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Online classes offer alternatives
by Nancy Patterson
1/02/06
Students interested in registering for online classes through Northwest Mississippi Community College still have time to do so, according to Distance Learning Coordinator Phyllis Johnson. While registration is officially set for Jan. 5, students can also register during evening school registration Jan. 3 or 4. The last day to register is Jan. 13, and classes begin Jan. 16.
"Online classes can provide an alternative for the student returning to college, for the student who is working, or for the traditional student who needs a specific class that isn't available during the day," said Johnson.
Northwest's online classes saw tremendous growth in the fall semester. According to Johnson, there were 680 students enrolled in virtual classes in the fall compared to 391 a year ago. Students were enrolled for 3,624 credit hours—that's 1,847 more than the same period last year.
In the spring semester 73 courses will be available—63 academic and 10 career and technical. Academic subject areas range from accounting and art history to criminology, literature, math and psychology. Career and technical offerings will include business and computer classes, child development and real property classes.
Johnson stresses that these classes are not only available to Northwest students, but also to students in the entire state through the virtual community college system. Students in the 11-county Northwest district will register for these online offering through Northwest, while out-of-district students will register through www.msvcc.org.
For more information, contact Johnson at (662) 562-3317 or by E-mail at dlc@northwestms.edu.
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HEADWAE honorees announced
by Amelia Sewell
Northwest Journalism Student
1/03/06
A faculty member and student, both representing Northwest Mississippi Community College's Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center campus in Oxford, have been named the 2006 HEADWAE honorees. Katherine King, an instructor for the Oxford campus, and Darlene Schultz, a sophomore from Oxford, received the Higher Education Appreciation Day Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) honors for Northwest. (full story)
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Spring registration continues through Jan. 17
by Julie Bauer
1/06/06
Spring registration at Northwest Mississippi Community College will continue through Tuesday, Jan. 17, at all campus locations—the main campus in Senatobia, DeSoto Center in Southaven/Olive Branch, and Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center in Oxford. (full story) |
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Non-credit classes announced for February
by Nancy Patterson
1/10/06
Non-credit offerings for Northwest Mississippi Community College's Senatobia campus for the month of February have been announced, according to Patricia Lowder, coordinator for Continuing Education.
Optimizing XP Systems, to be taught by Jim Creecy, is set for Feb. 7-March 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the McLendon Center Computer Lab. The course will teach the methods used in maintaining the Windows XP Operating System. The fee is $60. (1.0 CEU available)
Grant Writing Workshop will be held Feb. 7 and 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 104 of the David M. Haraway Center. Bob Bradley will be the presenter. The workshop is geared for the inexperienced and experienced proposal writer who wishes to learn how to create hard-hitting, targeted proposals. The cost is $145 if registered before Feb. 1, and $185 if registered after that date. (1.3 CEUs available)
Chair Caning and Sea Grass Weaving will be taught by local artist Sharon Williams Feb. 9, 16, and 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Art Building. In this class students will learn to weave at least three chair caning techniques. Different weaving patterns in each technique will be introduced. Stools or chairs can be brought from home for repair, or stools may be purchased from the instructor. The class fee is $45 plus supplies.
Precious Metal Clay Jewelry Workshop will be held Feb. 16, 23, March 2, and 9. Carol Stroud will teach the class in Room 104 of the Haraway Center from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The workshop will introduce students to an exciting new material made from particles from fine silver. The instructor will fire the finished pieces and give ideas for finishing and polishing. Students will make approximately five pieces of jewelry. The class fee is $60 plus supplies ($90).
Beginning American Sign Language will be taught by Ida Pearl Adams Feb. 21-March 28 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Yalobusha Building. The course will cover the basics of American Sign Language utilizing elements of the language, such as alphabets and vocabulary. The class is designed to improve communication skills between deaf and hearing people. The fee is $60 which includes the book. (1.0 CEU available)
For more information, contact Patricia Lowder, coordinator for Continuing Education, at (662) 562-3349.
