by Cathy Hayden | Apr 1, 2015 | News, Workforce
A new grant for partners Hinds Community College and KLLM Transport Services in Richland will allow a 25 percent focus on recruiting and training female truck drivers. The $220,000 grant received by the Foundation for the Mid South to promote “Transportation,...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 30, 2015 | News
Ian Espy, a Ridgeland eighth-grader, is the winner of the 27th annual Mississippi Geographic Bee held March 27 at Hinds Community College’s Muse Center in Pearl. Espy, who attends St. Andrews Episcopal School, will compete in the national Geographic Bee May...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 27, 2015 | News
Hinds Community College President Dr. Clyde Muse was honored with a state Senate Concurrent Resolution on March 27 for his role in the invention of the game of T-ball. The effort was led by Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl. “Clyde Muse has been honored many...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 26, 2015 | News
Eight students in the Hospitality/Tourism and Culinary Arts program at Hinds Community College’s Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center placed in the Collegiate DECA State Conference, held Feb. 25-27 in Natchez. They include: second place, Khadijah Hairston of...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 25, 2015 | News
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) has recognized Norma Jill Gore of Brandon, a culinary arts instructor at Hinds Community College’s Pearl/Rankin Career and Technical Center for high school students, as winner of the 2015 ProStart...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 19, 2015 | News
Hinds Community College’s Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center Second Annual Healthy Living Co-ed Softball Tournament has been postponed until April 18 because of wet field conditions. The tournament to benefit the Warrior Bonfire Project and Camp Rainbow will...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 18, 2015 | News
Colleen Hartfield of Raymond, vice president for Community Relations and Governmental Affairs at Hinds Community College, was presented the Leadership Award from the Women in Higher Education Mississippi Network at the annual convention on Feb. 19. The WHEMN...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 17, 2015 | News
Shanita Greer of Jackson, a nursing student at Hinds Community College’s Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center, has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Silver Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 16, 2015 | News
Mary Catherine Harvey of Forest, a student at Hinds Community College, has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Gold Scholar. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team program by recognizing 50...
by Cathy Hayden | Mar 16, 2015 | Arts, News
Mary Miller, author of “The Last Days of California,” will do a reading at Hinds Community College as part of the Southern Writers Series in conjunction with the Peggy Brent Memorial Art Series. Miller’s reading is 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, in...
