Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how the college plays a significant role in promoting cultural and creative events not only on the college's five campuses throughout its service district of Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, and Union counties but how Northeast personnel are also...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how the college works with local high schools to encourage students to pursue higher education. Ford talks about all the recruiting that happens to not only a senior in high school but how Northeast tries to welcome all students with a Junior Preview N...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how Northeast sets itself apart from other community and four-year colleges and universities in the state and what unique programs that Northeast offers to help attract students to Booneville. In addition, Ford talks about the community college system...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how the college not only serves the needs of its traditional student population base but how the entire college community comes together to serve not only those 18-24 years in age but dual enrolled students and non-traditional students and those coming...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss what steps Northeast has taken to make college affordable for all while other two- and four-year colleges and universities continue to raise tuition. Ford talks about all the ways the Booneville-based community college has been able to keep tuition ste...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses some of the advice the veteran educator would give to a person coming to college for the first time or to someone returning to Northeast for the Fall 2023 semester. To wrap up the time, Ford gives listeners the Northeast News and discusses upcoming...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses Northeast being mentioned on a national television program for its career technical education (CTE) programs, how the college embraces its role in preparing some students for four-year colleges and universities, preparing them for the workforce, and...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses the main challenges, opportunities and other influences that the community colleges - as an individual community college and as a community college system - face in an ever-changing educational landscape. To wrap up the time, Ford gives listeners th...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses plans for the college in the coming years. Ford discusses the addition of different sports in the next few years to Northeast, working to make Seth Pounds Auditorium a state-of-the-art facility, the addition of a new coliseum that will give the coll...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses how Northeast prepares its students for life after Northeast, whether it be transferring to a four-year college or university or entering the workforce and providing for their families. To wrap up the time, Ford gives listeners the Northeast News an...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses everything that happens at one of the premier community colleges in the nation during the summer months. Northeast does not sit idly by during June and July but amps up its commitment to the community with a variety of summer camps, including a mult...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and discusses the prison education program at the Alcorn County Regional Justice Complex in Corinth and how unique partnerships with Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell and the Mississippi Humanities Council have led Northeast to having one of the top programs in the s...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. In this interview, Calvery and Ford discuss how Northeast has a strong reputation for providing quality education - in the classroom, online and all places in between. Ford talks about the factors that go into the success of pro...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. Instead of two questions and limited discussion, the two hosts focus on one main issue for an extended time and then head into the Northeast News. In this interview, Calvery and Ford discuss how Northeast promotes diversity, equ...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. Instead of two questions and limited discussion, the two hosts focus on one main issue for an extended time and then head into the Northeast News. In this interview, Calvery and Ford discuss the goals and mission of Northeast an...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. Instead of two questions and limited discussion, the two hosts focus on one main issue for an extended time and then head into the Northeast News to wrap up the podcast. In this interview, Calvery and Ford discuss how the colleg...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. Instead of two questions and limited discussion, the two hosts focus on one main issue for an extended time and then head into the Northeast News. In this interview, Calvery and Ford discuss how the college works with local busi...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery and changes up the format of TigerTalk. Instead of two questions and limited discussion, the two hosts focus on one main issue for an extended time and then head into the Northeast News. In this interview, Calvery and Ford talk about the upcoming deadline for the coll...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's recent memorandum of understanding between the Northeast Honors Institute and the University of Southern Mississippi's Honors College and how it benefits Northeast students in extending their educational opportunities. In the second part of th...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the recent tragedies caused by inclement weather in Mississippi and around the South. Ford informs everyone that the college is there for those impacted by the storms. In the opening discussion of the program, Calvery and Ford talk about the selection of tw...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's recent addition of a Logistics Management program for the Fall 2023 semester and various other programs that can and will benefit current and future students. In the second part of the interview, Ford and Calvery talk about the college's recen...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the recently re-released MyNEMCC app, which was completely revamped to help students and employees find their ways around the Northeast infosphere and put information in the palms of students' hands instead of having them search the website for it. In the s...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society and the beneficial things it not only brings to the college but to the student population as well including prestige on a resume, scholarships to four-year colleges and universities and many other b...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss Northeast's Honors Institute and how not only Northeast students can apply for the program, but incoming freshmen can go ahead and make the leap in applying for the Honors Institute as well. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about the current...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss Northeast's impact on the surrounding community, not just in Booneville and Prentiss County but in all of the communities that support the college through various means. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about what goes into the decision to ma...