Northwest Mississippi Community College granted Associate Degrees to eleven Oxford High Scholastic Institute students. The seniors completed the coursework as full-time college students while completing their high school graduation requirements and have been awarded $323,000 in scholarships to continue their college education.

Scholastic Institute students are full-time college students at NWMCC. Courses are offered on the OHS campus, through NWMCC’s e-learning platform, and face-to-face at NWMCC’s Oxford campus.

During this week’s medal ceremony, NWMCC President Michael Heindl congratulated the students and Oxford High on “being a model for all school districts.”

The Scholastic Institute is under the direction of Steve Hurdle and Duncan Gray, director and assistant director of the Oxford School District’s College and Career Readiness Department respectively.

2022 Graduating Students

Diamond	Bell	Ole Miss	Medical Science
Brock	Bigham	Mississippi State University	Aerospace Engineering
Trey	Brower	USM	Forensics (Chem & BioChem)
Kalvia	Caldwell	Mississippi State University	Elementary Education
Madeline	Cook	University of Mississippi	Psychology
Emerson	Crowe	University of Mississippi	Exercise Science
Cassidy	Rock	Ole Miss	Psychology, Music
Tyler	Skipworth	Ole Miss	Computer Science
John	Stewart	Mississippi State	Aerospace Engineering
Luke	Tucker	University of Mississippi	Mechanical Engineering, minor in manufacturing; Haley Barbour Center for Applied Engineering
Anna	Walker	University of Mississippi	Psychology

“This program has seen tremendous growth due to the participants encouraging their peers,” said Gray. The next graduating class in 2023 anticipates 18 Scholastic Institute graduates and 25 the following year.