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Texas Heritage National Bank recently presented the ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Foundation with $4,000 to sponsor a Presidential Scholar in Honors Northeast. The ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ honors program was founded in 2007 and has attracted top high school graduates from around the region. Dr. Jonathan McCullough, ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Vice President for Advancement, (center) is pictured receiving the gift from John Bryan (left), Chairman of Texas Heritage National Bank and Dwyatt Bell (right), CEO of Texas Heritage National Bank. To learn more about this and other scholarships at ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ, contact McCullough at 903-434-8115.

��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Foundation participated in East Texas Giving Day Tuesday to raise money for emergency scholarships to provide much-needed assistance to students in distress.† ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ employees, foundation board members and community friends gave generously during the event, with gifts totaling $7,115.

Alpha Mu Chi, ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ?s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, returned victoriously from an award-winning and enriching experience at PTK Catalyst 2017 in Nashville April 6-9.

The chapter returned home from the annual international convention with seven awards:† Distinguished Chapter, Distinguished College Project, Distinguished Member (Tim Allen), Distinguished Alumni (Isaac Burris), Continued Excellence Award for Advisors (Dr. Melissa Fulgham), Mosal Award (Dr. Melissa Fulgham), and Top 100 Chapter.

Alpha Mu Chi, the ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, hosted its Spring induction ceremony April 4 in the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts. Speakers at the event included ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ president, Dr. Brad Johnson and Chesney Davis, incoming PTK Texas Regional Vice-President for District III. In addition to inducting new members, the incoming officer team was also sworn in and outgoing officers gave their farewells. Inductees are pictured above.

The Carroll Shelby Automotive Technology Program at ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ will host a Carroll Shelby Memorial Cruise event Saturday, May 6. The event will be held at the Shelby Automotive Technology Building on the ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ campus beginning at 9 a.m.

The ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Faculty Senate held its 25^th Annual Student Awards Banquet†Thursday night at the Region 8 service center. This annual event allows the faculty to acknowledge exceptional students and alumni for their contributions to ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ and beyond.

The President?s Academic Excellence Award recognizes students who have excelled academically. Those receiving this award included:

Students in the ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ Agriculture Department won big last week as they took home multiple awards from the Texas Junior College Agriculture Association (TJCAA) Competition at Sam Houston State University.

Michael Rundle placed third in Horticulture Quiz, third in Wildlife Quiz and second in Agronomy. Rundle also served as Vice President of State Officers at the event.

Submitted by Honors Northeast:

Lone Star College in the greater Houston has over 90,000 students, and may be the eighth-largest institution of higher learning in the United States.† It has won three of the 105 prestigious Guistwhite Scholarships of Phi Theta Kappa that have been bestowed since the award?s website began recording this information in 2011.† Mesa Community College, a bellwether two-year institution in Arizona, has less students, but has gained four winners.

Alpha Mu Chi, ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ?s chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, successfully campaigned for the Texas Region District III Vice-President position at the regional convention earlier this spring. After the chapter won the position, elections were held within the chapter to determine which member would represent the chapter. Chesney Davis won that election and will represent the chapter as Vice President.

Thanks to a generous grant, creative conceptualizing, and a good amount of student-to-faculty interfacing, 12 members of Honors Northeast at ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ won invitations to present work at the recent meeting of the Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) at Lamar University in Beaumont.†The GPHC has functioned since 1975 as the regional arm of the National Collegiate Honors Council, joining university and college honors programs from Nebraska and Missouri to Texas.

Three ��ɫ����������ƵӰԺ scholars gave formal oral reports.†Cassidy Watkins, from Daingerfield, featured segments of th