after receiving a full scholarship through the then-named Mt. Pleasant Community Scholarship. His decision to attend NTCC was also influenced by his mother, Evyone Matthews, who was an NTCC nursing instructor, and his older brother, Kevin, who had graduated from the college the year before.
Welcome home, Eagles! Northeast Texas Community College teamed up with Living Truth Fellowship, the Mount Pleasant Titus County Chamber of Commerce, First Baptist Church Mount Pleasant, and Great Western Dining this week to host a free cookout lunch for residential students and their families on move-in day.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Pictured: Jeffery Crabb, CEO of Diamond C Trailers, spoke to the students at the kick-off event.
The Northeast Texas Career Alliance (NTCA) kicked off the new school year Wednesday, Aug. 19 with an event at Priefert Manufacturing in Mount Pleasant.
Freshmen from Chapel Hill ISD, Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD, Harts Bluff ISD, Hughes Springs ISD and Pewitt CISD attended the kickoff, which introduced students to career opportunities available through NTCA and gave them a chance to hear directly from local industry professionals.
Music has a way of marking the moments of our lives — the songs we grew up with, the artists we never forget and the melodies that can instantly take us back in time. The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College will celebrate those connections and more during its 2026-2027 season, “The Soundtrack of Our Lives.”
