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• ICC to present "Christmas with Jason Crabb," Dec. 6 - tickets on sale now

  Itawamba Community College will present “Christmas with Jason Crabb,” Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center at the Fulton Campus.             In his career, Kentucky-born Jason Crabb has won two Grammys and 21 Dove Awards, including the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year along with Song of the Year and a host of industry and recognitions with chart-topping hits that inspire the multitudes. Among his honors, he is the youngest member to be inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, and his hometown of Beaver Dam, Ky. recognized him by naming a street as Jason Crabb Drive.             Since his first solo release in 2009, he has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages, such as Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry, the Brooklyn Tabernacle and Billy Graham’s final crusade in New York City. He has shared the stage with artists such as Gloria Gaynor, Kari Jobe, Vince Gill, Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell, Donnie McClurkin, Wynonna, Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Michael W. Smith, Jamie Grace, Sandi Patty, ...
• ICC's Public Health Technology program to join in national celebration with local events

  Itawamba Community College’s Public Health Technology program will join those in the profession in celebrating the week of April 1 as National Public Health Week.             According to program director Cassie Alexander, the theme is “Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We Are All Public Health.” She said the commemoration recognizes the contributions of public health in improving the physical condition of the people of the United States and for ICC’s Public Health Technology program, the residents of Mississippi, specifically those in Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and Pontotoc counties; and achieving health equity.             “Community health workers are the backbone of public health, bridging the gap between healthcare systems and the communities they serve, ensuring that no one is left behind in the pursuit of well-being and equity,” said Caroline Newkirk, ICC adjunct instructor and Evaluation Specialist with the Mississippi Public Health Institute. “ICC’s Public Health Technology program fills a critical gap in Mississippi by offering a curriculum that prepares its students exceptionally well with the knowledge and skills to be invaluable community health workers. In a state that is medically underserved, ...
• Metallica's All Within My Hands grant significantly impacts lives, futures of ICC students

  A $50,000 grant from Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation is significantly impacting the lives and futures of more than 50 Itawamba Community College career education and health sciences students.             They were selected based on an application process, which included information about the difference that receiving the scholarship will make in continuing their educational journey, according to Dylan Baldwin, dean of Career Education, who wrote the grant proposal.             “This significant opportunity is making the difference in enabling many of the recipients to continue enrollment in their programs,” Baldwin noted. “Sometimes we don’t realize the struggles that students have to overcome to earn their ICC degrees to ensure a better future not only for themselves, but also in many instances, their families.”             Among the student stories are, “My husband and I are struggling with money because of doctor bills…I am a 40-year-old veteran, 80 percent disabled trying to do something different with my life, something that’s not as physically hard labor as I’m used to…I am a 4.0 honor roll student, have maintained a 4.0 GPA since being in college ...
• ICC's Griffith to present "Music: A Uniquely Human Experience," Feb. 6

              Christy Colburn Griffith of Amory, recipient of Itawamba Community College’s Mississippi Humanities Teacher Award for 2024, will present “Music: A Uniquely Human Experience,” Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium at the Fulton Campus.             “Music does more than just make sounds,” Griffith said. “It changes the way people think and behave. The skills learned in music will help students be successful on the stage, in the classroom and for the rest of their lives. Music is a human experience, and it plays an important role in educating the entire person.”             Griffith will be among those honored at the Mississippi Humanities Council Awards Ceremony in March at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. The evening pays tribute to outstanding faculty in traditional humanities fields at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.             In her 25th year as a music educator, Griffith serves as associate band director at ICC.             A graduate of Aberdeen High School, Grifith earned the associate’s degree from ICC and both the bachelor’s and master’s ...
• ICC schedules private screening of "Mississippi Scholar;" tickets available

  Itawamba Community College has scheduled a private screening of “Mississippi Scholar,” June 13 at 7 p.m. at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center on the Fulton Campus.            “Mississippi Scholar, which recently won Best Feature Film at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, was inspired by director PJ Leonard’s interaction with a young man from New Jersey and one of my former film students,” according to Morgan Cutturini, ICC Films sponsor and communications instructor. “It focuses on the impediments one underprivileged intellectual must overcome to realize his dreams of the future.”             “Mississippi Scholar,” a PJ Leonard production and a Marcus Bleecker film, stars Shannon Brown, Sonny Marinelli, Gisla Stringer and Obba Babatundé.             Many of the stars, producer and director of the film plan to attend, and there will be a red-carpet photo opportunity as patrons leave the film screening, Cutturini said.             ICC Films contributed to the project by having many current and former members work as cast and crew, said Cutturini, who served as producer along with Tupelo businessman Robert Hall.             The crew includes production designer Telexus Miller and production assistant ...
• ICC to present 'A Midsummer Night's Dream" with a twist, Mar. 27-28

  Itawamba Community College will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Mar. 27 and 28 at the W.O. Benjamin Fine Arts Center auditorium on the Fulton Campus. The dinner theatre will begin with a meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by the show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $27 for both or $10 for the show only. According to director Dr. Laurie McBride, “The production is a fun 1970s infused version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with a groovy twist. It focuses on runaway lovers who get mixed up thanks to some magical potions. Disco lights, 1970s music and light sabers add to the experience.” Members of the cast include Stephanie Riddle (Snug/Fairy) of Aberdeen; Kylie Long (Quince) of Eldridge, Ala.; Khali Dilworth (Helena/Bottom); Emily Hudson (Starling) and also serving as stage manager of Fulton; Tierney Johnson (Hermia) of Golden; Kilee Webster (Philostrate/Robin Goodfellow) of Guin, Ala.; Jalynn Black (Egeus/Snout/Fairy) of McCool; Lela Waites of Moody, Ala. (Lysander); Cheridy Brown (Flute/Fairy), Arabella Castleman (Hippolyta/Titania), Buddy Ferguson (Theseus), all of Pontotoc; and Eli Owens (Demetrius/Oberon) of Tupelo. Additional crew members are Olivia Youngblood, ...