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Brooks Hodge Water Valley | Sophomore

PATHWAY ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP The Melvin and Cecil Ford Endowed Scholarship What did it mean to you to have this scholarship? “It was such an honor to have received the scholarship in their name, and I’m thankful to the donors who funded the scholarship and to have been chosen as a recipient.” What made you choose your pathway? “I have a passion for children, and can’t wait to one day enter the classroom to educate young minds.” How have you felt supported as a student during the pandemic? “The teachers and staff were very understanding, and I am very thankful for that. They are always just an email away, and will answer quickly.” Are there any instructors or staff members you want to recognize for being helpful? “I want to give a shoutout to my advisor, Dr. Butts, my ‘go-to’ person, Ms. Arman and my literature instructor, Ms. O’Neill. They’ve been great!” What are your plans for the future? “I am attending Ole Miss in the fall to pursue a degree in elementary education.” What do you want future students to know about your experience at Northwest? “I am so glad I chose Northwest. All of the staff and instructors are so nice, and will do their best to help you in any way. It’s like one big family that wants everyone to be successful. On a final note, keep your grades up and join Phi Theta Kappa, which is paying the majority of my tuition at Ole Miss!” Spring 2021 | Northwest Now

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ven though we all have experienced extreme challenges, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and even loss of close family or friends in this past year, as Jennifer and I have with the loss of her father, we continue to remain resilient, resolved and steadfast in our hope of a better tomorrow. These challenges and obstacles have helped us to reflect on how they might become opportunities. And, they have indeed! This past year has been one of the most challenging years in our institution’s history, yet our incredible team of instructors, administrators, staff, and students have done some truly amazing things. Some of the highlights from this past year are: • First Scholastic Institute graduates at Oxford High School – received their diplomas and Associate Degrees at the same time; • Football: 2020 MACC and National Champions; • Began the School of Health Sciences and saw growth in several programs: Nursing, Health Care Assistant, EMT/Paramedic, Respiratory Technology; • Cheerleading: 2021 Two-Time National Champions (Gameday and Traditional); To date, have raised over $2 million dollars in our “Investing Today, Impacting Tomorrow” Capital Campaign; Healthy and safe campuses – extremely low COVID student positivity rate all year; Completion, this summer, of our newest residence hall, “Calhoun Hall”; 7 of 8 NJCAA competition sports went on to play in the postseason this year; Successful inaugural Volleyball season; Implemented Phlebotomy training in HCA program First cohort of the new Physical Therapist Assistant program to begin this fall; Graduates in the new Utility Line Worker Program in Olive Branch; New partnership with University of West Alabama to make transfer easier for students; Four students named to the PTK All-Mississippi Academic Team; Two PTK Chapters—Senatobia and DeSoto—earned the REACH designation for membership development; Opened the college's first health clinic at the Senatobia Campus; Silver level status of being a “Military Friendly School”; Named one of the 2021 best online colleges in the country by intelligent.com First cohort of colleges nationwide to be included in Achieving the Dream’s “Building Resiliency in Rural Communities for the Future of Work” initiative; Scholarship endowment exceeded $14 million; Northwest nursing students assisted the MS Department of Health in administering COVID vaccines; Innovative instructors were able to help students be successful in their studies and charted a course for instructional methods for the future; Graduated almost 1,000 students this past spring; Began providing credit classes at Everest in Water Valley; Record participation in Rangers Giving Day 2020; Construction continues at the Panola Concourse in Batesville, with classes set to begin in August; And the list goes on and on!

Recently, I was selected by Phi Theta Kappa to receive its Paragon Award. Out of 500 college presidents nationwide, I was one of 22 recipients of this prestigious award. This award is given to presidents who have shown strong support of student success by recognizing academic achievement, leadership and service among students at their college. Too, I was honored with receiving a MS Business Journal 2021 Top CEO award, and I was recognized at a ceremony in Jackson along with several other CEO’s. I was excited personally and professionally about these accolades, but I was most excited to be able to place a spotlight on all of the great work at Northwest we’ve been able to accomplish together this past year! This past year has truly been a remarkable year! This summer will usher in a whirlwind of activity with classes and events and preparation in order to welcome students back this fall. We will be offering a more “normal” college experience for students as they return this summer and fall, and we look forward to more capacity in classrooms, many student events and activities, all the while making sure our campuses are safe and our college community is healthy! Now, more than ever, it’s a great day to be a Ranger!

Vision Northwest Mississippi Community College transforms our students’ lives, enriches our communities, and strives for excellence in our educational programs and services.

Mission Northwest Mississippi Community College is an open-access, public, two-year institution primarily serving Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica, and Yalobusha counties. NWCC is a learning-centered community providing educational opportunities with quality instruction for students from all walks of life. Our college fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and student success. We strive for continuous improvement, with a standard of excellence in every area of the institution. Our college partners with businesses and industries that seek to grow the economy and the workforce, as well as partners with alumni, friends, and others. Engagement takes place in all communities that the college serves.

Values ACCOUNTABILITY INTEGRITY EXCELLENCE RESPECT SERVICE SUSTAINABILITY ACCESSIBILITY CREATIVITY LEADERSHIP

Dr. Michael J. Heindl

President, Northwest Mississippi Community College

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NORTHWEST NAMES 15 STUDENTS TO HALL OF FAME

Students being inducted into Northwest’s Hall of Fame were honored at the college’s March Northwest Board of Trustees meeting. Front row: (from left) Kierra Hudson, Courtney Carlson, Aubrey Triplett, Tabitha Willis, Raylah Quarles, Anna Davis, and Shonta Bowen; back row: Chapell Chumley, Devontre Burdette, Dr. Michael Heindl, Matthew Silvers, Nicholas Gibson, Skylar Gardner, and Luisa Macedo.

Fifteen Northwest Mississippi Community College students have been inducted into the 2020-2021 Northwest Hall of Fame, the highest honor a student can achieve at the College. The selection of students named to the Hall of Fame is based on their academic accomplishments and involvement in student life at Northwest. Hall of Fame nominations are submitted by Northwest instructors and voted on by a committee. This year’s honorees were recognized at the March 11 Board of Trustees meeting on the Senatobia campus. Eight of the students are from the Senatobia campus. Matthew Silvers of Hollandale is in the Agricultural Technology/John Deere Technology program. He is a graduate of Riverside High School, and is looking forward to completing his associate degree at Northwest. Raylah Quarles of Batesville is a graduate of South Panola High School, and will soon complete an Associate of Arts degree in Theatre. Upon graduating, she plans to attend the University of Mississippi. Aubrey Triplett of Coldwater is working toward her Associate of Arts degree in Piano Performance at Northwest, and plans to study in the same field at Arkansas State University. Luisa Macedo of Senatobia is a graduate

of Senatobia High School. She will soon complete an associate degree in Chemistry at Northwest, with plans to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Skylar Gardner of Southaven is a graduate of DeSoto Central High School, and is working toward her Associate of Arts degree in Theatre. She plans to attend Ole Miss following her graduation. Chapell Chumley of Tupelo is a graduate of Tupelo High School, and is currently studying Theatre at Northwest. Tabitha Willis of Southaven graduated with her Associate of Applied Science degree in Northwest’s EMT-Paramedic program. Willis is a December 2020 graduate, who now works as a paramedic in DeSoto County. Devontre Burdette of Senatobia is a graduate of Senatobia High School. He is currently enrolled at the University of Southern Mississippi working toward his degree in Kinesiology. He graduated from Northwest in December of 2020. Four Hall of Fame students are from the DeSoto Center. Courtney Carlson of Southaven is working toward her associate degree in Biology. She intends to remain at the Northwest DeSoto Center campus after graduation to pursue a management degree. Anna Davis of Sardis is a graduate of

Magnolia Heights School, and is currently studying Funeral Service Technology at Northwest. She is a recent graduate of Christian Brothers University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Science and minored in Psychology. She works full time at RayNowell and Dickens funeral homes as an apprentice. Nicholas Gibson of Southaven is a graduate of Haslett High School, and is currently pursuing an associate degree in Biology at Northwest. Upon graduating, he plans to transfer to Mississippi State University to continue his studies. Kierra Hudson of Holly Springs is a graduate of Potts Camp High School. She will graduate from Northwest’s Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program this summer. Three Hall of Fame students are from the Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center in Oxford. Shonta Bowen of Oxford is a graduate of Oxford High School, and is in the General College pathway at Northwest. Andreas Diercks of Oxford is a graduate of Lafayette High School, and is currently in the General College pathway at Northwest. Katelyn Jolly of Ecru will soon earn her career certificate in Cosmetology at Northwest. Spring 2021 | Northwest Now

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PHI THETA KAPPA ACADEMIC TEAM This spring, Northwest was excited to announce that four students have been named to the 2021 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Mississippi Community College Academic Team. Abigail Brown of Olive Branch, Anmol Malhotra of Batesville, Hannah Holmes of Horn Lake, and Nicholas Gibson of Hernando were all named to the team. Malhotra was named to the First Team, and Brown, Holmes and Gibson were all named Second Team honorees. According to Kristin Watson, a Northwest PTK advisor, All-Mississippi Team honorees are selected through a Northwest campus committee and a PTK national committee. The All-Mississippi teams are recognized as some of the most outstanding PTK students, and each recipient is awarded a scholarship to pursue their educational goals. “These students work hard in their academic pursuits, and this allows them an opportunity to be recognized for all their contributions in not only academics,

but also the community,” Watson said. “We commend these students on being selected through a rigorous application process through Northwest and the national PTK organization.” Brown, a Psychology student, and Malhotra, a Pharmacy student, attend classes at the main campus. Holmes, a Business student, and Gibson, a Biology student, attend classes at the DeSoto campus. Malhotra also received the Walgreens Pharmacy Technician Certification Scholarship, which is awarded to only 30 students nationwide and will cover the cost of the Pharmacy Technician Certification exam fee. PTK is an international scholastic and leadership honor society for two-year colleges. The All-Mississippi Academic Team program is coordinated by PTK, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges and the Mississippi Community College Board.

Four Northwest Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) students have been named to the PTK All-Mississippi Academic Team. The students were recognized at a breakfast on April 9. Pictured: (front row, from left) student Abigail Brown, student Anmol Malhotra, Northwest President, Dr. Michael Heindl, student Nicholas Gibson, and student Hannah Holmes. (Back row, from left) Dr. Don Jones, dean of the Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center, Dr. Keith Reed, dean of the DeSoto Center, Dr. Matthew Domas, vice president of Instruction, and Dr. Carolyn Wiley, associate vice president of Academic Instruction and Institutional Effectiveness.

