SENATOBIA - Northwest Mississippi Community College inducted 65 new members of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on March 22. This honor is given to students who earn a 3.2 GPA in their field of study and maintain a 3.0 or higher GPA overall.
Adrian Riley of Clarksdale was among those inducted into the organization.
Obtaining membership to the National Technical Honor Society is the highest recognition for top students in career and technical education explained Dr. Matthew Domas, vice president of Instruction and College Parallel Programs at the college.
"These students persevered in demanding programs like Aviation Maintenance Technology, Coding, Automotive Technology, and Industrial Electronics Technology just to name a few," Dr. Domas said. "They spent many long hours studying to be the best."
Dr. Domas explained that it's been a long road for career and technical programs to establish credibility in higher education, but it's finally catching up. Many career and technical programs outpace that of an average salary of a liberal arts degree by $10,000 per year.
"I say all this to say that not only are your skills valued economically," Dr. Domas said, "but also educationally, and that the path to continuing your education, should you desire, has become much shorter and more accessible."
This is because many more four-year schools offering Bachelor of Applied Science degrees, allowing these students to continue on their educational journeys.
"These students are exemplary ambassadors of career and technical education," said Beth Morgan, director of Workforce Solutions and Community Services.
Morgan explained that the purpose of NTHS is to reward the work of these students and push them to higher levels of achievement while developing their self-esteem and pride. This organization prides itself on promoting "workplace values such as honesty, responsibility, initiative, teamwork, productivity, leadership, and citizenship" Morgan said.
Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public, two-year institution primarily serving 11 counties in Northwest Mississippi. For more information visit www.northwestms.edu.
Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public community college in Senatobia. It was founded in 1928. As of August 2008, Northwest's enrollment exceeds 7,100 students.
There are approximately 3,000 students on the Senatobia campus—1,100 of which reside in the college's residence halls. Slightly over 3,000 students are enrolled at the DeSoto Center in Southaven, Mississippi, and nearly 1,200 are enrolled at the Lafayette-Yalobusha Center in Oxford, Mississippi.[2]
One of fifteen state community and junior colleges in Mississippi, Northwest is on a 247-acre (1.00 km2) main campus in Senatobia with satellite campuses in Southaven and Oxford. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate of Arts and Associate of Applied Science degrees along with professional career certificates. The Northwest campus has 43 buildings, many built or renovated in the last decade.[3] Northwest's district covers Tate, Desoto, Marshall, Benton, Tunica, Panola, Lafayette, Yalobusha, Quitman, and Calhoun Counties in northwest Mississippi.
