Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

We are rolling into the 2019 fall semester and back to the weekly format on the TigerTalk podcast with NEMCC executive vice president Craig-Ellis Sasser and career technical education counselor Carrie Cobb. Sasser gives us an in-depth interview about various things happening on campus. Sasser does point out that Northeast is one of the few community/junior colleges and even four-year colleges/universities to have an enrollment increase over each of the last six years. Sasser talks about the start of the enrollment increase with a switch to a four-day academic week in 2014 and the increases continue into the 2019 fall semester as well. The executive vice president also talks about the myriad of projects happening around the college -- completion of Davis Hall, the baseball/softball complex, new LED lighting on the football field and even a change to the learning environment with new furniture going into most buildings on campus as well as plans for the renovation of the Student Union. In the second half of the podcast, career technical education counselor Carrie Cobb sits down to talk about everything that is going on in the world of CTE. Cobb talks about the upcoming Tiger Apprenticeship, where the number of students will double from last year along with the upcoming HEADS -- Higher Education Achieves Demonstrative Skills -- festival on October 10. Cobb also brags on the programs in the career technology fields and how they are supplying a well-educated workforce to our area industries. 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.

School began just a day ago, so the TigerTalk podcast returns to its regularly scheduled weekly format with Northeast head football coach Greg Davis and Student Government Association president Channing Barkley. Davis gives an in-depth interview about the 2019 Tiger football team including how they did in a scrimmage against Holmes CC last week at the University of Mississippi, how the 2019 team is shaping up with new faces and new positions for the Tiger athletes and talks a little about the college having so many former players in the National Football League. In the second half of the podcast, Student Government Association president Channing Barkley stops in to give a run-down of the SGA/Student Activities that will be happening in the next 2-3 weeks while talking about tonight's SGA back-to-school Luau at the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center. Barkley lists off the dates both Homecoming 2019 nominations as well as the 2019-2020 SGA representative elections that will be happening later this month. 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.

The summer is over and the TigerTalk podcast returns to its weekly scheduled time with Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford and host Will Kollmeyer discussing a myriad of topics about the college from Ford's expectations for the 2019-2020 school year to what is next for the college as it concerns technology and also a brief discussion on athletics, the Showband from Tigerland and where the president would like to see the college in the next year to five years. 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.

As with the summer podcast schedule, the TigerTalk podcast delivers news, events, and interviews every two weeks instead of weekly during the summer months of June and July. In the first part of the three-part podcast, Survivor Season 29 finalist Missy Payne joins the podcast to talk about her recent trip to the Northeast campus as part of the Career Development Academy's Health and Fitness camp and to give some insight into being on the hit television reality show. Payne talks about how she incorporates physical fitness into her daily life and how that translated over to the CDA's Health and Fitness camp with nearly 50 participants. Throughout the two days that Payne was on campus with the camp, teen-agers were exposed to a variety of fitness and health activities including being separated into different teams and tasked with physical, mental and emotional challenges just like on the hit reality television show. Payne also gives insight into her time on the show with her daughter and what the show has meant for her since she was a contestant on the show. In the middle portion of the podcast, Shane Scott stops in for a chat about not just what is happening in his criminal justice classroom but about his goals for the Northeast Faculty Association as he takes over the reins of the organization for the 2019-2020 academic year. Scott talks about what it takes to be a law enforcement officer and how his class and Northeast prepare students for their future occupation by not just training but discussion and the use of technology in the classroom. Scott steps into the realm of the Faculty Association president and discusses his goals for the organization - which includes inviting more staff members to join - and how the association can be a guiding force on campus. In the final portion of the three-part podcast, Charlie Smart chats about the SmartStart program and how it prepares students not just for education but for an occupation as well. Smart discusses some of the keys to success in the program and talks about the Adult Basic Education program and how it is changing lives. Toward the end, Smart relays a story about an old man fishing and how it translates to the mission that Northeast has to its students. Between the interviews, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown on the camps that will be happening at the college throughout the summer, traffic updates and everything that will be happening on the Northeast campus in the next two weeks. Along with changing the format of the podcast, for the ones that have a YouTube accounts, 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 me or Will a line and we can get you set up….but with the new system of only three guests per show, every two weeks…slots are limited…so get your requests in early.

🎙️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.

