Keeping Traditions 2014-15 President’s Report
Our Mission The mission of Northwest Mississippi Community College is to provide the students of its eleven-county district and beyond with opportunities for obtaining affordable quality education to meet their diverse needs. The comprehensive community and career-technical college offers students educational experiences through traditional campus-based and distance learning opportunities. Northwest is committed to achieving the following goals: to promote excellence in educational programs; to maintain quality educational support services; to continue responsive administrative processes; to ensure efficient use of financial and physical resources; and to assure institutional effectiveness. Northwest Mississippi Community College meets the educational, employment, career, cultural and special needs of its students and the community through the offering of: • Academic and Career-Technical curricula leading to certificates, diplomas and associate degrees; • University-parallel courses and programs meeting requirements of the first two years of a baccalaureate degree; • Workforce Development training designed to meet current and future workforce needs in business and industry; • A comprehensive program of remedial and developmental education; • Continuing education and service programs for the community; • Student support through tutoring, guidance, counseling, career information and placement; and • Services including library services, cultural and enrichment opportunities, information technology services and extracurricular activities for students and the community.
Our History Northwest Mississippi Community College has its roots in the system of agricultural schools which were set up throughout this rural state in the early years of the 20th century. First organized as Tate County Agricultural High School in 1915, the school began to offer college level classes in the fall of 1926 with encouragement from the State Department of Education and leadership from Porter Walker Berry, who became the college’s first president. The Mississippi Junior College Commission urged school officials to convert the established classes into a complete two-year program. In the fall of 1928 a fullysanctioned junior college, later named Northwest Mississippi Junior College and accredited by the Mississippi Junior College Accrediting Association, opened its doors to 59 students. By the end of its third decade of operation, the curriculum had expanded from a basic program of liberal arts and agriculture to include science, art and journalism in addition to a variety of vocational-technical courses. The original three buildings had been supplemented with a cafeteria, additional dormitory and classroom space, sports and recreational facilities and acreage for a model farm. In 1953 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted the college its coveted accreditation. Today Northwest serves students at four campuses as well as through online learning. Northwest strives today, as it did in 1926, to bring higher education closer to the people as it serves the academic, employment, physical, cultural and special needs of the citizens of northwest Mississippi.
On May 11, members of the Ebenezer Masonic Lodge presented Northwest President, Dr. Gary Lee Spears (center) with a commemorative plaque in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Tate County Agricultural High School, which later became Northwest. The cornerstone was laid by Grand Master Jesse M. Brooks, as was customary at the time. Presenting the plaque are (from left) college employees Brian Hale, Bradley Thompson, student Luke Padget, and Rick Stevens.
Celebrating
10 Years
2005-2015
President looks back on years of college leadership When I began my tenure as president of Northwest 10 years ago, there were many things of which I was extremely confident. I was confident in my love and respect for this college. After all, I began my higher education journey here, I met a beautiful student who would become my wife, and I had the chance to work here for more than 25 years before becoming president. I was confident in the excellence of our faculty. I was confident in the knowledge and experience of the administrators. I was confident in the legacy and tradition of Northwest. What I did not know was looming on the horizon was Hurricane Katrina that crippled our entire state and a debilitating economic recession that would result in drastic cuts in appropriations to Northwest. While those cuts have never been fully restored to Mississippi community colleges, we were able to overcome these economic challenges. In the past 10 years, we have experienced dramatic growth, we have not had to lay off employees, and we have even been able to provide modest raises for our staff. How did we do that in the midst of these challenges? We were wise in our planning and prudent in our finances. Northwest has not incurred any debt in its building programs. We began a program called “Building on Tradition,” and the results have changed the landscapes of all of our campuses. Both the Southaven and Oxford campuses were enlarged so as to accommodate the growth in those areas. On the Senatobia campus, a Nursing Building was built, and it has become recognized as one of the premier facilities in the Southeast. On the drawing board to begin this year is an Allied Health facility and an athletic field house. Other construction has included the Physical Science Building addition, equipped with the highest caliber laboratories for science courses. A Mechanical Technology Building has recently opened to house three Career-Technical programs. Outdoor, intramural facilities for our on-campus students were constructed to include new tennis, volleyball and basketball courts. The McLendon Center underwent a massive renovation. We have seen online instruction increase, and our program has been recognized as one of the top 50 online programs in the country. Students from our Career-Technical programs are ranked first in the state in many of the tests required for certification. The Northwest Singers sang at Carnegie Hall in New York. Our athletic teams are consistent competitors in district, state and regional competitions. To elaborate on all of the good and positive accomplishments for the past 10 years would take up this entire report. Suffice it to say that we have enjoyed a tremendous decade of growth and progress. I am privileged and humbled to serve as president of this fine college and to stand alongside a dedicated team of administrators, faculty and staff who assure that for our students, indeed, “Success Starts Here.”
Dr. Spears and his wife, Marilyn, in 2006 after his first year as president of the college.
TRADITION: Making a Difference
Collinsworth
History instructor touches lives through 40 years of teaching Forty years is a long time to do anything and still love doing it. If you ask Jackie Collinsworth what drives her, the answer is simple: the students. “They are the main reason I do what I do. It’s just being around them, I think,” Collinsworth said. A history instructor on the Senatobia campus, Collinsworth celebrated 40 years of teaching at Northwest in 2014. Collinsworth teaches nine classes of American History, all in the classroom. Her earliest class begins at 7 a.m., and she also teaches two evening classes. She goes to as many athletic and fine arts events as she can every year. “I want them to know that I am going to be there. I’ll be watching them, and I will expect them to do their best both in the classroom and on the field or court. I want my students to see that I support them,” Collinsworth said. Northwest Head Baseball Coach Mark Carson, one of the thousands of students Collinsworth has taught over the years, remembers how important that support was to him as a student athlete at Northwest. “I always enjoyed her joyful spirit. She was energetic, and I enjoyed that and always hoped I could bring that same energy to my classes as an
“I want them to know that I am going to be there. I’ll be watching them, and I will expect them to do their best...I want my students to see that I support them.” instructor. One of my fondest memories is playing baseball here at Northwest in 1987 and 1988 and always seeing her in the stands. My freshman year we won the Region 23 Championship and traveled to Spartanburg, South Carolina to play in the next round of playoffs. When the bus arrived, Mrs. Collinsworth and Wayne Ferguson (a math instructor at DeSoto Center) were both waiting for us at the team hotel. That really meant a lot for them to travel so far to support us,” Carson said. Even though she has been in the classroom for more than
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40 years now, Collinsworth’s association with Northwest began long before that. She remembers being on campus as a child with her uncle Bob Perry, who taught journalism and history. Two of Collinsworth’s colleagues at Northwest summed up how most people who know her probably feel. James Baker, a history instructor on Northwest’s Senatobia campus, has worked alongside Collinsworth for several years. “We have been constant companions and office mates for many years. I refer to her as Mama,” Baker said. “She is probably the most requested teacher when I register our students. She’s a very beloved teacher,” said Susanne VanDyke, director of Choral Activities. In 2011, Collinsworth was named Northwest Alumna of the Year, and was inducted into the Horn Lake High School Hall of Fame in 2015.
Student dedicated to helping others through nursing Tiffanee Merritt is not your average college student. A high school graduate at 16, Merritt came to Northwest, turning 17 the day after school started. She wanted to study nursing but was too young to be insured. “I had to wait until I was 18 to start nursing school, so I took all of my pre-requisites that first year,” Merritt said. Merritt was inspired by the nurses who took care of her grandmother, who died of lung cancer last year. “I watched how hard her nurses worked to comfort her and decided early on that I wanted to be a part of nursing. It is a truly amazing feeling to be able to help people in their time of need and make a difference in people’s lives,” Merritt said. Living out that philosophy of “making a difference” in her own young life, she volunteers at Aseracare Hospice in Senatobia on her own time. She is
the president of Northwest’s Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society and volunteers with them at Baddour Center and HOPE Ministries. She has been a tutor
for the SSS TRIO Program (formerly Student Support Services) and is now a peer-mentor for those students. Merritt represented Northwest in Jackson last spring when she was named as an All-Mississippi first team honoree during the PTK All-Mississippi Academic Team Recognition Luncheon. There she was individually recognized for her academic accomplishments and was presented with a legislative resolution and certificate. She serves as the activities chair for Northwest’s Student Nursing Association and was elected as public relations director of the state nursing association, Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Student Association (MOSA). She is the recipient of the Sarah Garner Ainsworth Endowed Scholarship. She decided on Northwest, because she wanted to work in the north Mississippi medical community, and she knew that Northwest’s nurses were recognized in the area. “I had heard a lot about Northwest’s nursing program. I was really impressed with Northwest’s
wonderful nursing facility, too. The classrooms, computer labs and the simulation lab are all wonderful,” Merritt said. Merritt plans to continue her education once she has become a registered nurse by pursuing a BSN from Delta State University and eventually earning her degree as a Doctor of Nursing Practice from DSU. The field of nursing that interests Merritt most is pre-natal nursing. She likes the idea of helping new mothers to get healthy and to prepare for when they are getting ready to deliver. Merritt has a simple philosophy in life, school and nursing. “If I’ve made someone else’s day, I’ve made my day,” Merritt said.
