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Submitted by Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

The Honors Committee of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ presented a gift to Dr. Joy Cooper, recently, recognizing her 10 years of service on the college?s Honors Committee.†† During her tenure, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ?s honors students have obtained 40 national awards, with an unprecedented 10 national citations gained in the just the last academic year, including two Jack Kent Cookes--one to Student Representative Committee member, Alicia Cantrell--and two Hites Awards.

Honors Director, Dr.

Submitted by Dr. Andrew Yox

Chesney Davis, the 2016-18 Cypress Bank Scholar, and Dr. Andrew P.

Submitted by Dr. Andrew Yox

Faculty mentoring and the promotion of student research at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ have dovetailed in recent years with the determination of an alumna to reward top student essays in American history.† Bonnie Spencer, an ICU Nurse at the Titus Regional Medical Center, initiated ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ?s first History Club in 2002.† She also helped transition its descendant, the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Webb Society, into its film series in 2012.

Submitted by Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

?Iron sharpens iron.? And each spring for the last decade, scores of animated scholarly conversations at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ?s McGraw Hill Poster contest have furnished novel learning experiences.† ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students have learned by teaching and the friends of the college who serve as judges, by asking.

These contests have also, thanks to the generosity of McGraw Hill Education, and this year, to a Whatley Enhancement Grant through Jerald and Mary Lou Mowery of Scroggins, produced student awards.

The 2018 issue of†°Õ´Ç³Ü³¦³ó²õ³Ù´Ç²Ô±ð,†the collegiate journal of the Texas State Historical Association released this spring, contains two essays by current ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Presidential Scholars. This is now the fourth year in a row that ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ scholars nudged out leading submissions from students in other colleges and universities in Texas to be published in the prestigious collegiate journal.

Alicia Cantrell and Brenda Godoy, students at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, are two of just 47 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation?s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. This highly competitive national scholarship will provide these two local recipients with up to $40,000 annually for a maximum of three years to complete their bachelor?s degrees.

Nearly 2,500 students applied for the Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship this year.

Alicia Cantrell, a student at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, has been named a 2018 Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.

Students are nominated for the academic team by their college administrators. Selection is based on academic achievement, leadership, and engagement in college and community service.

A graduate of Mount Vernon High School, Alicia serves as President of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter on the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus and is a Presidential Scholar in Honors Northeast.

For the third time, the scholars of Honors Northeast have won two of the six Boe Awards conferred by Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) in its yearly meeting held at Oklahoma State University.† The GPHC is an association of 80 honors colleges, and programs from the Midwest down to Texas.

Boe awards are bestowed each spring to the six most compelling and creative student works of scholarship submitted to Council judges.†There are three awards for the junior-senior division, and three for freshman-sophomore division.†Although ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ won two of the six in 2008 and 2010, this is the firs

The 10th annual ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ McGraw-Hill Poster Contest is set for Friday, April 27 at 9:30 a.m. in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. This contest recognizes and rewards creative student scholarship in Northeast Texas. Area high school seniors, college and university students are welcome to compete. Prizes range from $100 for fourth place to $400 for first place.

Chesney Davis and Brenda Godoy, students at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, are among ten college students named 2018 Hites Scholars. Each will receive a $7,500 scholarship for baccalaureate studies.† This is the largest scholarship Phi Theta Kappa awards to its members.

The Hites Transfer Scholarship is awarded to Phi Theta Kappa members who are preparing to transfer to a bachelor?s degree-granting college or university.