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HEINDL HONORED WITH PARAGON AWARD This spring, the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) named Northwest Mississippi Community College President, Dr. Michael Heindl as a recipient of the Paragon Award for New Presidents. More than 500 college presidents nationwide were eligible for the award, with PTK selecting only 22 to receive the honor. The Paragon Award is given to new college presidents who have shown strong support of student success by recognizing academic achievement, leadership and service among highachieving students at their college. Recipients were nominated for the award by the students on their campus. “As a former PTK member years ago when I was a community college student, I could not have dreamed that one day I would be receiving this honor as a community college president,” Heindl said. “Phi Theta Kappa does a tremendous job of serving some of the best and brightest students nationally and internationally, and I am deeply appreciative of being able to receive this honor in support of student success at Northwest.” Presidents receiving the 2021 award were especially celebrated for the honor due to the particularly challenging year college leaders have navigated that included racial and political unrest and a global pandemic. PTK recognized this year’s 22 honorees during PTK Catalyst 2021, the Society’s annual convention, broadcast live from Orlando, Fla., April 8-10. Phi Theta Kappa recognizes the academic achievements of students at associate degree-granting colleges and helps them to grow as scholars and leaders. The Society is made up of more than 3.5 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in 11 nations, with approximately 240,000 active members in the nation’s colleges.

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NORTHWEST AMONG FIRST COHORT IN ACHIEVING THE DREAM INITIATIVE In February, Northwest was proud to be announced as being among the first cohort of seven colleges nationwide in Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) new Building Resiliency in Rural Communities for the Future of Work initiative. The initiative aims to increase equitable student success by strengthening rural colleges’ capacity to prepare students for careers in today’s economy. The initiative is funded by the Cognizant U.S. Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Community Focus Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation, Walmart.org, and Ascendium Education Group. “Rural community colleges have long served as drivers of their communities’ economic and civic vitality, playing a critical role in ensuring social and economic mobility,” said ATD president and CEO Dr. Karen A. Stout. “As Achieving the Dream works to support our colleges in fostering diverse and equitable campuses, we are mindful of the importance of building a network that reflects the diversity of institutions across our country.” Building Resiliency in Rural Communities for the Future of Work will increase rural colleges’ capacity to succeed with whole-college reform efforts, provide students with the workforce skills needed in today and tomorrow’s economy, and connect students with careers in the digital economy that pay family-sustaining wages. In addition, participating institutions’ reform efforts will include providing academic and personal supports and narrowing equity gaps. “We at Northwest Mississippi Community College are honored to be joining this first Building Resiliency in Rural Communities for the Future of Work cohort,” said Northwest President, Dr. Michael J. Heindl. “We know that the vision of Northwest, ‘Transforming students’ lives, enriching our communities and striving for excellence in our educational programs and services,’ fits perfectly with Achieving the Dream goals of increasing capacity with whole-college

reform efforts. These efforts include skills for students that are needed for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce and the opportunity to connect more students with careers in the digital economy that will pay family-sustaining wages.” The other six colleges that have joined this initial cohort, and the ATD Network, include: • Berkshire Community College – Pittsfield, MA • Clovis Community College – Clovis, NM • Columbia-Greene Community College – Hudson, NY • Halifax Community College – Weldon, NC • Louisiana State University-Eunice – Eunice, LA • Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College – Cumberland, KY Funders of this important initiative are also looking forward to supporting these colleges as they begin their work. “As we work to ensure equitable access to the education and training necessary to succeed in jobs driving the future, community colleges are key to reaching people in rural areas,” said Kristen Titus, Executive Director, Cognizant U.S. Foundation. “We are proud to support ATD and this initiative as colleges build the capacity to fulfill a critical role in our country’s economic recovery and in providing everyone with opportunities for economic mobility.” “Equitable access to skills and real-world work experience is key to connecting students to good jobs, regardless of their ZIP code,” said Monique Baptiste, Vice President of Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase. “As part of JPMorgan Chase’s efforts to advance racial equity and prepare people for the future of work, we’re committed to driving an inclusive economic recovery, including strengthening community college programs and connecting students to the skills needed to succeed in today’s workforce.”

“Rural community colleges are well equipped to provide upskilling opportunities for the rapidly changing workforce in their areas,” said Julie Gehrki, vice president of philanthropy for Walmart.org. “Walmart’s investment will enable Achieving the Dream to accelerate their work with these colleges, and we’re thrilled to support their effort.” “We recognize that rural community colleges are anchors in their communities, providing opportunities for learners, employers and the local economy,” said Amy Kerwin, vice president – education philanthropy at Ascendium Education Group. “We’re pleased to support this cohort as they exchange ideas on how to initiate large-scale institutional change to prepare and increase the number of rural learners from low-income backgrounds that graduate and enter the workforce.” In January, members of the cohort participated in a Learning Launch Kickoff Institute to onboard to the program and to ATD. On Tuesday, Feb. 16, the cohort was featured virtually at a Spotlight Session as part of DREAM 2021. Additionally, there will be a Rural Convening this summer, as well as ongoing coaching and capacity building for the colleges through ATD. Achieving the Dream (ATD) leads a growing network of more than 300 community colleges committed to helping their students, particularly low-income students and students of color, achieve their goals for academic success, personal growth, and economic opportunity. ATD is making progress in closing equity gaps and accelerating student success through a unique change process that builds each college’s institutional capacities in seven essential areas. ATD, along with nearly 75 experienced coaches and advisors, works closely with Network colleges in 45 states and the District of Columbia to reach more than 4 million community college students. Learn more about Building Resiliency in Rural Communities for the Future of Work at achievingthedream.org.

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HATS OFF TO

OUR GRADS

Northwest celebrated its Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 graduates with Drive-Thru Commencement ceremonies featuring “Winter Wonderland” and “Walk of Fame: Stars of 2021” themes, respectively. These students made the most of the non-traditional celebrations, many reveling in the merriment with their family and friends tagging along inside vehicles decked out for the occasion. Despite the unusual school year, the college has been proud to see the resiliency and determination of these students in the face of changes and challenges that arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Go Rangers!

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THERE’S SNOW PLACE LIKE HOME In January, Northwest was transformed into a winter wonderland when the MidSouth was treated to a light dusting of snow. In February, the college’s campuses remained closed for a full week after a much heavier, though still beautiful, accumulation.

NORTHWEST, UWA INK DEGREE PARTNERSHIP In April, Northwest Mississippi Community College and the University of West Alabama (UWA) signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize a partnership intended to better serve students who wish to transfer from Northwest to UWA. As stipulated in the agreement, UWA has agreed to: guarantee admission to all Northwest students, based on a 2.0 GPA and completion of their associate’s degree from the college; provide pretransfer advising; and make all academic scholarships available to any student from Northwest with a 3.0 or higher Northwest President, Dr. Michael J. Heindl and University of West Alabama President, Dr. Ken Tucker signed an agreement on April 7 that outlines a partnership between the two colleges intended to better assist Northwest students who wish to transfer to UWA.

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GPA ($3,000-4,000 per year, renewable for up to four consecutive semesters). Northwest students who receive academic scholarships will also be eligible to apply for housing scholarships. “Northwest strives to provide a variety of transfer opportunities for students

seeking four-year degrees,” said Dr. Matthew Domas, vice president for Instruction. “We are excited to partner with the University of West Alabama in this effort. I encourage all graduating students to review what UWA has to offer.”

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RETIREES HONORED AT AWARDS CEREMONY Northwest honored its 2021 retirees during the Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony at Howard Coliseum on April 21.

2021 RETIREES — Front Row Left to Right: Dale Davis, Jim Gilliam, Juliana Lamar, John Mixon, Jay Lowrey, Rebecca Moore and Sylvia Walton Back Row Left to Right: Leah Arrington, Glynda Hall, Wayne Ferguson, Sam Weakley, Ardina Wilson and Dan Smith

30 YEARS OF SERVICE 35 YEARS OF SERVICE

Robin H. Robison and Leah K. Arrington

Wayne Ferguson and Amy Latham (not pictured)

25 YEARS OF SERVICE

Cathy Moore, LeeLee M. Haraway and Mark Crockett

20 YEARS OF SERVICE

Front Row: Sharon Medlin, Jeremy Massey, Susan Leake, and Dr. Saundra Bishop Back Row: Patricia Wilbourn, Heidi Riley, Cindy Pierce, and Samuel Weakley (not pictured)

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NEW FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBER

NWCC Foundation Board members welcome new Benton County representative, Steve Farese, to the Foundation Board of Directors at their February 2021 meeting. Standing left to right, Dr. Stephen Joe, DeSoto County representative, Fred Carlisle, board vice-president, Steve Farese, and Sterling Withers, board president.

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NEW HONORS TO BE AWARDED

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There are four new awards that will be given to recognize individuals or organizations for their contributions to the college. These will be given at Spring Soiree’ 2022, which is scheduled for March 26, 2022. Please see below a description of the new awards.

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION

ALUMNI PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

YOUNG ALUMNI PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Recognizes Northwest alumni who have distinguished themselves through their professional accomplishments, and whose contributions honor the legacy of excellence at Northwest. The candidate must demonstrate leadership and depth in their chosen professional activities, exemplary achievements rooted in their Northwest education, and commitment and goodwill toward Northwest.

SPIRIT OF NORTHWEST AWARD

Recognizes an individual who has displayed or provided outstanding assistance to the college and has gone above and beyond to help in areas of needed attention.

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Honors an organization or its corporate foundation that demonstrates outstanding commitment through financial support, encouragement and motivation of others to take leadership roles toward college involvement.

Recognizes Northwest alumni under the age of 40 at the time of nomination. This award is based upon a significant record of career achievement and a promise for future professional success. Recipients have been acknowledged by their peers for their outstanding work in their chosen field of endeavor.

Deadline for nomination: OCTOBER 1, 2021 To complete a nomination form, please visit northwestms.edu/alumni

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1 Million Dollar Gift ST

Story By Natalie Ehrhardt

Presenting the Northwest Foundation’s first-ever $1 million gift were (left to right) Dunlap & Kyle’s President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis King and Vice President and Treasurer Buddy Gray. Accepting the gift were Patti Gordon, executive director of Institutional Advancement at Northwest and Northwest President, Dr. Michael J. Heindl.

ongtime Northwest Mississippi Community College business supporter Dunlap & Kyle is a company not just concerned with its own success but also in the educational success of Northwest students. The company’s generosity was on full display when it recently bestowed the Northwest Foundation’s first $1 million gift. Bobby Dunlap, founder of Gateway Tire and CEO of Dunlap & Kyle in Batesville, built his businesses after leaving the Navy in 1953. He transformed the Mule Barn, his father’s side business that was basically a junkyard, into one of Mississippi’s largest family-owned companies. Since then, the business has grown into a family of companies that also includes Hesselbein Tire Co. and Gateway Tire. Dunlap & Kyle is both a retail and wholesale business, but most of their business is wholesale. As of 2016, the company had 58 retail locations, located mostly in the South, and 16 wholesale distribution centers, located from northern Ohio to south Texas.

