Jacob Lambie, the Director of the upcoming Honors Northeast film, announced last Thursday that Maritza Quinones of Mount Pleasant will play the star role of Adina de Zavala, a Texas writer and preservationist. Quinones, a recent graduate of Mount Pleasant, was one of fifteen area freshmen selected by the Honors Committee of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ this past May to enter the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ honors program.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Adult Education Department is offering free Fast Track GED classes this summer at the Hanson-Sewell Center in Pittsburg. Classes will be held July 9 through 30 with both morning and evening options. Register now through July 3 by calling 903-434-8341.
This summer students and faculty had the opportunity to visit one of Americaβs oldest and most historic cities as part of the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ travel study course. Students toured historical sites and did some sightseeing all while earning college credit toward history, government, English and art courses.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) students recently conducted their neurodevelopmental lab and were privileged to work with actual babies of various ages.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ held its May 2019 commencement on Saturday, May 18. A total of 353 students received degrees and certificates during two separate graduation ceremonies.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Business Club recently presented the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Foundation with a check for $500. The money will provide a scholarship to a ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ business major who has a 3.5 grade-point average or higher.
Two ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ sophomores were the recipients of this yearβs Bonnie Spencer awards. Jordan Whelchel, a Presidential Scholar writing in the required non-honors class, won $100 and first place for his original work on βCapitalist Chemistry.β Laura Rossβs second-place essay, winning $50, concerned the persecution of Russian immigrants during the era of World War I.
