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• Public invited to ICC's School of STEM new weather balloon launch, Apr. 5

  Itawamba Community College’s School of STEM will launch its new High-Altitude Weather Balloon, Apr. 5, at 9 a.m. at the band practice field on the Fulton Campus, which is in front of the Natural Science Building. The public is invited to attend. The research opportunity is connected with Natural Science division chair Dr. Jada Mills’ Special Topics in Biology course, and the students are learning how to conduct research. The project includes general information about weather balloons, determining the purpose of a designed experiment, deploying the weather balloon and collection and analysis of data. Mills said that equipment was purchased from EdgeFlyte, a weather balloon company, and included were a ground station transceiver, GPS, weather balloon and parachute. The high-altitude balloon is expected to reach stratosphere level, approximately 30,000 meters. “Students in the class wanted to send a payload with the weather balloon to see if a high-altitude environment affects nonpathogenic E. coli growth,” Mills said. “We also plan to attach a GoPro to hopefully capture the edge of space.” “We received FAA approval by providing details of our equipment, payload and experimental design,” Mills said. “We will use ...
• Adult education classes beginning in ICC's five-county district

  Adult education classes are beginning at several locations in the Itawamba Community College five-county district.             The schedule includes             Chickasaw County – Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., WIN Job Center (210 South Monroe St., Houston);             Itawamba County – Monday and Tuesday, 4-7 p.m., Old Grammar School (603 South Cummings St. Fulton);             Lee County – Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Belden Center (3200 Adams Farm Road, Belden);             Monroe County – Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m., WIN Job Center, (1619 Highway 25 No., Amory); and             Pontotoc County – Monday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., WIN Job Center (316 Coffee St., Pontotoc).             English as a Second Language classes meet at the ICC Belden Center Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m.             There is no cost for the classes.             GED and HiSET testing is continuing on a weekly basis, and all program-enrolled students take the GED or HiSET free of charge. For more information on scheduling an appointment, contact Priscilla Trice at pbrtice@iccms.edu or call (662) 407-1513.             For general information ...
• Registration continues for adult education classes in ICC's five-county district

              Registration is continuing for adult education/English as a Second Language classes at Itawamba Community College.             They include             Chickasaw County – Houston WIN Center, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., Shundria Whitfield, smwhitfield@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1218;             Itawamba County – Fulton Family Resource Center (Old Grammar School), Tuesday and Thursday, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Linzy Patterson, lfpatterson@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1538;             Lee County – ICC Belden Center, Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., Amanda Dickinson, asdickinson@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1514; Mondays and Tuesdays, 5:30-8:30 p.m., tblindsey@iccms.edu;             Monroe County – Amory WIN Center, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon, 5-8 p.m., amshannon@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1517; and             Pontotoc County – Pontotoc WIN Center, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., Gloria Wallace, gdwallace@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1230.             English as a Second Language classes meet at the ICC Belden Center Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., emsullivan@iccms.edu; and Monday and Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., amshannon@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1517.             There is no cost for the classes.             Prospective students must call or email the contact individuals listed beside the class to reserve a spot. ...
• ICC's Phi Theta Kappa chapters receive multiple awards at district conference

  Both the Beta Tau Sigma (Tupelo) and Upsilon Sigma (Fulton) chapters of Phi Theta Kappa at Itawamba Community College received multiple awards at the organization’s Mississippi/Louisiana Regional Conference, Feb. 29-Mar. 1, at William Carey University. Both chapters were awarded five-star status. Beta Tau Sigma’s awards included Jenny Bowers of Tupelo, Outstanding Adviser; Bowers and Dr. Delena Hukle of Mantachie, Horizon award advisers; Serra-Avery Erwin of Tupelo, Golden Key Award; Most Distinguished Chapter finalist; Top 10 and theme finalist for Honors in Action; and Top 10 College Project. The chapter’s Honors in Action project, which is research-based, was Theme 6, The Soul of Play. It centered around spoken word performances, Bowers said. Members of the chapter read to ICC’s preschool, sponsored a poetry night at a local coffee house as well as a “write it down, let it go” box in the lobby of the Academic and Student Center. “All of the parts of our project reflected the concept that we use words to play, and play can be therapeutic,” Bowers noted. The College Project, which is requested by ICC’s administration, focused ...
• ICC launches net price calculator to provide easily-understood cost and value

  Itawamba Community College has launched a new and improved net price calculator to ensure that all students understand the cost to attend and especially that it is an affordable option, according to Terry Bland, director of Financial Aid.             The College Cost Transparency Initiative – a task force composed of the leaders of 10 higher education associations representing college presidents, financial aid offices and admissions and school counselors – previously announced that more than 360 institutions of higher education have voluntarily committed to follow a set of principles and standards that ensure transparency, clarity and understanding around communicating student financial aid offers, Bland said. Together, these institutions serve more than 3.8 million college students in the United States.             “Itawamba Community College is excited about this opportunity to demonstrate our affordability to prospective students,” said ICC President Dr. Jay Allen. “Our cost is approximately one-third that of a university, our annual tuition is significantly among the lowest of Mississippi’s 15 independently governed two-year institutions and our scholarship program is one of the best in the state.” In addition, ICC continues to ...
• IHL/MCCB relaunch Complete 2 Compete program; significant benefit to ICC students

            In 2017, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board launched the Complete 2 Compete program focused on increasing the degree attainment rate in Mississippi.           As at Itawamba Community College, the initiative concentrated on removing barriers that keep adult learners from returning to complete their degrees. Within a year, a new university degree program and renewable C2C Grant were established to facilitate adult learners returning to complete their degree. Mississippi’s public community colleges and universities expanded the number of online classes, and many developed student services tailored to provide working adults with greater access. Additionally, teams of coaches were commissioned across all of the institutions providing greater coordination, streamlining the review of transcripts and maximizing application of earned credits.           In just over two years, the program assisted more than 2,100 former students in returning to complete their degrees. In addition, more than 4,000 former students, who had not been enrolled in classes for more than two years, were enrolled on a fast path to degree completion. In October 2020, complicated ...