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TRADITION: Perfecting Skills
Stevens
DeSoto’s Stevens named in top 20 cardio tech instructors Cardiovascular Technology Instructor Rick Stevens was recently named one of the “20 Top Cardiovascular Technology Instructors” on the Medical Technology Schools blog. Stevens has been an instructor at DeSoto Center since November 2006. He has a BSN from Delta State University and a master’s degree in history from The University of Mississippi. He has held several certifications throughout his career including emergency room, intensive care, operating room and trauma. He was an advanced cardiac life support instructor for many years. “My job is really easy because I have such motivated students. They come in the door wanting to learn something new every day. The students I get want to be here, and they push me to give them the tools they need to be successful. Since 2007 we’ve been able to place about 85 percent of our graduates in the field. I think that’s really because we start with good people and just help them get better,” he said. According to the blog, the top 20 were selected on the following criteria: professionalism, commitment to education and desire to help students succeed by looking at time on the job, certification and professional experience. Stevens was included with instructors from 14 states.
“My job is really easy because I have such motivated students. They come in the door wanting to learn something new every day.” “Rick is very knowledgeable in his field and does an excellent job of passing his expertise on to his students,” Jeremy Isome, dean of DeSoto Center said. Outside of his professional job, Stevens is a BMI-affiliated songwriter and a voting member of the Engineers and Producers wing of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which means he gets to vote in the Grammy Awards each year. He just completed two terms of office on the board of the Blues Foundation and is a member of the Internet Committee of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi Free and Accepted Masons.
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Stevens said he was very surprised to learn he had been chosen. “All I do is show up and try to stamp out a little bit of ignorance every day. My motivation is purely selfish. When the day comes that I need a heart catheterization, I want to look up and say, ‘Thank God it’s one of my students’ instead of ‘Oh God, it’s one of my students,’” Stevens said. The Cardiovascular Technology program at Northwest is designed to train students through didactic, laboratory and clinical experiences for a career in invasive and non-invasive cardiology. After completion, an invasive cardiovascular technologist can work in a number of different areas in a hospital or physician’s office. The Medical Technology Schools blog post can be found at www.medicaltechnologyschools.com/cardiovascular-technologist/top-cardio-tech-instructors.
EMT graduate has successful transition to LifeFlight nurse It’s not every day you find yourself on the cover of a national magazine. Northwest alumna Shala Horton of Nashville may have been surprised by the honor, but for her it was just another day on the job. Horton, a flight nurse and paramedic at Vanderbilt LifeFlight appeared on the cover of the June 2014 edition of EMS World. The magazine featured an article on the 30th anniversary of Vanderbilt LifeFlight’s service. Horton began her journey at Northwest in 1998, earning a career certificate in EMT-Basic in 2000. She came back to Northwest and earned an Associate of Applied Science in EMT-Paramedic in 2004. She went on to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing from Tennessee State University in 2010, graduating with highest honors and serving as president of her class. She is a registered nurse and a nationally registered
paramedic. “I can’t speak enough about either program at Northwest. The work the instructors put into the EMT program
was unbelievable. One of the things I have always enjoyed was learning. My Northwest instructors had the same standards. They had great expectations for their students,” Horton said. Horton has come back to Northwest numerous times over the years to help with check-offs and testing for students. “I would go to the National Registry and check off Northwest’s and other colleges’ students for their licensure. Hands down, those students could not compete with Northwest’s students. The knowledge level was just not there,” Horton said. Horton worked as an emergency department technician at Methodist Le Bonheur South from 2004-2007 before going to Vanderbilt. She has been at Vanderbilt since March 2007, providing care as a flight nurse and paramedic on both fixed wing aircraft and helicopter. She cares for patients with acute illnesses and life threatening illnesses, supporting patients and families in coping with these illnesses and emergencies. One of the highlights of the June 2014 EMS World article was about Horton’s transition to flight nurse. Horton
was flying as a paramedic while she was in nursing school. Tennessee state regulations then required individuals to be a nurse for three years before they could be eligible to become a flight nurse. Vanderbilt’s LifeFlight staff worked with the state to change that requirement to one year for people who have been a flight paramedic for a number of years. Horton became the first person to transition to flight nurse after only one year of being a nurse. “It has been a pleasure to watch Shala progress through our system as a flight paramedic and then transition to a role as a flight nurse,” said Lis Henley, RN, AEMT, director of Vanderbilt LifeFlight. “Shala blazed new ground within the institution and continues to be a shining example of an engaged and committed employee. We are very proud of her and the hard work she did and continues to do.” Horton counts her experience at Northwest as the groundwork for what she has accomplished since. “I had a great experience there. Everybody who works there is proud of what they do,” Horton said.
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TRADITION: Serving Students
Pathways Academic Education has been revamped to sharpen the college’s focus on successful graduation and transfer to a four-year institution. Students will be able to seek guidance from instructors while following an academic pathway in their field of interest. Robin Robison (right), division director of Natural Sciences, advises a student on her academic pathway.
Academic Education adopts new approach to advising It might seem unconventional for community college advisers to ask new students, “What four-year college degree are you interested in?” but that is exactly the direction Northwest administrators are taking. Students who graduate from Northwest on an academic pathway will still receive the same Associate of Arts they have always received at the institution. Rather than adopting a “major,” students will follow the curriculum leading to the bachelor’s degree at the four-year college of their choice. A student will follow the academic pathway for the first two years of the four-year degree they are pursuing. “We are sharpening our focus on successful transfer and graduation. From our research of other community colleges’ graduation and transfer rates, we know that shifting to this approach 35 core classes is the best,” said 25 elective classes Richie Lawson, vice president for 60 total hours Education. “From day one, we want our Academic Education students to think about what bachelor’s degree
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they want to pursue.” The college has reduced the number of requisite semester hours to receive an associate degree to 35 in core classes and 25 in electives related to the student’s chosen academic pathway. If students successfully complete their 60 hours of college-level courses with Northwest and graduate, all of their classes will transfer to the school of their choice. The core curriculum includes six semester hours of English composition, nine semester hours of humanities/fine arts, six semester hours of social/behavioral science, six semester hours of natural sciences, three semester hours of mathematics and three semester hours of basic computer skills. “Faculty advisers will guide students with curriculum choices and career goals,” said Dr. Matthew Domas, associate vice president for Education. “We will list advisers by pathway concentration in the course catalog and website, so students can seek guidance from instructors in their area of interest. For instance, we will list all liberal arts instructors, speech and theatre instructors and math instructors together. That way, students can easily find a person who can counsel them in their desired educational and career path.” Students who need developmental courses to prepare for their chosen pathway will have to take courses in preparation for their 60 hours for transfer.
eLearning Mini-sessions offer online students new opportunity The Division of eLearning took another step in the college’s commitment to convenient, affordable learning by offering several eight-week online mini-session courses for the first time in school history. Classes were in two sessions during the spring 2015 semester. “Mini-sessions were developed for people who wish to take courses over an intensive eight-weeks, instead of a traditional semester. Whether you are trying to expedite your degree plan to graduate early or are trying to retake a course you did poorly in to stay on track for graduation, this eightweek option might be right for you,” said Phyllis Johnson, eLearning dean. During the first mini term from Jan. 20-March 13, students could take English composition I, American history I, beginning algebra or intermediate algebra. During the second miniterm from March 16-May 8, students could take the lab and lecture for principles of biology I, principles of macroeconomics, English composition I and II, American history I and II, intermediate algebra, college algebra, general psychology and introduction to sociology I. Johnson noted that more courses are offered during the second session so that students who may have to drop a regular semester course, which may cause them to fall below full-time status, can take a second session mini-term course to bring them back up to full-time status. “There are plenty of core curriculum classes that can help students across so many programs of study. We are excited to help students—both traditional on-campus students taking a few online courses and our totally online students—to cross the finish line and graduate on time, and in some cases early.” According to Johnson, the mini-session terms were a success, with 67 students taking classes during the first term, and 222 taking classes during the second term. “Several of
the students who took the mini sessions were very pleased that they took half the time to complete a course that usually takes all semester. That way they could take the second sequential course—such as English comp I and II or history I and II—and be complete in one semester,” she said. The eLearning Division plans to continue offering the minisessions with an even larger number of courses available.
Online ranked in nation’s top 50 affordable programs With the cost of college soaring, prospective students can rest assured that Northwest still offers an affordable option for higher education. In fact, BestColleges.com recently ranked Northwest Online 33 among the top 50 most affordable two-year schools in the country. “We are honored to be named one of the top 50 most affordable two-year online programs,” said Dean of eLearning, Phyllis Johnson. “We have a great price for the top quality education you receive. Northwest Online has come a long way since I first started, and it continues to fit goals in education and the pocketbook.” BestColleges.com examined the approximate cost of 12 credit hours, or one full-time semester of online study, as verified on each school’s website, of all two-year schools in the U.S. to compile the list. This national recognition comes on the heels of Northwest Online being rated in the top 50 two-year, public online colleges in the nation by AccreditedOnlineColleges.org. Northwest ranked 30 out of the 50 community colleges on the list. Northwest was the only Mississippi school featured on the list in 2013.
