βMy bad.β It was an expression heard more than a few times during the seven days of filming undertaken recently by the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ honors program, Honors Northeast, and the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Webb Society, 6, 9-14 August. Of the eighteen involved, only six had previously experienced the etiquette of on-set, film-crew procedures. Most of the eighteen not only took turns with the crew, but also acted. Among those multi-talented students is entering honors scholar, Jordan Chapin, and returning Texas Heritage National Bank Scholar, John Rodriguez, taking on two or more roles.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Continuing Education and Corporate Training held the first senior adult conference on Friday, Aug. 20 and had 37 attendees from the community. The conference started off with a welcome from Dr. Jon McCullough, Executive Vice President of Advancement at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅.
Come hang out with us at the BSM on Tuesday night at 7pm to kick the semester off with a world changing effort of praying for your campus, students, and faculty, as well as current events. We will have refreshments & ice cream!!
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ is pleased to announce the hiring of Justin Hampton to be the next head coach of the Eagle Rodeo team. Coach Hampton was officially hired by the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Board of Trustees at the August 24th meeting.
Coach Justin Hampton brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Rodeo program through years of coaching at West Hills College in Coalinga, California (2014-21). While at WHCC, Hamptonβs teams won numerous regional championships, as well as many individual honors, while sending both menβs and womenβs teams to the College National Finals Rodeo each year.
On 23 September, at 7 PM, at the Mount Pleasant Library, Honors Northeast, and the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Webb Society will again present the story of perhaps most controversial and influential figure of modern Northeast Texas historyβLonnie [Bo] Pilgrim. This is the 9th feature-length film of a story from the Texas past in as many years produced by the honors program of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅. The movie is free, and the public is invited. Free individualized snacks will be provided afterward, courtesy of the donors of Honors Northeast.
The Texas Region of Phi Theta Kappa held its annual Texas Honors Institute as a virtual event July 23 β 25. The event featured an art inspired theme and included three days of guest speakers, interactive virtual fellowship events, seminar group discussions, and bonding activities. Traditionally the event is planned and coordinated by the Texas Regional leadership team, which this year includes District III Vice-President, Cade Bennett of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅.
Are you and your computer ready for the Fall semester at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅? The IT team has made it easy for students to access everything they need to have their technology ready to go for the first day of school. The best part is, you can do it all yourself...no need to stop by to see anyone! Check out the steps below...
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ is pleased to announce that JoAnn Rodriguez has been nominated for this weekβs Summer Shout Out. JoAnn is the Secretary to the Math and Science departments. She frequently goes above and beyond to keep things running smoothly in the MS building.
Congratulations, JoAnn! We appreciate all that you do to support the mission of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅!
Cade Alan Bennett, a ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ sophomore, District III Phi Theta Kappa Vice President, and former Cypress Bank Scholar, is the winner of the 2021-22 Gladys Winkle Humanities/Honors scholarship. He will receive $2,500 for matriculation at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ in the coming year, as a top student of Honors Northeast, majoring in the Humanities.
Because of his combination of academic excellence, leadership, and public service, Brian Ramirez of Mount Pleasant has become the second winner of the James and Elizabeth Whatley Honors Endowed Scholarship. This $2,500 scholarship, to be applied to the coming academic year at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, and available for distinguished ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ honors sophomores in the years to come, is the result of a $50,000 gift given to Honors Northeast, the collegeβs honors program, when it started in 2007. Elizabeth Whatley (1927-2016) at that time gave a record-breaking 1.7 million dollars, one of the largest known gifts to a rural community college. She and her husband, James, gave over 2.6 million dollars to ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ between the years, 1985 and 2016.
