From Northwest
Mississippi Community College
SENATOBIA, MS (01/10/2025)– Northwest Mississippi Community College officials announced Jaquize Buycks of Millbrook received a Associate of Arts on December 13, 2024 during the college’s 117th Commencement. Buycks was among 443 graduates who were awarded degrees and certificates for the Fall 2024 semester. Degrees were officially conferred by Northwest President, Dr. Michael Heindl.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch served as commencement speaker and shared her unique insights and wisdom with the graduates. Fitch is Mississippi’s 40th Attorney General and the state’s first-ever female Attorney General. She was elected in January of 2020 and was re-elected in 2023. In 2022, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, alongside many other accolades for her accomplished career.
Dr. Heindl also surprised the Honorable Fitch with her own degree via reverse transfer from the college where she started her college career many years ago.
Northwest Mississippi Community College is a public, two-year institution primarily serving 11 counties in Northwest Mississippi. For more information visit www.northwestms.edu