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TRADITION: Training the Workforce
FAS-200 aids hands-on training in automated systems Recently, Northwest’s Career, Technical and Workforce Education division acquired an FAS-200 (Flexible Assembly System) that will enhance their programs through hands-on applications of automation systems, will attract and recruit new students and will provide additional training for current career-technical and workforce students. The FAS-200 was purchased with a Mississippi Manufacturing Enhancement Grant, made possible through the Toyota Blue Springs facility and the state of Mississippi. Also, one-time equipment funds from the Workforce Enhancement Training Fund were used for the purchase. The FAS-200 is produced by SMC, a leader in producing and supplying automation and pneumatic components with over 50 years of experience. SMC is a global corporation in over 75 countries. The system was purchased through Training Consultants, Inc. in Grenada. The system is comprised of 14 independent stations with integrated control, which means that more users will be able to train/learn at the same time. In addition, the configuration can be easily enhanced by adding additional workstations. The different process stations assemble a turning mechanism and provide greater flexibility by adapting to a wide variety of assemblies, introducing variations in the materials, colors and part sizes. The combination of all the options means that a total of 24 different assemblies can be produced. Workforce Development Trainer Jerry Clark (right) works with Sam “We have the flexibility to modify the system in order to Howard of Schulz Xtruded Products (SXP) in Hernando on the Fanuc meet the wide array of technological demands our industry Robot, part of the FAS-200 training system. partners require. Also the system uses industry standard components system will be used to enhance both the career-technical and that are utilized workforce industrial programs through hands-on applications by manufacturof robotics, control and communication systems, hydraulics ing companies and pneumatics. It will also allow Northwest to add additional throughout training on troubleshooting and diagnostics, automation and Northwest’s 1 4 - 1 5 FA S T FA C T S controls and robotics. district,” said “This is the most elaborate SMC-produced automation Douglas Freeze, training system in the state of Mississippi. It is a highly anassistant directicipated tool for local economic developers to use to attract tor of Workforce and retain advanced manufacturers to Northwest’s 11-county Development. district—employers who can provide high-skill, high-demand According and high-wage jobs for our communities,” Freeze said. to Freeze, the
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Medley ABE student reaching career goals, encouraging others Gandhi is credited with saying “We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.” This seems the perfect quote to describe former DeSoto Center student Pennie Medley. Medley, with the odds against her, did not run away from the battle, but instead managed to persevere. She graduated in May with an Associate of Arts and plans to transfer to Baptist School of Nursing to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and to eventually become an oncology nurse practitioner. In May 2013, after being in the GED program and dropping out four times, Medley took and passed the GED at DeSoto Center. She entered Northwest as a student that fall and began her pathway toward success. Medley, who studied pre-nursing, was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an international scholastic and leadership honor society for two-year colleges. Medley’s journey was not an easy one, however. She started high school at Horn Lake High School, then moved to her father’s home in Bartlett and began attending Bolton High School, but dropped out at age 18. “I was only in 10th or 11th grade, because I had gotten into some things you really shouldn’t get into. I thought I was too old, and that I had more important things to do than high school, so I dropped out,” Medley said. She was one of the lucky ones in terms of finding a job, however. Her father worked as a technician for a car dealership and she got a job working there, too. She worked there for
12 years, and went through two marriages and divorces and the births of two children, now ages eight and 13. In addition to juggling parenting and working, Medley was caring for her father, who had cancer. “It took me a while to realize I did not want to be in the car business for the rest of my life. I wanted to try something else,” Medley said. Once she made that choice, she came back to attempt the GED. She prepared for it through the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program at DeSoto Center. “Northwest is an easy program in the sense that the instructors are so well qualified and people oriented. They will talk with and help the students with whatever they need,” Medley said. One of the instructors that Medley credits with helping her is ABE instructor Kay Robinson. “She has helped me so much. She is a great teacher,” Medley said.
Medley encourages anyone who dropped out of school and wants to come back to give it a try. She has already influenced at least one of her former classmates who found out through social media that she had passed her GED and was in college. “He came back and got his GED, and we walked in the GED commencement together,” Medley said. Robinson believes Medley will achieve her goals. “We are very proud of Pennie and her dedication to keep on keeping on. She said that recent events have made her even more determined to achieve her goals. We wish her the very best as she moves ahead,” Robinson said.
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TRADITION: Local Pride Continuing Education serves local community Northwest offers a large variety of classes to the community year-round through its Continuing Education Division. Participants can find a variety of programs and classes to enrich their lives and earn certifications and continuing education units. Last fall, the division offered its first online course. The class, called “Motivating Students in the Classroom,” was taught by Phyllis Johnson, dean of eLearning. The course was designed to help classroom teachers learn about motivational knowledge and how it relates to the classroom. Due to the success of the class, the college plans to offer more online continuing education classes in the future. Kid’s Kollege is Northwest’s
summer youth program. Continuing Education also offers local educational trips for adults. In addition to adult and youth classes, Continuing Education provides ServeSafe Manager Training for food service managers and ACT preparation classes. This year, Continuing Education partnered with the Northwest Library to provide an Author Study and Tour featuring the works of Mississippi author Willie Morris. The Reading Roundtable program is offered for senior adults to provide a forum for participants to discuss a variety of books during the semester. Discussions are led by librarians and faculty. The program is sponsored by Sycamore Bank.
Kids Kollege summer camps provide a fun, educational environment for children ages 6-14.
‘Little Free Northwest Library’ planned for main campus
Della Richardson shows off her design for the Little Free Library.
Students in Design I art class took on a special assignment to design the library’s newest community project, the “Little Free Northwest Library.” Little Free Libraries are defined as “take a book, return a book” gathering places where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories, according to the website littlefreelibrary.org. The first was built in 2009, and since then the idea has taken off and the little libraries are being built all over
Ag Tech class helps city clear beds Members of the sophomore Agricultural Technology-John Deere Tech class helped clear flower beds for the City of Senatobia as their annual service project. The students worked in the downtown area to clear out old soil so that new soil and shrubs could be planted as a part of the Main Street grant.
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the world. As of January 2014, there were approximately 15,000 registered Little Free Libraries. Out of six designs, the one chosen was by art student Della Richardson, a freshman from Hernando, who based her design on the cupola on top of Tate Hall on the Senatobia campus. For her contribution, Richardson received a $50 prize. When completed, the Little Free Northwest Library will sit in front of the R.C. Pugh Library.
Practical Nursing students volunteer time In November, Practical Nursing students on the main campus along with Tate County Sheriff’s Department, Senatobia Police Department and Walmart held a food drive for families in need in Tate County. They were able to collect enough food to feed over 20 families as well as over $800 in donations. With that money each family got a large ham and a $20 gift card to Walmart. “The students worked very hard and even used their off time to help with the deliveries and anything else that was needed. These students depict what teamwork, compassion and dedication is all about,” said
Jennifer Lance, Practical Nursing instructor. DeSoto Center’s Practical Nursing students volunteered to teach the students at Walls Head Start program about poison control. They developed audio and visual interactive activities for the children to learn how poisonous substances can affect the human body when ingested. The golden rule for this project was “Stay Away…Don’t Touch It, Don’t Smell It & Don’t Taste It!” The children learned the importance of always asking their parents before placing things in their mouths.
DeSoto Center Practical Nursing students taught children at the Walls Head Start about poison control.
Division of Nursing sponsors numerous community service projects For the college’s Division of Nursing, volunteerism and community service play a major role in the education and personal development of the area’s future nurses. The division participates in a variety of projects throughout the year, helping out local organizations and heightening community awareness. Seventy nursing students and faculty volunteered for the annual sporting clays “Shoot for the Heart” as a way to show their gratitude for the scholarships and equipment they’ve received over the past five years, thanks to the proceeds from the event. The event has become an annual ritual for the division. Associate degree nursing students held a Teddy Bear Clinic for Senatobia First Baptist Church Preschool students, ages 2-4. They presented information about a variety of safety and health concerns at seven dif-
ferent stations, including dental and general hygiene, poison control, fire safety and bike safety. The Student Nurses Association collected 111 gallons of pop tops to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House in Memphis. The Sophomore II class collected the most pop tops: 34 gallons. The Division of Nursing helped kick off Autism Awareness Month. The division held a “blue out” day, provided blue ribbons for Northwest divisions wishing to participate and helped with the Hernando High Interact Club’s kick off event. The Sophomore II Nursing
class collected school supplies for the children of West End Ministries in Hernando. Once a week this ministry holds a tutoring session for children of all ages. The class has adopted this ministry for their community service project. They participate in weekly tutoring sessions with the children.