Northwest has been a consistent recipient of the company’s generosity for years. Though Dunlap’s office is covered with plaques, photos and framed letters of thanks, he makes it clear that his company is not in the business of helping people for the accolades. “It’s a nice thing to get an award, but you just come out better if you help, especially in a place like Mississippi,” he said. “A lot of kids need help, and as long as the schools are helping them, I don’t mind helping the schools.” As for Dunlap & Kyle’s recent historic gift to the Foundation, Dunlap knows it will be put to good use. “I think Northwest and the other community colleges do more for the community than people realize,” Dunlap said. “I know there are a lot of good kids at Northwest.” Dunlap is serving as Honorary Chairman of the “Investing Today, Impacting Tomorrow” capital campaign for the college.

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n June, Northwest Chief of Staff Dan Smith will retire after 26 years with the college and roughly 40 years in higher education. With his retirement date looming ever closer, he is reflecting on the evolvement of the college and his role in its progress.

Looking Back, Looking Ahead ‘Agent for change’ reflects on the past and ponders the future Story By Natalie Ehrhardt

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Smith poses with resident assistants in the Student Center at St. Mary’s University in 1989.

Smith grew up in Wellsville, a town in upstate New York about 100 miles south of Buffalo that he describes as being similar in size to Senatobia with a similar agricultural backdrop. As an undergraduate at Allegheny College, a small liberal arts school in Meadville, Pennsylvania, he double majored in political science and history and planned to go to law school. However, in his work as a leader on campus, serving as student body president and working the college’s camps and conferences during the summer, he found his interests shifting. “I really enjoyed working with the people at the college,” he said. “I was fascinated by the work they were doing. A lot of them, from the president on down, kind of tutored me and showed me what they did.” So, much to the surprise of his family, he decided to change course midway through his senior year and take a leap into higher education administration. After graduation, he accepted a position in admissions at Blackburn College in Illinois, one of only four work colleges in the country at that time. In a travel-heavy role, he soon grew tired of being on the road and accepted a fellowship at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, where he spent three years working on his master’s degree in higher education administration and supervision. Smith’s time at Lehigh has remained seared in his memory long after leaving, and not just because of the friends he made and the goals he accomplished. In 1986, not long before his departure, student Jeanne Clery was murdered in her dorm room by fellow student Josoph Henry. Smith knew both students (Henry was a work-study in his office), as well as a third student who eventually helped solve the case. The murder shook the local community, sent shockwaves across the country and triggered backlash against unreported crime on campuses across the nation. The event eventually led to the establishment of the Clery Act, a federal statute that requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses. The whole experience is the foundation of why Smith said campus safety has always been important to him in his career. “In this field, you have such a big responsibility to take care of students,” he said. “You nurture their growth as individuals and educationally, but you have to take care of them too and do your best to ensure their safety.”

While serving as president of the Tate County Economic Development Foundation, Smith presented a silver tray to Northwest’s Homecoming queen in the mid-2000s.

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In this field, you have such a big responsibility to take care of students,...You nurture their growth as individuals and educationally, but you have to take care of them too and do your best to ensure their safety.”

At Lehigh University, Smith poses front and center with student staff members in August of 1985.

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Upon his departure from Lehigh University, Smith spent the next five years as assistant director and then associate director of Residence Life at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. He fell in love with the college and the area at large and gained lifelong friends, but a lack of upward opportunities forced him to move on. He landed in the Mid-South at Christian Brothers University in Memphis in 1991 as the school’s dean of students. After four years, the dean of students position opened up at Northwest, and he arrived at the final stop in his career in July of 1995. Former Northwest President Dr. David Haraway was at the helm then, with an engaged and enthusiastic group of employees behind him. “There was a great leadership team here,” Smith said. “The faculty, deans and administrators were just a pleasure to work with. This was a place that was growing, and it was growing fast, and it needed to accommodate and expand. It was a wonderful time to be here.” He was eventually made vice president of Student Affairs (now Student Services), and by 2019, he was also chief of staff and supervising 10 different areas of the college, including all aspects of student life. He was also the longest-serving chief Student Affairs officer in the state. “People don’t last too long in that role because it’s 24/7, and you’re on call every minute of every day,” Smith said. “It’s the only operation of the college where people are working 365 days a year.” Afraid of becoming “stale,” Smith considered retiring that same year. However, in the end, he was convinced to stay by current President, Dr. Michael J. Heindl, who was new to the college and valued Smith’s knowledge and expertise concerning the institution’s history and processes. Smith was able to shed his other roles, and agreed to stay on as chief of staff only. Now, 26 years after he first set foot on campus and in his last weeks before retirement, there is much to reflect upon. One of the standouts in Smith’s mind is the evolution of the college, from being known in the community as “a place with a great football team” in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s to a highly regarded pillar of 14

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Smith lent a hand in leading a student leadership retreat in the fall of 1987 at St. Mary’s University.

The late Harold Carpenter, a former Northwest Campus Police officer, receives a plaque from Smith at a spring Faculty/Staff Picnic in 2000.

the community today. “Folks said it was all about sports in those days,” he said. “You could go and get a decent education, but what I think has happened is that it’s now playing a much bigger role as an engine of development in the community. I think we’ve become a much more integral part of this area’s success.” Thirty years ago, Smith does not believe employers were taking a hard

look in the area for the kind of workforce training and development that is happening now. The way Northwest serves people, from the growth of the DeSoto and Oxford campuses to the creation of the college’s eLearning program (one of the first and largest in the state), makes him proud. “To me, that has been our biggest accomplishment in some ways; to grow and meet the community’s needs and do

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No matter how large we’ve gotten, this place has always felt like a small campus, and I mean that system-wide,” he said. “I think that’s really important, and it’s part of being nurturing. It sets us apart from other community colleges where students might feel a disconnect.”

it in a quality way,” he said. “You never get to an ending point. As soon as you get that, there’s a whole new need.” Pulling back and looking at the bigger picture, Smith also points out the very real existence of the cradle-to-grave opportunities provided through the school. “In some of our programs, we’re really almost birth to death,” he said. “You truly learn about obstetrics, and you learn about maternity, and then we have a Funeral Technology program, and in between, you have everything from rodeo to fine arts to agriculture technology to history and English. There is an amazing collection of programs and opportunities.” In discussing the school’s expansiveness, Smith gave a shoutout to Northwest’s Adult Basic Education program for reaching adults in the community as well as the college’s partnership with Base Camp Coding Academy in Water Valley and the Utility Line Worker program in Olive Branch. “We’re everywhere, and it’s an accomplishment, but it’s a challenge too,” he said. In terms of the residential experience for students on campus, Smith said that aspect is something in which Northwest strongly excels. “It’s very cost effective, but I think when you look at the quality of our facilities, including the dining experience, recreation and the staff and how they interact with students, we do that very, very well,” he said. “I don’t think there are many community colleges in the South that do that as well as we do.” Additionally, he praised Northwest’s Health Sciences programs and the college’s Agricultural Technology program, which lends itself to the international community, something he calls a “model” for what could be done in other areas. “People all over the world attend classes that are being taught at Northwest, and I

think that’s amazing,” Smith said. “We’re teaching online students in India and Japan and Kazakhstan and places like that.” Despite the many changes that have occurred since Northwest’s beginning and over the course of Smith’s 26 years here, there are certain facets that have consistently and delightfully remained the same.

“No matter how large we’ve gotten, this place has always felt like a small campus, and I mean that system-wide,” he said. “I think that’s really important, and it’s part of being nurturing. It sets us apart from other community colleges where students might feel a disconnect.” When asked what he sees in the next decade for the college, he stressed the need to grow and adapt as much in the next 10 years as he has witnessed in the last 20-25 years. In imagining that future, Smith quoted a colleague who expressed the belief that the public, not community colleges themselves, set the agenda. “I think the public is setting a very different agenda for us in the next 10 years,” he said. “I think we’ll see community colleges change a great deal.

Smith paused for a photo with Northwest staff members LaJuan Tallo, Dolores Wooten, Julie Bauer, Nancy Patterson, and Pam Wooten in the late 2000s.

Northwest’s Executive Team gathered for a photo in the summer of 2019.

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I’ve always been something of a change agent, and I hope the institution will embrace the opportunities for change and ride that,” he said. “I think we’ve been most successful when we started things like an eLearning program and became engineers of change in some of those ways in showing people how to do it. I’m confident that will continue.

We’ll be challenged to continue growing the ability to reach students away from our main campuses and provide more trainings and maximum flexibility. I believe the traditional way of doing things is going to be turned on its head because of public demands.” He added that he believes the COVID19 pandemic has helped to change many preconceptions surrounding higher education. According to Smith, institutions of higher learning are also being challenged to bring a sharper focus to issues of equity, an issue he says has always bothered him in his profession. “While we celebrate our student successes, there are still those that fall through the cracks, and I think our institutions are being challenged to pay more attention to those issues,” he said. “I think it will be for the good of our community, particularly in a state like Mississippi, and I’m very happy about that.” As he prepares to walk away from the place he has long called his professional

In perhaps his favorite role, Smith smiles for the camera while spending time with grandchildren Natalie and Brooks.

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home, Smith said he has one parting wish for his beloved workplace. “I’ve always been something of a change agent, and I hope the institution will embrace the opportunities for change and ride that,” he said. “I think we’ve been most successful when we started things like an eLearning program and became engineers of change in some of those ways in showing people how to do it. I’m confident that will continue.” As someone who is not from this area of the country and originally had no personal connection to the college, one might wonder what led the Como resident to stay and devote so many years to Northwest’s success. “Personally, I am very happy here,” he said. “Of all the places I’ve lived, Como is my favorite. Professionally, I believe deeply in the mission of the college. I worked with great people, I felt like we did important work and there was always a fresh challenge just around the corner. No potential move ever seemed more interesting than staying here.”

Following his last graduation ceremony as a Northwest employee in the spring of 2021, Smith posed for a photo with Marketing and Communications staff members Jennifer Corbin, KayLeigh Mitchell, Natalie Ehrhardt, and Alyssa Pirani.

