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ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ student William Austin Jones was recently named the winner of the 2015-2016 Chitsey Award, granted annually to the student of Honors Northeast who most exceeded expectations. Jones has impressed all four of the first-year honors seminar professors for his proactive academic work, and commitment to excellence. He was the winner of the freshman-sophomore division of the Great Plains Honors Council poster contest in the Behavioral Sciences for his poster on quasi-criminality.

The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Adult Education program will hold its annual General Education Development (GED) commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.† All students who have completed the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ GED program during the past year will be honored.† Family and friends of graduates are invited to attend.† A brief reception will be held in the Whatley Center foyer after the commencement ceremony.†

Do you know a student who will be graduating from high school in 2016? If so, please let them know about our exciting new Summer Success Program. This is a unique opportunity for high school graduates to earn college credit, stay on campus with us and learn strategies to help them transition into life as a college student.

The ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Foundation is participating in East Texas Giving Day Tuesday, May 3.

East Texas Giving Day is a 24-hour day of giving that provides critical funding for our area nonprofits. East Texas Communities Foundation is partnering with area nonprofits to give thousands of donors from every community in East Texas a chance to raise funds for local needs.

Registration is underway for May Intersession, Summer and Fall 2016. As you register, don't forget that we offer a wide variety of course offerings to help you†fit the classes you need into your busy life. These include evening, online, hybrid, afternoon, and fast track courses. Beginning this Fall, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is also expanding the number of eight-week courses offered.

Offered online, these classes cover the same amount of material as a traditional semester in only eight weeks.

Alpha Mu Chi, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ?s Phi Theta Kappa chapter, recently continued an impressive streak of awards as members travelled to the Phi Theta Kappa international ?NerdNation? convention in National Harbor, Md. †

ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Theatre Professor Douglas Hoppock will direct his final production on the on-stage theatre in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts later this month. For his grand finale before heading off to retirement, he will lead Theatre Northeast as they perform both male and female versions of Neil Simon?s†The Odd Couple.

The Odd Couple†will be performed on April 28 and 30 at 7:30 p.m.