Psi Beta inducts new members


ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº recently inducted new members into Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for students at two-year colleges.†Inductees included (from left): Elyse Coleman of Gilmer, Kaitlyn Klepfer of Mount Pleasant, and Trinity Moseley of Cumby.†Psi Beta chapters sponsor programs, activities, and participation in community service projects along with opportunities to present research papers at regional meetings, attend national meetings, and compete for national awards.
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ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº speech professor honored

† † † Danny Moss, Professor of Speech at ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº, was recently named Community College Educator of the Year by the Texas Speech Communication Association (TSCA). He received the award during the group's annual conference in Lubbock, Texas Oct. 3.


† † † Moss has taught speech for 26 years, including 16 years at ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº. He was nominated by fellow speech educators around the state to receive the honor.
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Creative Writing 101 continuing education course offered

Have you ever dreamed of getting a short story published in a magazine or perhaps even having the next great novel listed on the New York Times bestseller list? Or, maybe you just have a good story to tell?

ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº and renowned author Lou Antonelli are offering Creative Writing 101 at the Downtown Center in Mount Pleasant (the old high school on Riddle Street).

Lou Antonelli?s short fiction has been published in the U.S., Canada, England, Portugal, India and Australia, and gathered up in three separate collections.
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Berlin natives visit with ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº German class

Students in ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº's new German 1311 class recently had visitors from†Berlin, Germany.† Uwe and Henny Goettert are currently living in Toronto while Henny completes her degree in molecular genetics. †They were visiting in the Pittsburg area with Henny?s former host family from 2000-2001, when she was a foreign exchange student to the US.

Henny was born in East Berlin when the Berlin Wall was still standing. She was four years old when it fell in 1989.
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Free GED, ESL classes offered

The Adult Education Department at ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº (ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº) will offer free General Education Development (GED) classes and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at various locations throughout the area this fall. All students must enroll in an orientation session before beginning classes.
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ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº accepting applications for Evening Police Academy

The Northeast Police Academy at ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº is now accepting applications for its next evening†police academy, which begins on†Monday, Oct. 27.


The evening academy†meets from 5-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and every first and third Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.†The program will end in late May 2015.†This program is designed for working adults who may not have time to complete the daytime academy.

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Annual poetry contest winners announced

Winners were pictured above:†Morgan Capps, Kelli Knepp, Zachary Davis, Miranda Mendoza, Tyler Reynolds, and Shelby Blevins

For those interested in what Northeast Texas was or could be, the Whatley Foyer of the campus of ÂÒÉ«ÎÞÂëÈËÆÞÊÓÆµÓ°Ôº was again the place to be as local poets and commentators took the challenge to define the region.