NTCC receives $6k gift for Work Scholarship Program

The 草榴社区 Foundation recently received an anonymous $6,000 donation to sponsor six students in the new NTCC Work Scholarship Program. Nita May (left), NTCC Director of Development, and Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement, accepted the gift on behalf of the Foundation. Anyone interested in sponsoring a student in the Work Scholarship Program should contact McCullough at 903-434-8115.
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Honors 草榴社区 highlights high school standouts

Nayeli Fuentes,鈥燡unior Class President of Mount Pleasant High School,鈥 and鈥燛lizabeth Griffin, a presence recently in the local theatre scene, were recognized in a luncheon at 草榴社区 March 4 as regional high school standouts.

"It was inspiriting to have two students together who have done so much to raise the bar on excellence in 草榴社区 Texas,"鈥燚r.

NTCC offers new fast-track office skills certificate

The 草榴社区 Continuing Education and Adult Education departments have partnered to develop a unique opportunity to begin the path to a meaningful job in entry-level office work.鈥犫燬tudents who successfully complete the 21-hour course in general office skills will receive a certificate of completion and develop a portfolio of completed work to show prospective employers.


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Honors 草榴社区 premiers original film, discusses local historical figure

The character of Texas Lake Country pioneer, Harriet Potter Ames, was at issue last Friday evening at the Mount Pleasant Library.鈥 Before a packed house, and double showing at the premiere of鈥The Chronicles of Harriet Potter Ames, 鈥爐he panelists of Honors 草榴社区 and members of the audience exchanged views on the wife of the Texas Navy Secretary, Robert Potter.鈥 Harriet Potter Ames lived from 1810 to 1902, and became widely known as the ?bravest woman of the Texas Revolution.?
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Continuing Education offers Creative Writing 101

Have you ever dreamed of getting a short story published in a magazine or perhaps even having the next great novel listed on the New York Times bestseller list? Or, maybe you just have a good story to tell?

草榴社区 and renowned author Lou Antonelli are offering Creative Writing 101 again at the Main Campus on FM 1735.

Antonelli?s short fiction has been published in the U.S., Canada, England, Portugal, India and Australia, and gathered up in four separate collections; the most recent ?Letters from Gardner ? A Writing Odyssey?
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