NEMCC receives $100,000 donation from Mississippi Silicon

Mississippi Silicon donated $100,000 to Northeast Mississippi Community College at its plant in Tishomingo County on Wednesday. On hand for the donation were (from l-r) Northeast vice president of marketing and community relations Will Kollmeyer, Northeast vice president of institutional advancement and executive director the Northeast Development Foundation and Alumni Association Patrick Eaton, Northeast industrial maintenance and production technician instructor Tyler Whitehead, Mississippi Silicon human resource generalist Anna Perez, Northeast president Dr. Ricky G. Ford, Northeast vice president of satellite campuses, director of the NEMCC Corinth campus and director of workforce development Ben Shappley, Mississippi Silicon chief operating officer Eddie Boardwine and Mississippi Silicon human resource manager Mayra Sosa Guzman.

BOONEVILLE • Northeast Mississippi Community College received a $100,000 donation on Wednesday from Mississippi Silicon and its investor Rural Development Partners (RDP) to help the college with workforce training and fund an addition to the college’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) lab at Northeast’s Corinth campus.

Northeast President Dr. Ricky G. Ford said the college is appreciative of Mississippi Silicon for helping to provide new opportunities for students.

“It’s about forming partnerships with people in the community,” Ford said. “When we do that, we combine our resources and increase the opportunities for our students.”

NEMCC’s Corinth campus already has a Workforce Industrial Maintenance Lab via the college’s Division of Workforce Training and Economic Development, and the addition of an HVAC lab will further benefit students.

Mississippi Silicon’s donation will give maintenance technicians in the NEMCC program a competitive advantage by allowing them to apply for jobs in a high-demand job market in the Northeast Mississippi area, the state and around the nation.