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100 Hours of Community Service

Celebrating 100 Years by Serving Our Community for 100 Hours

On Friday, March 22nd, 2024, NCTC held a ‘Day of Service’ in which all staff were welcome to participate by spending the day volunteering locally. With the goal to reach a total of 100 combined community service hours in honor of NCTC’s 100-year anniversary in mind, 70 staff members total volunteered in Denton County, Cooke County, Graham, and Bowie.

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Grant Announcements

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North Central Texas College Awarded $2.8 Million Federal Grant to Help Hispanic Students with Pathways to Completion
North Central Texas College Awarded $2.8 Million Federal Grant to Help Hispanic Students with Pathways to Completion

Gainesville, TX – North Central Texas College has been awarded $2.8 million over five years to help Hispanic and other low-income students complete college degrees through the Pathways to Completion program…

Lyda Hill Philanthropies awards grant to expand STEM pathways at TWU
Lyda Hill Philanthropies awards grant to expand STEM pathways at TWU

Collaboration with Dallas College, North Central Texas College, Tarrant County College will encourage students to pursue four-year STEM degrees.

CRCM Grant Announcement
CRCM Grant Announcement

North Central Texas College is proud to announce the successful completion of the 2021 College Readiness and Completion Model grant program at NCTC…

NCTC Receives Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant
NCTC Receives Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant

NCTC has been invited by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to join ten Texas community colleges in launching a statewide Course Sharing program that will increase access to online courses for students enrolled in Texas colleges and universities. As part of this project, NCTC students will have the opportunity to co-enroll in partnering community colleges and complete online academic, career, and technical courses that will count towards certificate and degree completion.

NCTC pioneers rural college promise program
NCTC pioneers rural college promise program

North Central Texas College was named as a recipient of a Greater Texas Foundation grant to pioneer a Rural College Promise program to produce stronger and more equitable college and workforce outcomes for rural North Texas students.

 

Conferences & Symposiums

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NCTC Faculty attend virtual TCCTA Leaders Conference
NCTC Faculty attend virtual TCCTA Leaders Conference

On October 7-9, 2021, NCTC Faculty Senate Officers attended the 41st Texas Community College Teachers Association (TCCTA) Leaders Conference. For the second year in a row, the Conference was held online and included informative presentations and opportunities for attendees to interact with colleagues from across the state.

 

Awards

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NCTC recognized by Texas Pathways Institute
NCTC recognized by Texas Pathways Institute

North Central Texas College was recently awarded the 2023 Recognition of Scaling Excellence (ROSE) Award from the Texas Pathways Institute in Houston, TX.

Creativity Awards 2023
Creativity Awards 2023

Previously known as the Creative Writing Awards, North Central Texas College kicked off the first annual Creativity Awards on April 27th, 2023. Author, Maria Dahvana Headley, attended this event as the honorary guest speaker for the evening.

NCTC would like to congratulate the winners of the 2023 Creativity Awards, and wish them the best in their ongoing future. Read more for the complete list of winners.

NCTC Foundation honors donors and scholarship recipients
NCTC Foundation honors donors and scholarship recipients

The North Central Texas College Foundation celebrated the accomplishments of students and the donors who helped provide scholarships for those students at the annual Donor and Scholar Breakfast Friday at Lions Gym on the NCTC Gainesville campus.