Jan. 28, 2010
Vol. 77 No. 5
Faculty member, student selected as HEADWAE honorees
By: S.A. Umberger
Keith Reed, Business instructor at Northwest’s DeSoto Center campus, was selected as this year’s HEADWAE faculty honoree for his outstanding performance in education.
“I am truly honored and humbled to be selected for the HEADWAE award,” said Reed. “This honor has had a tremendous impact on me and my passion for teaching. It has motivated me to strive for excellence all the more.”
HEADWAE stands for Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence. It was established by the Mississippi State Legislature in 1987 to honor selected students for high academic achievements and faculty members for their contributions in higher education.
The legislature annually hosts Appreciation Day in February at the state Capitol where they have a luncheon to show appreciation for selected honorees.
“I attribute my career success to education, determination and sacrifice,” said Reed. Reed, a resident of Batesville, has been teaching Business Communications and Business Statistics at DeSoto Center for five years. Full story
Enrollment reflects record-setting numbers for spring semester
By: Jennifer King
Northwest is on an upward spiral with a record enrollment for spring. According to college officials there are a total of 7,955 students enrolled at the Senatobia, DeSoto, and Oxford campuses, both day and evening. This reflects an increase of 998 students from last spring.
DeSoto Center had the largest campus headcount with 3,095. Senatobia campus was next with 2,932, followed by Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center with 1,359.
There are 2,560 students online this semester either full-time or taking a mixture of traditional and online classes. That is an increase of 352 students for the same period last year. According to figures released by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, there are 569 students taking only virtual classes. Full story
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