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TRADITION: Honoring Others
Giving
Brands hope to encourage ‘indomitable’ students Kitt and Dietrich Brand of Alberta, Canada, have spent their lives helping others. To continue their efforts, the couple have established the Indomitable Spirit Endowment, a unique gift which seeks to assist students attending college while living with a variety of challenges. The scholarship is awarded to a DeSoto Center student, who has declared with special populations and has a 3.0 grade point average. The scholarship is available to part-time students as well as full-time students. “This scholarship was first suggested to us by a Northwest DeSoto Center graduate who wants to remain anonymous, but who truly inspired it,” Kitt said. The first Indomitable Spirit Scholarship was awarded to J.D. Yeaton of Southaven, a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who is taking a mixture of on-campus and online classes. Yeaton was injured while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Kitt, who was coordinator for Special Populations at DeSoto Center from 2003 until her retirement in 2011, and her husband Dietrich both feel strongly about the scholarship. “This represents those students who may not be able to be full-time students, because life has handed them some kind of horrible surprise, either enduring or temporary, but they keep going. It’s the opposite of the ‘my dog ate my homework’ kind of student. It is the ‘nothing’s going to keep me down’ kind of student,” Kitt said. Dietrich is a provincial judge, who sits in three courts primarily and fills in for other judges when needed. Before coming to Northwest, Kitt worked with the migrant program for Tate County Schools and with Workforce as a part of the “Schools to Careers” grant. Both are active Rotarians and also work with a group who is trying to get food and computers to native children in northern Canada. The two support the Cure Alzheimer’s program. Several years ago, Kitt, her daughter and son-in-law, and members of the Respiratory
NEW ENDOWMENTS The Jimmy Neal Andrews Endowment The Charles “Charlie” Alan Baldwin, Jr. Endowment The Alice Hammersmith Endowment The Indomitable Spirit Endowment
and Special Projects. Kitt hopes that the recipients of the scholarship will be called “The Indomitables.” She even plans to have a pin designed to be given to each recipient. “I want them to be able to remember that spirit when they are having a bad day. These students don’t focus on the negative aspects of their lives. They just keep going,” Kitt said.
The Wilbur and Martha Mastin Family Endowment The Oxford Center Practical Nursing Endowment The Tim Shorter Endowment The Delores Sanders Stewart Endowment
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Therapy program at DeSoto Center established the Samantha Hayward Ross Endowment in memory of her three-dayold granddaughter, who died from respiratory issues. “With the evidence of their love and service for those in need, it is no surprise that Kitt and Dietrich have established such a unique scholarship to help those students who are standing firm in the midst of challenges. Our Foundation is honored to have this scholarship, and we look forward to providing this much-needed assistance and encouragement to these students who, indeed, have an ‘indomitable spirit’,” said Sybil Canon, associate vice president of Development
The Dr. Ellen Williams Endowment The Baxter H. Murphree and Virginia Murphree Willis Endowment NEW ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS The ThyssenKrupp Annual Scholarship
Board welcomes new members Foundation Board of Directors President Gale Cushman of Senatobia (left) and Sybil Canon (right), associate vice president of Development and Special Projects, welcome new members Fred Carlisle of Holly Springs and Cindy Hale and Chuck Jackson, both of Senatobia to the board during their Feb. 19 meeting. During the meeting, Cushman was elected president of the board, and Kevin Doddridge of Olive Branch was elected vice president. Members of the board are elected to three-year terms.
Information from Annual Audit Conducted by the DWIGHT L. YOUNG GROUP Statements of Financial Position/December 31, 2014 and 2013 Assets Current Assets Cash Contributions Receivable, Net Investments
2014
2013
19,138 443,097 650,394
20,746 611,940 598,870
Total Current Assets
1,112,629
1,231,556
Noncurrent Assets Cash - Restricted Investments - Restricted
108,784 8,174,477
246,464 7,429,491
Total Noncurrent Assets
8,283,261
7,675,955
Total Assets
9,395,890
8,907,511
Liabilities Current Liabilities Accounts Payable
15,843
13,335
Total Liabilities
15,843
13,335
Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted
46,545 2,529,605 6,803,897
39,188 2,602,374 6,252,614
Total Net Assets
9,380,047
8,894,176
Total Liabilities & Net Assets 9,395,890
8,907,511
College recognizes donor for milestone in giving Dr. Gary Lee Spears (above left) and Sybil Canon, associate vice president for Development and Special Projects, joined Bobby Dunlap, CEO of Dunlap & Kyle, to celebrate his milestone of $400,000 in giving to the Northwest Foundation with the recent gift of $40,000 donated to the Gateway Tire Scholarship Endowment. “Bobby Dunlap is noted for his philanthropy to many worthy causes. In addition, he has a true compassion for young people and wants to help them attend college. We are honored to be among the colleges and universities that he supports,� Dr. Spears said.
A copy of the full audit is available upon request from the Foundation Office.
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TRADITION: Celebrating Success
2014 Alumnus of the Year says NW years rewarding James E. Dunn is proud of his Tunica County heritage. His drive for success has elevated him to the position of president of the Tunica County Board of Supervisors, but it’s his love for the people of his home county that motivates him to help his fellow citizens. As a testament, Dunn was honored as Northwest’s 2014 Alumnus of the Year, Sept. 20 during Homecoming ceremonies. Dunn grew up in Tunica County, the fifth of 13 children. His family owned about 40 acres of land, which the family farmed. Dunn’s father also worked in a factory, and Dunn and his siblings helped his mother with the farm. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school and college. After graduating from Rosa Fort High School in 1973, Dunn attended Northwest from 1973-1975 and transferred to Delta State University, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and completed 18 hours toward his Education Specialist degree. Dunn’s emphasis was in special education. He taught in Tunica and DeSoto County for 16 years. Dunn describes his experience at Northwest as pleasant and rewarding. “I really didn’t know what to expect, but I wasn’t too far from home. I was young and didn’t have a lot of exposure, so being on a small campus and having a lot of friends gave me the environment that I needed to function here,” Dunn said. “Northwest was a good experience for me and helped shape my life.” During the summer following his sophomore year, Dunn went to ROTC summer camp with some friends from Northwest. He joined the ROTC at DSU and graduated from ROTC as a commissioned second lieutenant in the Army Reserve. As an officer, he joined the Tennessee Army National Guard, where he served for nine years, obtaining the rank of captain. In 1984, Dunn became the first African-American elected to Tunica’s Board of Supervisors and the first African-American to serve as board president. He served his first term from 2000-04, was re-elected in 2012 and is serving as president
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Dunn
Dr. Spears presents Dunn with the traditional Alumnus of the Year proclamation during Homecoming festivities. until 2015. In 1992 he was the first African-American to be elected president of the Mississippi Association of Supervisors. In 2013, he was inducted into the Tunica County Hall of Fame. He is the founder and executive director of the Tunica County Community Development (CDC) Organization, which uses federal, state and local funds to develop single and multi-family housing for low and moderate-income families. Through the Tunica County CDC, Dunn was able to start an after-school program designed to teach entrepreneurship skills to at-risk youths, ages 15-19. In 2007, he was also recognized as Region VII Headstart Humanitarian of the Year for his support and commitment to early childhood education. Dunn’s service to Northwest has continued as a member of the Northwest Foundation Board of Directors. He became a member of the board in 2005 and was elected vice president in 2008. He became president of the board in 2013.
Trio of former Ranger athletes joins Sports Hall of Fame Former Ranger standouts Shantell Atkins-Brown, Detric Golden and Ben Evans joined Northwest’s all-time greats as they were inducted into the college’s Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 20 during Homecoming. One of the most decorated women’s basketball players to ever put on a Lady Ranger uniform, Brown played the 1993-94 and 94-95 seasons in Senatobia and helped Northwest to a combined 44-13 record (18-6 in the MACJC) and a state and north division championship as a sophomore. A native of Earle, Arkansas, Brown’s name is scattered throughout the school record books. All told, her name ranks in the Top 10 at Northwest in 15 different statistical categories for a career. The most notable statistic on Brown was on Dec. 8, 1994 when she recorded the school’s first-ever quadruple-double against Mississippi Delta in a 91-52 win. Brown scored 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, made 10 steals and dished out 10 assists. She went on to collect several more quadrupledoubles during the 1994-95 season. Golden became the 16th men’s basketball player to be inducted into the Northwest Sports Hall of Fame. He played for the Rangers during the 199597 seasons under head coach Marc Dukes and finished as the school’s all-time leader in points scored (1,223), assists (642), assists/game (9.6), steals (192) and free throws made (315). Golden helped lead the Rangers to a combined 58-10 record, two state championships, two division titles, a region championship and sixth place finish in 1995-96 at the NJCAA Tournament. He was a two-time all-state se-
Ben Evans, Shantell Atkins-Brown & Detric Golden lection and 1997 NJCAA Second Team All-American. Golden moved on to play his junior season at the University of Memphis, averaging 14.2 points, 3.0 assists and 2.7 rebounds-per-game in 29 games, and his senior year at Troy University, averaging 18 points, 5.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds-per-game. Golden was selected by the Gulf Coast SunDogs in the USBL draft in 2000 and played briefly for Hamburg (Germany), Memphis HD (USA-ABA) and Brevard BD (USA-USBL). Former two-time NJCAA All-American Ben Evans is the 18th baseball player or coach to join the prestigious club. A native of Holly Springs, Evans attended Northwest on both a baseball and football scholarship and graduated in 1977 with an associate degree in
business. He played third base and outfield during the 1976-77 baseball seasons for hall of fame coach Jim Miles and helped the Rangers to a 33-25 record, two north division titles and two state championships. A two-time batting champion, Evans led the Rangers in hitting both of his seasons, hitting .449 as a freshman and .435 as a sophomore. For his efforts, he earned all-state honors twice and was also an NJCAA All-Region and All-Eastern District selection as a sophomore. On the gridiron, the Rangers won two north division titles and were a combined 15-5-1 under head coach A.J. Kilpatrick. Evans played tailback and was an all-star and all-state selection. He led the state in rushing (also second in the nation) and scoring his sophomore season.