SAVE THE DATE HOMECOMING OCTOBER 21, 2021 ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR

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SPORTS HALL OF FAME HONOREES: Jimmy Steward – Men’s basketball (1961-63) Casey Baddley – Softball (2012-13) Cody Reed – Baseball (2012-13) Harold Lewis – Men’s basketball (1985-87) Jeff Miller – Football (1991-92)

Golden Circle 1970 & 1971

Honorees from the Class of 1970 & 1971 will be receiving recognition for 50 years since attending Northwest. Golden Circle honorees will receive a brass medallion featuring elements of the college seal. The medallion is attached to a blue and red ribbon, representing the official school colors.

Please contact Jenny Hurt to reserve your spot! 662-560-1105

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GIVING DAY

10.21.2021 HOMECOMING DAY

We invite all Rangers near and far to support the annual Rangers Giving Day, which will be on October 21 – Homecoming Day. What a great day to show your Ranger spirit by giving back to your alma mater!

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Photos By: Alyssa Peyton & KayLeigh McCool Mitchell

ebuting a brand new event, the Northwest Foundation hosted its inaugural Spring Soiree at the Haraway Center on Saturday, March 27. The event was the Foundation’s first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though capacity was limited, the occasion made for an exciting evening celebrating deserving Rangers. The 2020 Sports Hall of Fame class and Alumnus of the Year received their accolades, while Fine Arts students provided live entertainment and an art gallery showcasing their talents for attendees.

Dr. Michael Heindl, Kindyl Scruggs, Sports Hall of Fame Honoree for Rodeo, Brian Oakes NWCC Athletic Director

William and Julie Correro

Jeff Horn, Mike Boren, Celia Boren, Danny Smith, and Wendy Smith

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Lori Porter and Kenny Porter, Sports Hall of Fame Honoree for Soccer

Front: Ronald McMinn, Sports Hall of Fame Honoree for Baseball, Becky McMinn, Pat Hardy, Ashton McMinn, and Rachel Jackson Back: Chuck Jackson and Chris McMinn

Northwest Entertainers Northwest Steel Band

Bryan Sparacino, Sports Hall of Fame Honoree for Football, Retired Northwest Football Coaches Bobby Franklin and George Smith

Northwest Jazz Band

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Ebone Dukes, director of the Funeral Service Technology program, demonstrates the functions of the college’s new anatomy imaging table for Dr. Matthew Domas (far left) and Jeff Horton.

CARES HEALTH SCIENCES HOSTS

Show & Tell Story By Natalie Ehrhard Photos By: Alyssa Peyton

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n February, the School of Health Sciences held an impressive “show and tell” event to demonstrate how the school has benefited from CARES Act funding. Through $1,599,743 in funding provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the School of Health Sciences was able to purchase equipment that is elevating students’ skills training experiences.

“It has impacted our programs across all of our 11 districts,” said Dr. Stephanie Mullins, dean of the School of Health Sciences. “This money has opened up opportunities for our students to learn in so many new ways, and provided more of that hands-on training that is so desperately needed in health care facilities.” According to Mullins, much of the equipment is typically found at four-year universities, but not typically available to community colleges.

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our students to learn in so many new ways, and provided more of that hands-on training that is so desperately needed in health care facilities.

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“It has gotten students excited about health care, and faculty so excited about teaching,” Mullins said. Some of the equipment that faculty and students are most excited about includes simulation mannequins, a 3-D, touchscreen imaging table and electronic medical records. “The mannequins are awesome in the way that when clinical sites shut down and we weren’t able to get our students into some of these facilities, the simulation mannequins provided our students with these hands-on opportunities,” Mullins said. “We have a birthing mannequin, and we can practice prenatal care, labor and delivery and even a baby-after-birth simulation.” The 3-D anatomy table is not only being utilized by students in the School of Health Sciences, but is also available to all science programs. Additionally, with the days of paper patient

Courtney Goodnight, a Paramedic student, demonstrates part of her future job using a medical mannequin.

charts behind us, students are using newly purchased electronic medical records to get students into the practice before they actually begin their careers. With the 2020-2021 schoolyear looking a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mullins said she wondered at the start whether students would be nervous to enter health care. However, she said students are more excited than ever to serve others. “Our motto at the School of Health Sciences is that you serve one to serve all,” she said. “As faculty, we serve one student, and that student is going to serve a patient. We’re going to multiply across the state, and hopefully have a real impact on health care in the state of Mississippi in helping to improve patient care.”

EMT Instructor Leslie Duke explains various skills students are able to learn using the program’s new lifelike, child-sized mannequins as Dr. Michael Heindl looks on.

Dr. Erin Harrington, Nursing instructor, does a show-and-tell for a tour group.

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Investing Today, Impacting Tomorrow A Campaign for Northwest Mississippi Community College

Capital Campaign At NWCC, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and student success. We also strive for continuous improvement, with a standard of excellence in every area of the institution. That spirit of progress is what has brought us to this juncture in our exciting history – our first-ever comprehensive capital campaign. This campaign is not solely about raising money to advance our programs and facilities. Campaigns create excitement and raise awareness. Investing Today, Impacting Tomorrow offers a groundbreaking opportunity to share our story of who we are today and who we aspire to be in the future. It will help us engage our alumni, build supporters, and attract gifted students to campus.

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Campaign Projects PERFORMING ARTS CENTER $1,350,000

PANOLA COUNTY CENTER— THE CONCOURSE - $750,000

AVIATION PROGRAM - $930,000

LAFAYETTE-YALOBUSHA TECHNICAL CENTER PROGRAMS - $450,000

A new Performing Arts Center will include a 1,226seat performing arts auditorium, additional smaller performance spaces, multiple rehearsal rooms, band hall, art gallery, performing arts classrooms, recording studio and faculty offices. This expanded program will include a new Private Pilot Training Program, Ag Aviation Program and an expansion of the Aviation Maintenance Technology Program.

DESOTO CENTER—WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER $750,000

A new innovative workforce training center and instruction building focused on career and technical program development, which may include Culinary Arts & Hospitality, health care programs, and the expansion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

This project will provide new space for the development of career and technical programs including Diesel Mechanic, Carpentry, Robotic Welding, Industrial Electronics, Advanced Manufacturing, and Cyber Security.

Enhancements planned include: expansion to the Practical Nursing Program and additional Health Sciences Programs such as Dental Hygiene, Radiology Technology, Sonography, Occupational Therapy Assistant and expansion of the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

SOCCER / SOFTBALL COMPLEX $330,000

This project will include locker rooms for soccer and softball teams as well as coaches offices and team meeting rooms.

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t is, indeed, both a pleasure and an honor to announce new scholarship endowments, the beginning of a new legacy for those being honored by these scholarships and for the students who will be assisted for generations to come. The beauty of an endowment is that it will continue to help students for as long as this college exists. It

is also wonderful to think of how these students will use their education to make better lives for themselves, for their families and for the communities in which they will live. Thus, it is appropriate to name these pages, “The Legacy Continues,” because the effects of these extraordinary acts of generosity will last forever.

The Robert L. “Mr. C” Carter, III Endowed Scholarship

The Robert L. “Mr. C” Carter, III Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College by his sister, Mary Ann Monteith, brother and sister-inlaw, Benjamin and Melody Carter, family, and friends of the valued longtime Northwest supporter. Carter passed away in September of 2020 at the age of 80. The son of R.L. and Mary Ruth Carter and a sibling to Benjamin and Mary Ann, Carter was raised in Como. He graduated from Como High School before going on to earn his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi, where he studied business and marketing. After college, Carter worked for International Harvester and Sardis Luggage Company before landing at Methodist Health System, where he remained over the company’s volunteer program until his retirement in 2006. Though he never attended Northwest, Carter began following the college’s athletic programs when his brother played baseball for the Rangers during his freshman year. For the rest of his life, his interest in the Rangers never waned. His family describes him as having been a mentor to the players and a friend to the coaches. “Mr. C was someone that I was blessed to call a friend,” said Scott Oakley, assistant football coach. “His love for people in general is something that I will always cherish. He didn’t care who you were or where you came from.” 24

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Carter was so embedded in Northwest athletics, particularly football and basketball, that he would ride the team bus to away games and field calls from out-of-state parents checking on their student-athlete. He fostered relationships with those athletes, encouraging and pushing them to be the best they could be. When current or former players needed a letter of recommendation for a job, “Mr. C” was happy to help. “He was always willing to do anything humanly possible to help young people be successful in life,” Oakley said. “If the world had more Robert Carters, it would be a much better place. Anyone who knew Mr. C was a better person for knowing him.” If family or friends were looking

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for Carter, it was a pretty sure bet that he could be found hanging out on Northwest’s Senatobia campus. “It was wonderful because it was his family,” said his sisterin-law Melody Carter. One of Carter’s good friends in his Northwest family was Danny Ray Cole, the college’s strength and conditioning coach, who passed away in May of 2020. Carter’s family describes him as incredibly outgoing, a person who never met a stranger. Some of his friendships were the result of his approaching people in public to strike up a conversation. He was a straight shooter with players he mentored. He was close with his family, and was like a father to his younger brother. He was a loyal friend, who had a standing lunch appointment with pals every Monday in Como. During his illness and after his passing, his family received calls from all over the country. A former Northwest studentathlete flew in from California for his funeral, a testament to the lasting impact he had on the students he mentored. Carter was a lifelong active member of Como Methodist Church. Outside of the Rangers, he also closely followed Mississippi State University athletics, starting when his brother played baseball for the university after he transferred from Northwest. The Carter scholarship will be awarded to a student in the 11-county district that Northwest serves. The student must have a 3.0 GPA coming out of high school, and maintain a GPA of 2.0 while enrolled at Northwest.

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The Eva M. Covington Endowed Scholarship

The Eva M. Covington Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College to benefit students from Tallahatchie and Yalobusha counties. Covington is a Tallahatchie County native with a heart for helping others. A 43-year employee and passionate advocate for the Head Start Center in Charleston, the facility was renamed the Eva Covington Head Start Center in her honor in 2004. She retired from the Center in 2012. Born in Grenada, Covington grew up in the Charleston/Tillatoba area, and graduated from Allen Carver High School. After high school, she earned her GED through Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, and married Calvin Covington soon after. The couple raised seven children together, and are grandparents and great-grandparents to 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Covington passed away in 2015 after 57 wonderful years of marriage to his wife. Covington began her career with the Delta Hill Educational Association, later taken over by ICS Head Start, in 1969 as a cook. She soon transitioned to the position of rotating aide before being promoted to aide when ICS Head Start took up operations. By 1983, she was promoted to teacher, and later became the organization’s assistant director. In addition to her regular duties on the job, she was also instrumental in acquiring a bus for the program several years before she retired. When she was informed of the intention to name the facility for her, she was stunned. “It was unbelievable,” Covington said. “It was a great honor to me.” Not only has she poured years of passion and hard work into Charleston’s Head Start Center, Covington has also put in significant time and effort over the years in raising money for cancer research through the American Cancer Society’s annual Rally for a Cure event. She is also an active member of the Blue Cane Community Center, and has received the Living Legend Award from

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church’s choir, and serving as president of the Missionary Society, chairman of the fellowship hall, and as a youth and adult Sunday school teacher. The Eva M. Covington Endowed Scholarship will be awarded to a student from Tallahatchie County. If there are no eligible students from Tallahatchie County, the scholarship will go to a student from Yalobusha County. Each recipient must maintain a 2.0 GPA while enrolled at Northwest.

