SPRING 2015CONTINUINGEDUCATIONNorthwest Mississippi Community College

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Class Begin/EndDates Day/Time CEUs Registration

Deadline Instructor Location Fees

Alternate Elements Painting

Jan. 22-Feb 19

Thursdays 5:30 - 8 pm 0.0 Jan. 20 Dana

Finimore Art Building $95

Adult Piano: Recreational

Music Making (MMR-1)

Jan.26-March 30

Mondays 6 - 7 pm 0.0 Jan. 22 Doug Lauts

Lowery Studio,

Hernando$120

Adult Piano: Recreational

Music Making (MMR-1)

Jan.27-March 31

Tuesdays 10 - 11am 0.0 Jan. 22 Doug Lauts

Lowery Studio,

Hernando$120

Cake Decorating

Feb. 2 - March 2

Mondays 6 - 8 pm 0.0 Jan. 28 Kim

SteinmanTate Hall, Room 206

$65 plus

supplies

Mosaics Three Ways Feb. 5-26 Thursdays

6-8 pm 0.0 Jan. 29 Beth Goudy Art Building $130

iPhone Made Easy

Feb. 9- March 2

Mondays 5:30 - 8 pm 1.0 Jan. 30 Helen

Williamson Berry 104 $100

Basic Computers Feb 10-April 7

Tuesdays 6 - 8 pm 1.5 Jan. 30 Helen

Williamson Berry 104 $110

Microsoft Publisher

Feb. 11-April 8

Wednesdays 6-8 pm 1.5 Jan. 30 Helen

Williamson Berry 104 $110

Essentials for Your Personal

Computer

Feb.12-March 5

Thursdays 5:30 - 8 pm 1.0 Jan. 30 Helen

Williamson Berry 104 $100

Author Study and Tour – Willie

Morris

Feb. 21, March 21, &

April 11

see article on pg. 11 1.5 Jan. 25

Jesse Kelly, Dr. Kate Cochran, Maggie Moran

R.C. Pugh Library $75

Managing Your Classroom: Tips & Tricks

Feb. 23 -April 6 ONLINE 1.5 Feb. 16 Phyllis

Johnson ONLINE $90

Upholstery Feb. 26-April 9

Thursday 6-8 pm 0.0 Feb. 23 Gloria

Singleton Art Building $135

NRA Basic Pistol Course Feb. 28 Saturday

9 am-5 pm 0.0 Feb. 25 Bud Donahou

Math & Science Building

$100

How Not to Kill My Garden

March 21 & 28

Saturday 9 am-noon 0.0 March 18 Len Lawhon

Math & Science Building

$65

Chalk Paint March 28 Sat 9-12 pm 0.0 March 25 Bev Crossen Art building $100

Chalk Paint Cabinet Class March 28 Sat 1-4 pm 0.0 March 25 Bev Crossen Art building $150

Class listings and information can be found at www.northwestms.edu/conted

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Class Begin/EndDates Day/Time CEUs Registration

Deadline Instructor Location Fees

NRA Refuse to be a Victim®

SeminarMarch 28 Saturday

9 am -1 pm 0.0 March 25 Bud Donahou

Math & Science Building

$15

NRA Basic Pistol Course April 25 Saturday

9am - 5pm 0.0 April 22 Bud Donahou

Math & Science Building

$100

AFFORDABLEcompare tuition

per year.NWCC $2,550

$5,500

All academic, college-level classes will transfer to any four-year college or

university in Mississippi.

So you want to stay close to home while you are getting a great academic foundation for a four-year degree or the technical skills you need for a rewarding career path. You’re in luck! An amazing, affordable education is just a short distance from home and online.

Northwest has convenient online classes and campuses located in

Senatobia, Southaven, Oxford, Olive Branch and Ashland.

Visit www.northwestms.edu/apply.

Call (662) 562-3222 to set up a tour.