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TRADITION: Athletic Excellence
Teams finish year with post-season appearances The 2014-15 athletic season at Northwest was another good one, with six of our eight playoff-eligible teams making the postseason.
Football
Under first-year head coach, Jack Wright, the Northwest football team finished second in the north division and made its 25th trip to the playoffs in the last 33 seasons before a narrow loss in the MACJC semifinals at Co-Lin. Northwest had eight all-state players and a pair of NJCAA All-Americans in DB Treston DeCoud and RB Justin Crawford, giving the Rangers 103 All-Americans in its rich history. Crawford was fourth in the country in rushing, going for 1,551 yards, 14 TD and a school-record 172.3 ypg.
Soccer
Both Northwest soccer teams had strong seasons, with the women finish-
Redshirt freshman Aspriona Gilbert, a Delta State signee, was named Second Team AllMACJC and an NJCAA All-Region 23 selection after averaging 17.7 points and 8.6 rebounds-per-game.
Sophomore Treston DeCoud was named the 28th NJCAA First Team All-American in program history. ing 10-5-4 overall, advancing to the MACJC semifinals, posting a schoolrecord 11 shutouts and earning its first national ranking (19) in school history on Sept. 24, 2014. The Ranger men just missed out on the postseason, finishing 7-9 overall.
WBCA recognition. Bubba Skelton led the Ranger men to three consecutive wins to close the season and cap an 11-10 season. Skelton is now just 10 wins away from becoming the school’s all-time wins leader.
Baseball
Behind 10th-year head coach, Mark Carson, the baseball team closed the year 33-17, the fourth time in five seasons with 30+ wins, and a No. 16 final ranking by the NJCAA—the highest since 2002. The Rangers were state runners-up for a third time in five years and finished third in Region 23 behind No. 1 LSU Eunice and No. 2 Hinds.
Basketball Softball On the hardwood, the Lady Rangers, under the direction of Don Edwards, finished 19-7 and advanced to both the state and region tournaments. With a 3.49 GPA, the Lady Rangers were named the MACJC Academic Team of the Year and also earned
Forward Tristan Kitchens was second on the team in goals last season and helped the Lady Ranger soccer team to a 10-5-4 overall record and its first national ranking in school history.
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Twelfth-year head softball coach, Mike Rowan, and his team finished the 2015 campaign with a 27-10 overall record and 19-5 mark in north play to finish as division champions for the first time since 2009. The Rangers have now qualified for the state playoffs in 10
Golf
The Northwest men’s golf team posted three Top 5 finishes. Sophomore Hayes Carr led the team with a 76.9 scoring average in 12 rounds, followed by freshman Alex Taylor with a 77.2 average.
Shortstop Dalton Dulin, drafted in the 17th round by the Washington Nationals, was a first team all-state and all-region selection.
Rodeo
of the last 12 seasons and have hosted a best-of-three series, the last two in Senatobia. The team had 15 players named NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes at season’s end.
In rodeo action, sophomore Kindyl Scruggs finished in sixth place (350 points) in the Ozark Region in barrel racing and freshman Tray Watkins finished ninth (110 points) in bull riding. Both teams finished 10th overall in the region under firstyear head coach, Shelli
Benton, who arrived in 2015.
Tennis
Under the direction of Troy Howell, the men’s tennis team was 5-2 while the women’s team was 3-4 in a rainshortened season. Both teams competed in the state tournament in Tupelo. In the classroom, both teams were recognized as ITA All-Academic Teams.
The women’s softball team finished the year with a 27-10 record and were North Division champions for the first time since 2009.
Lee inducted into MCJC Sports Hall of Fame Former Northwest two-sport athlete G. Max Lee was inducted into the Mississippi Community and Junior College Sports Hall of Fame on April 28. A native of Sardis, Lee was a two-sport athlete at Northwest during the 1959-61 seasons, earning two letters in both football and baseball for the Rangers. He was inducted into the Northwest Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. Lee was offered a football scholarship in the spring of 1959 by head coach Jimmy Jobe and played two seasons. With Lee as quarterback for the 1960 Rangers, his sophomore season, the team finished the year with seven consecutive wins and won the school’s first state championship (co-champs) at 8-2 overall. In that same year he was named all-state and a Mississippi Junior College All-Star. Lee played the 1960-61 baseball seasons for head coaches Billy Oakley and Jack Adams, seeing time on the mound and in the outfield. While at Northwest, Lee served as class president his freshman and sophomore years, president of Phi Theta Kappa his sophomore year and was Max Lee (left) is congratulated by Vice President/ a member of the Student Council. Registrar Larry Simpson. After leaving Northwest, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University in 1964 and served in the Naval Air Reserves from 1965-1971. He was employed with Louisiana Power and Light—later becoming Entergy Corporation—in New Orleans from 1964 until his retirement in 1999.
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TRADITION: Building for the Future
Building projects, campus renovations dominate landscape Throughout the year the college completed and slated projects that improve campus housing, baseball and football facilities, streets and parking lots, educational facilities and efficiency. New furniture and equipment have been added to the newly renovated Quitman residence hall. With the Quitman efficiency renovation complete, Physical Plant will begin the same process for Taylor Hall. Mechanical Technology Building Baseball willl have an updated look next spring as improvements to Jim Miles Field are ongoing. New home and visitor dugouts are being constructed, and adjustments are being made to the playing field. Students campus-wide are enjoying new A/V equipment in 50 additional classrooms. Tech I and II interior renovations are complete, and the Mechanical Technology Building that will house the welding and cutting; heating, air conditioning and refrigeration technology and precision manufacturing and machining technology programs is nearing completion. The cosmetology lab has a revitalized look with updated sideby-side hair stations, new shampoo area, a facial room, separate nail care room, and instructor offices. Drainage and landscaping were completed for Yalobusha Hall in the spring. With building plans in place, the college awaits approval from the state Bureau of Buildings to bid out the new Allied Health Building. The new football field house schematics were completed with bid and construction scheduled for FY16.
Cosmetology Lab
Yalobusha Hall landscaping
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Jim Miles Field
Beautification Yalobusha’s wall provides unique spot for ‘Secret Garden’ These days, it is awfully hard to keep a secret. On the Senatobia campus, there is a well-kept secret right next to Yalobusha Hall. It’s what Supervisor of Grounds and Campus Horticulturist Len Lawhon likes to call the “Secret Garden.” The Secret Garden is located downstairs between the very deep retaining wall and the southern face of the building. Lawhon describes it as “an architectural anomaly that provides a great gardening opportunity.” In the shadows of this “concrete and brick canyon,” garden plantings are shaded from the sun for all but a few minutes during the summer, protected from the cold northern winter winds and naturally warmed and cooled from the surrounding ground, providing temperate winter and summer temperature extremes. “It’s a unique area, kind of like South Mississippi to New Orleans, but cooler than there. We have some plants that work well here because of lighting, shade and protection from northern wind,” Lawhon said. The project began last fall, according to Lawhon. The initial idea for the area was to put gravel there, but Lawhon knew that if the area’s drainage problem could be solved, it would make a great place for a garden. During the recent garden construction soil was excavated from the old planters and replaced with an extensive French drain and catch basins drainage system. The garden sports its own sprinkler system zone, specifically designed to create a moist but welldrained planting environment for the collection of uncommon shade-loving plants. The cost of the garden project is well within the budget numbers, Lawhon said. He stated that he is able to buy wholesale directly from growers, thereby getting them at a fraction of the cost. “The administration understands the importance of nice grounds. I am really sensitive to the costs and not wasting money,” Lawhon said. He said that he calls the growers directly and asks what they have on sale or will purchase things that are no longer on the growers’ inventories for a fraction of the cost. “We have been approached to be a trial garden for the
state of Mississippi. You take plants and plant them, then test, watch and evaluate them and send that info in for scientific evaluation for the industry. We have been doing that already, so we have some interesting brand new varieties and hybrids. We have been switching the hostas out, for example. We will replace them with some other types that we are trying out. One is a Hawaiian rose moss, for example. We will use these areas for shade-temperate trials,” Lawhon said. The main feature of the garden is “The Great Garden Wall” that features a series of custom iron trellis designed and built by the Physical Plant and planted with a mass of false climbing hydrangeas that in a few years will cover most of the wall with greenery and blooms. “Our shop made the iron trellises. If we had bought them, we would have spent hundreds of dollars. These have been allowed to rust, and have been coated with clear coating. The false climbing hydrangeas will be a beautiful cream color, and really look great here,” Lawhon said. Plans are to introduce new experimental shade garden plants each spring into the garden to evaluate their performance and possibly some garden art to display among the plantings.