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Charleston’s C.A.R.E. (Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort) organization. Additionally, she is known for her willingness to personally assist local families in need, though she is quick to point out that she is not the only one. “I like the people in Tallahatchie County because we really help one another when there’s a need,” she said. “Everybody knows everybody, and it makes a big difference.” The scholarship was endowed by Mississippi Rep. Tommy Reynolds and his wife Liz. The Reynolds’, a fellow Tallahatchie County couple, have supported Head Start, as well as the American Cancer Society, through Covington’s involvement. Mr. Reynolds recently called Covington to tell her about the new scholarship in her name. “It brought tears to my eyes,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it.” Reynolds said the decision was easy. “She’s done so much for educational needs with Head Start,” he said. “I think she’s a wonderful example for others. She has always been active in her community, and she’s done so much good.” In her retirement, Covington reports that her favorite hobbies are going to Walmart and working in her yard. She has been a dedicated member of Little Hubbard Baptist Church in Charleston for 62 years, serving on numerous committees in that time, leading the

The Delta Trauma Care Region Scholarship

The Delta Trauma Care Region Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College to help fund the education of students working to become EMTs, paramedics and nurses. The scholarship was established by the nonprofit organization in December 2020. According to Cherri Rickels, former regional director for the Delta Trauma Care Region, the scholarship came to fruition as a result of the consolidation of the Mississippi State Trauma System’s various branches across the state into its current singular foundation in Jackson. Leftover trauma funding that had been distributed among the branches prompted Delta Trauma Care Region leaders to look for a way to give back through education. “Our hope is that the students that get the scholarship will stay in Mississippi and help trauma patients here,” Rickels said. The system has been around for more than 20 years, though some of the laws related to it were only put into effect in the last 10-15 years. Partial funding for the organization comes from money collected through traffic violations, such as speeding tickets and DUIs. Additionally, individuals that purchase Spring 2021 | Northwest Now

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recreational vehicles, such as motorcycles, four-wheelers or jet skis, pay a $50 fee to the trauma system, per state law. A small portion of the cost of a car tag in Mississippi also goes toward paying for trauma care for patients in the state. According to the Mississippi State Trauma Foundation, its primary purposes are to lessen and minimize the cost burden to the trauma system and develop and administer a uniform, nonfragmented, inclusive statewide trauma care system by providing leadership and administrative services to promote and improve organizational efficiency.

The Tim and Stephanie Mullins School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship

The Tim and Stephanie Mullins School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College. The scholarship will be awarded to students going into any program within the college’s School of Health Sciences. Both Tim and Stephanie Mullins have backgrounds in health care, making the scholarship a personal and meaningful way to give back. Dr. Stephanie Mullins, dean of the School of Health Sciences, is a Memphis native who graduated from what was then the Baptist School of Nursing. She received her bachelor’s degree from Union University, master’s degree from Arkansas State University and her doctorate in nursing and acute care nurse practitioner from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She began her career as an ICU nurse with a focus in cardiology, also conducting clinical research on drugs and stent trials. Later, she entered the world of education, accepting a teaching position at Baptist College of Health Sciences (now Baptist Health Sciences University), followed by the Loewenberg College of Nursing at the University of Memphis. After earning her doctorate, she began practicing as a nurse practitioner and director of a congestive heart failure clinic. 26

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She moved to Oxford, and worked with an internal medicine practice, but her goal was always to get back into education. “I loved teaching and impacting student development,” she said. “Every educator will always tell you there’s just something about seeing a student have that lightbulb Tim and Stephanie Mullins moment when something clicks, and they begin to understand what you primarily with the football team until have been trying to teach them.” he was offered the job of head athletic Eventually, she applied for a Practical trainer for the football program at Nursing faculty position at Northwest. Ole Miss in 1997. He accepted, and In that interview, Dr. David Campbell, remained at his alma mater until now-retired vice president of Workforce 2012, when he was forced to medically Solutions and Career-Technical retire following two neck surgeries. Education, asked if she was interested As a couple with a passion for health in being the director of the Practical care, it makes sense that they would Nursing program instead. She was, want to give back to students in the field. and after three years, she was made One might assume, however, that the the dean of the newly created School idea to give back through Northwest of Health Sciences, which simply would have been Stephanie Mullins’, involved moving all of the college’s given her connection to the college. She health care programs into one school. proudly stated that was not the case. “Being under one umbrella helps to “It was Tim’s idea,” she said. “I formulate a cohesive group where we all really thought that was special because have the same vision and mission,” she I could’ve easily said let’s do this since said. “We’re all health care providers, this is where I work, but I thought and we all want to help meet the it was neat coming from him.” community’s needs in training excellent For Tim Mullins, an alumnus and students to be great professionals. In former employee of a handful of doing so, we’ve been able to combine universities, the reason he wants to a lot of resources together.” give through Northwest is simple. Tim Mullins, a native of Oxford, is a “Throughout the years with the University of Mississippi graduate who different places I worked and went studied exercise science and worked to school, ever since I came on as a student athletic trainer in his time campus here, I’ve felt like it’s just a there. He earned his master’s degree place that cares,” he said. “It’s the in exercise science from the University only place I’ve been that just feels of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he like the whole place cares about the was a graduate assistant athletic trainer students, from the custodial staff to the for the baseball and football teams. teachers to the athletic department After completing his education, he and up through administration.” was hired as the head athletic trainer at He pointed to the fact that students the University of Tennessee at Martin. can buy lunch in the main campus’s He stayed for four years, working cafeteria for $5 as an example, saying

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The Vicki Earl Phillips Endowed Scholarship

The Vicki Earl Phillips Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College by family and friends to benefit students from Lake Cormorant High School. Victoria “Vicki” Phillips, an art teacher at Lake Cormorant, passed away in May of 2020. She is the daughter of Thomas “Dick” Earl and Marjorie Ferguson Earl, and sibling to brothers David Davis and Olen Earl and sister Mary Anne Earl Pickett. Some of the funds raised for the endowment were donated by Mrs. Earl, who made and sold face masks to her daughter’s fellow teachers at Lake Cormorant. She is described as having been “a delight to all who knew her.” A 1995 graduate of Hernando High School, Phillips went on to graduate from Northwest and the University of Mississippi, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. After graduation, Phillips worked at the Olive Branch and Hernando branches of the First Regional Library. She often painted murals for the libraries, and was well known by many Hernando citizens, with children often pointing out the “library lady” around town.

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Phillips began working at Lake Cormorant High School in 2006, and remained there as a teacher until her passing. She is described as a beloved teacher who often went above and beyond what was required of her to nurture, guide and challenge her students. Teaching brought her much joy, and she cared deeply for her students, following many of their journeys even after they graduated. She was an advocate for the school’s art program and the creator of Arts in the Swamp, which showcased student artwork and helped gain support for the overall program. A gifted artist in her own right, her favorite mediums were pencil and watercolor. One of her most popular commissioned items was a child or pet portrait, with many locals decorating their homes with her work. Phillips was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hernando since birth. She was baptized there, joined the church and later directed the nursery and cared for the children of the church for 20 years. Many children in Hernando were in her care on Sunday mornings and at other church functions. Her faith was strong, and she was consistent about checking on her people and offering to pray for their troubles. In 2013, Phillips met the love of her life, Eric Phillips. They married two years later, and settled into their new home together in Hernando. The couple

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shared a mutual love of pets, movies and travel. Her husband’s favorite past time is drag racing, and she was his most enthusiastic supporter at races. The couple also loved spending time with their families and friends. As Phillips was two months older than her husband, he often affectionately joked about marrying an “older” woman who thought she was the boss. As a friend, she is described as being “wholesome, uplifting and fun.” She was a person free of pretense, who entertained with weird voices and crazy faces and danced like no one was watching. She also loved to dress in costume. To put it simply, she lived life to the fullest. Her servant heart was known to many, and continued to give to others even after her death, as she was an organ donor. As quoted in her favorite musical, her loved ones say that all who knew her “have been changed for good.” The Phillips scholarship will be awarded to a student who took Art at Lake Cormorant. If there are no applicants that fit this criteria, the scholarship will be awarded to a student from Lake Cormorant High School. The student must maintain a 2.5 GPA while enrolled at Northwest.

The Walter E. “Sonny” and Wanda F. Ruby Endowment The Walter E. “Sonny” and Wanda F. Ruby Endowment has been established by their children, Sherri Ligon, Jerry Ruby, Dennis Ruby, Pamela Hall, Wanda Brown, and Walter L. Ruby, to honor their parents for their lives of devoted sacrifice and love they gave to their children. Walter and Wanda Ruby worked hard to provide for their children, and even though they did not extend their education past high school, the couple instilled the value of education and hard work in their children. Four of the couple’s children and several of their grandchildren are graduates of Northwest. Walter Ruby was one of nine children born in Lafayette County to parents Clarence and Bessie Ruby. Wanda Ruby was born in Archer County, Spring 2021 | Northwest Now

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Texas, to parents Odas and Opal Blair. The couple met and married in 1951, when Walter Ruby was serving in the U.S. Air Force at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. Wanda Ruby was a full-time wife and mother, while Walter Ruby was employed in the oil industry in Texas. When the couple relocated to Memphis, Walter Ruby accepted a position as a maintenance supervisor at Firestone, and his wife worked for the Internal Revenue Service, from which she retired. Walter Ruby died in 2007, and Wanda Ruby passed away in 2020. The scholarship is to be awarded to a student enrolled for the first time in any Career-Technical Education program and is a degree-seeking student. The student must maintain a 2.0 GPA to continue receiving the scholarship.

