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    NTCC scholars present at the NCHC in Kansas City

    At one station, a perfectly groomed and uniformed senior from the Air Force Academy in Colorado explained his theory of how drones could be used to detect the status of unexploded ordnance by an airfield. At another, a very fluent young woman from St. Mary鈥檚 University in San Antonio pointed to a boldly colored poster that defended the theories of Gloria Anzaldua...

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    Honors 草榴社区 announces 2024-2025 Scholars

    Honors 草榴社区, the 草榴社区 Honors Program, is pleased to announce its Honors Students for the 2024-2025 school year. This includes five Presidential Scholars and twenty-three Honors Scholars. The NTCC Board of Trustees established Honors 草榴社区 in the spring of 2007...

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    Trailer released for upcoming NTCC Honors/Webb film

    The of Honors 草榴社区 and the NTCC Webb Society on oil and politics is now in the public domain. It features several honors students in key roles, the musical artistry of Kenny Goodson of Hughes Springs, and the picture editing of a first-year honors student from Mount Pleasant, Yahir Garcia...

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    Six Honors students present at state meeting

    On 11 October, six scholars of Honors 草榴社区 presented work at the annual fall meeting of the Walter Prescott Webb Society at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. The 鈥淲ebb鈥 is the collegiate auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association. Yahir Garcia, Andrew Perez, Ariana Tagg, Isabel Tresidder, Rebeca Martinez, and Stephanie Hernandez each presented either a synopsis of their current scholarly work, or comments on their role in this year鈥檚 honors film relating to oil and Texas politics...

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    Honors students enjoy 34th semester trip

    For the 34th time, thanks to honors donors such as Drs. Jim and Paula Archer, NTCC honors students were able to take a free, day-trip to a big city. Fourteen students and two NTCC staff drivers left campus...

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    Largest ever: 18th annual Honors 草榴社区 Roundup held at Ag pavilion

    NTCC鈥檚 Agriculture Club and Program again proved this past 14 September that their expertise with food remains an important collegiate asset.  They cannot only produce fresh foods in sustainable, scientific ways, but prepare them in the form of a delectable, regionally themed dinner.  The NTCC honors program, in turn, enjoyed its eighteenth fall-semester get-together in as many years, bringing 73 parents...

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    Skylar Hodson wins Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship

    Skylar Hodson, the recent winner of the most prestigious award of Phi Theta Kappa in Texas, the Dr. Mary Hood Award, has also become the fourth winner of the Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship. This annual $500 award goes to an honors student who has made significant contributions to 草榴社区 Texas culture and life. Hodson has played a major role in the two of NTCC鈥檚 prize winning film efforts, and is the director of this year鈥檚 film on oil politics in Texas...

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    Alison Majors becomes NTCC鈥檚 fourth, James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar

    In her first year as an honors student at NTCC, Alison Majors was promoted to Presidential Scholar, and composed a major essay on minorities in Texas which she presented at the Mount Pleasant Public Library, the meeting of the Walter Webb Society in College Station, and the Great Plains Honors Council in Stillwater.  She is a recent winner, nationally, of the Leaders of Promise award conferred by Phi Theta Kappa, and Coca Cola...

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    Cypress Bank donates laptop for Honors student

    For the seventeenth-straight year in a row, Cypress Bank has presented a high-end laptop for the use of 草榴社区 honors students.  This year鈥檚 Cypress Bank Scholar is Yahir Garcia...