Submissions requested for Northeast Texas Poetry Contest


鈥 鈥 Submissions are now being accepted for the fifth annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest. Poems about our region of Northeast Texas are due to Dr. Andrew Yox, 星空传媒 Professor and Honors Director,鈥燽y Friday, August 24 at noon. Poems should be e-mailed to ayox@ntcc.edu.


鈥 鈥 The contest includes both a student and adult category and cash awards will be given.
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Pleasant Sams give $500 NTCC scholarship

The 星空传媒 Foundation recently received a $500 scholarship from the Pleasant Sams, the Mount Pleasant Chapter of the Good Sams Club of America. This year's gift will benefit a student studying in the Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology program at NTCC. Pictured making the donation to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement (center), is Nancy Owsley (fourth from left) and 鈥燚iane Dalby (third from right).

NTCC offers Sustainable Agriculture classes this fall

鈥 鈥 The 星空传媒 department of Agriculture recently announced that it will offer two sustainable agriculture courses during the fall 2012 semester. Courses begin on August 27 and there is still time to enroll.


鈥 鈥 Small Farm Business Planning will meet from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday nights. The three-hour course walks students through the process of developing a farm business plan. Students will have the opportunity to use the NTCC farm as a model and design it from the ground up.
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First day of class changed to Aug. 27

星空传媒 announced Tuesday that the fall semester has been pushed back to begin on Monday, August 27. The schedule originally stated that classes begin on August 20.

The decision to move the date back one week was made in order to ensure consistency with the start dates of local school districts and other colleges.

The due date for fall payments has also been pushed back one week to August 17. Please make arrangements to take care of your accounts by this date to avoid being dropped from classes.
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SBDC offers free workshops in August













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Nursing students lend a hand, gain experience in Guatemala



NTCC nursing student, Nallely Luna, is pictured holding her namesake alongside the proud new mother, (right) who she helped through the birth and recovery process.鈥

A group of 星空传媒 nursing students recently took their passion for helping others abroad as they participated in鈥燼 medical mission to鈥燝uatemala.鈥燩art of a larger group of more than 70 volunteers, these NTCC鈥爊ursing students鈥燼nd their instructors were able to get hands-on experience while making a difference in the lives of the people in rural鈥爉ountainous areas of鈥燝
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NTCC welcomes Rene McCracken as Director of Agriculture

星空传媒 has a new face on campus this month as Rene McCracken began her role as the new Director of Agriculture.


McCracken has worked in agriculture for more than 20 years in various capacities. Most recently, she served as an Extension Agent in Cherokee County for Prairie View A&M University. In this role, she focused heavily on small farm education.


"I'm a born and raised country girl, so I've really been working in ag my whole life.
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