Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's efforts to produce high-quality, engaging videos for its health science programs to help potential students see what the programs are about and help them make the right decision on their choice of pathway. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about the upcoming deadline for the Northeast Development Foundation and Alumni Association scholarship and how those monies help many students out. In addition to talking about the foundation scholarships, Ford encourages all potential students to get their financial aid early so that they may also be considered for federal and state financial assistance in addition to the foundation scholarship. To apply for the Northeast Development Foundation and Alumni Association scholarships, start the process at http://nemcc.awardspring.com. To wrap up the time, Ford gives listeners the Northeast News and discusses upcoming events on the college's calendar. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the writing center at Northeast and its substantial impact on students in helping them succeed at Northeast. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about the EON Reality grant that will allow Northeast to purchase nearly $15 million worth of technology and how students and faculty will use it. To wrap up the time, Ford gives listeners the Northeast News and talks about upcoming events on the college's calendar. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the legislative priorities for the fiscal year 2023-2024 that will benefit not only Northeast but the other 14 community colleges in the Magnolia State as well. As part of the legislative priorities, the 15 community colleges are seeking increased Career and Tech funds, a raise for their employees, capital improvements, scholarships for dual-enrolled students and a few more options for the Mississippi legislators to consider. In the second half of the interview, Ford talks about the honor that Northeast received as employees came back to campus in January, and that's that Northeast has been named an Apple Distinguished School for the second consecutive term, which puts the community college in rare air as some four-year universities and colleges fail to get a second straight honor from the technology giant. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the upcoming semester at one of the nation's top community colleges. Ford talks about the student's responsibility to secure their schedule and pay their fees before the Friday, January 6, 2023, deadline for the upcoming semester. Ford also discusses the days students may move into the college's residence halls and how it has become a safe and effective process. In the Northeast News portion of the interview, Ford talks about all the events happening on the Northeast campus, including the Prentiss County Tournament, the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Middle School Basketball Invitational and the Division 1-3A Tournament in the next six weeks.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to discuss how Northeast has grown in the past year and where the veteran educator sees the college going next year. In the second half of the interview, Ford gives insight into the projects happening in and around Northeast and what projects he wishes to take on in 2023.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to discuss different ways and avenues that high school seniors can pay for college. Ford talks about filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and additional scholarships during the Christmas/holiday break. Ford discusses the role that the Northeast Development Foundation and Alumni Association plays in providing outside scholarships to those in need and makes a plea to anyone that cannot find money to go to college to seek out Northeast's financial aid department so that they may assist in the process of helping someone obtain their educational dreams. In the second half of the interview, Ford and Roark talk about what sets Northeast apart from not only other community colleges in the state and the nation but apart from four-year colleges and universities and why someone looking to get a start on their college career or returning to college should consider Northeast as a leading contender of where they want to go to school.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the Northeast chorus/choir and how it joined with Itawamba Community College and the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's children's choir to help bring Christmas joy to the region on Saturday, December 10 and how the president wants to see more cooperation between the college and the community to bring more culture to the area. The duo also discusses how events such as the chorus/choir concert help to foster Northeast's relationship with the community. In the second half of the interview, Roark and Ford talk about the college's designation as an Apple Distinguished School, how that designation plays into the teaching philosophy and what Northeast can do in the future to keep the high standard of using technology in the classroom. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about a recent grant that the Eula Dees Memorial Library received to help promote professional development and personal enrichment through access to MasterClass. Over 4,000 licenses were granted to Northeast for employees and students to provide extra encouragement, cooking, comedy, communication, conflict mediation, job interview techniques, drawing, painting, leadership and a lot more by experts in their fields in short, enjoyable talks. In the second part of the interview, Ford discusses the Tiger Apprenticeship program and how it not only helps the college and its relationship with the community but also impacts the students who participate in the program. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the process for signing up for classes at Northeast for the Spring 2023 semester and some of the nuances that go into making Northeast one of the top community colleges in the nation. In the middle portion of the interview, Ford discusses two new programs coming to the college in the Fall of 2023, Court Reporting and Logistics, that will give students an advantage in the workforce when they finish their time at Northeast. Northeast's Court Reporting program will become just the second in the state and allow students to work with judiciary officials and significant industries that should need transcription services. Logistics will enable students to study the inner workings of an industry and learn how to balance schedules, workers and their needs, supply chain standards, and many other issues that affect industries in today's high-tech workforce. In the end, Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the recent visit by James Meredith to the Northeast Booneville campus and how programs such as Meredith's "Mississippi's Moral Uplift" help to bring historical events into a modern perspective with today's college students. In the middle part of the interview, Ford discusses the importance placed on getting all college paperwork done during the fall semester and not having to rush at a deadline after the Christmas break. In the end, Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News. 

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time.

For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.

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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.

For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.