The Jerry and Carol Stigler Endowed Scholarship

The Jerry and Carol Stigler Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwest Mississippi Community College to honor two champions of public education, who got their start as a couple on the grounds of the college’s main campus. The Delta Regional Foundation started the scholarship in January of 2021. It will be awarded to a student in an education-related career pathway, with recipients required to maintain a GPA of 3.0 while enrolled at Northwest. 28

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Neither Carol nor Jerry Stigler she said. “I think it was God’s plan attended Northwest, but both were because I really didn’t even know once employed by the college. where Senatobia was before then.” Carol Stigler is a Memphis In 1976, Jerry Stigler moved on to the native and Whitehaven High Training Department at Baddour, Inc., School graduate, who went on where the company was busy trying to to earn a Bachelor of Arts in standardize its Fred’s stores. Upon his English from Union University in departure from that company, he dove Jackson, Tenn., and a Master of back into education, serving as high Education in counseling from the school principal, U.S. history teacher University of Memphis. She also and girls basketball coach over multiple participated in Advanced Study years with Senatobia High School. He at the University of Mississippi, then began working with Tate County maintaining a 4.0 GPA and earning Schools until his retirement in 2006, academic awards in her time there. though he continued working for the Drew High School graduate district part-time for several years. In Jerry Stigler spent his freshman addition, he has taught at Northwest year of college at Ole Miss before as an adjunct professor, and served transferring to Delta State University, as an announcer at sporting events where he earned his undergraduate for the college and Senatobia High degree in secondary education and School. He is currently still acting was a member of the college’s baseball as the “Voice of the Warriors.” team. He received a master’s degree in “He’s calling out kids that were guidance and school administration, children of players he called out and believes himself to be in the first years ago,” his wife said. class of master’s graduates at DSU. As for Carol Stigler, she went on to In the early days of her career, Carol work for Senatobia city schools for 30 Stigler taught high school English for years after leaving Northwest, serving in a year in Tennessee, followed by three the school district’s Central Office until years in Hernando. Jerry Stigler taught her retirement in 2006. Post-retirement, and coached for two years in Moorhead she worked in educational consulting before moving on to a guidance with the Excellence Group for around counselor position at E.E. Bass Junior five years. She has also served on the High School, followed by Greenville High School. After, he went home to Drew, assuming the positions of both assistant superintendent and high school principal. Then, in 1970, fate stepped in. He accepted a job as an admissions counselor and social studies instructor at Northwest, remaining in those roles until 1972, when he took over as registrar for the college. That is when Carol Stigler arrived on campus, having accepted her nowhusband’s previous position as an admissions counselor. “I came in July, we were engaged in October and got married in December,” Jerry and Carol Stigler

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Senatobia Municipal School District’s School Board for the past decade. Between them, the couple has an impressive number of years working in public education, a world that ranks high among their priorities. “Public education is our passion,” Carol Stigler said. “We have a heart for children, teaching and learning, and teacher education because when we started, we didn’t have anything but a piece of chalk and a blackboard. Teaching today requires so many more skills.” Their scholarship at Northwest, designated for a student in an educationrelated field, feels personal to them. “We’ve seen the desire to go into education diminish over the years, and we hope this might help somebody who would be the type of educator we need,” Jerry Stigler said, his wife adding that she and her husband both worked their way through school, and they understand that every penny counts. The Stiglers have two children, Ben and Katie, and three grandchildren. They have been members of the First Baptist Church, where they wed, since 1972. The couple has been deeply involved in church activities over the years, with Jerry Stigler active in the choir for more than 40 years and serving as director of the Sunday School program and a deacon. Carol Stigler has been a Sunday School teacher for the church, and also taught a class for young couples for 14 years with her husband. Additionally, Jerry Stigler is a member of the Optimist Club and a Gideon, playing golf and following Senatobia sports in his free time. Carol Stigler enjoys reading and cooking. The couple also stays busy cheering on their grandchildren in all of their activities.

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The Sterling and Lilibeth Withers Endowed Scholarship has been established by the couple at Northwest Mississippi Community College. The Withers’ reside in Tunica, and wish for their scholarship to benefit a

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Tunica Academy student. Sterling Withers is a 1969 graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community College. He is originally from Lake Cormorant, and grew up on a cotton farm. He attended Tunica County High School, and graduated from Hernando High School. Shortly after earning his associate’s degree from Northwest, he was drafted and served for two years in the Army, with one year of service in Vietnam. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and the Purple Heart. Shortly after his return home Sterling and Lilibeth Withers to Tunica, he left for Louisiana to work on off-shore oil rigs. in Grenada. They also enjoy following However, he could not shake the thought Tunica Academy athletics and Magnolia that he needed to go back to school, Heights activities, and are loving and soon enrolled at Mississippi State grandparents to five grandchildren. University, where he earned a Bachelor Sterling Withers has served in a of Science in Agricultural Economics. long list of leadership roles over the After graduation, he accepted a years. He has been on the board at position working as an assistant farm Tunica Academy, and has served on the manager for Bunker Hunt, an American boards for Catfish Farmers of America oil company executive who also owned and Catfish Farmers of Mississippi, 26 farms and ranches across the United including as president of all three. He States at that time. Later, Withers made has been a member of the Northwest the decision to strike out on his own, Foundation board for roughly six and went into the catfish business in years, and is its current president. 1979. He remained in the business Additionally, he has given his time to for the rest of his career, being one of the Farm Services Administration. the original stockholders in Tunica’s Being on the Foundation board has Pride of the Pond, providing farmgiven him a whole new appreciation for raised catfish to the processing plant. the positive impact the college is having Lilibeth Withers grew up in Tunica, throughout its 11-county district. though she attended high school “We wanted to give back to Northwest at Lausanne Collegiate School in because it’s been so good for this area,” Memphis. At Mississippi State, she he said. “As a student, Northwest met the love of her life, and the gave me the affordable opportunity to couple married in 1975. She served develop my time management skills her family as a housewife, managing and think about what I really wanted their home and helping to raise the to do in life. Starting my college career couple’s three children, Sarah Whitten, at Northwest has been one of the Tom and Myra. Though none of the best decisions I have ever made.” couple’s children attended full-time at His philosophy for paying Northwest, all three took advantage of it forward is simple. summer session classes at the college. “If you’re able to give back, Sterling and Lilibeth Withers have give back,” he said. been very active in their longtime Students receiving the Withers church, Tunica Presbyterian. They are scholarship will be required to also active in the Northwest Mississippi maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher Emmaus Community, a Christian retreat while enrolled at Northwest Spring 2021 | Northwest Now

In Memoriam WILLIAM STEPHEN “EAGLE” BOX

William Stephen “Eagle” Box, 71, of Bruce, was born on August 2, 1949 and passed from this life on February 4, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. Steve was one of two children born to the late Lindal Durant Box and Cleo McKibben Box. Steve graduated from Bruce High School in 1967 and continued his education at Northwest Mississippi Community College where he obtained an Associate Degree. He served on the Northwest Alumni Board of Directors as representative for Calhoun County. He spent over twenty years standing beside grieving families as a Funeral Director and Pre-Need Counselor at Parker Memorial Funeral Homes. When Steve was not working, he could be found piddling on his farm and tending to his hunting ground. He also enjoyed cooking for his friends. Eagle, a name Steve picked up while playing football in high school, was an avid sports fan and Ole Miss Rebel fanatic. Steve was a member of First Baptist Church of Bruce. He leaves behind a loving family to continue walking down the path of life in his absence: sweet, spirited wife, Rita Rasberry Box of Bruce; two sons: Brandon Box of Bruce and Stephen (Candice) Box of Bruce; three grandchildren: Raegan Box (Kyle Simmons) of Pontotoc; Sadie Box of Bruce, and Sofie Box of Bruce; one sister Brenda (Fred) Pettigrew of Nettleton.

PAUL HENRY MCCULLAR

Paul Henry McCullar of Senatobia, MS was born on July 29, 1939 in Water Valley, MS. He passed away on March 1, 2021 at the age of 81, at Baptist DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Southaven, MS. Paul graduated from Water Valley High School in 1958. After high school, he attended Northwest Mississippi Community College for two years before going to work at the railroad (ICC). Paul worked for the railroad for 42 years before retiring. After retiring, he worked an additional 10 years for Right of Way 30

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Consulting. He would often drive a charter bus for his church, Ole Miss, and Northwest. He served on the Northwest MS Community College Alumni Board of Directors as representative from Tate County. Paul is a veteran of the National Guard where he served for 10 years. Paul Henry was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He went above and beyond for all of his family. Paul enjoyed having family cookouts, spending time the family and friends, coming to his cabin in Water Valley with his wife and their dog, Vega. He enjoyed taking his great-grandson to as many Northwest football, baseball, and basketball games as they could make it to. Watching his great-grandson play baseball was one of his favorite things in the world to do. He never missed a game. Paul enjoyed talking to anyone that would listen to him and he always had something to talk about. He was the most concerned and thoughtful person any of us have known. He loved his church family and attending events with the church. Paul was devoted to his family and couldn’t have been a better husband, father, grandfather, or great-grandfather. He will truly and deeply be missed by all that knew him. Paul is survived by his high school sweetheart and wife of 60 years, Marvelene McCullar; daughter, Amy Wilbourn, and her husband Alan; two granddaughters, Alana (James) Leist and Amanda Wilbourn, and one great-grandson, Braxton Daniel.

JO ELLEN LOGAN

Jo Ellen Logan, retired speech and theatre instructor at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi died on Friday, April 2, 2021 at her home in Senatobia following a long illness. Logan, a native of DeSoto County Mississippi, was born December 22, 1953 to Joseph Lewis Logan and Alice Ruth Head Logan. After graduating from Horn Lake High School, Northwest Mississippi Junior College and Delta State University in Cleveland Mississippi, she earned her Master’s Degree from (then) Memphis State University. She began teaching at Northwest in 1975, later becoming Chair of the Speech and Theatre Department. She directed many productions including Cats, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, and The King and I. Her talents were not limited to directing. She acted in

a number of plays and used her sewing talents as costume designer for many productions. She served as co-chair of adjudicators for the Northwest Theatre Alliance for 13 years and was one of the adjudicators who determined the recipients of the Allie theatre awards. In 2017 Logan was honored with the establishment and endowment of the Jo Ellen Logan Endowed Scholarship through the Northwest Foundation. The Northwest Players Club, a student organization, helped raise funds for the scholarship by selling T-shirts, sponsoring talent shows, and providing donation jars at concession stands at local Fine Arts events. Friends, family, supporters of the arts, and colleagues also contributed to the fundraising efforts. The scholarship is awarded to students studying theatre. Logan served Senatobia Presbyterian Church as pianist, elder, choir director, and director of the Prayer Shawl Ministry. She enjoyed teaching crochet to friends and church members. Jo Ellen enjoyed quilting with her mother and organized a quilt exhibition at Northwest. A talented artist, Logan specialized in watercolor as a medium. Until her health declined, Logan served as a volunteer with HOPE Ministries and was a past president of the Culture Club of Senatobia. She also served on the Historic Preservation Commission for the city of Senatobia. Logan is survived by her brother Tim Logan (Leslie), of Bentonville, Ark., two nephews Evan (Kathe) and Joseph (Caroline), one niece, Anna Katherine Logan, five great nieces and nephews, and her long-time friend and caregiver Maggie Black. She also leaves a great number of relatives and friends.

