Education
In episode 167 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 64 straight weeks for Ford as the president steps to the forefront to talk about everything Northeast Mississippi Community College. Ford's focus this week is on the COVID-19 pandemic and how the college has handled it. Ford gives credit to the students and employees at the college for understanding that a pandemic and health crisis is happening and credits them for keeping positive cases low, which in turn keeps the numbers of students in quarantine down. In great news, the Northeast Tiger DEN food pantry has received its second donation from the CREATE Foundation through the CARES Act and the college is starting of an eSports program under Austin Beasley, Natasha Lewis and Dr. Carlena Benhamin. Ford also talks about upcoming athletic events such as the home football game against Hinds on Thursday, September 16 at Tiger Stadium and the community-wide cookout from 5-6 p.m. that night in the area around the fountain on campus. Ford focuses on the Game, Set, Match campaign that the Northeast Development Foundation has launched in order to provide the college with a state-of-the-art eight-court tennis complex in the area around the football field.