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TRADITION: Embracing advancements
Purchase of Alliant system leads to better interaction There were some major changes in the area of technology at Northwest during the 2014-15 school year. Northwest purchased the Alliant system and began implementation of the new system last January. “We implemented the first module, which was Payroll in January 2014. The admissions module was implemented in April 2014 and registration in May 2014. All other modules were implemented July 1, 2014. CampusKey is totally integrated, that is to say that all modules are connected,” said Amy Latham, director of Northwest’s Management Information Systems (MIS). According to Latham, the new CampusKey system web portal gives students the ability to register online, as well as view their degree plans online to see what courses they need to take to graduate. Students can complete their registration online as well as pay on their account at any time during the semester. New students have access to the portal as soon as their application is keyed. They can view documents needed by the Registrar’s Office for acceptance to Northwest and documents needed by Financial Aid in order to have their application for Financial Aid completed. Employees have the ability to view their pay stubs and personal and sick leave via the new Employee Information Center. In the previous system, employees were assigned specific menus with options. In the new system, specific options can be assigned to users that will specifically benefit them, instead K E Y F E AT U R E S of restricting them to a • Employee menu with limited options. Portal There are several things the faculty and offices • Online now have that they did not Registration have with the old system. • Degree Plans Student degree plans is • Account Payment a major item. The faculty • Admissions Info can now see a student’s • Financial Aid Info degree plan and what courses they have and have not taken toward their degree. “This also gives us the ability to see what is out of degree
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Personnel officer Erika Stanford (standing) shows Vice President for Education Secretary Angie Stuart how to log in and access the new Employee Information Center now available on the college’s new Alliant system. Employees can go online to access information such as pay stubs and personal and sick leave through the system. plan for students to assist in enforcing a portion of the new Financial Aid Regulations. The new ability to record students with special needs in the system also assists Financial Aid,” Latham said. CampusKey also provides reports to aid in developing the course schedule for each semester, for example, classroom availability, credit hours by instructor, faculty teaching load, etc. Administrators can view registration data in real time. There are also reports built in that show FTE summaries and statistics and other data without having to request this information from the Computer Center. “Because the system is web-based, users can get to the system anywhere they have access to the Internet. This is a really great aspect of the system,” Latham said.
2014-15 STATISTICAL DATA Fall 2014 Enrollment By Campus
Financial Statements
386
GENERAL FUND REVENUES FY15 Tuition & Fees $19,760,135 Federal Revenue $246,603 State Revenue $26,363,975 Local Revenue $5,271,243 Private Grants $448,126 Investment Income $15,583 Other Sources $458,591 Total Revenue $52,564,256
1,406 2,678 1,023
2,511
TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 8,004
Spring 2015 Enrollment By County 268 444 209 86
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES FY15 Instruction $27,039,777 Instructional Support $1,629,884 Student Services $5,983,820 Institutional Support $7,333,941 Operation/Maintenance $7,981,585 Student Aid $1,547,155 Transfers $924,404 Total Expenditures $52,440,567
TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 7,250 810
WIN Job Center
56 64
STATISTICS
637 435 714
Individuals served: 685 Individual Training Accounts: $83,000 Counseling to Career participants: 90
3,375 109 43
PY 2014-2015
Enrollment Statistics
Fall 2014 Student Population by Gender Male 3,109 (38.8%) Female 4,895 (61.2%)
Race Caucasian 4,988 (62.3%) Black/African American 2,712 (33.9%) Race/ethnicity unknown/ 104 (1.3%) undeclared Asian 76 (0.9%) Hispanic/Latino 66 (0.8%) (Top 5 listed only)
SPRING 2015 2,709 (37.4%) 4,541 (62.6%) 4,564 (63.0%) 2,413 (33.3%) 67 (0.9%) 68 (0.9%) 75 (1.0%)
Classification Freshman Sophomore Dual Enrollment Non-Degree Seeking
4,820 (60.2%) 2,448 (30.6%) 386 (4.8%) 350 (4.4%)
3,147 (43.4%) 3,525 (48.6%) 433 (6.0%) 145 (2.0%)
Status Full-Time Part-Time Dual Enrollment
6,308 (78.8%) 1,310 (16.4%) 386 (4.8%)
5,477 (75.5%) 1,340 (18.5%) 433 (6.0%)
Degree Type Academic Technical Career Dual Enrollment Non-Degree Seeking
Fall 2014
SPRING 2015
6,009 (75.1%) 966 (12.1%) 293 (3.7%) 386 (4.8%) 350 (4.4%)
5,444 (75.1%) 924 (12.7%) 304 (4.2%) 433 (6.0%) 145 (2.0%)
Retention Returning New Dual Enrollment
4,923 (61.5%) 2,695 (33.7%) 386 (4.8%)
6,188 (85.4%) 629 (8.7%) 433 (6.0%)
Credit Hours Senatobia DeSoto Center Lafayette-Yalobusha eLearning Dual Enrollment TOTAL
38,518 33,332 31,227 28,472 13,156 11,889 15,076 14,059 1,373 1,685 99,350 89,437
Fall 2014 & Spring 2015 statistical information was compiled by the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness from figures obtained from the Northwest Computer Center. All figures represent registration totals through Aug. 28, 2014 (fall) and Jan. 22, 2015 (spring).
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Awards
HEADWAE honorees Sophomore Keenan Lane Arntson and faculty member Renee Young O’Neill, an English instructor at Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center where Arntson is also a student, represented the college at the annual HEADWAE luncheon in February. HEADWAE stands for “Higher Education Appreciation Day-Working for Academic Excellence.” The award was established by the Mississippi Legislative Resolution #88 in 1987 to annually honor academically talented students and faculty members of Mississippi’s higher education institutions who have made outstanding contributions in promoting academic excellence. Arntson studied psychology and exercise science at Northwest. O’Neill has been teaching at Northwest for 11 years.
Dr. Gary Lee Spears (center) congratulates Keenan Lane Arntson (left) and Renee Young O’Neill.
TCEDF educator Northwest English instructor Beth Leishman was named Tate County Educator of the Year at the 17th annual Tate County Economic Development Foundation (TCEDF) banquet. Leishman, who has taught English and literature classes for the college, worked as an adjunct instructor before becoming a full-time instructor in 2006. She has also led ACT workshops for the Division of Continuing Education and has taught online courses for the eLearning Division since 2008. She is currently serving as inBeth Leishman (left) is congratulated by Division of terim eLearning coordinator for Education Director and TCEDF board member Julie the Division of Languages and Correro. Communications.
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SkillsUSA winners Students in career-technical programs traveled to Jackson March 3-4 to participate in the SkillsUSA Mississippi State Conference. First place winners were Mary Adam, graphic design technology, advertising; Victoria Morvan, graphic design technology, web design and Tisha Chavez, cosmetology, nail design. Second place winners were David Perez-Nevarez, welding and cutting, Job Skills Demo; James Riley, agricultural technology/ John Deere tech, power machines; Austin Minyard, welding and cutting, prepared speech; Austin Griste, welding and cutting, sculpture; Halley Henshaw, cosmetology and Payton Stacks, automotive technology, automotive. Winning third place was Kaitlyn Slaughter, cosmetology, esthetics.
PTK All-Mississippi Team
MCJC/AIA competition Three art students placed in the 2015 Mississippi Community/Junior College Art Instructor’s Association (MCJC/AIA) Student Art Competition/Exhibition. Northwest winners were Della Richardson, second place, drawing; Jacob Talley, first place, drawing and third place, painting, and Anna Yates, second place, painting and second place, ceramics.
Phi Theta Kappa students were honored March 25 by the Mississippi Legislature for being named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Mississippi Academic Team. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Elizabeth Harvey, Judy Barham, advisers and Emily Reedy, All-Mississippi second team honoree; (second row, left to right) Patsy Gardner, adviser, Ashleigh Hoffman, Daniel Sing, both second team honorees, Tiffanee Merritt, first team honoree, Cody Abel and Dameon Cunningham, both second team honorees; (top row, left to right) Carroll Huebner, adviser, Richie Lawson, vice president for Education, Larry Simpson, vice president/registrar and Fisher Fleming and Dr. Kim Hamilton-Wims, advisers.
Richardson, Talley & Yates
LPN Convention
Grisham Award winner
Practical Nursing students from all campuses attended the Annual Mississippi Licensed Practical Nursing Convention April 9-11. Abbi Woods won first place for the poster contest. Taylor Kidd, Shelby Mayo-Todd, Rickeylor Dixon, Hope Hopper, Heather Seat and Amber Allison won fifth place in the poster contest. In the Body Structure and Function, “Name that Body Part” competition, David Lentz won third place and Renita Couch won fourth. The class from the Senatobia campus won first place in the statewide Community Service event.