ROSEMARY SIMMONS

Rosemary Simmons, 80, passed away peacefully on January 15, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto. Rosemary was born December 8, 1940, in Tylertown, MS. Miss Simmons was a longtime educator. She began her career in education as a faculty member in the Picayune Mississippi City School System before finding her home at Northwest Mississippi Community College (NWCC) in 1970. As a lover of the fine arts, she found her place teaching students to appreciate arts and was promoted to Director of the Fine Arts department in 1986, prior to her retirement. Miss Simmons’ excellence in teaching was recognized in 2003 when she received the Tate County Educator of the Year award.

During her tenure with NWCC, Rosemary touched many students’ lives with her caring and charming personality. Her work ethic and dedication to her employer and students were unmatched – which was displayed during her hospitalization prior to her death, when her former students had the opportunity to reciprocate their love for her with their care. Rosemary loved to travel and made lifelong friends during her adventures. She was passionately devoted to those friendships and was always a helping hand to those in need. Miss Simmons was a member of First United Methodist Church in Senatobia, MS. Miss Simmons is preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Opal McMullan Simmons; and her sister, Martha June Waldron. She is survived by her devoted brother, James Robert “Bob” Simmons (Terry) of Columbus, IN; and a host of loving cousins and lifelong friends.

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HOW THE

‘West won.’ Story By Brian Lentz

After five years of waiting, the championship drought finally came to an end for Northwest football in December 2020. With a 40-13 victory at Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Rangers brought home, not one, but two trophies for winning MACCC and National Community College Football Championship titles, granting Northwest its fourth national championship and its 10th conference title. The Rangers also snapped the Bulldogs' 21-game winning streak that dated back to the 2018 season. "It feels great," Northwest coach Benjy Parker said. "Everybody in our league had ups and downs with COVID-19, but our entire conference deserves a pat on the back for battling and making it through the season. I'm just proud of our team for getting this win." After the game, the Rangers were presented with another MACCC Coach of the Year award for Parker and the MACCC Championship trophy. Also, in a move that was announced just days before the contest, Northwest was also awarded with the National Community College Football Championship trophy, which will go down as a national title for the fall season. Both honors are the first for Parker since taking over as head coach in 2016. Parker previously helped Northwest to a national championship in 2015 as the Rangers' defensive coordinator. Northwest concluded the 2020 season at 6-0 overall, marking the program's first undefeated season since 2000 (10-0) and only the fourth all-time. 32

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EARNS TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS AT COLLEGE NATIONALS Story By Brian Lentz

After a near 20-year absence, Northwest Mississippi Community College's cheerleading program made a triumphant return to the UCA and UDA College Nationals this week, earning a pair of national championships. Under the direction of second-year coach Brandon Casey, Northwest competed in two categories, Game Day Cheer & Mascot and Open Cheer. In the Open Co-Ed Game Day division of the cheer and mascot category, Northwest earned a performance score of 94.9 in the semifinals and a 95.6 in the championship finals, finishing above Drury University and a pair of Division I programs, Northwestern State and

Grand Canyon University. In the Open Cheer category, Northwest rallied from a third-place finish in the Open Small Co-Ed semifinals to earn an 86.5 performance score in the finals, finishing ahead of Trine University and Coastal Alabama Community College. "This was such an amazing opportunity for us," Casey said. "We are beyond blessed to have such a great support system from the college. Our athletes worked so hard all year long cheering on the Rangers and getting to represent Northwest by earning a pair of championships on the national stage is a huge honor."

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memorials/honorariums

The Legacy of Memorial and Honorarium Gifts A great many of the gifts that are received by the Northwest Foundation are given to pay tribute to those who have profoundly impacted the lives of others—parents, siblings, teachers, sons and daughters. Some gifts are designated for permanently endowed scholarship funds, which means the gift “keeps on giving” forever. The memorial and honorarium gifts listed were given between November 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021 in appreciation both to those who gave the gifts and to those who have lived extraordinary and inspirational lives. If you wish to make a memorial or honorarium gift, please contact the Foundation Office at 662-560-1112.

MEMORIALS SAM AND RUTH ANN ALLISON by Mr. James R. Bryant Mrs. Beverly Gaddy Mrs. Joyce Randall

JIMMY NEAL ANDREWS

by Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Dye Mrs. Lisa J. Selph

MARY BRIDGERS ARCHER by Mr. Steve Cummings

DR. MAC BAXTER

by Mayor N. C. Ferguson Jr.

JOE BECKUM

by Mr. Bobby Franklin

DIANE BIFFLE

by Ms. Toni Barden Mrs. Pam Briscoe

Mr. and Mrs. Leon McCullouch

A. W. AND LANELLE BOUCHILLON by

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Applegate Mr. and Mrs. Barry Bouchillon Mr. Richard C. Bouchillon Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bouchillon Mr. and Mrs. George Frisbee Ms. Susan D. Jackson Ms. Susan Millette Mr. and Mrs. Don Waller Mr. and Mrs. Bart Wise

STEVE BOX

by Ms. Betty Holland

RON BRADLEY

by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

JERRY BREWER

by Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Hasselman

ANN BRIDGFORTH

DEBBIE MUSGROVE BILLINGSLEY

by Mr. Kevin Doddridge Ms. Debbie Perkins

CAMERON BLOUNT

JOE & MARY LOUISE WYNNE BROADWAY

by Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Billingsley by

Mr. Don Clanton Dr. Matthew Domas Mr. Wayne Ferguson Dr. Don Jones Mrs. Marla Y. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Greg Mote Mr. and Mrs. Bill Selby Mr. Dan Smith Ms. Carla Townsend Mr. Tommy Watson Ms. Linda Webb

by Mr. and Mrs. Marc Montville Ms. Jean Nunnally

GARY BROWNING

by Mr. Steve Cummings

ROBERT BUNCE

by Mr. and Mrs. Sturgis Monteith

ROBBIE H. BUTTS

by Mr. and Mrs. Don K. Scipper

ELIZABETH BOBO

EONE CALDWELL

ESTELLE BOBO

ROY CAMPBELL

by Ms. Julie Gavin

by Mr. and Mrs. Justin Bobo

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by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cushman by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

HOWARD AND EDNA CARPENTER by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Coats Mrs. Leighton Miller

TOMMY CARPENTER

by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Coats

ROBERT L. CARTER by

Mr. Robert Anders Mr. and Mrs. Donny Castle Mrs. Allison Eoff Mrs. Martha F. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hale Hernando Smiles Mr. Stanley Hill Mr. Troy Howell Mr. Charles Jones Mr. James Jones Mr. and Mrs. James R. Monteith Ms. Patricia Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Brian Oakes Mr. Scott Oakley Mr. Shane Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Roome Jr. Mr. Dan Smith Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Smith Jr. Mrs. Casey Wells Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wiygul

BELA J. & RUBY BLACK CHAIN by Dr. and Mrs. Buddy Chain Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hunter

BETTY CHANCE

by Dr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Chance

RITA C. CHANCE

by Dr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Chance

TONY CHANCE

by Dr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Chance

WANDA CHRESTMAN

by Mr. Steve Cummings

memorials/honorariums REGINA CLARK by

Mr. and Mrs. Perry Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Frank Givens Ms. Sarah Holt Mr. Gary Pagels Mr. John David Randall

DANNY RAY COLE

by Mr. Robert Anders Mr. and Mrs. Perry Arrington Mr. James Baker Mr. Robert Bateman and Dr. Marilyn Bateman Mr. Martin Bolen Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown Mr. Atavis Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Donny Castle Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cole Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Cole Ms. Eva J. Collins Mr. and Mrs. William Cowans Mr. Sylvester Croom Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dandridge Ms. Marie Divinity Mrs. Allison Eoff Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Eppenger Ms. Sharron C. Ford Ms. Glynda Hall Dr. Kimberly Hamilton-Wims Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Herrington Mr. Stanley Hill Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hobbs Mr. Mark Hogan Mr. Troy Howell Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Jennings Mr. Charles Jones Mr. James Jones Ms. Mary Jones Ms. Juliana Lamar Ms. Helen McClellan Ms. Louise McMillan Mrs. Becky Moore Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Brian Oakes Mr. Scott Oakley Mr. Shane Oakley Mr. and Mrs. Benjy Parker Mr. and Mrs. John S. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Terry Potts Mr. and Mrs. Mike Robison Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ross Mr. Dan Smith Mrs. Rita H. Springer Mr. Rodney Steele Mr. and Mrs. Greg Steinman

Dr. Chuck Strong Mr. Willie Sumner Mrs. Nancy Vickers Ms. Linda Webb Mr. and Mrs. William Wigley Mr. Lawrence Young

ED ELSON

by Mrs. Sylvia Hickey

RAIFORD AND INEZ FANCHER by Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Smith Mr. and Mrs. William G. Yates

FLORENCE COLEMAN

ANTHONY FARESE

BROWNIE CRAWFORD

MR. AND MRS. NORRIS FAUST, SR.

by Mrs. Sylvia Hickey by

Mrs. Dorris Crawford Mr. Len Crawford Mr. Jacob Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Scott McDonald Reedy Acres Foundation

ALAN CROCKETT by

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Carlisle Mrs. Anne B. Crockett Mr. Mark Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ellingburg Mr. and Mrs. Todd Latham Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Nickens Mr. Robin Robison

by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Earwood by Mr. and Mrs. Norris Faust Jr.

DR. AND MRS. JOHN FLOWERS by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stigler

WILLIAM D. FLY

by Mrs. Catherine Miller Mr. and Mrs. Gary Walker

MELVIN FORD

by Mr. Steve Cummings

CLARK FREEMAN

by Mayor N. C. Ferguson Jr.

