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Agriculture is not just about farming or production agriculture ? although I am proud to be called a farmer.† Historically, what we all first think of when we say agriculture jobs might just be the farmer pictured.

The Whatley Center for the Performing Arts will feature The Hit Men,†former stars of Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons, for their Tis The Seasons holiday show.† The event is scheduled for†Monday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

The Hit Men are a real rock and roll legacy performers, not the actors from the Broadway shows, but the former stars of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, who toured the world with Frankie back in the day and are now on their wildly successful Reunion Tour across the U.S.

?If you are looking for a way to get into the holiday spirit, this is it.

Chaz Curtis is keeping a promise to his college professors. He's taking what he learned at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø and successfully applying it to the business world.

The NTCC alumnus is the office manager at Super 1 Foods and is on track to become a funeral director in Mount Pleasant. Curtis earned an associate's degree in Business Administration in 2012 and went on to earn his bachelor's degree on the same campus through NTCC's partnership with Texas A&M Texarkana.

NTCC offices will be closed and classes will not meet Wednesday, Nov. 25 through Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Dr. Melissa Fulgham, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Associate Professor of History and Division Chair of Social Sciences, was recently chosen to serve as a 2016 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar.†Fulgham†was among only 30 Phi Theta†Kappa advisors globally†chosen for this honor. The scholars were selected through a rigorous application process based on knowledge of the 2015/2016 Honors Study Topic,†How The World Works: Global Perspectives, and demonstrated excellence in†teaching or administration.

Theatre ²ÝÁñÉçÇø will present the new children?s classic play,†Gooney Bird Greene and Her True Life Adventures†December 5 at 7:30 p.m. and December 6 at 2:05 p.m. in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts on the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø campus.

It?s a boring, long day at school. The kids don?t want to be there. But†suddenly, the classroom door bursts open and there?wearing pajamas and cowboy boots?stands red-headed Gooney Bird Greene!

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Milestones are important in the life of any institution.† This fall a milestone deserving of attention has occurred at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø - its first employee retired.

This year NTCC honors the 31-year-service of Judy Jackson, the first employee hired when the college was formed.†Judy's role changed over the†years†as the college grew from an infant organization into the dynamic, far-reaching institution that it is today.

Judy began her relationship with NTCC as a community volunteer who worked tirelessly to pass the original election that created the college in