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. Pictured are (front row, from left) James Bruno of Abbeville, The Brenda Gentry Holmes Endowed Scholarship; Harley Gossett of Abbeville, The Holli Pond Day Endowed Scholarship Joannie Olson of Batesville, The Gateway Tire Endowed Scholarship; (back) Elaine Robinson of Oxford, The John and Stelloise Basinger Endowed Scholarship; Kristynn Nichols of Plantersville,The Pauline Marchbanks Endowed Scholarship and Ashley Pettis of Oxford, The Sonia Robbins Young Endowed Scholarship. (Contributed)