As with the summer podcast schedule, the TigerTalk podcast is trying something different and delivering news, events and interviews every two weeks instead of weekly during the summer months of June and July. However, so that listeners feel like they are getting their monies worth from the podcast, this week includes three guests with events and happenings scattered throughout the podcast. So, be listening for those events between interviews. In the first part of the three-part podcast, Beth Benson joins the podcast to talk about everything that recruiting is doing the summer and how they are preparing for the fall. Benson talks about being one of the first faces that prospective students sees -- whether it is on campus, in a high school or at a recruiting event -- and the need to have a positive and caring attitude. Benson also talks about how important the Tiger Ambassadors are the recruiting office and their official roles as they welcome prospective students to campus and give them tours alongside Georgie Carroll, Rochelle Jenkins and Benson in the recruiting office and...Benson gives a brief look at the fall schedule as the recruiting office gears up for its annual treks to area high schools and also the Northeast NOW recruiting events. In the middle portion of the podcast, Randy Baxter stops in for a chat about the Northeast Police Department and the role it plays on campus. Baxter reminds students about the premium parking on the boulevard and that it is actually cheaper to pay for premium parking than to rack up parking tickets. However, Baxter also focuses on other aspects of college life that many do not know the police department officers such as flat tire fixes, vehicle unlocks and jumpstarts for dead vehicles. In addition to being good community servants, Baxter relays some important safety tips to not just students but employees and reminds people of the importance of being aware of their surroundings at all times. In the final portion of the three-part podcast, Robbie Coleman chats about her first few days as the new division head for the division of social, behavioral and applied sciences and her transition from being an adjunct accounting teacher to in the classroom and now to the division head. Coleman also talks about her first experience at Northeast and how Northeast has shaped her life. Coleman, who played for Northeast president Ricky Ford, recalls her time on the basketball court and also how the Northeast family came to her aid after a National Tournament injury and how she tries to continue that Northeast Family connection with this generation of students. Between the interviews, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown on the camps that will be happening at the college throughout the summer, traffic updates and everything that will be happening on the Northeast campus in the next two weeks. Along with changing the format of the podcast, for the ones that have a YouTube accounts, 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 me or Will a line and we can get you set up….but with the new system of only three guests per show, every two weeks…slots are limited…so get your requests in early.****

🎙️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.

As with the summer podcast schedule, the** TigerTalk podcast** is trying something different and delivering news, events and interviews every two weeks instead of weekly during the summer months of June and July. However, so that listeners feel like they are getting their monies worth from the podcast, this week includes three guests with events and happenings scattered throughout the podcast. So, be listening for those events between interviews. In the first part of the three-part podcast, Kyle Carpenter joins the podcast about a major change to the TIGER Workforce Camp - where it is changing locations from Corinth to the New Albany campus in Union County. In addition to the change of location, some of the courses in the camp will change as well with the addition of Robotic Coding. Carpenter takes the time to talk about the new Robotic Coding class that will start on July 29 in New Albany along with the Precision Manufacturing/Industrial Maintenance classes that the college offers not only in New Albany but also in Corinth for free. In the middle portion of the podcast, Christy Grissom drops by to talk about the college's hospitality management program, which used to be the hotel/restaurant management program and how changes in the industry necessitated the change in the program. Grissom talks about some of the college's success stories, where some of the students from the program are employed and about her own trek through the program under the late Tim Gilmore and his encouragement of her to not just major in one topic but to come back and pick up a second degree during her student time in Booneville. In the final portion of the three-part podcast, Rod Coggin stops in to talk about housing on the Northeast campus. From getting your fees paid to what to bring to the residence halls, Coggin covers a wide variety of topics pertaining to housing. In addition to addressing housing, Coggin talks about the busy summer that Northeast has seen and will see during the month of July with a pair of basketball camps, a private camp, two more Career Development Academy camps and many more things that will keep the campus buzzing with activity. Between the interviews, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown on the camps that will be happening at the college throughout the summer, traffic updates and everything that will be happening on the Northeast campus in the next two weeks. Along with changing the format of the podcast, for the ones that have a YouTube accounts, 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 me or Will a line and we can get you set up….but with the new system of only three guests per show, every two weeks…slots are limited…so get your requests in early.

🎙️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.

