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Students Galilea Murgia, Jose Roliles, and Rylee Vanderford are student leaders who are part of the enrollment growth at Northwest.

Northwest Mississippi Sees 7.9% Enrollment Growth for Spring 2025, Continues Statewide Leadership

Northwest Mississippi Community College has reported a 7.9% enrollment increase for the Spring 2025 semester, according to the 10-day enrollment report published by the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB). The growth solidifies Northwest's posit...
Feb 6, 2025, 1:39pm EST
Training plane at the Northwest Olive Branch location. Photo by Sarah Ashley Smith-Hutchinson

Northwest Dedicated Aerospace Worker and Instructor David Lindsay Retires

Northwest Mississippi Community College's Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor David Lindsay is retiring. Lindsay said that working in aviation was his dream and since 1985, he's been dedicated to the field. Starting at Federal...
Jun 17, 2026, 1:55pm EDT
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Northwest Named a Silver Ranked Military Friendly School

Northwest Mississippi Community College has been recognized again with a silver ranking as a military friendly school by Military Friendly.org. This recognition is given to colleges that meet specific criteria which deems their college friendly to vet...
Jun 15, 2026, 2:38pm EDT
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Heindl Center for the Performing Arts Fall 2026 Season Announced

Northwest Mississippi Community College's Heindl Center for the Performing Arts has announced its fall 2026 season. "We are delighted to welcome you to another exciting season at the Heindl Center for the Performing Arts," said Heindl Center Director,...
Jun 12, 2026, 11:22am EDT
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Op Ed: Why Student Debt Should Scare Parents More Than Community College

Across Mississippi this summer, families will load vehicles and head to university orientation sessions. Parents and students will walk beneath historic columns, tour beautiful campuses, attend orientation programs, and imagine what the next four years...
Jun 10, 2026, 4:15pm EDT
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Northwest Foundation Announces Scholarship in Memory of Northwest Football Coach Bobby Ray Franklin

The Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation is proud to announce that The Coach Bobby Ray Franklin Memorial Endowed Scholarship has been established by Northwest Football Alumnus Michael Joe Cannon of Oxford. Coach Franklin was a decorated ...
Jun 2, 2026, 1:02pm EDT
Photos provided by Mrs. Gladys Dixon-White

Gladys Brewer Dixon White Establishes Endowed Scholarship at Northwest

Northwest alumna and longtime Senatobia resident Gladys Brewer Dixon White recently established the Dixon and White Families Endowed Scholarship at Northwest Mississippi Community College. It was important to Gladys to honor her family, establish a mem...
Jun 1, 2026, 4:55pm EDT
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Cole Rogers, photo by Sarah Smith-Hutchinson

From Troubled Young Adult to Thriving Northwest Student Cole Rogers' path to success

Northwest Mississippi Community College student Cole Rogers of Hot Springs, Arkansas, after a tumultuous past has risen up to become a student leader and has established himself as an outstanding student which has led to his success receiving several p...
Jun 1, 2026, 12:22pm EDT
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Judy Woolfolk-Weeks (left) and Bonnie Woolfolk Weeks (right). Photo provided by Artie and Tina Smith

Northwest Announces New Scholarship: The Woolfolk Sisters, Judy Woolfolk Weeks and Bonnie Woolfolk Smith, Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation is excited to announce that the Woolfolk Sisters, Judy Woolfolk Weeks and Bonnie Woolfolk Smith, Memorial Endowed Scholarship has been established and will be awarded to a student starting Fall 202...
May 29, 2026, 10:13am EDT
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Northwest Office of Marketing and Strategic Communication staff (L-R) Director Emeritus Julie Bauer, Graphic Designer Jennifer Corbin, Sports Information Specialist Mary Grace Black, Associate Vice President of Community Relations Dr. Andrew Dale, Communications Specialist Sarah Ashley Smith-Hutchinson, Graphic Designer and Communications Specialist Kevin Pitts, and Assistant Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications for Digital Media Carly Fox. Photo by Carly Fox

Northwest Mississippi Community College MarCom Staff Wins 20 Awards at CPRAM

Northwest Mississippi Community College's Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications staff won 20 awards at the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi's annual conference hosted this year on Northwest's Senatobia campus May 18-20. T...
May 28, 2026, 12:33pm EDT
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About Northwest Mississippi Community College

With convenient online classes and locations in Senatobia, Southaven and Oxford, Northwest offers the pre-requisites you need to get ready for an exciting four-year degree at any of Mississippi’s colleges or universities or career and technical programs that gets students in the workforce in as little as nine months for less than half the price of any Mississippi public college or university. For more information, call 662-562-3200 or visit www.northwestms.edu.

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