For the 10th year in a row, members of Honors Northeast, the honors program at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, have presented scholarly work at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC).
Five ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ honors freshman recently presented the trailer of their new film on Mary Kay at the annual fall meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society. The Webb Society is the collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association.
Warren Wu, Rhylie Anderson, Jordan Whelchel, Karsen Nelson, and Matthew Chambers (pictured from left) have all taken major roles in the production of the film, due for a premiere this February.
A ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ sophomore recently defeated a senior university student to earn the right to represent regional honors students on the board of the Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC).
Alicia Cantrell recently received the Walter B Cooper Scholarship at the Texas Leadership Conference. The Phi Theta Kappa conference, held on the campus of Texas Lutheran Unive
rsity, concluded by announcing four winners from across the state of Texas. The Walter B Cooper Scholarship recognizes outstanding students who are ?well-rounded?
Brenda Godoy recently became the second student in the history of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ to speak alongside professorial scholars at a meeting of a professional association. She appeared at the East Texas Historical Association on October 13 at Galveston, wedged between a prize-winning author who was a former journalist for theβ Dallas Morning News and a professor at Blinn College.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ students Alicia Cantrell, Rachel Jordan and Cassidy Watkins are three of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2017 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
The Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship Program helps new Phi Theta Kappa members defray educational expenses while enrolled in associate degree programs. Scholars are also encouraged to assume leadership roles by participating in Society programs and are selected based on scholastic achievement, community service, and leadership potential.
Honors students at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ recently traveled to Fort Worth for the program?s 21st semester day trip. The fall experience included stops at Starbucks, the Fort Worth Zoo, the Woodshed Smokehouse, the Fort Worth Cultural district museums, the Botanical Garden and Tarrant County College. These free trips, through the ongoing support of Drs. Jim and Paula Archer and other friends of ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, have become a standard feature of the honors program since 2008.
Those attending the trip (top to right and down to right) were Dr.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Presidential Scholar, Alicia Marie Cantrell, has won the 2017β Dr. Jerry Wessonβ Award.β This $200 prize, supported by an anonymous donor, commemorates the leadership and initiative of Wesson, an award-winning educator, writer, and facilitator of educational opportunities at ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅.
ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ recently hosted its annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. Adriana Rodriguez won the student category ($400) and long-term winner Angela Wylie took top honors ($200) in the adult category.
The ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅ Honors Program is pleased to announce its Honors Students for the 2017-2018 school year. This includes nine Presidential Scholars and 12 Honors Scholars.
