Pictured (from left) is: Sam Pollan, Alyssa Ochoa, Michelle Calderon, Skylar Fondren, and Aubrey Watkins.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Last weekend in El Paso, NTCC honors-student essayists won their 31st and 32nd Caldwell essay awards in Texas history.  The film effort of NTCC’s Webb Society and Honors Northeast won its fifth $600 Chapter Project Award, for the best creation in Texas history performed by any collegiate or university group.

Film Poster Created by Dr. Jerry Wesson Scholar, Monserrat Rivero-Sanchez

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Honors Northeast and the NTCC Webb Society to feature the story of a surprise success—the victory of the Texas Suffragettes in 1919, at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at NTCC

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter.  The recently released 2023 February edition can be accessed on the college website by clicking here. One can also write Honors Director, Dr. Andrew P. Yox, for a real copy at ayox@ntcc.edu.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

After outstanding performances in the fall semester, Garrett Phillips (left), and Luke McCraw have entered the ranks of Honors Northeast, NTCC’s Honors Program.

Pictured: Alyssa Ochoa, Neida Perez, Aubrey Watkins, and Michelle Calderon.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Garrett Phillips, Skylar Hodson, Hope Kelly, Madellynn Smith, Skylar Fondren, Aubrey Watkins, Sam Pollan, Luke McCraw, Dr. Andrew Yox--Honors Director, Adri Gutierrez, Alyssa Ochoa, Jordan Chapin, Victor Diaz, Raul Leija, Michelle Calderon.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

For their performance in the fall of 2022 in challenging honors seminars at NTCC in relation to their peers, two Presidential Scholars will win $100 checks.  Sophomore Skylar Fondren, president of the honors student council, obtained the highest combined grade in the Humusic Seminar.  Neida Perez, a recently promoted phenomenon of the BioTex Seminar, scored the highest among first-year scholars.  

Pictured (from left): Madellynn Elaine Smith, Neida Janet Perez, and Alyssa Breann Ochoa

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Pictured: Deanna Zarcone, Garrett Phillips, and April O’Rand

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

A recent issue of the Harvard Business Review, the psychology of child development, and the author of the recent book, How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint, are all in agreement. Stories are powerful. Studies show that humans have a very active and positive hormonal response to good stories, and that stories are an exemplary way to promote memory and engagement in learning.