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 Roark to talk about the college's Medical Assisting Technology program celebrating 50 years. Not only is Northeast's Medical Assisting one of the top programs in the state, but it was started in 1972 and has constantly been producing high-quality medical assistants for various medical organizations since then. During the second part of the interview, Ford talks about the job that the Division of Business and Engineering Technology has done with its Tiger Apprenticeship Program. This year nearly 30 students signed with various employers and industries throughout northeast Mississippi to give them on-the-job training and experience while still earning their degree from one of the top community colleges in the country. Ford also provides information about the Northeast Promise scholarship that helps career and technical students achieve their ambitions of a college education. In the end, Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News.

🎙️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 annual Workforce Summit that Northeast is holding on Wednesday, November 9 that not only brings in workforce and industry leaders but pairs them with K-12, higher education and others who may have a stake in the economics of northeast Mississippi in a forum to help increase communication across the partners. In the middle part of the interview, Ford and Roark discuss the end of the 2022 fall semester, the ways Northeast has grown during the semester and where Ford sees the college going in the future. In the end, Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News.

🎙️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 decision and reasoning behind the college's #MovingForward slogan and with basketball quickly approaching, the veteran coach and educator discusses some of his best moments and memories of being on the sidelines for over 30 years. 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 a large grant from Accelerate Mississippi and the Mississippi governor's office and about a special guest who visited campus last week. In a special section of the podcast, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves sits down to talk about his trip to the City of Hospitality as Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News. 

🎙️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 president's favorite parts of the semester, such as helping students out on the first day of class or being there when a student needs a little bit of help. As an added guest this week, Dr. Justin Treloar joins the podcast to discuss the changes to the Northeast writing center as Ford wraps up the interview with the Northeast News.

🎙️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 family-friendly events that Northeast has coming up, including the ever-popular TigerTown Tailgate on Thursday, October 13 in the quad area around the fountain in front of the Ramsey Student Services Building, the free community-wide tailgate and a fireworks extravaganza at halftime of the Northeast-East Mississippi football game on Thursday night. Northeast also offers the family-friendly Late Night Madness, as fans are welcome to meet the men's and women's basketball teams and cheerleaders for the winter portion of the semester. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about a significant grant that the college's Division of Health Sciences received from Accelerate MS to help bolster the nursing ranks in Mississippi. In the final part of the interview, Ford explains the various events and activities happening on the Northeast campus and its satellite locations. 

🎙️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 appropriate age a student should start preparing for college and advice that the veteran educator would give to not only the student but parents in their preparation for college. In the second part of the interview, Ford and Roark discuss why it is essential, especially in today's technology-driven world, that a person receive a college education and some training to help them be better suited for the workforce. In the final portion of the three-part interview, Ford gives a rundown of events happening around the college's Booneville campus and updates from its satelite locations.

🎙️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 all the college's efforts to help bolster Northeast's enrollment, including the ever-popular and successful Northeast NOW recruitment event that brings not only high school seniors from the college's five-county service area but any other school, who requests to come, to the college for a fun-filled day of exploration and information to help those seniors make their choice on which school is right for them. In the middle portion of the interview, Roark and Ford discuss the upcoming Northeast Mississippi Regional Marching Band Championship scheduled for Saturday, October 1, at Tiger Stadium in Booneville. Not only does this serve as a significant recruitment event for Northeast, but it also allows many students to see the college while they compete for Ratings, Capture and the six-foot-tall Grand Champions trophy. Last year's event brought an estimated 18,000 people to the City of Hospitality. With over 30 bands and an extended performance schedule, Northeast is looking to bolster the Booneville tax coffers again this year. In the final portion of the interview, Ford gives a rundown on events happening not just on the Booneville campus but on many of the college's satellite locations.

🎙️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 college's 63rd Homecoming during the week of Monday, September 19 and Friday, September 23 and all the events that are planned for Homecoming Week 2022. In addition to talking about Homecoming, Roark and Ford broach the serious topic of National Suicide Awareness Month. Ford delivers some sobering statistics from the college's mental health survey to students each year. In the final portion of the podcast, Ford gives a rundown of upcoming events such as Homecoming, Northeast NOW and the upcoming Northeast Regional Marching Band Championship. 

🎙️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 college's plans for Building 1000 in the very northeast corner of Tishomingo County and how that location can not only help the college reach a whole new audience, but it can provide a valuable service to law enforcement and emergency personnel from around the state. Listen in as Ford talks about the transformation happening at Building 1000. In the middle portion of the interview, Ford and Roark discuss the Tiger Apprenticeship program and how it has only not benefited the students at Northeast but also the businesses in the college's five-county service area as Northeast students get valuable work experience. In contrast, companies can fill holes in production staff with workers while giving practical on-the-job training. In the final installment of this week's interview, Ford gives listeners a brief rundown on all things happening at Northeast.

🎙️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.