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The recently premiered Honors Northeast/Walter Prescott Webb Society film, Chicano Thermidor: Art and Identity in San Antonio, 1970-1995 is now in the public domain: https://www.ntcc.edu/academics/ honors- northeast/ northeast- texas- art- scholarship/ films-honors-northeast The premiere, last Friday evening at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at NTCC, showcased the proficient and alacritous work of directors Emma Mendoza and Hailey Randall, the reliable cinematography and production of Johnathan Ventura, and again, the dazzling, original music of regional composer, Kenny Goodson, who scored his seventh film. The Whatley Tech Director, Steven Nelms, oversaw the final setup and showing of the feature-length movie. Thanks to the donors of Honors Northeast, a tasty array of refreshments was free, and the evening ended with a Q&A session where the audience was able, now in the Whatley Foyer, to address questions to the cast and crew.

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the Northeast Texas Community College Police Department presented Russell Taylor with his Retired Officer credentials in recognition of his years of dedicated service to the college. Taylor retired in January and is the first officer in department history to receive this ceremonial honor.

Hannah Jones, originally from Daingerfield, Texas, now lives in Colfax, Louisiana, with her husband and two children. She worked four years as an ICU nurse in Tyler and Longview before becoming a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), a role she has held in Louisiana for 13 years.