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Northwest Mississippi Community College Awarded Appalachian Regional Grant
Northwest Mississippi Community College has accepted a $1 million grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission, which the college is matching with $250,000 in funding for additional equipment and instructor salary. The ARC's purpose is to help build ...
Nov 19, 2025, 10:06am EST
Media Advisory/ Press Invite: Ribbon Cutting for R.C. Pugh Library Renovation
Northwest Mississippi Community College invites members of the media to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the complete renovation of the R.C. Pugh Library. The event will take place at 1 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, on the front entrance...
Nov 17, 2025, 3:56pm EST
Northwest Baseball Alumnus Chris Lindsey Becomes a Northwest Hall of Famer
Northwest Mississippi Community College's baseball alumnus Chris Lindsey was named a Northwest Hall of Famer at Northwest's Homecoming Celebrations in October. In high school, Lindsey was a two-sport athlete playing for Millington Central High School....
Nov 17, 2025, 12:33pm EST
Northwest Fine Arts Hosting their Annual Les Fauves Christmas Art Sale
Northwest Mississippi Community College's Department of Fine Arts is hosting their annual Christmas art sale on November 20, 2025, beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Fine Arts Gallery on the Senatobia Campus. "The Art Department is excited to present the a...
Nov 14, 2025, 4:44pm EST
Northwest Rodeo Alumnus Virgil Alsup Becomes a Northwest Hall of Famer
Northwest Mississippi Community College's rodeo alumnus Virgil Alsup has earned his stripes in the arena as a bull rider for the Rangers back in the 1990s and now has earned his place in the Northwest Sports Hall of Fame during Northwest's Homecoming W...
Nov 13, 2025, 1:40pm EST
The Jazz Age Comes to the Heindl Center with The Postmodern Jukebox Dec. 5, 2025
Northwest Mississippi Community College's Heindl Center for the Performing Arts brings the jazz age to the modern age with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox featuring today's modern hits set to the instruments of the Jazz Age on December 5 at 7:30 p.m...
Nov 12, 2025, 5:10pm EST
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Set to Shake the Heindl Center Stage on Nov. 7, 2025
Northwest Mississippi Community College's Heindl Center for the Performing Arts welcomes Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder to the stage on Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The Grammy Award-winning artist got his start over 60 years ago, and since then he has become ...
Nov 3, 2025, 12:19pm EST
Northwest Theatre Presents "The Diviners"
Northwest Mississippi Community College's Theatre Department presents "The Diviners" by Jim Leonard Jr. "The Diviners" will run two weekends in a row, starting in November with 7 p.m. showings on Nov. 7, 8, 14, and 15, and 2 p.m. showings on Nov. 9 and...
Oct 31, 2025, 2:21pm EDT
Northwest Libraries Win Two Public Relations Awards at 2025 Mississippi Library Association
Northwest Mississippi Community College Libraries accepted two public relations awards at the Mississippi Library Association Conference Oct. 16-17 in Hattiesburg. Northwest Librarian, Courtney Hicks accepted on behalf of DeSoto Center for Best Effort...
Oct 28, 2025, 4:29pm EDT
The Aspen Institute Names Northwest Mississippi Community College as a Top 200 U.S. Community College Eligible for the 2027 Aspen Prize
Today, the Aspen Institute named Northwest Mississippi Community College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's premier recognition of high achievement and perfor...
Oct 28, 2025, 12:00pm EDT