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The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for a public hearing and its regular August Meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 23. A reception was held before the meeting to honor Frankie King, who retired from the board in May. King, of Camp County, served from 2019-2022 in Place One. King was presented with a plaque commemorating his service. “We are very grateful for Mr. King’s service on the board.  His tenure took place during a very difficult time for the college as we were dealing with the pandemic and his steady leadership made such an impactful difference.  Frankie will certainly be missed and we wish him the very best in his retirement,” Dr. Ron Clinton, 91������ý President, said. 

Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to have everyone back on campus as we kick off the 2022-2023 academic year. While not causing as many serious illnesses as before, COVID-19 continues to spread in our area. It is important that everyone on campus knows what to do in the event that you test positive for COVID-19. 91������ý’s guidelines are below:

The Northeast Texas Community College Art Department welcomes photographer Larry Terrell as the exhibiting artist for September.  His exhibit of bald eagles will be on display beginning Friday, September 2nd – Wednesday, September 21st in foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. A reception will be held on Wednesday, September 14th, at 12:30 p.m. in the Whatley Center.

Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce that its new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is nearing completion. The QEP is an integral component of the reaffirmation of accreditation process that focuses on specific areas of need at an institution. After extensive research and feedback from campus stakeholders, 91������ý chose “Sowing Seeds (Show up Engage Experience Develop Succeed) For Success” as its QEP theme. 

The 91������ý Eagle Food Pantry announced this week that it will be open on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-5:30 p.m. throughout the fall semester. The pantry is located in the CARE Center in IA 105.  The pantry offers an assortment of fresh, canned, and packaged foods for current 91������ý students and their families. Students can access our pantry once a month by presenting their current student ID.

91������ý Athletics wants to welcome all back to the campus for the 2022-2023 year. For those who are new, or returning we wanted to introduce the coaching staff to you. Each week we will send out a bio on each of the coaching staff. We are starting out with Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach Andy Morgan. Andy Morgan arrived at 91������ý as head baseball coach in 2017. Coach Morgan was named Athletic Director in January of 2018. In a decade of college baseball, Northeast Texas will mark Morgan’s second junior college head coaching position, while also having two stops as a recruiting coordinator and hitting coach at the D1 level. 

Northeast Texas Community College is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 schedule at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Season tickets are on sale now by calling the box office at 903-434-8181 and regular online sales will begin September 1st.

The 91������ý Computer Services team is urging the campus community to stay vigilant to avoid cyber-attacks. Recently, 91������ý has seen a dramatic increase in the number of spam and spear phishing e-mails sent to college accounts. According to Sebastian Barron, Director of Computer Services and Enterprise Systems, hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to lure people to provide sensitive information.

The annual Northeast Texas Poetry Reading on Friday, 2 September at 11 AM will again occur at the Foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the Northeast Texas Community College campus. The public is invited for this free event, the fifteenth of its kind in as many years.