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�������� made a trip to Lufkin, Texas to meet up with Wharton County Junior College in a double header contest Thursday, April 1st and came away with a win in game one 10-7 before falling to Wharton in game two.

Jerald and Mary Lou Mowery recently presented the �������� Foundation with a check for $10,500. The gift provided $10,000 to establish the Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship and $500 for current honors scholarships. The Mowerys are pictured presenting the gift to Dr. Jonathan McCullough (left), �������� Executive Vice President for Advancement. To learn more about Honors Northeast, visit .

The pandemic had a way of delaying initiatives. But the 2020 issue of Touchstone, one of the most venerable undergraduate journals in the United States, finally has appeared in April, 2021. Published by the Texas State Historical Association, Touchstone has appeared continuously since 1982 in real form, and since the 1990s on high-quality cotton-stock paper, designed to last.

In addition to the Britt poster winners, Aaliyah Avellaneda, and Maritza Quinones highlighted last week in “What’s Happening at ��������,” the college managed one of the more robust showings at the spring meeting of the 2021 Great Plains Honors Council.  The conference, hosted virtually by the Redwine Honors Program at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, featured qualifying students from universities and colleges in the area from Nebraska and Missouri down to Texas.  �������� had fourteen students qualify in the college’s fourteenth year of participation, a record for the college.

The �������� Art Department will hold its annual student art show Thursday, April 7 through Tuesday, May 4 in the foyer gallery of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts.

�������� is pleased to announce that theater classes will be offered again starting this fall! Courses offered include: Theater Appreciation (DRAM-1310), Stagecraft I (DRAM-1330) and Acting I (DRAM-1351). Five $500 scholarships are available for students enrolled in theater classes. 

Pat Sistrunk and her granddaughter, Tatum Dungan, of Tyler, recently gave $2,000 to the �������� Foundation.

Want a great gift for Mother's Day? Consider giving your favorite Moms (or yourself) a spot in the upcoming Floral Design class presented by �������� Agriculture and Continuing Education! The class will teach the art of floral design and will cover door wreaths, table pieces and outdoor arranging. Participants will take home their own hand-crafted floral project that is ready for display in their home or outdoor living space. 

�������� Baseball hit the road Sunday to take on TJC in Tyler and earned a 12-4 win in the first game of the day before falling to TJC 9-6 in game two.

Aaron Shelby and the Carroll Shelby Foundation recently presented the �������� Foundation with checks totaling $80,000 to support ��������’s Shelby Automotive Technology program. One gift for $50,000 will provide scholarships for students in the Shelby program and $30,000 will be used toward the Shelby Restoration Center being built at ��������.