As with the summer podcast schedule, the TigerTalk podcast is trying something different and delivering news, events and interviews every two weeks instead of weekly during the summer months of June and July. However, so that listeners feel like they are getting their monies worth from the podcast, this week includes three guests with events and happenings scattered throughout the podcast. So, be listening for those events between interviews. In the first part of the three-part podcast, Chassie Kelly talks a little about Orientation and why it is so important for students to register for Orientation and also take full advantage of their time on campus during the summer to get all their paperwork done and not be behind at the start of school. Kelly also talks in depth about the state's Complete2Compete program that helps former students find ways of finishing their degrees. From scholarships at the state level to checking coursework and seeing how close a person is to a degree -- and in some instances, some never asked for a diploma, Kelly talks about how the Complete2Compete process starts and how a person interested in checking on their degree progress would go about it. In the middle portion of the podcast, Blake Long stops in to talk about all the spring sports and some breaking professional news coming from athletics. Long breaks down the seasons for softball and baseball and brags on their success on the diamond and in the classroom while talking about the six former Tigers who are in the National Football League at the moment. In the final portion of the three-part podcast, Kurt Klynen, a director with Joy of PL (Joy of Professional Learning) stops in to give some insight into his presentation at the Mobile Learning Conference and also how he ended up in the United States from Belgium. The former physical education teacher now travels the world helping educators learn and develop their own styles for instructing students. Klynen talks about making learning fun and exciting not only for students but also for instructors as well. Between the interviews, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown on the camps that will be happening at the college throughout the summer, traffic updates and everything that will be happening on the Northeast campus in the next two 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.

In this seventy-fifth (75th) edition of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes one-stop navigator Erica Miller and director of facility operations Mark Hatfield to the podcast. Miller opens up the show talking about the moves that Orientation has made especially switching from Tuesday to Thursdays this year and how Orientation helps incoming students -- whether it is a first-time freshman or a non-traditional student. Orientation helps a student view the campus, talk to their advisors and takes a little of the stress away from the first day of school. In the second half of the show, Hatfield talks about all that his department does and how they use the summer to work on major projects on campus. Hatfield gives information on some of the bigger projects that will happen during the summer months such as new lighting and a visitor's side press box at Tiger Stadium, increased lighting around campus and renovations to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in Waller Hall along with some summer maintenance tips about lawn care and air conditioning preventive maintenance. However, while these are a recast of the interviews from the 73rd podcast on May 14, 2019, please pay attention to the updated events and traffic alerts that are sprinkled throughout the podcast.

🎙️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 this seventy-fourth (74th) edition of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes technology specialist and Apple Distinguished Educator Jeffrey Powell to the podcast along with Lady Tiger softball players Caleigh Wallace of Killen, Ala., and Lizzy Van Manen of Pella, Iowa to the show. In the first part of the show, Powell talks about the college's upcoming Career Development Academy (CDA) camps that will run throughout the summer with a two-week STEM camp at the beginning of June, an Art & Theatre camp and the Health and Wellness Camp that will see the return of Survivor season 29 finalist Missy Payne helping to run the camp. In addition to giving information about the CDA camp, Powell talks about the 11th annual Mobile Learning Conference at the Northeast at Corinth campus that will bring in educational and technology specialists from around the United States to help anyone -- especially educators -- understand the importance of technology. In the second half of the show, Wallace and Van Manen talk about what it takes to be a student-athlete at the college level, the time management and how important it is to have people that you trust to help you along the way. Wallace focuses on her recent honor of being named to the college's hall of fame while Van Manen focuses on the national awards she received during the season. Between the interviews, Kollmeyer gives a rundown on the camps that will be happening at the college throughout the summer including baseball, women's basketball, softball, men's basketball camps along with swimming lesson and water aerobics at the Gaye Roden Carr Aquatic Center.

🎙️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 this seventy-third (73rd) edition of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes one-stop navigator Erica Miller and director of facility operations Mark Hatfield to the podcast. Miller opens up the show talking about the moves that Orientation has made especially switching from Tuesday to Thursdays this year and how Orientation helps incoming students -- whether it is a first-time freshman or a non-traditional student. Orientation helps a student view the campus, talk to their advisors and takes a little of the stress away from the first day of school. In the second half of the show, Hatfield talks about all that his department does and how they use the summer to work on major projects on campus. Hatfield gives information on some of the bigger projects that will happen during the summer months such as new lighting and a visitor's side press box at Tiger Stadium, increased lighting around campus and renovations to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system in Waller Hall along with some summer maintenance tips about lawn care and air conditioning preventive maintenance.

🎙️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.