Four Oxford Area Students Earn Northwest Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame Honor

Four students attending Northwest Mississippi Community College's Oxford campus were named to the 2025-26 Hall of Fame, the college's highest student honor, including two Lafayette High School graduates bound for the medical field and a working veterinary technician who built a President's List academic record after earning her high school equivalency diploma.

The 17-member class was formally recognized at the March 5 Board of Trustees meeting in Senatobia, with the full list announced March 27. Nominations are submitted by instructors and voted on by a campus committee, making the distinction a faculty endorsement of both academic performance and engagement in student life at Northwest.

Emileigh Grace Doner of Oxford came to Northwest after earning her high school equivalency diploma and landed on the President's List every semester. She is majoring in Agricultural Business and Management Technology, holds memberships in Phi Theta Kappa and the Baptist Student Union, and continues working as a veterinary technician while studying. Doner plans to obtain her veterinary technician certification after graduation.

JP Swain, a Lafayette High School graduate, is pursuing pre-health science on the Oxford campus. Olivia Ball, also from Lafayette High, is enrolled in the same field while serving as a Phi Theta Kappa officer. Ball was named Miss NWCC for the Oxford campus and plans to continue her education in dental hygiene at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, with a career goal of becoming a licensed dental hygienist.

Joshua Cole Rogers, a graduate of Lake Hamilton High School in Lake Hamilton, Arkansas, was named Mr. NWCC for the Oxford campus. A general studies student, he serves as an officer in both Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society and Phi Theta Kappa and participates in the Honors Institute. Rogers plans to transfer to the University of Mississippi for a bachelor's degree, then pursue a master's in accounting with a possible minor in finance.

Induction draws scholarship attention, strengthens transfer applications, and signals to area employers that a student has been recognized by their own instructors for sustained achievement. For Oxford, four inductees in a class of 17 represents a strong return from the nearly 1,200 students enrolled at the Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center.

Families and prospective students can reach the Oxford campus at 1310 Belk Drive, phone (662) 236-2023. The center offers programs in Business and Office Technology, Paralegal Technology, Surgical Technology, Cosmetology, Health Care Assistant, and Practical Nursing, with both day and evening classes available. Students who pair a strong GPA with active involvement in organizations such as Phi Theta Kappa or Gamma Beta Phi place themselves in the pool from which instructors draw Hall of Fame nominations each academic year, with the incoming class honored at the March Board of Trustees meeting.