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The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) recently announced that the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Eagles Softball team ranked third in the nation for team grade point average. The team held a 3.52 GPA for the 2014-2015 school year.

Head softball coach, Jessica Keith, said that academics are always a priority for her team.

"Our students are here first and foremost to get an education.

ALAS (Amigos Latinos Al Servicio) of Mount Pleasant recently presented a check for $10,000 to the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Foundation. The funds were used to create a perpetual $500 scholarship to be awarded to a first generation college student attending ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý.

The money for the scholarship was raised at the first annual ALAS Cinco de Mayo on the Square event that was held May 2 downtown Mount Pleasant.

† † †¿ªÔÆÌåÓý learned last week that it has been named one of the top ten community colleges in Texas by the website schools.com. ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý was ranked number eight on the list, which cited †the college's low student-to-faculty ratio, on-campus housing and availability of an on-campus bachelor's degree partnership with Texas A&M-Texarakana as factors that set it apart from other schools.

† † †¿ªÔÆÌåÓý was the only east Texas school included on the list.

¿ªÔÆÌåÓý, in cooperation with local emergency officials, will host an active shooter drill Friday, June 19 from 8:30 am. until early afternoon on the main ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý campus. The purpose of the event is to simulate a real-life emergency in order to train both college personnel and first responders.

In addition to the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý campus, Chapel Hill ISD facilities will be used as a staging area during the exercise.