Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

After taking a week off following the 200th TigerTalk episode, Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford returns with a quick 9 1/2 minute podcast to update all listeners on everything Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford announces that the college is looking at renovating its residential housing for students and will start with new air conditioning/dehumidifying units in Yarber and Murphy halls, as well as taking a deeper look at how the residence halls can be renovated to play an even more critical role in the recruiting process of the college. In addition to renovating the dorms, Ford talks about the ongoing Outdoor Classroom project, changes to the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center, and a new roof at Northeast at New Albany as the college continues to look for ways to make the college more appealing to students. Ford also discusses the significant changes to the Student Success Center in Wright Hall and how the changes will make the space more user-friendly. In addition to extra staff, the Student Success Center will also house the newly-founded Employee Development Center. Ford also announced that the college is running ahead of enrollment numbers from the Fall 2021 and Fall 2020 numbers, with the college experiencing an almost 400-student jump in Fall 2022 numbers as compared to Fall 2021 enrollment at the same time. Ford talks about the need to continue pushing enrollment for the fall and reminds those who have not paid their fees to do so and those who are looking to come back to school...to call the Financial Aid Department and find out when the deadlines for applying are. Ford announces a $40,000 grant that will help health science students remove barriers from their lives and help them obtain their educational goals. In a discussion about the recent spike in COVID numbers, Ford talks about what the college is doing to mitigate the spread of COVID, the plans for the fall and how each person can help stop the spread of COVID. 

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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.

To celebrate 200 episodes, Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford gives a significant update on everything happening at one of the premier community colleges in the United States - Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford celebrates the 200th episode of the podcast that began on October 10, 2017, and has run for almost five years giving the employees and students all the information about Northeast and those in Booneville, Prentiss County and the surrounding area insight into what makes Northeast one of the best. Ford has a major announcement about the Northeast Mississippi Community College Family Healthcare Center that he talked about a few months ago and encourages listeners to stay tuned about the plans for the healthcare center. In addition to announcing the plans for the NEMCC Healthcare Center, Ford talks about how great it feels to see people back on campus again. With summer school enrollment high and camps happening every week, Ford enjoys being able to see people enjoying the Northeast campus again. Ford warns to be careful in the summer heat and announces that the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center (the pool) has re-opened for the summer with swimming lessons in the mornings and open swimming from 1-4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Ford discusses the fall 2022 enrollment trending up at the moment but wants a bigger enrollment push for the fall and keys on Orientation on June 16, June 23 and then, if necessary, July 12. Ford gives an update on the new employees that have been hired at the college with a multitude of people coming on board and announces that the college is still looking for instructors for the fall. Ford congratulates the Drafting, Design and 3-D Modeling program on a 100-percent placement rate for its students and a 100-percent pass rate on the AutoCAD National Certification. Ford talks about construction projects around campus and discusses that the Seth Pounds Auditorium project is still in the planning stages as organizers look at water seepage into the building. Ford announces a new Cyber Security Team for Northeast and encourages everyone to visit the Voices and Votes exhibit in the Anderson Hall Auditorium from June 28 through August 16.

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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.

In 10 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford is happy to see people out and about this summer and with that comes a bevy of summer activities at Northeast. Last week, both the Tiger baseball team and the Lady Tiger softball team welcomed nearly 200 campers to the Northeast Baseball/Softball Complex on Third Street and new women's basketball coach Chelsey Rhoades has already had a busy summer with a two-day team camp and a three-day individual skills camp in the first week of June. This Thursday, the Northeast Mississippi Softball Coaches Association will take over the Northeast Baseball/Softball Complex for three games, including an underclassman game, a Classes 1/2/3A contest and a Classes 4/5/6A affair in the nightcap. Ford reminds everyone that it is not too late to sign up for the second summer school session in July, nor is it too late to sign up for the upcoming fall semester. Ford discusses the importance of Orientation and helping incoming students with their schedules, housing and financial aid, and helping them adjust to college life. Ford also talks about the Fiber Optic Technician training course that is coming to fruition and movements by the President's Cabinet to consolidate all printers on campus into centralized locations to help with troubleshooting and avoid supply chain issues with getting ink and so on forth. Ford addresses the 2023 budget and says that this year's budget is balanced and that the focus should be on next year's budget as it may be a different story. Ford announces evaluations of all programs to ensure that they are doing all they can to help students and attract even more to the campus. In big news, Ford announces that the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center should be opening in the next few days.

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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.

