2011-12 Bulletin - Northwest Mississippi Community College

that forms the atrium and commons. A closed-circuit TV system provides security
for the building and parking lots.
With the opening of a 47,000 square foot addition in 2005 and completion of the
unfinished basement, the facility now totals 157,925 square feet.
DeSoto Center-Olive Branch
In an effort to meet the training needs of the citizens of DeSoto County and surrounding
areas, a vocational-technical campus was established in the Olive Branch
Metro Industrial Park. The campus officially opened in the fall of 1985.
DeSoto Center-Olive Branch offers an Aviation Maintenance Technology degree
program and a Commercial Truck Driving course.
Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center
The Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center at Oxford opened in the fall of 1983.
An additional 11 acres of land for expansion was purchased in 1999. A 31,000square-foot
expansion was opened in August 2002. A complete renovation of the
original building was completed in 2005 and included an addition for Physical Plant
operations and a truck dock.
The third addition to the complex, completed in 2009, adds 10,900 square feet.
The focus of this project was relocation of the Cosmetology program, two additional
classrooms and faculty offices.
The career and technical programs offered at this center are: Office Systems Technology,
Health-care Data Technology, Office Assistant, Cosmetology, Health Care
Assistant, Practical Nursing, Microcomputer Technology, Paralegal Technology and
Surgical Technology.
These programs are designed to train students for direct entry into the job market.
Surgical Technology, Microcomputer Technology, Office Systems Technology, and
Health-care Data Technology are two-year Associate Degree programs. Office Assistant
is a two-semester program. Cosmetology, Health Care Assistant, and Practical
Nursing are vocational certificate programs.
The Main Campus
Fifty-nine buildings totaling 968,838 square feet are scattered over 186.3 acres.
Facil ities have expanded from three original buildings to a sprawling network of
buildings in a pedestrian-friendly college campus environment.
Buildings and Grounds
The campus is accented with landscaped areas and flowering beds. A focal point at the
Student Union is the pedestrian mall featuring brick benches, trees, and flower beds.
There are numerous athletic facilities for both intercollegiate competition and intramurals
and recreation. Areas are provided for baseball, football, basketball, tennis, softball,
sand volleyball and soccer.
The James P. McCormick Administration Building, one of the original buildings
on the campus, is the familiar landmark of Northwest Mississippi Community College.
In it are the offices of the president, other administrative officers, the business
office, and computer center. Built in 1915, this facility once served as the primary
classroom building for Tate County Agricultural High School. In 1993 the building
was designated a Mississippi Landmark by the Permit Committee of the Board
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