Tiger Talk Episode 88 10/08/2019

In episode 88, host Will Kollmeyer welcomes three guests for in-the-field interviews from the Northeast at Ripley groundbreaking -- Northeast president Dr. Ricky Ford, the Chairman of the Board for The Peoples Bank of Ripley Bobby Martin and Chief Architect Rud Robison, Jr. of PryorMorrow. During his portion of the interview, Ford talks about the benefits for not only the college but the city of Ripley and people of Tippah County with the addition of the Ripley center. Martin echoes Ford's remarks and reminisces about the changes that Ripley and Northeast have seen over the past 60 years and how a Northeast at Ripley center will be used. Robison, a NEMCC graduate, gives the finish date for the center and also talks about how Northeast prepared him for becoming one of the top architects in the South. In the second half of the podcast, diesel power technology instructor Jonathan Alexander stops by to talk about two important events involving his program. First, the dedication of Gayle T. Davis Hall (the old Ryder building on North Second Street) and the Higher Education Achieves Demonstrative Skills (HEADS) Festival. Alexander's diesel power technology program will be relocating to Gayle T. Davis Hall soon and will give up their home in Vo-Tech Building #3 for a new, spacious learning environment and will celebrate the naming of the building at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8. During the HEADS Festival, Northeast will welcome over 3,000 ninth through twelfth-grade students to campus for a one-day event that showcases our career and technical education programs. Between the segments, Kollmeyer gives a rundown of events that are happening in the next 10 days and also mentions a few events to be on the lookout for later in the month. 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.