NTCC dedicates Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Ag Complex

	NTCC President Brad Johnson assists as Mrs. Elizabeth Whatley cuts the ribbon to the new Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Agriculture Complex on the campus of Northeast Texas Community College. Representatives from NTCC and special guests look on.

More

than 300 people came out to celebrate the new Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley

Agriculture Complex at Northeast Texas Community College. A

dedication ceremony was held in the pavilion of the recently-opened

facility and Elizabeth Whatley and other special guests were on hand for

the ribbon cutting.

Whatley gave more than $900,000 to the

building that now bears her name. This was part of a $1.7 million

donation she made to NTCC in 2008.

“The Whatley family has made

so many contributions to this institution over the years. Their gifts

have literally changed the face of our campus and we are so grateful for

their generosity,” Dr. Jonathan McCullough, NTCC Vice President for

Advancement, said.

Other major contributors to the ag complex

project include: State Energy Conservation Office (SECO), $750,000; The

Meadows Foundation; $85,000; and Bowie-Cass Electric, $50,000. Also

recognized at the event were Mrs. Kathryn Callaway, who has established a

perpetual scholarship for agriculture, and Dr. Charles Florio, NTCC

President Emeritus. Craig Trimm, Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator

for Farm Programs with the United States Department of Agriculture, was

the special guest speaker on Thursday.

NTCC recently received

word that the Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Agriculture Complex received

Platinum Certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design (LEED), the nationally accepted benchmark for

environmentally-friendly construction. This is the highest rating a

building can receive.

For more information about the Elizabeth Hoggatt Whatley Agriculture Complex or NTCC Agriculture, please visit www.ntcc.edu/ag or call Dr. Charlie Apter at 903-434-8267.

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