In a little over 11 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford talks about the enrollment numbers for the summer sessions and those numbers topping those of earlier summers before the global covid shutdown and fall in summer numbers in 2020. Ford also address the promotion for someone on campus after the retirement of their supervisor and how they will do an excellent job on not only the Booneville campus but also all the college's off-campus locations. Ford speaks about a service that the college offers through the North Mississippi Medical Center and that is an Employee Assistance Program that allows full-time employees, their spouses, and children to seek professional, confidential, and short-term counseling that the college pays for. In keeping with the human resources theme, Ford addresses the need to fill open positions on campus such as an accountant, an assistant athletic trainer, an Associate Degree Nursing instructor, a chemistry instructor, a physical science instructor, an economics instructor, a recruiter and a groundskeeper as well as the HR department at the college will be busy with interviews for an English instructor, a Director of Employee Development and success coaches. Ford says that professional and administrative contracts should go out around June 1 and those expecting a contract should check their email. Ford talks about that Northeast never stops or slows down for summer and that includes summer school, construction projects and conferences that the college helps to put on. In a construction update, Ford gives information on the Mississippi Department of Transportation Phase II project to make the crossings on Veterans Drive safer in front of Anderson Hall and the bidding of Phase III that will see construction work on College Street and down Ellis Avenue. Ford talks about the renovations to the Seth Pounds Auditorium and the need for the water penetration test to come back before the architect can send a proposal to the Mississippi Bureau of Buildings so that the project can continue. Ford talks about the hope for the Northeast Tennis Courts to be done in time for the 2023 Spring season and other projects such as the finishing of the Outdoor Classrooms, new flooring, lighting, and updates to the kitchen area in the childcare part of Waller Hall. Ford also gives a brief looking into events coming up such as Orientation (June 9, 16, 23 and possibly July 12), the Mobile Learning Conference and the impending Apple Distinguished Schools deadline.

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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.

In under 10 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford addresses the need more decorum at graduation and changes that may be brought on by excess noise and talking during commencement exercises at the college including adding more graduation ceremonies to reduce the amount of people in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum at one time. Ford also talks about the quick turn around that the college has had to do with its dorms with students moving out at at the beginning of this month and dorms having to be cleaned and refurbished for summer camps and summer students coming in during the month of May and June. Ford gives thanks to the men and women of the facilities operations and maintenance department for all the hours and hardwork that they have put to make sure that Northeast stays functioning with such a short turn around time. Ford also talks about the events that will happen at the college during the summer months...even though the majority of the students are away on summer months, the college still functions with summer school sessions, camps, conferences and a lot more events. Ford talks about the many job opportunities that are open for someone to become a member of the Northeast family and to be a part of one of the premier institutions of higher learning in the United States. In a quick rundown on construction on campus, Ford talks about the outdoor classrooms and steel finally arriving for that project and renovations to the area surrounding the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center, the air conditioning in Ramsey, renovations to the childcare floor of the Waller Technical Center and work on some of the dorms on campus. Ford reminds listeners of a variety of events happening on campus including Orientation on Thursday, June 9; Thursday, June 16 and Thursday, June 23 as well as the "Voices & Votes" exhibit in the Anderson Hall Art Gallery from June 28 through August 16. Ford gives an update on the Apple Distinguished Schools renewal program as well as encourages everyone to sign up for the Mobile Learning Conference on June 13 and June 14. Ford announces that the college is now looking for an eSports coach and that he wants to move ahead with the project of adding eSports to the college's offering for students. 

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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.

In just over 10 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford recaps the last week where the college saw many of its students walk in graduations such as the Health Sciences graduation, the Associate of Arts graduation, special softball graduation, and the HiSET/GED graduation on Monday, May 16. Ford talked about the magic moments of graduation and the stories behind many students overcoming adversity to graduate from college and the looks on their faces when they were able to finally walk across the stage and receive their diplomas. Ford discusses the changes coming to the Eula Dees Memorial Library including the additions of a Maker Space, where students can explore their creativity, and the recently announced Employee Development Center that will focus on professional development for faculty and staff as it concerns technology in the classroom and in everyday life. Ford also talks about upgrading the library and making it a student-centered and user-friendly space going forward. Ford gives a rundown of the various projects happening around campus including the addition of touchless water fountains in many of the buildings, the pouring concrete for outdoor classrooms, the conclusion of Phase II of the MDOT project, and the opening of Phase III of the project to make the campus safer. Ford also tells employees to enjoy the days after graduation and use this time to get ready for summer and fall sessions with students soon. 

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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.

