NTCC to offer Medication Aide course

草榴社区 will host a Medication Aide Course this summer beginning Monday, June 9.鈥This course is 144 hours and provides instruction in preparation administration of designated medications by non-licensed nursing personnel employed in licensed health care agencies. It also teaches the responsibilities associated with such administration.There will be two orientation sessions.
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Automotive program holds Carroll Shelby Memorial Cruise

The Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Program at 草榴社区 honored the memory of its benefactor last weekend with the 2014 Shelby Memorial Cruise. It was a beautiful day for a cruise to celebrate a life well lived. Car and bike enthusiasts gathered at NTCC and then鈥燾ruised to Leesburg (Shelby's hometown) and the Leesburg Cemetery. Pastor Dominic Crescimanno (Brother Dom) had some inspirational words about Mr. Shelby and life. The group then鈥燾ruised the back roads where Mr. Shelby grew up.

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TRMC Auxiliary gives allied health scholarships

The Titus Regional Medical Center (TRMC) Auxiliary recently donated $4,500, which will provide six $750 scholarships to benefit students at 草榴社区 majoring in an allied health field. Pictured receiving the annual donation is Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for Advancement (left) and Nita May, NTCC Director of Development (right). Pictured making the donation is Jeanie Willmon (center), President of the TRMC Auxiliary.
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Texas Pioneer Foundation gives $200,000 to three-college consortium project

Representatives from Kilgore College, 草榴社区 (NTCC) and Texarkana College recently gathered on the NTCC campus in Mount Pleasant to receive a $200,000 grant from the Texas Pioneer Foundation. The three colleges were awarded the money to鈥爏upport the鈥燾reation of a鈥燾onsortium鈥爐o promote student鈥爏uccess and鈥燾ollege efficiency.

The consortium was organized as an innovative way to upgrade to a new student information system as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
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Webb chapter 草榴社区 earns best-in-state honorary cords

The 草榴社区 Texas Webb Chapter, part of the collegiate student auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association, earned special gold-red-black cords for graduation this spring.鈥 They were the only chapter in the state that won both a Caldwell Group Award, and a Chapter Award in the last two years.

Shown from left to right are:鈥Matthew Jordan鈥(the mainstay behind the NTCC Honors/Webb Caddo Project), 鈥Stephen Milburn鈥(a Texas Senator, Tom Connally in the Honors/Webb-produced Morris Sheppard Film),鈥Lauren Fennimore鈥(Pauline Patman in the Wright Patman film),鈥

Ashley Laureano earns J. Travis Jackson GED Scholarship

Ashley Laureano (center)鈥爋f Mount Pleasant, was recently鈥爌resented with the J. Travis Jackson鈥燝ED鈥燬cholarship during the鈥2014鈥燝ED graduation ceremony hosted by the 草榴社区 Adult Education Department.鈥燭his $500 award is given by the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club in memory of Jackson, who was a long time adult educator in Titus County.鈥燤aking the presentation is Malik Latif (left), President of the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club and Carolyn Pope, GED Instructor.
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Students inducted into National Adult Education Honor Society



A gift from the鈥燱hatley Employee Enhancement Grantrecently honored deserving鈥燝eneral Equivalency Diploma (GED) students from 草榴社区 Texas Community鈥燙ollege by inducting them into the National Adult Education Honor Society鈥(NAEHS).鈥燭hose inducted were: (from left)鈥燤axine Spafford, Duane Walker, Susie Smith, Randall Bourgeois, Letisia Rios, Brian Smith, Gracie Martinez, Brian Carr, Iliana Gonzalez, and Ashley Laureano. Not pictured were Sara Delgado, Enedina Lopez, and Maria Roque.
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Poster Contest winners announced

John Updike once noted that anyone seriously interested in doing something better or right will be creative.鈥 On the morning of May 2, while some students were studying for finals, 20 students鈥爂athered鈥爐o compete in the Seventh Annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest.鈥燭he event was held at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.

Their object was to convey to well-educated adult judges from our community something that the latter did not already know.鈥 Each of the twenty students had an idea they had developed.

SGA honors outstanding student organizations

The 草榴社区 Student Government Association (SGA) recently recognized two student organizations on campus. The Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Mu Chi chapter was awarded Outstanding Student Organization for the 2013-2014 school year. To be eligible for this award an organization must exhibit how it has contributed to the college, community, and the development of its members. Members of Alpha Mu Chi are pictured along with PTK Advisor Dr. Melissa Weinbrenner and Rico Willis, Director of Student Activities and Multicultural Affairs.
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Perryman gives $3,000 for scholarship reception

Richard Perryman, (pictured, left) recently presented a $3,000 check to Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Vice President for Advancement, 草榴社区.鈥 The funds will be used to underwrite the NTCC Foundation Annual Scholarship Reception.鈥 The reception is held on the NTCC campus each fall and allows scholarship recipients to meet the donors who made their award possible. In addition to helping NTCC with scholarships themselves, Richard and Margaret Perryman have been underwriting the Scholarship Reception for more than 10 years.
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