DONALD DAVIS

AARON GERMAN

EDITH DAVIS

EDDIE GIVENS

JANE DAVIS

JAMES P. GRAEBER

PAMELA JOYCE DAY

LEWIS GRAEBER

FRANCES MARIE DEAN

BILLIE B. GRAY

JEFFREY DEAN

A. Q. GREER

LARRY E. DHORITY

JESSICA GRESHAM

by Mr. and Mrs. William Correro by Mrs. Frances Jean Neely by Mr. Jerry Davis by Ms. Beverly S. Thompson by Mr. and Mrs. William Fite by Mr. Steve Cummings by

Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Dhority Mrs. Patricia B. Dhority David Braddock and Patsy Gulbin Ms. Rita Tanner Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace

DINAH M. DUGGER

by Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr.

by Mrs. Betty Salmon by Mrs. Jean Steadham by Graeber Foundation by Graeber Foundation by Mrs. Mary Gray by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Givens by Mr. John Laine

JULIA HALL

by Ms. Rita Tanner Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace

ROBERT LEE HALL

by David Braddock and Patsy Gulbin

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memorials/honorariums LORETTA HANKS

by Mr. Mahendra Agrawal Mr. and Mrs. Sameer Agrawal

PETE AND PAULINE HARRIS by Dr. and Mrs. Walter Wicker

WILLIAM HICKEY

by Mrs. Pat Hickey Mrs. Sylvia Hickey

TOMMY HOGAN

by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Glover Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harris

ANNIE G. HOWELL

by Mrs. Allison Eoff Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Herrington Ms. Linda Webb

KELLY W. HUDSON by Mrs. Kim Holt

ROBERT HYDE by

Mr. Sherman E. Austin Ms. Effie J. Boothe Ms. Bettye J. Caldwell Mr. Terry Foster Mr. Willie J. Hamilton Reverend and Mrs. John Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Larry Henderson Ms. Daisy Herring Mrs. Cathryn Hyde Ms. Deborah James Mrs. Helen M. James Mr. Gene Leland Reverend and Mrs. Rufus L. Lloyd Ms. Mary A. Love Ms. Annie Jones Ray Ms. Lourine J. Robinson Mrs. Mildred Washington

HAROLD INGRAM

by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Austin Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Ross

JAMES JACKSON

JERRY JENKINS

DAVID LOFTIN

KITTY JENKINS

JO ELLEN LOGAN

by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Brewer by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwerdt

BERT JOHNSON

by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Amorosi

CHARLES R. JOHNSON

by Mr. and Mrs. Donald Amorosi

CHARLOTTE JOHNSTON

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RUBY ELLEN MAGERS

by Mr. and Mrs. James Brett Curtis

PAULINE MARCHBANKS

Ms. Alyssa Algee Mrs. Lacey Gentry Ms. Glynda Hall Ms. LeeLee Haraway Dr. Sherry Lusk Ms. Alisa June Turner

MS. KANE

by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams

BETTYE R. KELLY

by Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr.

FINIS N. AND VERA D. KELLY by Ms. Dale K. Thompson

DONALD KEY

by Ms. Catherine Cashion by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Marchbanks Jr.

JOYCE MATLOCK

by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

JERRY MCCARSON

by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

BILL MCCARTY

by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

STEVE MCCLELLAN by Mr. Dan Smith

W.L. MCFERRIN

by Mrs. Sylvia Hickey

by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Burkes Ms. Brenda Kell Mr. John Still

PENNIE MCKINNEY

KHALID KHOURI

by Dr. and Mrs. Max Juchheim Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mayfield

by Mr. Bud Donahou Ms. Kholoud Khoury

HOLLY KOONCE

by Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Branan

PAUL LAWRENCE

ELIZABETH WYNNE LEWIS

by Mr. and Mrs. Brett Curtis

JASON JONES

LARRY J. JAMES

by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jarjoura

DEXTER MAGERS

BARBRA W. MANNING

by Mr. Dennis Cobb

JORDAN A. JARJOURA

by Ms. Cindy Clark Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rogers

by Mr. Marcus Perkins Mr. and Mrs. Greg Steinman

by Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Duncan Mrs. Barbara Lawrence

by Mr. Steve Cummings Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Heindl

by Ms. Betty Holland

Mr. Pat Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Chris McCall Mr. and Mrs. Marc Montville Ms. Jean Nunnally

by Ms. Mary P. Chandler

MARIGLYN N. MEACHAM

SANDRA KAY MERRILL

by Mr. and Mrs. Dreher Harris

NOLAN METTETAL by

Mr. and Mrs. Mack Aldridge Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Arnold Boren and Hawkins, Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boyles Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr. Judge and Mrs. George Carlson Robert and Dawn Carpenter Dr. and Mrs. David C. Cole Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hawkins Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Herrington

memorials/honorariums Lee and Pam Howell Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hutcheson Mr. Roy A. Hutcheson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James R. Johnson III Mr. and Mrs. J. Gary Kornegay Lafayette County Republican Party Mr. Bob Leigh Mr. Luke Montgomery Governor Ronnie Musgrove and Dr. Melody Musgrove Mrs. Patricia Nix Panola Partnership Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Paulk Mr. and Mrs. Gary Proper Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Reed Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robertson Mr. Jeffrey Rosamond Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Shideler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Shuler Dr. Patsy Sledge Mrs. Betty Jo Sorey Trustmark Bank Lietuenant Governor Amy Tuck

BILL NELMS

DOT MITCHELL

by Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gant Jr. Ms. Katy L. Garber

CHIEF BILL MOORE

by Mrs. Becky Moore

MARY ALICE A. MOORMAN by Mr. John David Randall

JOEL D. MORRIS

by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tallo

LEONARD MORRIS by

Mr. Sherman E. Austin Mrs. Catherine Ferguson Ms. Daisy Herring Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Morris Mrs. Lillian Morris-Hilson

J. K. AND NORMA MOTE by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horn Mr. and Mrs. Phil Mote

by Mr. Zabron A. Davis IV

JEFFREY NICHOLS

by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Thompson

MAXINE DUNN D. NICHOLS by Mr. Harold Nichols

WALTER E. NORWOOD

by Mayor N. C. Ferguson Jr.

C. W. PARKER

by Dr. and Mrs. Steve Akre

W. B. AND POLLY PERKINS by Ms. Debbie Perkins

W.P. PERKINS

by Mrs. Frances C. Perkins

J. P. & VIRGINIA PHILLIPS

by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cushman

VICKI EARL PHILLIPS

Mr. and Mrs. Mabry Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bailey Mrs. Marjorie Earl Mr. and Mrs. Olen Earl Ms. Melissa Evans Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harris Ms. Linda B. Hockaday Mrs. Marian Norwood Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Parker Dr. Amy Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Wall Ms. Sharon Worley Ms. Margaret W. Wright

JOAN PIERCE

STEPHEN PURDY

by Mrs. Vickie M. Bradley Ms. Beverly Mulloy Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

MILDRED AND ROBERT REDDING by Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Redding Mr. and Mrs. James Redding

DAVID RHODES

by Mr. Steve Cummings

CHARLIE ROBINSON

by Mr. Steve Cummings

C. R. RIALS

by Mrs. Carolyn Rials

ELIZABETH J. RILEY

by Mayor N. C. Ferguson Jr.

NORMA SHUFORD RISER

by Ms. Katherine Pinter Dr. and Mrs. Ray Thweatt

RANDY ROBERTS

by Mr. Steve Cummings

FLOYD ROBERTSON

by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Ramage

WALTER AND WANDA F. RUBY

by Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brown Mr. and Mrs. Edwin McDonald

ROBERT SANDERS

by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown

DERRICK SCOTT

Raiford Pittman by Dr. Jeptha Clemens

TIM SHORTER

SCOTT POTTS

by Ms. Peggy M. Mark

FOMAN AND NITA MUSSELWHITE

GUY PURDY

by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Lilly

Mrs. Mary E. Purdy

by Dr. and Mrs. Walter Wicker

BAXTER H. MURPHREE

Ms. Mary Ellen Baker Mr. and Mrs. Tony Daley Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harris Mrs. Marla Y. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Terry Potts

by Mrs. Vickie M. Bradley Ms. Beverly Mulloy

by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scott by

Mrs. Lisa Barber Ms. Kathy Buchanan Mr. Matthew Johnson Ms. Suzette Logan

NICKOLAS J. SICILIANO

by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Siciliano

ROSEMARY SIMMONS

by Ms. Ruth Ellen Cetto Mrs. Lynn Sledge Gartman

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Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Ogg Ms. Debbie Perkins Dr. Patsy Sledge

DR. ETHELYN SMITH

by Mrs. Emily Johnson

GLENN TRIPLETT

by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Givens Mr. Jeff Triplett Mrs. Rebecca Triplett

NAT TROUTT

KAY KAY SMITH

by Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr.

by Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Lishman Mr. and Mrs. McGehee Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Nat Troutt Jr.

J. E. SPURLOCK

BILL TRUSTY

by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lucchesi

MARLIN STANFORD

by Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr.

THOMAS TUGGLE

by Mrs. Carolyn Stanford

by Ms. Rachel Dhority

LEE STARNES

LANE TUTOR

DECK STONE

RONALD D. VEAZEY

ANNETTE WILBORN STROUPE

HENRY M. WADSWORTH

JAMES L. (TREY) SYLVESTER

C. B. AND MARJORIE WALKER

by Mrs. Mary E. Purdy by Mr. Perrin Caldwell Jr. by Mr. and Mrs. William Correro by

Dr. Darrell Barnes Mr. Taylor D. and Dr. Bonnie Buntin Ms. Cathy P. Foley Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hollums

by Mrs. Lucia Nelson by Mr. Johnny Miller

by Mayor N. C. Ferguson Jr. by Mr. and Mrs. Ken Dossett Mr. and Mrs. Gary Walker

W. L. & LULA BROOKS WALLACE

LAUREN ELIZABETH TALLO by Mr. and Mrs. Austin Smith

by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Starnes Mrs. Ida F. Wallace Mr. William L. Wallace

DONALD TANNER

SALLY A. WALPOLE

by David Braddock and Patsy Gulbin

MARTHA K. THOMAS by Ms. Ella Duval

BETH B. THWEATT by

Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Grantham Mr. Kent N. Meadows Ms. Jean Nunnally Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Ogg Ms. Marcia Thrailkill

AMY DEMPSEY TIDWELL

by Mr. and Mrs. Mack Brown Mr. and Mrs. Keith Williams

TOMMYE TONNESON by Mrs. Sylvia Hickey

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by Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Morse Ms. Gay White

TROY WARD

by Mr. Steve Cummings

HAROLD LEE WATSON

by David Braddock and Patsy Gulbin

JUDY WEEKS by

Ms. Sheila Dandridge Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Todd Latham Mr. Dan Smith

C. CHAD AND REBA WILLIAMS by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Coleman Ms. Ruby Ellen Magers Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sturgeon

GEORGE WILLIAMS

by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood

WESLEY AND ALICE WILLIAMS by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood

WESLEY WILLIAMSON

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EVA COVINGTON

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ZACH WILLINGHAM

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NORMA THWEATT

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DR. GLORIA KELLUM

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JANE W. WILLIAMSON

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