RAYMOND – The second season of esports at Hinds Community College starts 2020-21 riding a wave of momentum after producing a national champion last year and burgeoning popularity on college campuses nationwide as COVID-19 limits in-person sports competition. A team of...
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College and the University of West Alabama have entered into a transfer agreement for those who complete their two-year degree. The pact guarantees admission to all Hinds students with a 2.0 GPA who have completed their associate degree from...
RAYMOND – Tiffany Jefferson, director of Hinds Community College’s Montage Theatre of Dance, has been named the recipient of two industry honors, one national and one local. Jefferson, of Terry, was this month awarded the Del Kieffner Award for 2020 by Florida-based...
RAYMOND – Competitive bass fishing enters its first full season as a club activity at Hinds Community College in fall 2020. A pair of two-man teams from Hinds’ club took 14th and 15th place in a 148-team event Sept. 4 at Lake Guntersville, in northern Alabama. Camden...
UTICA – Three students studying for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at Hinds Community College Utica Campus have been selected for internships at NASA facilities this year. Albert Jackson, of Jackson, has received an internship to...
JACKSON – Lauren Wise, an Oxford native and Flowood resident, a nursing student at the Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center, has received the Trustmark Workforce Development Scholarship, a $200 scholarship awarded to 25 members of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society...
RAYMOND – The Federal Aviation Administration has selected the Hinds Community College Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Collegiate Training Program, or the UAS-CTI. “The goal of the Hinds Community College Unmanned Aerial Systems...
RAYMOND – Seven instructors from Hinds Community College Vicksburg-Warren Campus earned credentials from the college during the spring and summer semesters. The list included: Kody Britt, of Vicksburg, an instructor of Precision Machine Tool technology, who earned an...
RAYMOND – It’s a very different semester for Kaitlyn Walker, of Terry, who is taking core academic classes at Hinds Community College as she pursues a career in forensic science. “It’s different coming to campus with masks on after my first semester here was so...
RAYMOND — Janna Hodges’ thoughts coming out of high school in her hometown of Eupora, Miss. centered on the best place to pursue a goal of becoming a pharmacist. “Hinds offered more classes I could take in my major and more activities than other places I could...
JACKSON – Nursing school can present quite the challenge for the even the most determined of supermoms. “When I started nursing school, I thought that it was going to be a walk in the park,” said Kyla Tyler, of Jackson, a mother of five who had degrees in biology and...
RAYMOND – Walter Blevins is used to lifting things with the help of heavy machinery. On Friday, he credited Hinds Community College with lifting a huge weight off his shoulders by helping him restart his education – especially this past spring semester, as classes...
JACKSON – It wasn’t too long ago that Dr. Natalie McKee took part in classroom exercises that resembled the current reality for nursing instructors and the healthcare community as a whole. “My specialty is public health nursing,” said McKee, who finished up her third...
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College has selected members of the Hi-Steppers precision dance team for 2020-21. Returning members include captains April Lee, of Raymond, and Natalie Clanton, of Vicksburg; Merritt Bynum and Courtney Cummins, both of Brandon; and Allyson...
RAYMOND – Attending Hinds Community College means never having to go it alone – something Sarrah Bell will carry with her to the next level of her college life. “My experience at Hinds was wonderful,” Bell said. “I was scared to start college without any friends from...
RAYMOND – Decisions about life after high school can be quite intimidating, like Ashlee Sowell found out when she was in that position. “I chose Hinds because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life,” Sowell said. “And it was a good way to get the basic...
RAYMOND – Goals have always played a part in Tarlys Smith’s school life, in one form or another. Initially, Smith, of Jackson, chose Hinds to because he wanted to continue his education and play soccer. “I had a good bit of offers, but the school that I had offer from...
PEARL – It’s the lifetime friendships Lona Perrett has made at Hinds Community College that have helped make her time as a student most enjoyable. “My experience with Hinds has been life-changing,” said Perrett, of Pelahatchie, a student at the Rankin...
RAYMOND – Mobile, versatile technology has become a necessity for students at Hinds Community College as classes remain online exclusively during the coronavirus crisis. For female students who often juggle school and life, help to access that technology has arrived...
JACKSON – The family-like atmosphere of Hinds Community College was an appropriate setting for Adrionna Childress to begin her college education and career goals. “I needed a small, yet open environment to grow and continue to learn,” said Childress, of Jackson, a...
