Hinds CC MI-BEST training offers both job, academic training

by | Dec 2, 2015 | News, Workforce

Phillip Wallace had something of a clue from an early age about how best to achieve his goals. He just didn’t appreciate the lesson for a while. “When I was 12 or 13, I remember my mom putting me to work when I wanted $10 to go to the store to buy something,” Wallace...

Hinds CC names Most Beautiful in annual Eagle Beauty Revue

by Cathy Hayden | Nov 20, 2015 | News

Mary Menger Jones of Benton was selected as Most Beautiful in the annual Hinds Community College Eagle Beauty Revue pageant on Nov. 19. The pageant is sponsored by the Eagle yearbook on the Raymond Campus. Jones, 18, is a Raymond Campus freshman who plans to major in...

Former, current Hinds CC instructors are graduation speakers

by | Nov 19, 2015 | News

Fall graduation ceremonies are set for Dec. 18 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus as students earn associate’s degrees from Hinds Community College. All nursing and allied health graduates will receive their degrees at 8 a.m., with commencement for academic and...

Grant supplies Hinds CC with recycle bins

by | Nov 19, 2015 | News

Recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles remained a commitment during the Fall semester, thanks to a grant from Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation. Interior common areas on Hinds’ six campuses feature 32 large recycling bins where cans and bottles...

Hinds CC names Hinds Heroes for Fall 2015

by | Nov 11, 2015 | News

The Fall 2015 group of honorees in the Hinds Heroes employee recognition program has been named. Heroes are chosen because they represent the college well, provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers and constantly promote the Hinds mission...

Hinds CC Art Faculty show new works at Marie Hull Gallery

by Cathy Hayden | Nov 2, 2015 | Arts, News, Raymond Campus

Hinds Community College will have an art faculty show Nov. 9-Dec. 9 at the Marie Hull Gallery in the Katherine Denton Art Building. The show features all full-time art faculty members including gallery director Melanie Atkinson, Randy Minton, Sarah Teasley, and Paula...

Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds CC inducts new members for Fall 2015

by | Oct 27, 2015 | News

The Gamma Lambda Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College held a ceremony Oct. 23 on the Raymond Campus to induct members for the Fall 2015 semester. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for community and junior college students. Membership...

Hinds CC celebrated Homecoming with the annual 50+ luncheon

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 26, 2015 | News

                            Hinds Community College Homecoming week activities included the annual 50+ luncheon for alumni who graduated in 1965 or in prior years. As Mississippi’s largest community...

Hinds CC career-tech options shine at Vicksburg career fair

by | Oct 26, 2015 | News

Tevin Sylvester doesn’t read books when it comes to electrical circuitry. He chooses to stare it down – and get the information he needs. “I can’t learn anything about mechanics by reading a manual,” Sylvester said, studying the ins and outs of a three-way switch and...

Hinds CC names student, faculty HEADWAE honorees

by | Oct 21, 2015 | News

Mathematics Instructor Jeff Hughes, of Pearl, and Robert Harrison Hunter, of Hermanville, a sophomore computer engineering student on the Raymond Campus, have been named Hinds CC’s honorees for the Legislature’s Feb. 2, 2016, HEADWAE (Higher Education Appreciation Day...