On behalf of the staff, faculty, administration and Board of Trustees, I’d like to welcome you to the official Web site of Northwest Mississippi Community College.

I encourage you to browse through this site and take a look at the Northwest experience. Whether you are interested in one of our many program offerings—career and technical or academic—or you are looking for a non-credit class to help you with a lifelong learning project, you will find the answers on this site. You’ll find information about financial aid, housing, student activities, athletics, scholarship opportunities and more.

We have so much to offer at Northwest. In my long association with this college, as a student and as an administrator, I’ve seen great changes—changes in technology, changes in classroom delivery, changes in the student population and new programs of study. The things that have remained constant are that community colleges still provide affordable, accessible higher education opportunities to the majority of college freshmen and sophomores in our district.

We are especially excited about the future at Northwest. The college has just embarked on a three-year capital improvement plan—Building on Tradition. There are many projects already in progress and many on the drawing board.

Hope, possibility, potential—those are the banners flying at Northwest right now. Our staff, faculty and administration are working as a team to provide the best education possible for our students.

We want you to be part of that excitement. We invite you to “Discover Northwest.” Please feel free to stop by our main campus in Senatobia, DeSoto Center in Southaven/Olive Branch or Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center in Oxford for a tour of our facilities or to speak to a faculty adviser. You’ll see why I believe Northwest is the friendliest, most cost-effective and best community college in the state!

Sincerely,

Dr. Gary Lee Spears
President