Education
In episode 165 of the TigerTalk podcast presented by Northeast Mississippi Community College, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes Northeast president, Dr. Ricky G. Ford, to the podcast as Kollmeyer and Ford sit down to discuss a variety of topics that are happening at the college. This week's episode marks 62 straight weeks for Ford as the president steps to the forefront to talk about everything Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford's focus this week recaps talks about the new normal as it concerns the COVID-19 virus and the Delta variant and everything that Northeast is doing to continue classes throughout the global pandemic. Ford also talks about the Strategic Doing Plan which is a variant from the Strategic Planning Council. Ford wants to focus on the students and a new model for evaluating the employees at Northeast based on everything they are doing to ensure student success at the college. In talking about athletics, Ford discusses the opening of the 2021 football season at Jones College on Thursday, September 2 and then the first home football game on Thursday, September 9, and the tailgate around the fountain area from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. before each home football game.