More than 500 area students will receive approximately $500,000 in scholarship assistance from the Northwest Mississippi Community College Foundation for the 2019-20 academic year. The Northwest Foundation Endowment is currently valued at $11.5 million, and more than $5 million has been awarded in scholarships since 1996. The Foundation currently has 337 fully endowed scholarship endowments that range in value from $10,000 to $500,000. Panola County students receiving scholarship included (from left) Denzel Hoskins of Batesville, The Jones-Pointer Endowed Scholarship; Shanique Burnette of Como, The Ella Wilbourn Endowed Scholarship and C.J. Bickerstaff, Jr. of Batesville, The Tallahatchie Valley Electric Power Association Endowed Scholarship. (Contributed)