Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

In episode 91, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes associate vice president of career and technical education Jason Mattox back to the podcast to talk about the Tiger Apprenticeship program and how it not only benefits NEMCC students and faculty but the companies involved in the process as well. Mattox talks about the Tiger Apprenticeship Interview Day last week where some students were offered on-the-spot jobs with companies and others were extended interviews with over 25 companies in attendance. Mattox discusses what the Tiger Apprenticeship program is and also touches on Gayle Davis Hall and how it has transformed instruction in the diesel power technology program with the addition of the state-of-the-art building and equipment. In the second half of the podcast, head men's basketball coach Cord Wright joins Kollmeyer for a 2019-2020 season preview as the veteran coach talks about the upcoming season, players to watch and his expectations for the year. In addition to his insight on the team, Wright talks about his sophomores on the roster and some of the freshmen players to be watching for during the upcoming campaign. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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 episode 90, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes theatre director Christopher Schager back to the podcast to give insight on the upcoming fall one-act plays at the college on Thursday, October 24; Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27. Schager gives a rundown of each of the five 10-minute one-act plays and talks about the plots of each performance without giving away the entire story behind each play. In addition to his fall one-act plays, Schager talks about the Northeast theatre as a whole and the challenges it has faced over the last 10 years as more time is demanded of performers from other areas in life. Schager also promotes the upcoming Spring Musical and the audition dates for that during his interview. In the second half of the podcast, head women's basketball coach Brenda Mayes joins Kollmeyer for a 2019-2020 season preview as the fifth-year head coach talks about the upcoming season, players to watch and her expectations for the year. In addition to her insight on the team, Mayes talks about each of her eight sophomores on the roster and some of the freshmen players to be watching for during the upcoming campaign. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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 episode 89, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes recruiter Beth Benson tot he podcast as she gives us some insight on some major events happening on the Northeast campus in the upcoming weeks. Thursday (October 17) will be Junior Preview Night at the college and in addition to being part of the community tailgate, juniors who register early can bring up to two guests in free at the Tiger football game versus second-ranked Northwest Mississippi that night. Benson also talks about the start of the Northeast NOW recruiting series where the college brings in seniors from its five-county service area -- Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union -- along with out-of-district schools, who have reached out to the college wanting to take a tour as well. Friday (October 18) will start the series as ten (10) schools come to the Northeast Booneville campus. In the second half of the podcast, Mi-BEST coordinator Taylor Johnson stops in to talk about the Mi-BEST Student Showcase on Tuesday, October 22 at 6 p.m. on our Corinth campus. Johnson talks about some of the stories that the students will be showcasing and how their lives have been changed by Northeast. In addition to talking about the showcase, Johnson also talks about the recruiting efforts that Mi-BEST and the rest of the Adult Basic Education department have done to help bolster the workforce in the area. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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 episode 88, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes three guests for in-the-field interviews from the Northeast at Ripley groundbreaking -- Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford, the Chairman of the Board for The Peoples Bank of Ripley Bobby Martin and Chief Architect Rud Robison, Jr. of PryorMorrow. During his portion of the interview, Ford talks about the benefits for not only the college but the city of Ripley and people of Tippah County with the addition of the Ripley center. Martin echoes Ford's remarks and reminisces about the changes that Ripley and Northeast have seen over the past 60 years and how a Northeast at Ripley center will be used. Robison, a NEMCC graduate, gives the finish date for the center and also talks about how Northeast prepared him for becoming one of the top architects in the South. In the second half of the podcast, diesel power technology instructor Jonathan Alexander stops by to talk about two important events involving his program. First, the dedication of Gayle T. Davis Hall (the old Ryder building on North Second Street) and the Higher Education Achieves Demonstrative Skills (HEADS) Festival. Alexander's diesel power technology program will be relocating to Gayle T. Davis Hall soon and will give up their home in Vo-Tech Building #3 for a new, spacious learning environment and will celebrate the naming of the building at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8. During the HEADS Festival, Northeast will welcome over 3,000 ninth through twelfth-grade students to campus for a one-day event that showcases our career and technical education programs. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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 episode 87, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes not one but two members of the Division of Fine Arts to the podcast. In the first segment of this TigerTalk podcast, director of Campus Country Chris Dunn stops in to talk about the group's first Showtime of the year on Thursday, October 3 in the Seth Pounds Auditorium. Dunn introduces listeners to the 23-song setlist for the initial Showtime as well as talks about where the title track for the Showtime "The House that Built Me," comes from and how it felt to know that the title track was named "Song of the Decade," by the Academy of Country Music after the group had already chosen it for the title track. Dunn also introduces fans to a couple of the new band members -- including a steel guitar player and also a brother-sister combo that has decided to both be part of Campus Country. In the second half of the podcast, director of bands Bryan Mitchell gives listeners insight into the 37th annual Northeast Regional Marching Band Championships that will happen at Tiger Stadium on Saturday, October 5. Over 20 schools are slated to perform in either the Ratings or Caption portion of the competition with the winner walking away with a huge six-foot trophy. Mitchell also talks about what the Showband from Tigerland has been up to during the marching season including the Battle of the Bands with Itawamba Community College last Thursday night and preparing the nearly 300-person marching band for parade season in just a few weeks. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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.

