Tiger Talk Podcast by Northeast Mississippi Community College

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss a change to the orientation process at Northeast and how each student in Prentiss County will get a one-on-one individualized orientation session that will help them prepare for college in a whole different way. If the pilot program goes well, plans include...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's efforts to produce high-quality, engaging videos for its health science programs to help potential students see what the programs are about and help them make the right decision on their choice of pathway. In the second part of the interview,...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the writing center at Northeast and its substantial impact on students in helping them succeed at Northeast. In the second part of the interview, Ford talks about the EON Reality grant that will allow Northeast to purchase nearly $15 million worth of techno...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the legislative priorities for the fiscal year 2023-2024 that will benefit not only Northeast but the other 14 community colleges in the Magnolia State as well. As part of the legislative priorities, the 15 community colleges are seeking increased Career an...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the upcoming semester at one of the nation's top community colleges. Ford talks about the student's responsibility to secure their schedule and pay their fees before the Friday, January 6, 2023, deadline for the upcoming semester. Ford also discusses the da...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to discuss how Northeast has grown in the past year and where the veteran educator sees the college going next year. In the second half of the interview, Ford gives insight into the projects happening in and around Northeast and what projects he wishes to take on in 202...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to discuss different ways and avenues that high school seniors can pay for college. Ford talks about filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and additional scholarships during the Christmas/holiday break. Ford discusses the role that the Northea...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the Northeast chorus/choir and how it joined with Itawamba Community College and the North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra's children's choir to help bring Christmas joy to the region on Saturday, December 10 and how the president wants to see more cooperat...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about a recent grant that the Eula Dees Memorial Library received to help promote professional development and personal enrichment through access to MasterClass. Over 4,000 licenses were granted to Northeast for employees and students to provide extra encouragem...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the process for signing up for classes at Northeast for the Spring 2023 semester and some of the nuances that go into making Northeast one of the top community colleges in the nation. In the middle portion of the interview, Ford discusses two new programs...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the recent visit by James Meredith to the Northeast Booneville campus and how programs such as Meredith's "Mississippi's Moral Uplift" help to bring historical events into a modern perspective with today's college students. In the middle part of the interv...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the college's Medical Assisting Technology program celebrating 50 years. Not only is Northeast's Medical Assisting one of the top programs in the state, but it was started in 1972 and has constantly been producing high-quality medical assistants for variou...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the annual Workforce Summit that Northeast is holding on Wednesday, November 9 that not only brings in workforce and industry leaders but pairs them with K-12, higher education and others who may have a stake in the economics of northeast Mississippi in a...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the decision and reasoning behind the college's #MovingForward slogan and with basketball quickly approaching, the veteran coach and educator discusses some of his best moments and memories of being on the sidelines for over 30 years. In the end, Ford wrap...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about a large grant from Accelerate Mississippi and the Mississippi governor's office and about a special guest who visited campus last week. In a special section of the podcast, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves sits down to talk about his trip to the City of Ho...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the president's favorite parts of the semester, such as helping students out on the first day of class or being there when a student needs a little bit of help. As an added guest this week, Dr. Justin Treloar joins the podcast to discuss the changes to the...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the family-friendly events that Northeast has coming up, including the ever-popular TigerTown Tailgate on Thursday, October 13 in the quad area around the fountain in front of the Ramsey Student Services Building, the free community-wide tailgate and a fir...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the appropriate age a student should start preparing for college and advice that the veteran educator would give to not only the student but parents in their preparation for college. In the second part of the interview, Ford and Roark discuss why it is ess...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about all the college's efforts to help bolster Northeast's enrollment, including the ever-popular and successful Northeast NOW recruitment event that brings not only high school seniors from the college's five-county service area but any other school, who reque...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the college's 63rd Homecoming during the week of Monday, September 19 and Friday, September 23 and all the events that are planned for Homecoming Week 2022. In addition to talking about Homecoming, Roark and Ford broach the serious topic of National Suicid...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the college's plans for Building 1000 in the very northeast corner of Tishomingo County and how that location can not only help the college reach a whole new audience, but it can provide a valuable service to law enforcement and emergency personnel from ar...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the philosophy behind why someone wants to attend a community college over a four-year college or university. In the second part of the video, Ford discusses all the ways that Northeast makes its education affordable to all -- Ford focuses on not only heal...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about how Northeast uses technology in the classroom and how that technology has become instrumental to Northeast's success. In the second part of the interview, Ford discusses the many ways a non-traditional student can embrace Northeast's use of technology in...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford and Executive Vice President Dr Craig-Ellis Sasser sit with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the start of the academic year at one of the nation's top community colleges. Ford discusses a recent announcement from the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) in the state of Mississippi that named North...

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Roark to talk about the upcoming academic year at one of the nation's top community colleges. Ford and Roark discuss the start of the Fall 2022 semester and the college's COVID protocols to help reduce the risk of the spread of the COVID virus. In addition to talking abo...