Neida Janet Perez becomes third James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

In her first year at 91¿ì»îÁÖ, Neida Perez became a standout among standouts.  As a top-ranked Presidential Scholar, she has earned this fall one of the two most lucrative foundation scholarships granted through the college’s honors program. She will be the college’s James and Elizabeth Whatley Scholar for 2023-24.

This scholarship came into being as part of a record-breaking 1.7 million-dollar gift to 91¿ì»îÁÖ in 2007 by the Whatley family.

Honors Northeast seeks entries for annual poetry contest

Pictured: student winners in 2019: Jacob Lambie, Cade Armstrong, Karla Fuentes, and Mercedes Collins. Photo courtesy of the 91¿ì»îÁÖ Eagle and Mandy Smith.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Honors Northeast, the honors program of 91¿ì»îÁÖ announces a call for poems and images that can accent or enliven our sense of the surroundings, people, the culture, and/or the history of Northeast Texas.

Honors film week continues

Pictured: Aubrey Watkins, Hannah Goldblum, Michelle Calderon, Raul Leija, and Allen Herald with camcorder

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Members of Honors Northeast and the 91¿ì»îÁÖ Webb Society are in the midst of an intense film week that has taken them, in 100-degree weather, from Lake Bob Sandlin to Lake Nacogdoches.  They are working on their 12th feature-length film on Texas history legends.  This year’s script is about the traveling preachers of early Texas.

Michelle Calderon and Aubrey Watkins win Texas Regional Scholarships

Michelle Calderon and Aubrey Watkins were recently awarded scholarships at the Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute. The PTK convention concluded on July 16 and scholarships were awarded. Those who have received the STAR scholarships from Phi Theta Kappa demonstrated academic and leadership promise. Phi Theta Kappa members from any community college in the state of Texas are eligible for the award.

91¿ì»îÁÖ alumna, Clara Ramirez, wins residency at Duke University

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Clara Ramirez, 91¿ì»îÁÖ’s pioneer winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship in 2010, recently won a residency at Duke University as a primary-care Administrative Fellow.  She is moving this summer from her home in Fort Worth to Durham, North Carolina to assume her new role.