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Have you always dreamed of playing an in-strument? Maybe you simply want a relaxing and fun activity to release you from the stress of every-day life? Recreational Music Making (RMM) classes may be just the thing! No prior piano knowledge or experience is required. This is a socially enjoyable music making class for adult beginners. Class members meet week-ly for 10 weeks and learn to play the music that is meaningful and relevant to them. Recreational Music Making is: • Fun and easy to learn• A great way to connect with others• About having fun, personal expression and satis-factionNote: Classes held at Lowery Studio, Hernando

Adult Piano: Recreational Music Making (RMM-1)

Piano Fun for Adult Beginners

Celebrate your creativity by learning to paint using alternative materials and methods. In this unique painting class, students will exercise their inner artist by learning unusual ap-proaches to making art. Students will also explore the advantages of working intuitively to create paintings and collage. Traditional painting methods can be successfully combined with alternative materials for stunning results. Each student will complete two per-sonal paintings throughout the class. All materials are included in the class fee.

Alternative Elements Painting

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

In this four-week class we will get a jump on spring with three fun projects. Through our projects we will cover planning and design, templates, adhesives and sealers for indoor, outdoor and wall applications. Get a jump on spring by making a broken-tile garden stepping stone, painting a faux mosaic mirror using ceramic glazes and tiling a round wrought iron table with beautiful glass mosaic tesserae. With mosaic, the creativity never ends. It is easy and fun for everyone.

Mosaics Three Ways

Come join the fun and learn to create beau-tifully decorated cakes for any occasion! Students will learn the magic of icing to create roses, borders, flowers and other cake em-bellishments. Icing recipe and a supply list will be given at first class meeting. Students will be responsible for their own supplies. The teacher will be happy to help in sug-gesting where to purchase or rent certain items. Fondant will not be used in this class.

Beginning Cake Decorating Are you getting frustrated with how to use the iPhone? This class is geared to help you figure out the things on your iPhone you didn’t even know about. The iOS 8 operating system brought a lot of nice changes that you may not be aware of. In this class students will learn how to work with iTunes, iCloud and how it syncs with your phone. Other topics of interest that will be covered will be the standard apps, downloading and man-aging apps, taking pictures and videos and adding music. So let’s get smart with the smart phone.

iPhone Made Easy

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This class is designed for adults who have little or no previous computer experience. General computer use and terminology will be discussed as participants learn basic skills in using Windows 7. This class is ideal for seniors who are inter-ested in learning how to use the computer. Topics covered in this class are: how to prop-erly turn your computer on and off, different computer components, storage devices, properly cleaning your computer and components, how to use the mouse, how to move around in Windows and create, save, and print a document.

Basic Computers

This class is geared toward those who want more information about managing their own comput-ers using Windows’ latest operating system, how to personalize and configure Windows 7 and how to install and remove programs. Other topics will include protecting a PC (personal computer) with Windows Security Center, setting up passwords for multiple users, saving impor-tant information onto CDs, creating back-ups, using an external hard drive and troubleshooting.

Essentials for your Personal Computer

Effective teachers are passionate about edu-cating their students. This course will offer some tips and tricks that you can use to help settle problems or prevent them from occurring so you can spend more time teaching and assessing the students as they learn. We will talk about taking charge of your class, encouraging students to learn and classroom management. These skills are only acquired with practice, feedback and willingness to learn from mistakes. A gathering of the minds online is always helpful by sharing experiences and processes that work and don’t work. Come join us to learn a more effective way to manage your classroom.

Managing Your Classroom: Tips and Tricks(Online Course)

Publisher is a desktop publishing program that allows you to create many different types of pub-lications. This course will teach students how to cre-ate business cards, brochures, greeting cards, flyers and more with ease. This class will also cover how to use templates that are within Publisher and Microsoft’s website.

Microsoft Publisher

Re-upholstering furniture might be the answer for a fresh look in your home! Learn the basics of upholstery – the skills, materials, tools and tricks of the trade. The first class will consist of discussing fab-rics, tools and supplies needed for your project. Stu-dents will be required to bring a small piece of fur-niture to work on. They will learn how to cut fabric, how to attach it to the furniture, and attach trim. Note: Students will be required to bring and take home their piece of furniture each class.