Northwest’s Nursing Simulation Specialist, Pam Briscoe (second from left) was presented the Sandy Grisham Excellence in Teaching Award Aug. 11. This award is given to an academic faculty member on the Senatobia campus in honor of Sandy Grisham (second from right), a retired instructor in the Social Sciences Division. The selection is made by the Academic Division directors on the Senatobia campus. The award winner receives a check in the amount of $1,000 from the Northwest Foundation, which represents earnings on the endowment established by faculty and staff. Congratulating Briscoe are Dr. Gary Lee Spears and Sybil Canon.
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MOSA Conference
Hall of Fame
Dr. Gary Lee Spears (far left) congratulates (front row, left to right) Ashley Simon, Amelia Bailey, Dalton Hurt, Holly Newman, (second row, left to right) Chip Malone, Matthew Morris, Summer Cooper and Barbara Arbuckle for their induction into the 2014-2015 Northwest Hall of Fame. Not pictured are Courtney Robinson and Summer Steakley.
NJCAA Academic Awards A total of 11 Northwest athletes earned NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards for the 2014-15 season. Kendall Alford, Micalah Beall, Jacquelyn Brooks, Rae Drewery, Kristina Mays, Drennan Nemnich and Grant Black received Exemplary Academic Achievement honors for GPAs of 3.6 or higher. Three Ranger athletes (Madison Jarrell, Hunter Lacefield and Holly Newman) also received Superior Academic Achievement honors for GPAs of 3.8 or above, while Janie Turner earned the Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence with a 4.0 GPA. Of the 11 Rangers to receive awards, five came from coach Mike Rowan’s softball program. An academic award is only available to student-athletes who have accumulated at least 45 semester credit hours or 60 quarter credit hours with a minimum of a 3.60 grade point average. In addition, Northwest had six teams garner NJCAA AllAcademic Team recognition: softball (3.52 GPA), women’s tennis (3.51), women’s basketball (3.39), men’s tennis (3.24), women’s soccer (3.02) and baseball (3.00).
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Twenty-seven nursing students and five nursing faculty from the Student Nurses Association (SNA) brought home several awards and recognitions from the annual Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nursing Student Association (MOSA) conference held March 26. Northwest was first runner up for the “Spirit of the Community” award for their partnership with West End Ministries in Hernando. Student nurses and faculty have supplied snacks and school supplies and assisted with free tutoring for children in that program since the fall semester. Sophomore students Kayla Moore and Melissa Tennison represented Northwest in the Scholar Bowl. Tiffanee Merritt was elected to the Mississippi state MOSA board as Public Relations director. Nursing Skills Lab Coordinator, Monica Williams, received the $1,000 MOADN Professional Development Scholarship.
Lamplighters
Tamara Pittman and Robert Shaheen were selected to attend the annual Lamplighters Conference held Sept. 23-25 at Coahoma Community College. Pittman began her career at Northwest in 2004 as an adjunct instructor in Practical Nursing. She became the lead instructor of the program in 2007. Shaheen started teaching as an adjunct instructor at Northwest in 1993 and was hired as a full-time history instructor in 2003. The Lamplighters Program was begun in 1990 by the Academic Deans Association to honor excellence in teaching.
Better Newspaper Contest The Ranger Rocket newspaper staff attended the O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference in March, where they received 13 awards in the Better Newspaper Contest Student Division. Rudy Armstrong received second place for best sports news story, Corey McKinney received second place for best sports feature story, Larry Mason received second place in best feature story, Kreneice Reid won third place in best general news photo and third place in best spot news photo, Gabrielle Williams received second place in best spot news photo, Kenn Falkner received second place in best sports photo, and Editor Lauren Benton received first place in best spot news photo, second place in editorials and third place in best feature photo. The newspaper received first place in best graphic, second place in best website and second place in general excellence.
Ranger Rocket staff members (first row, l to r) Samantha Whittle, Editor Lauren Benton, Kenn Falkner, Larry Mason, (second row) Paige Grady, Corey McKinney and Rudy Armstrong brought home 13 awards from the O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference Better Newspaper Contest in March.
Customer Service Awards
Dr. Gary Lee Spears (right) presented Customer Service Awards to one faculty and one staff member who have demonstrated outstanding customer service above and beyond their normal duties. DeSoto Center chemistry instructor, Dr. K.N. Thimmaiah (above photo, center) was presented the 2014 faculty award. Director of Alumni Affairs and Development Operations, Dolores Wooten (left photo, second from right), was presented the 2014 staff award. Congratulating Wooten is Associate Vice President of Development and Special Projects, Sybil Canon. Congratulating both recipients is Vice President for Education Richie Lawson.
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2014-15 IN REVIEW
July • On July 1, DeSoto Center Assistant Dean Jeremy Isome was named dean of DeSoto Center; Career-Technical Education Director Keith Reed was promoted to associate dean; Evening School Director Josh Filtz became assistant dean and former DeSoto Center counselor Tonyalle Rush was named Evening School director.
• Former Housing and Campus Life Director Aime Anderson was named dean of Students. In her new role, Anderson is responsible for housing, code of conduct, dining and food services and the planning, evaluation and implementation of educational programs for students and the Northwest community regarding safety, security, relation-
August
ships, cultural awareness and substance abuse. Student recruiters attended the Third Annual Community College APEX Leadership Summit at The University of Mississippi where students participated in leadership training sessions and team building exercises. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Abby Embrey, assistant director of Recruiting; Paige McClure and (second row, l-r) Sharkey Luna, J.J. Kilpatrick and Lance Richey.
September Speaker of the state House of Representatives, Philip Gunn, toured the Nursing Simulation Lab as part of the eight-city “Mississippi Solutions—An Ideas Tour.”
Dr. Gary Lee Spears welcomed U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran to the main campus as he toured various facilities including the Agricultural Technology program and the construction site for the Mechanical Technology Building. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (center) was a guest of the Senatobia Rotary Club, where he was welcomed by Rotary President Scott Crockett (left) and member James Cahill.
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Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves visited with Dr. Spears on the Senatobia campus and toured various buildings and construction sites that are part of the President’s “Building on Tradition” program. Dr. Spears congratulates Homecoming queens (left to right) Kristina Mays, Senatobia campus; Autumn Jones, Oxford Center and Amber Coss, DeSoto Center.
November
October • More than 500 high school students attended Northwest’s popular “Go West” recruiting event held Oct. 29-31 on the main campus. Three students— Carol McCain from South Panola High School, Blake Potts from Bruce High School and Tomorris Saulsberry from Independence High School—were the lucky winners of half-tuition scholarship vouchers when their names were chosen at random from a pool of all participants. Director of Recruiting Jere Herrington presented the awards.
• The Senatobia Lions Club served as a parent club to a new student organization called Northwest Rangers Club Branch.The first official meeting of the club was held Oct. 7. In addition to the students, members of the Senatobia Lions Club and the Lions District 30 M governor, cabinet secretary and past president attended the meeting. The students received information about Lions International and about projects the local Lions Club is involved in.
• The Northwest Foundation received proceeds from the remainder of a charitable lead trust—established by Rev. William Lynn (Bill) Wallace, Jr. and his wife, Ida—upon Rev. Wallace’s death in November, 2014. Bill and Ida created the trust to provide annual contributions to the William Lynn and Lula Brooks Wallace Scholarship Endowment, established in 1982 by Bill’s brother and sister, Hugh M. Wallace and Ruth W. Wallace, in
tribute to their parents. A total of $18,600 was received from the charitable lead trust, and Bill and Ida and other family members contributed an additional $14,460 over the years.
December • The Division of Nursing celebrated the induction of nursing students into the new National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (N-OADN) Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society on Dec. 8. Fourteen sophomore students received honor cords and pins to commemorate the event. Northwest’s Gamma Zeta chapter of the society was established in May 2014. This class was the first class of students to be inducted. • DeSoto Center and eLearning Spanish instructor Janet Bunch was elected president of the Mississippi Foreign Language Association. She
• The Agricultural Technology/ John Deere program was evaluated as a part of John Deere’s “College of Tomorrow” (COT) assessment. Northwest placed well in its region, which includes colleges from the Mississippi River to the East Coast.
will serve a two-year term from 20142016. Bunch has served as the vice president of programs from 20122014, the on-site conference coordinator in 2011 and the president of the college and universities section from 2010-2012.
Ag Tech instructors (l to r) Perk Johnston, Shane Louwerens and Jeremy Massey proudly display their award.
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January • Dr. Denise Bynum (center), director of the Division of Nursing, welcomed Kathy Elliott (right), director of Licensure and Practice and Talisha Greenlaw, licensing officer from the Mississippi Board of Nursing as they spoke Jan. 21 to nursing students from the associate degree and practi-
cal nursing programs about how to get and keep a nursing license. • The DeSoto Center Evening School began offering the Emergency Medical Technology (EMT)-Basic program as well as several other new classes and class times during the evening in January 2015. A new 6 to 8:45 p.m. class time slot was added to the center’s schedule, along with new evening courses in Calculus II, Ethics, Theatre Appreciation and two Accounting Technology courses.
