by Danny Barrett Jr. | Jan 26, 2017 | News
RAYMOND – High school seniors who are thinking about attending Hinds Community College in fall 2017 are invited to the Raymond Campus Preview Day on Feb. 3. The expo style event is come-and-go, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. It gives seniors and their parents an...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Jan 19, 2017 | News, Workforce
JACKSON – Three counties in the Hinds Community College district have joined a growing list of communities in Mississippi working to be recognized as a job-ready workforce. At least 100 employers each in Hinds, Warren and Rankin counties must agree to begin...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Jan 11, 2017 | News
JACKSON – Wilburn Holmes wants to manage a hotel someday. Jordan Brown sees himself troubleshooting that hotel’s computers. Both know they can’t get there without a little help. Providing that network is the goal of an expanded Minority Male Leadership Initiative at...
by Cathy Hayden | Jan 10, 2017 | News
In 1917 on a patch of ground in small-town Raymond, Miss., a new opportunity opened for rural boys and girls who wanted to finish high school. That modest opportunity started as Hinds Agricultural High School with 117 students and evolved into what’s now Hinds...
by Cathy Hayden | Jan 4, 2017 | News
Linda Brent Bath was named Professor Emeritus of Business Technology for Hinds Community College at the Jan. 3 Centennial Convocation. She joins 31 other retired Hinds employees selected for the honor. Bath of Raymond began her association with Hinds as a student. She...
by Cathy Hayden | Jan 3, 2017 | News
Brandon native Tori Bailey didn’t originally plan to come to Hinds Community College after she graduated last May. Her aspirations were to attend a university but less than “plentiful” scholarships, to use her word, put a hitch in that plan. Then last January she...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Dec 19, 2016 | News, Workforce
PEARL — Just two years ago, Ronald Humes had dropped out of high school and was seemingly out of options. Today, he has credential and a job offer in hand – and he feels on top of his world. “It’s really a dream come true right now,” said Humes, of Vicksburg,...
by Cathy Hayden | Dec 16, 2016 | News
On Friday, Hinds graduated nearly 900 students who received 1,263 degrees and certificates, meaning some graduates received more than one credential. Of that number 554 chose to participate in one of the three ceremonies on Friday at the Muse Center on the Rankin...
by Cathy Hayden | Dec 16, 2016 | News
Niccole Landrum of Madison celebrated two big events on Friday: Her graduation from Hinds Community College with a Practical Nursing certificate and the one-month birthday of her son Parker. He was born on the day she was supposed to take her last test, but she wound...
by Danny Barrett Jr. | Dec 14, 2016 | News
RAYMOND – With scholarship money on the line, Kristen Stull didn’t crack under pressure. In fact, she cracked up those in charge of a scholarship program sponsored by GEICO by creating the funniest meme caption submitted for the program. Stull, of Florence, a freshman...
