Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's plan for graduation with the Bonner Arnold Coliseum undergoing major renovations to the playing surface, the college had to find a new place for its 2024 commencement exercises. Ford talks…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss as the semester winds down and classes are drawing to a close, what the veteran educator thinks about the spring semester and how it has been going. Ford gives insight into how busy the spring semester …

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's newest class - a computer concepts class for the fall. However, this class will not be like the college's CSC Computer Applications class but will be more geared toward an introductory cou…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the new logistics management technology class that the college will be starting in the fall. Ford talks about Willie Gates, who will lead the program and what he has done to help get the program off the…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how high school students especially high school seniors can use the Spring Break holidays to get a jump on their fall enrollment duties and what they can do to give themselves better chances at scholars…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the legislative process at the Mississippi state capitol and how the community college system plays into that process. Ford discusses his meetings with top elected officials and committee chairs trying …

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the customer service training that was provided to members of the college's administrative council and how that training will trickle down to everyone at the college from full- to part-time faculty and …

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how Northeast is one of the top community colleges for online education. In addition, the pair touch on how the college continues to stay at the top by leveraging its digital resources and technology to…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss an event that happens right as the school returns from its Spring Break holidays in May. Calvery and Ford discuss the Northeast baseball and softball team's "An Exceptional Night of Baseball," which is …

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss all the students that the college serves but focus on the non-traditional students and how they impact the student make-up of Northeast. Ford talks about reasons some students step away from their educa…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to talk about the college celebrating its 75th anniversary. Calvery asks about pivotal moments in the college's history that have helped to shape Northeast as one of the top educational institutions in the nation.…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss all that goes into the college making a call for weather or other events and how that affects the operations of the college, its employees, students and community members. Ford also talks about the ease…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the inclement weather that has caused the college to shut down for the remainder of the week and switch from in-person to virtual learning. Ford also addresses the addition of cross country in the fall …

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's dedication to customer service training and what Northeast is doing to do more to help the customers it serves -- whether it is students, alumni or community members. Northeast will underg…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the veteran educator's goals and aspirations for the 2024 Spring semester. Ford talks about projects coming to the college's Booneville campus such as finishing the HVAC renovations in Gordon and Harget…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford talks about everything that the college has accomplished during the Fall 2023 semester. Ford discusses the enrollment increase that the college saw during the Fall 2023 semester - over 200 students from the previous year, the college's selection as a Great Colleges to Work for Hono…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the different advancements and trends in technology that the college has embraced and will embrace during the coming year to help keep up with the differences in the student population year over year. F…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the college's recent legislative luncheon, where college officials welcome elected representatives to campus to give them information and a tour of one of the top community colleges in the nation. Calve…

Northeast Mississippi Community College President Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss ways in which students can manage the stress of the end of the semester. The veteran educator offers several tips on how to address end-of-the-semester exams. From taking breaks to not studying all nigh…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the steps that the college has taken to keep its students, employees and members of the community safe. Whether it is an active shooter, inclement weather or any other incident that can happen, Northeas…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss what the college president is proud of the college accomplishing in the past 11 months from being named an Apple Distinguished School for the second straight three-year section to receiving a $15.8 mill…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss what the veteran educator would say to high school seniors as they are wrapping up their final year in high school. Ford draws upon his experience as a women's basketball coach recruiting high-quality a…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss some of the favorite memories of the 2023 fall semester. Ford talks to different employees and gauges what they have liked and enjoyed about the 2023 fall semester and shares a tidbit of those memories.…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss the importance of Northeast's desire to see all of northeast Mississippi become digitally fluent. Ford discusses the differences in digital literacy and digital fluency and how the college is working to…

Northeast Mississippi Community College president Dr. Ricky G. Ford sits down with Marketing and Public Relations Specialist Liz Calvery to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) has been around longer than many people realize and how the college can embrace the use of AI in the classroom as an aid in preparing students for the workforce and givi…