Recent News
Northwest to offer summer health care assistant class
Northwest Mississippi Community College is offering a health care assistant (HCA) class during the Summer 2018 semester. The classes will be held Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The classes will begin May 29. Financial aid is avai...
Apr 11, 2018, 2:35pm EDT
Northwest 2018 All-Mississippi Academic Team Honorees recognized
Northwest Mississippi Community College students Elma Andrade of Nesbit, William Watson of Southaven, Daniel Locke of Oxford, Sydney Osbarn of Oxford, Haley Appleton of Sardis and Jamison Payne of Courtland were honored on March 28 for being named to t...
Apr 10, 2018, 2:41pm EDT
Northwest to host first bluegrass festival in October
When Kentucky-born mandolin player Bill Monroe and his brother Charlie parted musical ways in 1938, Bill started his own band called "Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys" as a tribute to his home state. Monroe, the "father of bluegrass" and his ban...
Apr 3, 2018, 10:49am EDT
Northwest Rangerette clinics and auditions scheduled
Clinics and auditions for the Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangerettes will be held in April, according to Elaina Ferrell, Rangerette instructor. Rangerette clinics will be held on two Saturdays, April 7 and April 21 from 9 a.m.-noon in M...
Mar 22, 2018, 3:44pm EDT
Booker named MSVCC Instructor of the Year
Northwest Mississippi Community College history instructor Trent Booker was recently named Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) Instructor of the Year. Booker was honored at the 2018 Creating Futures Through Technology Conference (CFTTC), held...
Mar 22, 2018, 11:29am EDT
Cast and crew named for Northwest's production of "Waiting for Godot"
The Northwest Mississippi Community College Theatre Department is in rehearsals for its next production, Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy in two acts written by Samuel Beckett. Performance times for the show are Wednesday, Apr. 25, Friday, Apr. 27 a...
Mar 7, 2018, 2:06pm EST
April ACT Workshops offered at Northwest
Northwest Mississippi Community College is offering an ACT Preparation Workshop on Monday, Apr. 2 and Tuesday, Apr. 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Deadline to register for the workshop is Tuesday, March 27 by noon. This workshop provides an overview of the ACT ...
Mar 6, 2018, 10:24am EST
Northwest Foundation and Academic scholarship deadlines are April 1
The deadline to apply for a Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation scholarship is April 1, according to Sybil Canon, associate vice president of Development and Special Projects. Students receiving other forms of Financial Aid or other s...
Mar 5, 2018, 2:17pm EST
Choosing success: Northwest student treads her own path toward graduation
Lakeeler Taylor is not your average college student, and not by a long shot, as people like to say. Taylor says she "started from scratch" by beginning her college career taking developmental English, Reading and Math classes. Instead of holding her ba...
Mar 5, 2018, 12:48pm EST
Northwest Foundation Board Celebrates Record Year
At their first quarterly meeting of 2018, the Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation Board of Directors celebrated a record year of giving. Sybil Canon, associate vice president of Development and Special Projects, announced that $1,030,000...
Feb 27, 2018, 11:11am EST