Free Lunch & Learn Program Presented by NTCC Honor Scholars

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Honor Scholors from NTCC

Honor Scholars presenting at the free February 23 Lunch & Learn program at the Mount Pleasant Public Library are from left: Alyssa Ochoa; Neida Perez; Aubrey Watkins; and Michelle Calderon.

If the history of modern Texas intrigues you, you want to be sure to attend the free Lunch & Learn presented by Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Honor Scholars at the Mount Pleasant Library on Thursday, February 23, 12:20-1:20 p.m.

The Lunch & Learn will be held in the library’s community room, with a complimentary lunch including pizza, salad, a beverage and dessert to all who RSVP to Dr. Andrew Yox at ayox@ntcc.edu by 5 p.m. on February 22.

The donors of Honors Northeast, the honors program at the NTCC, have again made this Lunch & Learn possible.  This will be the fourth annual session of the series, which began in 2018, and resumed in 2021 after a two-year gap due to COVID-19.

The NTCC scholars who will present on February 23 have all been accepted for other presentation venues this spring in El Paso, and/or Wichita Falls, Texas.

The presenters and topics include:

  • Alyssa Ochoa, who will trace the long road of the dairy business to excellence in Texas;
  • Neida Perez, who interprets the history of reoccurring wars between Texans and pathogens;
  • Aubrey Watkins, who will make the case for rise of the Cowboy Church as a modern phenomenon; and
  • Michelle Calderon, who will cover the story of Minnie Fisher Cunningham.

Cunningham was the lead suffragette who helped make Texas the first Southern State to adopt the Nineteenth Amendment that gave women the right to vote.  Cunningham’s story will also serve as a topic for the annual film premiere of Honors Northeast on March 24.

The February 23 Lunch & Learn guests will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in the discussions at the conclusion of each presentation. For more information, contact Dr. Yox ayox@ntcc.edu.