This eighty-sixth (86th) episode is all about National Suicide Awareness Month and features not only Northeast's new mental health counselor Kristin Wesson but student Iveyana Smith as well. In the first part of the podcast, Wesson stops in to talk about National Suicide Awareness Month and how different mental illnesses affect the college population. Wesson lists some of the warning signs that people should be on the lookout for as well as what they can do to help. In the second half of the podcast, Smith talks about her struggles early in life and how a chance Wednesday night meeting helped change her life. If it was not for that chance meeting, Smith says she would not be here today. Instead, she has turned to advocacy for mental health and shares her story with anyone that will listen so that they know that they are not alone. Between the segments, Will Kollmeyer gives contact information for the Northeast Counseling Center and the National Suicide Help Line (1-800-273-TALK). Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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.

It’s been a great few weeks in Tigerland fans and with Homecoming 2019 behind us, we thought with the serious conversation on this week’s podcast that we would break the events and happenings apart from the podcast to give National Suicide Awareness Month the due it justly deserves. In this extended version of TigerTalk, we will focus on the events and happenings that will be taking place over the next 7-10 days 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.

This eighty-fifth (85th) episode welcomes an all Homecoming cast to the podcast as Patrick Eaton stops by to talk about everything homecoming leading up to the crowning of the queen on Thursday, September 19 at Tiger Stadium. Eaton announces that our Alumni Hall of Fame inductee is Blues legend Sam Mosley and the three Sports Hall of Fame inductees include Anthony Gamble, William "Billy" Southward and Shirley Hall White. Eaton also talks about the plans for the football game the following week and all the help he gets from his staff in the Development Foundation and Alumni Association plus from GameDay sponsors that make his job easier. In the second half of the podcast, Victoria Brown talks about her reaction to being elected Homecoming Queen and how the news was relayed to her. In addition, Brown talks about her experience at Northeast and how technology has played a role in her success. Between the segments, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown of all the events that are happening on campus before the beginning of the school year and some major dates that people need to know about when they return to campus. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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.

This eighty-fourth (84th) episode welcomes Dr. Kelli Hefner to the podcast as she takes time out of her schedule to sit down and talk about the college's "Earning Your Stripes" program that was instituted by the Employee Development committee last year. In the interview, Hefner talks about how the program came to be, how someone can earn stripes and how someone can suggest for their programs or events be considered as stripe-earning opportunities for Northeast employees. In the second half of the podcast, Amy Marolt-Alred stops in to talk about the re-chartering of the Future Farmers of America chapter on campus and what it means to the alumni and supports of the organization. In addition to talking about some of her incoming freshmen, Alred shares an interesting story about how she met one of her FFA members. Between the segments, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown of all the events that are happening on campus before the beginning of the school year and some major dates that people need to know about when they return to campus. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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.

It's been a busy start to the 2019 fall semester as evident by our events and happenings section. Northeast Cares founders Amber Nelms, Tabitha McKay, and Britney Whitley start off things for us this week as they talk about the Northeast Cares program, where it came from and what it means to the campus. During the discussion, Nelms, McKay, and Whitley discuss the origin behind the program -- being a Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy project -- along with what all the program entails. Nelms, McKay, and Whitley talk about if a student has anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts they are more than welcome to contact Northeast Cares but also, those that face food insecurity along with food allergies are also asked to participate in the program. In the second half of the podcast, golf coach Derek DeVaughn stops in to talk about the reinstated Northeast golf program and what he is expecting from the team. The Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) has split the schedule into fall and spring instead of all spring matches and DeVaughn talks about how that will help his team as they prepare for three matches in the fall and a pair in the spring before heading into postseason play. DeVaughn also finds time to be an industrial maintenance instructor and discusses that program in length and also gives insights on how the program will change next year. Between the segments, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown of all the events that are happening on campus before the beginning of the school year and some major dates that people need to know about when they return to campus. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk.

🎙️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.