Tiger Talk Episode 82 08/27/2019

We are rolling into the 2019 fall semester and back to the weekly format on the TigerTalk podcast with NEMCC executive vice president Craig-Ellis Sasser and career technical education counselor Carrie Cobb. Sasser gives us an in-depth interview about various things happening on campus. Sasser does point out that Northeast is one of the few community/junior colleges and even four-year colleges/universities to have an enrollment increase over each of the last six years. Sasser talks about the start of the enrollment increase with a switch to a four-day academic week in 2014 and the increases continue into the 2019 fall semester as well. The executive vice president also talks about the myriad of projects happening around the college -- completion of Davis Hall, the baseball/softball complex, new LED lighting on the football field and even a change to the learning environment with new furniture going into most buildings on campus as well as plans for the renovation of the Student Union. In the second half of the podcast, career technical education counselor Carrie Cobb sits down to talk about everything that is going on in the world of CTE. Cobb talks about the upcoming Tiger Apprenticeship, where the number of students will double from last year along with the upcoming HEADS -- Higher Education Achieves Demonstrative Skills -- festival on October 10. Cobb also brags on the programs in the career technology fields and how they are supplying a well-educated workforce to our area industries. Between the segments, Will Kollmeyer gives a rundown of all the events that are happening on campus before the beginning of the school year and some major dates that people need to know about when they return to campus. Don't forget that we have also started a YouTube account, http://bit.ly/NEMCCTigerTalkYouTube , and we will be putting all our podcasts on our YouTube channel as time allows. Future guests on the podcast, do not fret; this is an audio-only YouTube account with the video produced by the Headliner App. As always, if you have any podcast ideas or want to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a line and we can get you set up to be on an upcoming episode of TigerTalk. 🎙️TigerTalk – where Northeast tells its story, one episode at a time. For those who may have missed an episode, all Northeast TigerTalk episodes are archived at https://nemcctigertalk.simplecast.com.--NEMCC--Information about Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeNortheast Mississippi Community College is a leading educational institution that provides comprehensive academic, technical, and workforce training programs to empower students and promote lifelong learning. With a commitment to excellence, Northeast Mississippi Community College fosters a supportive environment that prepares individuals for success in their chosen fields.For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.