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¿ªÔÆÌåÓý honored Dr. Melissa Weinbrenner, faculty advisor to ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Phi Theta Kappa chapter, at the January 2012 Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday.†Weinbrenner has been chosen to serve as a Phi Theta Kappa 2012 Faculty Scholar. Only 25 instructors were chosen from among nearly 3,000 chapter advisors to receive this honor. Pictured is Weinbrenner (right) with ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý President, Dr. Brad Johnson (left) and ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Phi Theta Kappa officers Isaac Griffin, Hannah Collier, James Rogers, and Cory Myers.

The ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý spring softball season gets underway this weekend as the Eagles play at Cisco College Friday before playing at Weatherford Saturday.
¿ªÔÆÌåÓý?s softball team is looking to build on last season?s 25-33 record, a season that saw the Eagles narrowly miss making it to the regional tournament.
Head coach Jay Terry says that he believes that he has the squad to put together a strong season this spring.†

The 2012 spring baseball season gets underway this weekend as the Eagles host Cedar Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Eagles baseball team is looking to earn a trip to the regional tournament and beyond this season as the squad has high hopes in 2012.

¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Eagles softball and baseball fans will have a new way to keep up with their favorite team in 2012, as ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý will be using the stat keeping software Gamechanger to provide live scoring during all games.

This program will allow ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý fans to keep up with all of the action, even if they can?t make it out to the ballpark.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD) recently donated a 2007 squad car to the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Police Academy. The retired cruiser will be used for training purposes and will give cadets †experience in various real-world simulation scenarios. The Mount Pleasant City Council approved the donation at its January 2012 meeting. Pictured making the donation is Captain Rob Vine (left), Interim Police Chief, with Richard Jones (right), Director of the Northeast Police Academy. For more information about the ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Police Academy, please call 903-434-8206.

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Dr. Jonathan McCullough, Vice President for Advancement, ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý (¿ªÔÆÌåÓý), is pictured receiving a $12,000 check from Ms. Dana Durman, Program Officer, East Texas Communities Foundation (ETCF).† The funds were made available to the College by the ETCF through a planned gift from the estate of the late Burt and Nancy Marans, formerly of Pittsburg, Texas.† The gift was designated to be used to assist non-traditional students with their tuition and fees in the spring semester at ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý.† For more information on this or other scholarship opportunities please contact Dr.

¿ªÔÆÌåÓý is beginning a transition to the Blackboard Learn 9.1 platform. Most classes will use the new Learn 9 environment and you can access it from within the . The Blackboard Learn 9 icon on the Quicklaunch area will log you directly in.

NOTE: Some courses will still be held on the Blackboard CE8 platform.

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