The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a $500 scholarship from the Pleasant Sams, the Mount Pleasant Chapter of the Good Sam Club of America. This year?s gift will benefit a student studying criminal justice at NTCC. †Nita May, NTCC Director of Development (seated far left) and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement (standing far left) receive the gift on behalf of the NTCC Foundation. Presenting the gift are (front row from left): Diane Dalby, Nancy Owsley, and Geneva Blake. Back row (from left) is Jan Dalby, Ted Brown, and Larry Blake.

Jesse Maranville (right),†President of International Sulphur, Inc., presents†Dr. Jonathan McCullough†(left), Vice†President†for†Advancement at†Northeast Texas Community College, with a check for $5,000.†The funds will be used to award five $1,000 scholarships to students†who graduated†from NTCC in the spring of 2013†and†will be†transferring to four-year†universities†this†fall.†For information on this or other scholarship opportunities, please contact McCullough at 903-434-8115.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently received a donation of $2,000 from the Northeast Texas Biker's Church. Pictured making the donation is: (from left)†Emma Dundee, Roger Keck, Dominic Crescimanno, James Aydelott, Cheryl Nichols, Kent Basinger, Jeff Martin, and Tasha Martin. Dr.

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Television's hit show†Duck Dynasty†is headed to Northeast Texas Community College. Phil Robertson, the Duck Commander himself, and his youngest son, Jep,†will speak on the NTCC campus on Saturday, April 6. The event will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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The Carroll Shelby Foundation recently gave $25,000 to the Northeast Texas Community College Foundation. These funds will provide scholarships to students enrolled in the NTCC Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Department. Pictured receiving the donation on behalf of the foundation is Dr. Brad Johnson (left), NTCC President, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement. For more information about the Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Program visit†www.shelbyautotech.com.

The Northeast Texas Community College Foundation recently held its annual golf tournament at the Mount Pleasant Country Club. This was the 25^th†consecutive year of the tournament. Gold sponsors for the event were AEP-Swepco, American National Bank, Capps Insurance, Guaranty Bond Bank, Luminant, Northeast Texas Credit Union and Scrubbies Wash USA. Silver sponsors were EDH Electric, Texas Heritage National Bank, Big Tex, Elliott Motors and Redfearn Real Estate.

Northeast Texas Community College recently received a $30,000 planned gift from Jon and Patti Cohen. This donation established an endowed memorial scholarship that will provide three $500 scholarships per year to benefit cosmetology students at NTCC. The scholarship is given in memory of Johnnie Cohen, who was a long-time cosmetology instructor at NTCC. Pictured, Dr. Brad Johnson (left), NTCC President, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement, accept the gift.