Laissez les bon temps Rouler’: Hinds CC Utica Campus celebrates annual homecoming

by Cathy Hayden | Nov 1, 2017 | News, Utica Campus

Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus held its 2017 Homecoming Week Oct. 23-29.  The theme of the week was Laissez Les Bon temps Rouler! (Let the good times roll!). The week kicked off with an “All that Jazz” lunch featuring a live New Orleans Jazz ensemble and...

Hinds CC welcomes alumni back to campus for day of fun, memories

by | Oct 31, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – It was so familiar, yet so different for five old friends who visited the Raymond Campus last Saturday for the first time in more than 40 years. “It was the best memories ever for us,” said Connie Wicks Rice, of Foley, Ala., among a group of fellow former...

Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds CC Vicksburg-Warren Campus inducts new members for Fall 2017

by | Oct 25, 2017 | News

VICKSBURG – The Alpha Omega Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa have inducted nine members for the spring semester. Inductees included Austin Muirhead, Emily Sullivan, Andrea Royal, Marian Williams, Ke’Aubrey Clark, Elizabeth Loflin, Samantha Hawn, Megan Irby and Laken...

Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds CC inducts new members for Fall 2017

by | Oct 25, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – The Gamma Lambda Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College’s Raymond Campus inducted new members and officers Oct. 13. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for community and junior college students. Membership in Phi Theta Kappa is...

Hinds CC Rankin Honors, science classes wow high school students

by | Oct 23, 2017 | News

PEARL – “It’s really beyond cool!” About 75 high school juniors and seniors from Rankin County had much the same reaction throughout Honors Day, held Oct. 20 at Hinds Community College Rankin Campus. The event showcased the Honors program and areas of...

Hinds CC Utica student named to 2017 HBCU All-Stars for second year

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 18, 2017 | News

Hinds Community College Utica Campus sophomore Jeffery Fairley of Jackson knows firsthand that hard work and determination truly pay off on the highest level. Fairley was selected one of 50 students nationwide to receive All-Star status and served as an ambassador for...

Claiborne County joins career-readiness initiative with helps from Hinds CC

by | Oct 16, 2017 | News

PORT GIBSON – Claiborne County has joined other communities in the Hinds Community College district in an effort to be recognized as a job-ready workforce. Employers in the area have agreed to begin recognizing the National Career Readiness Certificate and have the...

Hinds CC breaks ground on new building at Vicksburg-Warren Campus

by | Oct 13, 2017 | News

VICKSBURG – Hinds Community College and its supporters in local government and the business community in Vicksburg broke ground Wednesday, Oct. 11 on a 40,000-square-foot Academic & Career-Technical Building at the Vicksburg-Warren Campus which promises to...

Simulation Center at Hinds CC first in Mississippi to be accredited

by | Oct 13, 2017 | News

JACKSON – The Hinds Community College Ball Simulation Center located at the Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center has received full accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Accreditation for the center in the area of Teaching/Education...

Hinds CC names 2017 Homecoming queen

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 13, 2017 | News

Kontessa McClendon of Clinton, a graduate of Clinton High School, was crowned queen at Hinds Community College’s annual Homecoming celebration on Oct. 12. She is the daughter of Michael and Tammy McClendon. A Raymond Campus sophomore, she is majoring in elementary...