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Featured News

Hinds CC inducts Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor society

ACKSON – Hinds Community College inducted students into the Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor society on May 8. Alpha Delta Nu is the only national honor society specifically for Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students. Established by the Organization for Associate Degree...

Hinds CC recognizes Honors awards, mentors

RAYMOND – Hinds Community College’s Honors Institute on the Raymond Campus presented graduates with awards of excellence for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each named a faculty mentor, who received a certificate as an Honored Faculty Member during an April ceremony....

Hinds CC class pays off for entrepreneur

PEARL – Shinita Payton took one more step in her carefully laid plans when she walked across the stage to receive an associate degree from Hinds Community College on May 14. Payton, 38, of Brandon is a licensed cosmetologist with a plan to open a full-service salon....

First generation college students earns Hinds CC degree after long struggle with substance use

PEARL – Fifty-two-year-old Angela Hasty walked across the stage at Muse Center all smiles, but, behind the happy face, she was nervous. The Vicksburg woman said she dropped out of college 30 years, living a rough life driven by drug addiction. After she got sober five...

Hinds CC graduate obtains credential 33 years after first attending college

PEARL – Joseph Collins had been driving an 18-wheeler for about 25 years when he decided it was time for a career change. He attended Hinds Community College as a young man, playing football in 1993 and 1994 under former Coach Gene Murphy, but he didn’t complete his...

Hinds CC nursing grad pays tribute to deceased classmate in remarks

PEARL – On a day of celebration for Hinds Community College nursing and allied health graduates, student speaker N’Kyah Kendrick instead remembered a former classmate who didn’t walk the stage Wednesday. Kendrick, who received an Associate Degree in Nursing May 13,...

Hinds CC announces spring 2026 graduation details

RAYMOND – Hinds Community College will award more than 1,500 degrees and certificates during one of five graduation ceremonies this week, Wednesday-Friday. Among the graduates, 615 will graduate with honors; 239 students will graduate cum laude, which is a 3.2-3.59...

President Vacik discusses all things health sciences at Hinds on SuperTalk Mississippi

Hinds President Dr. Stephen Vacik appeared on SuperTalk Mississippi’s popular, statewide radio show Good Things With Rebecca Turner on April 27 to discuss growth on the Hinds Rankin Campus, including the new Health Sciences Center scheduled to open in the fall and The...

Hinds CC trustees award 5 Emeritus titles

RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College Board of Trustees recently awarded Emeritus status to five college retirees, bringing the number awarded to 52. They are Sherry Franklin Bellmon, formerly of Brandon, now of Huntsville, Ala., Terri Shores Black of Canton, Lamar...

Hinds CC Jackson Campus inducts PTK members

JACKSON – The Hinds Community College Jackson Campus chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted new members of May 1. Inducted into the Alpha Zeta Omega chapter are, front from left, Jada Ards of Jackson, Jaytlin Washington of Jackson, Katelynn Benjamin of West Point, Akela...