Health Science Programs
This program is a 2-year program offered only at DeSoto. The students learn skills from embalming bodies to directing funerals.
What is the Funeral Service Program?
This facility on the Senatobia campus is the premier spot for concerts and plays, and it also houses the choir and band hall.
What is the Heindl Center of Performing Arts?
A student on your tour says he wants to work on big tractors. You tell him Northwest has the only program in the state partnered with this specific brand.
What is John Deere?
This group of student leaders serves as the official "Ambassadors" of the college, leading tours and hosting events.
What is Pathfinders?
This HS program has multiple levels of certifications offered at Northwest. They're typically seen behind the wheel or in the back of an ambulance.
What is the EMT/Paramedic program?
Located across from the McLendon Center, this outdoor area features tennis, basketball, and beach volleyball courts.
What is the ROC?
There is a high-demand program at the Olive Branch campus that teaches students how to maintain and repair airplanes.
What is the Aviation Maintenance Program?
The international honor society for community colleges.
What is Phi Theta Kappa
This is what Tate Hall was before it was an administration building.
What is a dorm?
This is the most popular/competitive health science program.
What is Nursing?
Named for a former NWCC President, this 86,000-square-foot facility is the home of the Student Union.
What is the McClendon building?
This Batesville-based program teaches students to operate and repair the massive engines found in 18-wheelers and heavy machinery.
What is the Diesel Mechanic Program?
Which club/organization meets on Tuesdays at 7:07?
What is BSU?
What is 1927?
This program, focused on surgical assistance, is uniquely housed at the Oxford campus.
What is Surgical Technology?
We call it the One-Stop-Shop, there are 4 offices are included.
What is Admissions, Financial Aid, Housing, and Advising?
A student tells you, "I want to work in a law office, but I don't want to go to Law School for 7 years." You tell them about this program that lets them assist lawyers with research and filings.
What is Paralegal Technology?
This is the largest organization on campus.
What is Band?
There are 11 counties that Northwest serves as a community college.
What are Tate, Desoto, Lafayette, Panola, Calhoun, Tunica, Benton, Marshall, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, and Quitman counties?
In this program, the students learn about cardiopumonary resuscitation and is only offered at the DeSoto campus.
What is the Respiratory Therapy Program?
This organization helps students transfer to universities and comes with lots of opportunities.
What is TRiO?
This partnership with a famous automotive brand allows students to train specifically on Dodge, Jeep, and Ram vehicles.
What is the MOPAR CAP Program?
A student says they aren't on a varsity team but love Flag Football and Volleyball. You tell them they can join these "just for fun" leagues played right here on campus.
What are Intramural Sports?
Northwest was a high school that opened in 1915, before it became a college, and it had a different name.
What is Tate County Agricultural High School?