• Fourteen students from the Oxford campus were inducted Jan. 29 into a newly-formed chapter of Gamma Beta Phi Society. In order to be eligible for the society, students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA and must have completed at least 12 hours. Members of the Northwest chapter are automatically members when they transfer to a college or university with a chapter.
February • Eleven students from Northwest’s theatre program attended the Region 4 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Feb. 3-7. Northwest competed against community college, university and gradu-
Williamson
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ate students from nine states. Wesley Williamson became the first Northwest student to ever advance to the semifinals of the Irene Ryan Acting Auditions. Northwest was also the only community college to advance to the semifinals. • The Mississippi Council of Instructor/adviser Katherine Mistilis (far left) and student chefs from DeSoto Center’s Hotel and Teachers of Mathematics Junior Restaurant Management Technology program relax High Math Competition was before the Collegiate DECA Culinary Competition held on the Senatobia campus in the Landers Center’s kitchen. Black team members Feb. 27. Students from North- Anny Nen, Ashley Williams and Chianna Jackson came in second, while white team members Rondlynn west’s surrounding districts Lucas, Matthew McMinn and Zane Downing came participated in the event. First in third overall against teams across the state. and second place winners from seventh and eighth grades advanced to the state level of competition.
April
March • The Author Rodeo Roundup was held at the R.C. Pugh Library March 28 to showcase local writers and their works. The two-hour event brought in local Mississippi authors and publishers, as well as the general public, who were interested in meeting the authors and buying their books. A total of 97 people attended the event, including 37 authors, 30 audience members and two publishers. Table displays, an author meet and greet and book signing, networking, and a
panel discussion were highlighted. • Music students competed in the Mississippi National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) convention held at the University of Southern Mississippi. Joseph Gaines placed second and Hagen Ware placed third in the college freshman men’s division. The two advanced to regional NATS at the University of Louisiana in Monroe.
Author Rodeo Roundup Freshman Logan Michelle Gray was named Most Beautiful at the Northwest Beauty Review on March 26. Twentythree young women competed in this year’s event as judges selected Most Beautiful and three runners-up. First runner-up was Ana Nicole Blakely; second runner-up, Rachel Pearl Jackson; third runner-up, Laken Suddoth and fourth runner-up, Jordan Carley Burns.
• Phyllis Johnson, dean of eLearning, participated in a panel discussion on “Practical Pedagogy: Perspectives in Strengthening Instruction with Technology” during the Technology in Teaching Symposium on April 10 at Delta State University. • At this year’s Shoot for the Heart event, participants recognized and secretly nominated five Northwest nursing students to receive $500 scholarships from the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi for their volunteer efforts at the shoot. Those chosen this year were sophomores Brittany Burchfield Camp, Chelsea Moyer, Hunter Luna, Meri Fortune and Apple Walton. • The Jackson State University Choir gave a performance for choral students at Northwest on April 9. The choir performed a variety of pieces ranging from classical to gospel, including a performance by JSU faculty tenor Rodney Vaughn. The choir is under the direction of Dr. Loretta Gallbreath.
JSU Choir
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May • DeSoto Center instructors and staff joined alumni, former administrators and retirees in a fish fry on the front lawn of the Southaven campus to celebrate DeSoto Center’s 40th anniversary May 5. The college’s Steel Drum Band entertained the crowd as old friends gathered to laugh and reminisce. The event was sponsored by the Northwest Foundation. • Tyler Dunavent became the first student in the school’s history to complete the college’s new music business/industry curriculum, which provides instruction designed to prepare a student for a career in the music business. Originally an accounting major, Dunavent changed majors after learning about the new program. He graduated with an Associate of Arts and transferred to Delta State University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in music business. • End-of-the-year figures were released by college officials and showed that the college’s Dual Enrollment program grew by nine percent. Three more high schools joined the 11 high schools already benefitting from Northwest instruction in their high school classrooms from Spring 2014 to Spring 2015. Northwest also increased its graduation numbers, conferring 7.9 percent more degrees during 2015 Commencement than the previous year.
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Retirees (l to r) Keith Godbold (DeSoto Center dean), Dr. David M. Haraway (president), Elizabeth Burns (DeSoto Center assistant dean) and (second from right) Dr. Bonnie Buntin (University of Mississippi–DeSoto Center dean) visited with current Vice President for Education Richie Lawson (third from right) and DeSoto Center Dean Jeremy Isome (far right) during the 40th anniversary celebration.
Faculty and staff retirees for 2015 include (front row, l to r) Lisa Vincent, Nursing instructor; Ruby Lee, food service; Sandy Meurrier, Health-care Data Technology instructor; Kay Robinson, Adult Basic Education instructor; (second row) Whit Perry, Heating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology instructor; Dr. Alice Camp, Early Childhood Education Technology instructor; Guy Purdy, director, Adult Basic Education; Mike Dottorey, counselor/recruiter and Disability Support Services officer and Cheryl Rice, Graphic Design Technology instructor. Not pictured are Dr. Sandra Banham, English instructor, James Creecy, Industrial Electronics Engineering Technology instructor and Marshall Lea Creecy, residence hall supervisor.
June • The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department held a canine certification class on the Senatobia campus. It was one of several training sessions the college’s Campus Police department sponsored this year. The DeSoto and Marshall County Sheriff’s Departments and Southaven Police Department were on campus to train their multi-purpose dogs in detection work, certain types of tracking, bomb detection and bite work. The residence halls on the Senatobia campus were used in part of the training. DeSoto County Deputy Zack Dickerson and his dog, Beretta head into Marshall Hall for canine certification training.
IN MEMORIAM
Mary Alice Moorman • 1925-2015 Mary Alice Moorman was a faithful member of the college’s Board of Trustees for 27 years until her death at the age of 89 on June 9. She served on the Building Committee, the Farm Committee, the Personnel Committee and the Educational Program Review during her tenure on the board. Born Dec. 11, 1925 to the late Albert T. and Ruth Wilbourn Moorman in Oakville, Tennessee, Moorman served Yalobusha County for over 42 years, first as a teacher at Jeff Davis School in Water Valley. She served in Coffeeville as a teacher and girls’ basketball coach, later as assistant principal and, finally, as the Yalobusha County superintendent of Education. She was an active member of the Cattleman’s Association and the Yalobusha County Forestry Association, and she was an avid supporter of Pine Valley Fire Department. She was a faithful and active member in all aspects of service at Bethel Baptist Church in Water Valley. Moorman is survived by her sister, Ann M. Haynes of Batesville, five nieces and nephews, seven great nephews, one great-great nephew and a host of other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Tommie Juanita Simpson and two brothers, Fred Earl Moorman and Thomas A. Moorman. The family has established The Mary Alice Moorman Endowed Scholarship Fund. Those interested in contributing to this fund may send contributions to NWCC Foundation, 4975 Hwy. 51 N., Senatobia, MS 38668.
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2014-15
President’s Cabinet
Dan Smith Chief of Staff/Vice President for Student Services Richie E. Lawson Vice President for Education Gary Mosley Vice President for Finance Larry Simpson Vice President/Registrar
Dr. Jack Butts Dean of Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center
David Campbell District Dean of Career, Technical & Workforce Education
Sybil R. Canon Associate Vice President of Development & Special Projects
Dwayne Casey Director of Workforce Development & Community Services
Dr. Matthew Domas Associate Vice President for Education
Jeremy Isome Dean of DeSoto Center
Phyllis Johnson Dean of eLearning
Amy Latham Director of Management Information Systems
J. Michael Robison Director of Physical Plant
Sarah Sapp Director of Communications
Carolyn Warren Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness
Administration Aime Anderson • Dean of Students Robin Douglas • Assistant Dean of Career, Technical & Workforce Education Joshua Filtz • Assistant Dean of DeSoto Center Jere Herrington • Director of Recruiting
Scott Holmes • Director of Evening School Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center Keith Reed • Associate Dean of DeSoto Center Tonyalle V. Rush • Director of Evening School DeSoto Center Don Skelton • Director of Athletics
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Board of Trustees
Jamie Anderson Vice Chairman • Tallahatchie
Dr. Rachell Anderson Tunica
William H. Austin, Jr. DeSoto
Jerry Barrett Tate
Johnny Bland Quitman
John G. Burt Calhoun
Bernard Stephen Chandler Tunica
Bill Dawson Marshall
Jack Gadd Benton
Diana Grist Benton
David Hargett Tallahatchie
Sammy Higdon Yalobusha
Brenda J. Hopson Quitman
Jamie Howell Panola
Dr. B.R. Jones Secretary • Tate
Milton Kuykendall Chairman • DeSoto
Jerry Moore Marshall
Mike Moore Calhoun
Mary Alice Moorman Yalobusha
Dr. Adam Pugh Lafayette
Steve White Lafayette Dorothy K. Wilbourn Panola John T. Lamar, Jr. Board Attorney • Tate
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The 2014-15 President’s Report is a publication of the Northwest Mississippi Community College Communications Office. Information and events featured in this publication occurred between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.