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

Alpha Mu Chi, ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ?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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ 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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ 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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ will host a Carroll Shelby Memorial Cruise event Saturday, May 6. The event will be held at the Shelby Automotive Technology Building on the ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ campus beginning at 9 a.m.

The ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ 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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ and beyond.

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

Students in the ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ 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, ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ?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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ 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 ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ scholars gave formal oral reports.†Cassidy Watkins, from Daingerfield, featured segments of th

ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ student, Cassidy Watkins, was recently named the winner of the 2016-2017 Chitsey Award, granted annually to the student of Honors Northeast who most exceeded expectations. Dr. Mary Hearron (right) recently presented Watkins with this $200 award.

Watkinswas the 2016 Salutatorian of Daingerfield High School.† She has excelled in her two honors seminars, and in her other ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓƵӰԺ classes to date.† She is also the producer of the 2017 Honors film on Sam Houston, and the exodus of the Texas Cherokee.