Since 2008, the honors program of NTCC has published a biannual newsletter. The recently released 2023 July edition can be accessed here on the college website. One can also write Honors Director, Dr. Andrew P. Yox, for a real copy at ayox@ntcc.edu.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Clara Ramirez, NTCC’s pioneer winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship in 2010, recently won a residency at Duke University as a primary-care Administrative Fellow. She is moving this summer from her home in Fort Worth to Durham, North Carolina to assume her new role.
Pictured (from left): Daniel Landaverde, Aaliyah Avellaneda, Clara Ramirez, and Brenda Godoy.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Pictured: Coming NTCC Presidential Scholar, and Mount Pleasant HS Salutatorian, Perla Guzman with some of the books donated by SMU.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Pictured: Front row (from left) Natalie Garza (3rd), Aubrey Watkins (2nd), and Andrew Higgins (1st). Back row: Melody Mott (Mentor, PTK-Honors Coordinator who adjudicated the contest), Dr. Melissa Fulgham, and Dr. Andrew Yox.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
On 5 May, for the fifteenth time, community judges and NTCC students converged on the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at NTCC for an annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest. The scholarly competition was enabled again by generous grants, from Beverly Kelley of Mount Vernon, and the McGraw-Hill Education Corporation—through the special work of Bill Welsh, and Casey Slaght who work in the corporate office in Dubuque, Iowa.
Pictured: 2021 winners with History Faculty: front Row: Fatima Fuentes, Erika Alvarado, and Davin Whatley: Back row: NTCC history professors--Dr. Andrew P. Yox, Dr. Melissa Fulgham and James McGregor
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Skylar Fondren, a Presidential Honors Scholar at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, has been named a 2023 Coca-Cola Academic Team Gold Scholar and will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Skylar was named a Leader of Promise by Phi Theta Kappa in 2021 and has been very active in Honors ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, Phi Theta Kappa, and NTCC’s Journalism program.
Pictured: Daniel Landaverde, NTCC McGraw-Hill Competitor in 2019-2020. He is a recent Winner of a Jack Kent Cooke and is currently an associate with Marsh, a global leader in insurance brokerage and risk consulting
By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director
Pictured: Neida Perez, Dr. Andrew Yox, Aubrey Watkins, Alyssa Ochoa, and Sam Pollan.
By: Dr. Andrew Yox