Upholstery

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This class covers four basic gardening sub-jects: Growing locations (sun and soil); plant selec-tions (what to know before you grow); garden plant-ing techniques (all thumbs and none of them green), and pest management (don’t serve bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and horn worm sandwiches ever again). The class curriculum will be fun and informa-tive with a relaxed and informal teaching structure. We will watch Powerpoint presentations on gardening subjects, engage in class discussions on some of our favorite plant selections and have time for “show and tell”– a time for class members to bring in pictures or plant pest samples for me to diagnose and discuss with the class. Each class will conclude with a “campus walking tour and study” of our landscape gardening projects on the Senatobia campus.

How Not to Kill My Garden

Bring your own piece of small furniture for this workshop for a total transformation. In this workshop we will cover basic painting, distressing and waxing techniques that you will use to paint your treasure using Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan. All supplies are included. You just need to bring the small piece of furniture, and be prepared to paint. Chalk Paint® is different. It is not simply paint with chalk added to it. It is not chalkboard paint. It is not made by adding plaster of Paris or grout or even baking soda to an existing paint. Chalk Paint® is the unique decorative paint Annie Sloan developed for furniture, floors and walls, drawing on a lifetime of research and experience in working with paint and color. Chalk Paint® adheres to most surfaces and cre-ates gorgeous results quickly and easily. Use it for a textured finish, a distressed finish, a smooth contem-porary finish or even as a wash.

Note: You must be able to carry your piece in and out of the class.

Chalk Paint ® by Annie SloanNRA Basic Pistol CourseThis is a course designed by the NRA to pro-

vide basic handgun training to students. It will focus on knowledge, skills and attitude required for basic handgun competency. Specific topics will include gun safety, han-dling the gun, cleaning, storage, ammunition, marks-manship, responsibilities, carry options and the laws concerning handguns. This course includes “live” shooting at a lo-cal range. Students may bring their own firearm and ammunition. However, if needed, a firearm will be available upon request. Students will receive all course materials at the beginning of the course as well as the NRA Ba-sic Pistol Course and the Mississippi Certified Fire-arms Training Program certificates upon completion of the class.

Continuing Education Gift Certificates Available!Give the gift of learning to someone you love!

Call Pam Wooten at 662-562-3349 or e-mail pwooten@northwestms.edu

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The Refuse to be a Victim® seminar will introduce students to several aspects of personal protection. Some of the topics covered will include: • crime statistics – when, where and how crimes occur• attitude and awareness• security in the home and car• security in the workplace• cyber security• legal aspects of personal protection/defense• training/preparedness options

NRA Refuse to be a Victim® Seminar

Do you have tired, dated looking cabinets in your kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room? So many of us do! The layout is great, the wood is fine, but the finish is worn or just not in style? You are the per-fect candidate to refinish your cabinetry with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan! No previ-ous painting experience required. We will be clean-ing and painting an actual cabinet door so that you will gain the confidence and knowledge to tackle your project at home. Why use Chalk Paint®? No sanding, stripping, or priming. Leave your doors on the hinges and paint them too if you’d like. You will add value to your cabinets by giving them a specialty hand painted finish that will last rather than spending more money and effort applying a la-tex bandage or replacing real wood with laminated pressboard. Will also introduce other great products that will help take your cabinets a notch - Artisan En-hancements.Note: You may bring one of your own cabinet doors or one will be provided upon request.

Chalk Paint ® for your Cabinets

Continuing Education Gift Certificates Available!Give the gift of learning to someone you love!

Call Pam Wooten at 662-562-3349 or e-mail pwooten@northwestms.edu

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READING ROUNDTABLEReading Roundtable provides a forum for lifelong learners to read and discuss a variety of books during the course of a semester.

Meetings are held the last Tuesday of each month, except for November, at 2 p.m. in the back of the R. C. Pugh Library on the Senatobia campus of Northwest. Books are $5 each thanks to continued support from Sycamore Bank.

For information please contact Maggie Moran, director of Learning Resources, at 562-3278 or email at mmoran@northwestms.edu.

Class Dates & DescriptionsExplore life in Early America through the

eyes of Mary Rowlandson, a Puritan minister’s wife kidnapped by a local tribe.

She chaffs at the strict moral code of the Puritans while finding some freedoms under her Native American capturers.

Based on a true story, Flight of the Sparrow has many discussable points that Maya Berry, digital librarian, feels is worthy of the group.

The author, Amy Belding Brown, has agreed to add to the conversation through Skype.