In just under 11 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. In a quick rundown, Ford talks about the plans for graduation on Thursday, May 12 and Friday, May 13 with the processional beginning at 6:15 p.m. entering the Bonner Arnold Coliseum and the ceremony immediately starting following the processional. During the two-night commencement exercises, Northeast will see approximately 500 students cross the stage to get their degrees and will follow that up with the college's GED/HiSET graduation on Monday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. All graduation ceremonies will air live on NEMCCTV.com and be archived on the college's YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/nemcctv). In addition to reminding listeners of the earlier-than-normal start time for graduation, Ford talks about the upcoming program reviews and encourages all employees to perform continuous evaluations on not only their jobs but their personal lives as well. Ford discusses upcoming events such as the Northeast Mississippi Football Coaches Association high school all-star game that will be filled with a multitude of local high school talent on Tuesday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Tiger Stadium and the Mobile Learning Conference on June 13 and June 14 online that serves as a valuable resource for our K-12 partners, our Institutes of Higher Learning members and our community college partners on how to incorporate technology in the classroom and instruction. Ford gives a rundown on ongoing construction projects such as the finishing of the Phase II MDOT project that will give the college a safer environment and the beginnings of the Phase III of the project. Ford talks about the former Corinthian Furniture building on West Chambers Drive and changes coming to it and the work on the outdoor classrooms and Seth Pounds Auditorium. Ford addresses athletics that continue throughout the spring such as the Lady Tiger softball team playing the Region XXIII Tournament in Wesson this week (games can be viewed on the Gold Channel of NEMCCTV.com) and two Northeast Tiger linksters qualifying for the NJCAA National Golf Championships in Joplin, Missouri on May 17-20. 

🎙️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.

In just over 11 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. In a quick end-of-the-semester rundown, Ford talks about final exams and graduation at Northeast and the importance of faculty turning their grades in on time, and students, who want to come to summer school, paying their fees on time to avoid any delay in processing their desires for an education. Ford talks about the group of administration that went to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) national conference and presented on what the college is doing as it concerns Strategic Doing. In an update on projects happening around campus, Ford announces that all the water fountains on campus will be changed in the coming weeks to provide filtered, cold and regular temperature water with a touchless base and addresses the needs for short-term projects like the NEMCC Tennis Complex and the Faculty/Staff Development Area in the Eula Dees Memorial Library finished as soon as possible to make way for long-term projects like a Performing Arts Center that will host more musical, entertainment, theatre, choral and symphony performances. Ford suggests that the renovations to the Seth Pounds Auditorium would be perfect for a display of the arts until a proper Performing Arts Center can be built. Ford asks all listeners for their input on new programs that the college can offer to help bolster the Northeast lineup such as the new Fiber Optic Technician Program, a night/evening/weekend school for ADN and LPN students, the addition of a cyber security team on campus and coding that will help promote technology use in the classroom to our K-12 partners. Ford brags on Northeast's online workforce training platform that currently has 93 students enrolled but has accomplished nearly 1,500 training modules for the area industry. Ford talks about athletics with softball beginning in its state tournament on Wednesday against Copiah-Lincoln at Jones County and Baseball hosting a three-game series against Jones County on Thursday at 6 p.m. Ford also takes pride in announcing the first-ever Jeffrey Powell Memorial Scholarship recipient. 

🎙️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.

In just under 10 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford discusses all the changes happening at the top community college in Mississippi such as changes to the graduation times on May 12, May 13 and May 16. Graduation will now happen at 6:30 p.m. instead of the traditional 7 p.m. Health Sciences will graduate on Thursday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum; Associate of Arts graduation will happen on Friday, May 13 at 6:30 and Adult Education will go on Monday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. For those who cannot make it to graduation, all commencement exercises will be live streamed on NEMCCTV.com. In addition graduation changes, Ford discusses all the changes to the Northeast family such as open job opportunities for an assistant women's basketball coach, police officer, chemistry instructor, English instructor, economics instructor and information systems technology instructor and interviews happening for the open positions for sociology instructor, computer science instructor, enrollment services assistant, clinical coordinator for the sonography program and speech instructor. Changes continue as Ford talks about the upcoming budget for the 2022-23 academic year and how the changes to the K12 salary funding have put community colleges in a bind in the state with K12 instructors now making more than some community college instructors. Ford reiterates that Northeast employees will get an across the board 3-percent raise for the 2022-23 academic year but the budget will be tight for the upcoming year.  

🎙️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.

In just over 10 minutes, Northeast president Ricky G. Ford gives a brief rundown of everything that is happening at one of the premier institutions in the United States...Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford announces that the college has hired a Director of Advising & Guidance and gives his support behind that position as a way of making the college's students successful. In addition to announcing the Director of Advising & Guidance, Ford encourages everyone to be up-to-date on all that is happening around the college by listening to not only the TigerTalk podcast but Liz Roark's Northeast NOW podcast which is published once a month. Ford details what makes Northeast special and talks about the development of an Employee Development Center where the college can provide specific professional development to all areas of the college. Housed in the Eula Dees Memorial Library, the Employee Development Center will not only utilize the college's vast technological resources but will also rely on the specializations that the college's employees are able to provide to their co-workers. Ford reminds everyone of upcoming events including a Retirement reception for 12 employees taking retirement this year on April 28 at 2 p.m. in the Claude Wright Room, final exams on May 2-5, and Graduation on May 12 and 13 in the Bonner Arnold Coliseum. Start time for graduation has changed from previous years and will now start at 6:30 p.m.

🎙️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.