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Marilyn Spears to be Reading Roundtable presenter in January
by Nancy Patterson
1/13/06
Marilyn Spears will be the guest presenter for Northwest Mississippi Community College's Reading Roundtable session scheduled for jan. 30 at 2 p.m. in the R.C Pugh Library on the Senatobia campus. Mrs. Spears, retired Child Development Technology instructor and wife of Northwest President Gary Lee Spears, will lead a discussion on the Sue Bender's book, "Plain and Simple." Those interested in attending should register in advance. Funds for support of this program are provided by Sycamore Bank, Cornerstone Bank and Federal Land Bank Association of North Mississippi. For more information, call (662)562-3349. (Photo by Nancy Patterson)
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Non-credit classes set for DeSoto Center campus
by Public Relations
1/13/06
This spring, The University of Mississippi and Northwest Mississippi Community College at DeSoto Center will once again offer something for everyone! A variety of non-credit continuing education classes will be offered in everything from art to preparing for tests. (full story) |
Fiddler on the Roof Cast
by LaJuan Tallo
1/19/06
Northwest Mississippi Community College's Fine Arts Division Director Kenneth L. Sipley recently announced the cast members for the college's spring theatre production of "Fiddler on the Roof." The award winning musical tells the story of the perils of life in a small Jewish village in Russia in 1905. The play centers around Tevye, the dairyman, his wife, Golde, and their five daughters whose lives are "as shaky as a fiddler on a roof." (full story) |
NWCC announces officers for Board of Trustees
by Nancy Patterson
1/20/06
Election of officers of the Northwest Mississippi Community College Board of Trustees was held at its regular meeting Jan. 12 on the Senatobia campus. Re-elected were M. Clarence Sparks Jr., of Lake Cormorant, chairman; Sam Allison of Sarah, vice-chairman; and Gary Walker of Independence, secretary. Sparks, who has been on the board since 1984, is serving his second term as chairman. Allison holds the longest tenure of any board member, having served since 1978. Walker has been secretary since 2004. (Photo by Nancy Patterson) |
Burton Art Exhibit set
by LaJuan Tallo
1/26/06
An upcoming art exhibit at Northwest Mississippi Community College will feature the work of Memphis artist Fred Burton. The exhibit will run Feb. 12-28 at the Northwest Art Gallery on the Senatobia campus.
An opening will be held on Sunday, Feb. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery. The public is invited to attend.
Burton has been a professor at the Memphis College of Art since 1987.
His paintings, drawings and woodcuts have been exhibited in Paris, London, New York City, Chicago, Houston, Kansas City and Orlando.
He has held artist residences at the Edward Albee Foundation in New York; the Michael Karolyi Foundation in France; Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic; the Tyron Guthrie Center in Ireland; the Millay Colony for the Arts in New York; the Ragdale Foundation in Illinois, the Woodstock School of Art in New York, and the Morris Graves Foundation in California.
Burton is listed in Who's Who in the Humanities, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Who's Who in Tennessee Education, and in the 15th edition of Men of Achievement.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (662) 562-3399. |
Northwest band students make All-State
by LaJuan Tallo
1/27/06
Students from the Northwest Mississippi Community College band program recently auditioned at Holmes Community College for the 2006 Mississippi Community/Junior College All-State Band. Nine Northwest band students will be performing with the All-State Band at the University of Southern Mississippi Feb. 9-11. They are: Front row, (l-r) Narada Snyder, baritone saxophone, Oxford; Tommy Shroads, trombone, Batesville; Davie Miller, tuba, Tunica; Drew Joslin, trumpet, Southaven. Back row, (l-r) Sean Sinquefield, trombone, Southaven; Daniel Harris, trombone, Southaven; John Payne, tuba, Hernando and Jon Baker, trumpet, Senatobia. Not pictured, Lamar Tedford, second alternate, percussion, Bruce. The Northwest bands are under the direction of John Ungurait and Howard Luttrell.
(Photo by Mi'chel Jarjoura) |
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