Set in North Carolina in the 1960s, a social worker defies her employers to save impoverished children from overzealous social engineering in this well-researched novel. Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain is the story of two young women, seemingly worlds apart, but both haunted by tragedy.

Jane and Ivy are thrown together and must ask themselves: How can you know what you believe is right, when everyone is telling you it’s wrong? Courtney Hicks, reference librarian, will help navigate the discussion.

Amazon.com states, “28-year-old protagonist Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas--a place he left when he was 18, vowing never to return. Yet fate and a Ph.D. in black studies force him back to his rural origins in Daniel Black’s new book, They Tell me of a Home. Crystal Giles, technical services librarian will explore the age-old question “Can you go home again?” with Roundtable members.

According to the book jacket, “Leonard Self knows where he’s going to end his life. But the road there is winding, and he has company.” His company includes the ashes of his beloved wife. Travel the back roads of America’s Western states in Monument Road by Charlie Quimby. Maggie Moran, director of Learning Resources will drive the discussion for this road trip.

January 27 March 31

April 28February 24

Maya Berry Courtney Hicks Crystal Giles Maggie Moran

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Saturday, March 28

Please join us for a celebration of local literary talent:

Author Rodeo Round-up

Book Sale and Signing by panelists and local authors

Author Panel Discussion

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CONTINUING EDUCATION TRIP

Visit the sites of the most epic struggle in the Western Theater of the Civil War. Nearly 110,000 American troops clashed in a bloody contest that resulted in 23,746 casualties; more casualties than in all of America’s previous wars combined. Explore the Shiloh battlefields to discover the impact of this struggle on the soldiers and on the nation. The Shiloh Battlefield Civil War Interpretive Center has large exhibit spaces dedicated to showing visitors the tools of war, the people who used those tools and the effects of their use. While visiting, we will be able to see the new award-winning film, Shiloh: Fiery Trial. We will also participate in a self-guided auto tour to see the Shiloh Battlefield, which is a 12.7 mile auto tour route with 20 tour stops at such famous places as the Peach Orchard, the Hornet’s Nest and the Albert Sidney Johnston death site. Some other attractions that are at Shiloh National park are the Shiloh National Cemetery, the Shiloh Battlefield Burials and the Shiloh Indian Mounds. If weather and time permit, we will visit these places as well.

There is also a bookstore that has a large selection of books, videos and other educational materials. You may wish to visit it in order to find just the perfect keepsake or gift.

Friday, Apr. 17 • 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. • $50 • Deadline to register: Apr. 9

Shiloh National Military ParkShiloh, Tennessee

Educators, add zing to Mississippi Studies and English classrooms by providing inside knowledge of Willie Morris gathered from stories he wrote or told by scholars and people who knew him. In two short meetings and one trip you will delve into the life of Morris by walking the streets of his childhood home, Yazoo City, literally and figuratively. Participants will be expected to read five books and short handouts prior to the meeting dates then discuss readings as a group with emphasis on incorporating information into future classroom discussions. While in Yazoo City, participants will tour the museum, walk the cemetery grounds, eat at the famous Ubon’s Barbeque joint, and watch My Dog Skip. Classes will be held once a month, Feb. – April, to allow time to read and absorb books and articles. At the first meeting, Feb. 21, participants will discuss My Dog Skip, Good Old Boy, and Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo. Jesse Kelley and Maggie Moran, director of Learning Resources will lead the discussions and provide ideas for teachers to use the books in classroom settings. At the second meeting, Dr. Katherine Cochran, who knew Willie Morris, will lead the discussion of North toward Home and Conversations with Willie Morris Mar. 21. Both classes meet from 9 – 11:30 a.m. The tour is April 11 and will leave from the Senatobia campus at 7a.m. returning at 4 p.m. The fee is $75 and covers all the books. Classes meet in the R. C. Pugh Library, Viewing Room. The deadline to register is January 25. *Larry Wells, former Northwest English instructor and owner of Yoknapatawpha Press, has donated 10 paperback copies of Good Old Boy and Good Old Boy and the Witch of Yazoo to the first 10 participants to sign up for the class.

