Alpha Mu Chi, ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅βs chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, received a grant from the Mellon Foundation to help fund a documentary dealing with the issues of accessibility for the visually challenged. Inspired in part by the increasing use of the internet for business and education this year, a move that that left large segments of the population, such as the visually challenged, underserved, the chapter sought to explore the issues of accessibility in more depth.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Office of Student Activities, Student Government Association, Social Work Club and The Wesley Fellowship Student Center are partnering together to host a campus wide Advent Calendar food drive to support The Eagle Pantry. Please view the Advent Calendar below for details on how you can make your contributions.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ recently inducted new members into Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for students at two-year colleges. Inductees included (pictured from left): Maritza Quinones of Mount Pleasant, Kortnie Griffin of Pittsburg, and Amie Hurley of Deport. Not pictured was Bryan Zuniga of Mount Pleasant.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Continuing Education Department and Knox Shooting Academy will offer Texas License to Carry (LTC) Classes the second Saturday of each month. Upcoming dates are November 14 and December 12. Participants must pre-register at . For more information you can also visit ;
Carolina Alcocer-Salas, the president of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅βs award-winning chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Mu Chi and the secretary of the student council of Honors Northeast, has won the 2020 Dr. Charles B. Florio Award for Leadership. Alcocer-Salas will receive $200, given by an anonymous donor, in honor of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅βs longest-term president.
Since 2008, ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅βs honors students have presented scholarly posters at the National Collegiate Honors Council. This year the meeting went virtual. But five ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ scholars both made the cut to present, joining 300 other undergraduate researchers from around the nation, and filed their MP4 video files, posters, and personal statements in time for the virtual conference. Over 90 percent of those exhibiting scholarly posters were university students.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Continuing Education Department is pleased to announce that it has entered into a new partnership with Knox Shooting Academy to offer the community a variety of firearms-related training at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅'s state-of-the-art indoor shooting range & criminal justice facility. Look for classes to include...
Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas is hosting the first annual Believe In Dreams Christmas Store. They are collecting new and gently used items for families to shop at no cost.
Carter BloodCare will be on campus Tuesday, November 3, 2020conducting a blood drive. Please help save a life by donating blood! The blood drive bus will be in the parking lot by the Student Union Building from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ student Carolina Alcocer-Salas, from Winfield, recently received the Walter B Cooper Scholarship at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Leadership Conference. The conference, held October 16-19 virtually this year, recognized five winners from across the entire state of Texas. The Walter B Cooper Scholarship recognizes outstanding students who are βwell-roundedβ in the four Hallmarks of Phi Theta Kappa: Scholarship, Leadership, Service and Fellowship.
