NEMCC to host TigerTown Tailgate
Event is full of activities for Northeast employees, students and community
BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- (10/10/2022) — Northeast Mississippi Community College will help families ring in the cooler fall temperatures with a TigerTown Tailgate on Thursday, October 13, in the area around the fountain on the college's Booneville campus from 5-6 p.m.
Coming off the success of last year's Tiger Tent or Treat event, the TigerTown Tailgate moves exhibits and giveaways outside so that children can enjoy the game day atmosphere on campus.
Weather forecasts have the Booneville area receiving a high of 72 degrees on Thursday with a low of 47 degrees and temperatures being a brisk 64 degrees at the time of the TigerTown Tailgate.
Approximately 20 organizations have signed up to participate in the TigerTown Tailgate, providing a structured event for Northeast employees, students and community members of all ages.
Northeast's TigerTown Tailgate is a way of giving back to the community and is open to anyone free of charge and will lead into the Booneville Fall Festival on Saturday, October 15, in the Triangle downtown near the historic Booneville Hardware building.
Giveaways, exhibits and activities will be abundant, with Northeast's golf team offering a putting green, Northeast's volleyball offering a volleyball activity, the college's Development Foundation and Alumni Association passing out Northeast-labeled crayons and color-changing cups and the President's Office providing draw string backpacks for those participating in the TigerTown Tailgate.
In addition to the giveaways, activities and exhibits, the President's office provides vouchers for free entry to the Northeast football game versus East Mississippi that night. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m., just after the TigerTown Tailgate wraps up.
Not only do participants get a chance to witness a Northeast gameday, but those involved also get a free meal provided by the Northeast President's Office as well as part of the community-wide tailgate that is provided before each Northeast home football game.
Northeast is not the only one getting involved in the TigerTown Tailgate, as multiple community organizations have signed up to be part of the second annual event. MaxxSouth Broadband, Region IV Health Services, Grace YP&E Scholarship Foundation, Booneville Church of Christ's Christians on Campus and the Booneville Main Street Association have all signed up to be part of the event.
Fourteen Northeast organizations have also agreed to join in on the fun with pom poms, stickers, candy, cotton candy, games and giveaways, face painting and a selfie booth to take photos with Spirit the Tiger mascot.
Organizations that have signed up to be part of the TigerTown Tailgate, including the Northeast cheerleaders, the Development Foundation and the Alumni Association, the office of enrollment services - which includes representatives from the college's admissions, records and recruiting offices, the office of financial aid, the Northeast golf team, the division of health sciences, the Northeast Honors Institute, librarians from the Eula Dees Memorial Library, the division of mathematics and sciences, the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate chapter, the Northeast President's Office, the college's Student Government Association and Student Activities, the division of social, behavioral and applied sciences and the Northeast volleyball team.
In addition to the TigerTown Tailgate, Northeast's game day experience will be full of activities. At 12:10 p.m. the Northeast community will come together for a pep rally on the quad area around the fountain in front of the Ramsey Student Services Building, from 1-4 p.m. the Northeast Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is hosting its own TigerTown competitions with inflatables for Northeast students in the same location and at halftime of the Northeast-East Mississippi game, the Northeast Development Foundation and Alumni Association will treat spectators to a fireworks show before the Showband from Tigerland takes the field.
Northeast's TigerTown Tailgate is sponsored by the Northeast President's Office, the college's public relations committee and the Iota Zeta chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.
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Information about Northeast Mississippi Community College
Northeast Mississippi Community College, located in Booneville, Mississippi, is continually moving forward.
In the spring of 2020, Northeast became just one of four community colleges in the world to reach the prestigious Apple Distinguished School designation. NEMCC was the recipient of the Ellucian Impact Award for 2020 that recognizes the college's advancements in technology and is the only school in the nation to receive the award with the second award going to the University of Greenwich in London and Kent, United Kingdom.
Northeast has been named one of the top colleges and universities in Mississippi and was recognized by the Mississippi Business Journal as the Healthiest Workplace in Mississippi as it pertains to colleges and universities.
In addition to being one of the top colleges and universities in the nation, OnlineColleges.com recognized Northeast as the top school in the state of Mississippi for online education out of all colleges and universities, including four-year colleges and universities.
ZIPPIA has honored Northeast as the top community college in Mississippi in preparing students for the workforce and Northeast became the first college or university to offer a Z-degree (zero textbook cost) degree in the state of Mississippi as well.
Northeast athletics can also boast that it is home to a new ultramodern baseball and softball facility and currently holds the record for largest video boards for both sports in the community college ranks in the state.
The Chronicle of Higher Education has designated the college as one of its 'Best Places to Work For,' and CollegeChoice.net has named Northeast a Top 25 Community and Junior College in the country while The Center for Digital Education has recognized Northeast as a Top 10 Digital Community College in the nation.
Campus Labs recently named Northeast as one of two educational institutions in the nation as a Campus Labs Trailblazer Award honoree. The Campus Labs Trailblazer Award is based on the college creating a culture of assessment on campus through Campus Labs Planning to increase institutional adoption, focus on continuous improvement, and closing the loop in the institutional assessment priorities.
For more information about Northeast Mississippi Community College, visit http://www.nemcc.edu.
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