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Author Study and Tour featuringthe works of Willie Morris

$75 • Deadline to register: January 25 • 1.5 CEUs

Class meetings: Saturdays Feb. 21 and March 21

9-11:30 a.m.R.C. Pugh Library, Senatobia campus

Yazoo City Tour: Saturday, April 11, 7 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Dr. Kate Cochran has published articles and reviews in the New Hibernia Review, the Southern Literary Journal, College Literature, the Kentucky Philological Review, The Southern Register, and The Southern Quarterly. One of her recent articles examined rhetorical operation in media coverage of Hurricane Katrina and appeared in the CEA Forum. She has also published on the popular YA series The Twilight Saga. Her current research focuses on Southern literary tourism, and she is also working on a textbook on literary study for pre-service teachers.

Jesse Kelley serves as the Instructional Resources Center librarian at Delta State University. Jesse grew up in Jones County, Mississippi and received his M.S.in History and M.L.I.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi. Jesse’s research interests include the desegregation of public libraries in Mississippi and incorporating Library 2.0 technologies in bibliographic instruction. In his free time he enjoys reading, playing guitar, and traveling the Mississippi delta.

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ACT PREP WORKSHOP

Time: Monday and Tuesday, 6-9 p.m.Location: Math and Science Building (MAS), Room 308

Instructors: Beth Leishman & Marcus PerkinsFee: $105 (textbook included)

Jan. 26 & 27, 2015 (deadline to register Jan. 22)

Apr. 6 & 7, 2015 (deadline to register Apr. 1)

June 1 & 2, 2015 (deadline to register is May 28)

This course provides an overview of the ACT format followed by a review of verbal and math fundamentals for solving typical test questions. Also discussed are management and test-taking strategies. Previous students of this course have raised their scores significantly. Students will need to bring a calculator, notebook and pen/pencil to the workshop.

Those interested may print a registration form from our website at www.northwestms.edu/actform. Then simply mail it, along with your payment, to the address that prints on the form. Confirmations will not be sent, however people are welcome to e-mail Pam Wooten at pwooten@northwestms.edu to confirm that your payment was received.

Places are limited, so early registration is strongly recommended

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The ServSafe program provides food safety training and exams to foodservice managers. Students can earn the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification, accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Conference for Food Protection (CFP).

The program blends the latest FDA Food Code, food safety research and years of food sanitation training experience. Managers learn to implement essential food safety practices and create a culture of food safety. All content and materials are based on actual job tasks identified by foodservice industry experts.

Trust the only food safety program with roots in the foodservice industry to help you protect customer health, improve employee performance and preserve business reputation.

This class is held on the Senatobia campus on the following dates:

Jan. 24, 2015 (Registration deadlines: mail, Jan. 8; in person, Jan. 15)

March 21, 2015 (Registration deadlines: March 5, mail or in person)

May 2, 2015 (Registration deadlines: mail, Apr. 16; in person Apr. 23)

To register by mail go to www.northwestms.edu/conted and click on SERVSAFE

Click on SERVSAFE at bottom of the page then click on the date you would like to take the class. Print

SERVSAFE MANAGER TRAINING

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Adult Piano

Cake Decorating

AccreditationNorthwest Mississippi Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Associate of Arts degree, the Associate of Applied Science degree, and certificates in career education. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA, 30033-4097, or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Northwest Mississippi Community College.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONPlease visit the Northwest website at www.northwestms.edu/affirmativeaction to view the College’s Notice of Non-Discrimination, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.

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If paying by credit card, please provide the following information:Name on card:Credit Card #:Expiration Date Security Code:Billing Zip Code: Total Amount: $

Make checks payable to NWCC and mail to NWCC, Division of Continuing Education, P.O. Box 7048, 4975 Hwy. 51 N., Senatobia, MS 38668

Pam Wooten, coordinator of Continuing EducationPhone: 662-562-3349E-mail: pwooten@northwestms.edu

Class RefundsRegistration fees are refunded in full for the Northwest Continuing Education courses when: (1) the

class for which an enrollment is submitted is full, (2) the class is cancelled or (3) the student notifies the Office of Continuing Education prior to the registration deadline of the course.

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Division of Continuing Education4975 Hwy. 51 N. , NWCC Box 7048, Senatobia, MS 38668

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