ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ closed Sept. 5 for Labor Day
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. Offices will be closed and classes will not meet. ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ will resume its regular schedule on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
John Bryan resigns from ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Board of Trustees
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Board of Trustees lost a longtime member this week as John Bryan resigned from his position. Bryan, of Naples, served on the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Board since 1996.β
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ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ partners with UT Tyler in Industrial Technology
β β β ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ and The University of Texas at Tyler Longview University Center celebrated a new partnership Wednesday at the Industrial Technology Training Center (ITTC) in Mount Pleasant. A new 2+2 articulation agreement allows students who complete an Associate of Applied Science degree in Industrial Technology at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ to transfer smoothly into UT Tyler?s Industrial Technology bachelor?s degree program.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ hosts blood drive
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ hosted a Carter BloodCare blood drive on campus Tuesday. A group of first-year ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Associates Degree Nursing students were among those who donated in the drive. Pictured, tech Cheryl Hughson sets up nursing student Tanner Boles, of Pittsburg, for her donation.β 
Northeast Texas Poetry Reading to feature local speakers
The Ninth Annual Northeast Texas Poetry Readingβ will be held in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ on Friday, Sept. 2 at 11 a.m. The reading will feature two speakers with broad historical interests in our region.
Honors Northeast wraps filming for fifth movie
The scholars of Honors Northeast completed filming their fifth feature-length movie last week in Nacogdoches.β The subject of this year?s film was the end of the Texas Cherokee and the transformation of Sam Houston. The project was researched, written, directed, acted and produced by students in the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ honors program with the support of faculty, staff and community members.
20th Century Study Club of Pittsburg gives to Work Scholarship Program
The 20th Century Study Club of Pittsburg recently gave $1,000 to help sponsor a student in the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Work Scholarship Program. Pictured presenting the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough (center), ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Vice President for Advancement, is Patsy Capps (left) and Julia Truitt (right). To learn more about the Work Scholarship Program call McCullough at 903-434-8115 or visit ntcc.edu/workscholarship.
Adult Education kicks off school year with 50s themed celebration
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Adult Education Program kicked off the first week of the school year with a 50s themed celebration. The program recently relocated its office from the main ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ campus to the Community Resource Center (CRC) at 105 N. Riddle, which is the old Mount Pleasant High School building that was constructed inβ 1927. The staff decided to take students back to the past by dressing up in 50s themed attire, serving popcorn and playing 50s music throughout the week.
Glenn and Judy Weiss give matched gift for ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Morris County scholarships
Glenn and Judy Weiss of Daingerfield recently gave $750 to fund scholarships for Morris County students at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅. The gift was matched by the Chevron Corporation, the company Glenn retired from, to make a total scholarship of $1,500. Judy and Glenn (right) are pictured presenting the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough (left), ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Vice President for Advancement and Nita May, ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Director of Development. There are many companies that have programs for matching charitable giving by employees and retirees.
Lowe's employees lend a hand at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅
Team members from Lowe?s store 1802 in Mount Pleasant stopped by the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ campus this week to lend a hand with painting classrooms. Supplies for the renovation came from Lowe?s and the store donated community service time to help complete the project in time for the fall semester. Pictured are volunteers James Fuller, Gail Earman, Jan Myers, Ericka Flowers, and Cory Myers.β
