November 8, 2017

Hinds CC opens registration for spring classes

Spring 2018 registration for current students at Hinds Community College is now open with registration for new students to open on Nov. 13. Spring 2018 16-week and first eight-week classes…
BY: Cathy Hayden

Spring 2018 registration for current students at Hinds Community College is now open with registration for new students to open on Nov. 13. Spring 2018 16-week and first eight-week classes begin on Jan. 8 with second eight-week classes to begin on March 5.

Carl Dewitt, a physics instructor on the Rankin Campus, talks to high school students during an Honors program open house.

To register for classes for any term, students must first be admitted to the college. After meeting with a counselor, new students can then register for classes. Offices are open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and until 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. The college will close for Thanksgiving at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 21 and reopen on Nov. 27, and the college will be closed for Christmas break from Dec. 21 to Jan. 1.

The Admissions office can be reached at 601.857.3212. Or visit the Admissions tab on the Hinds website at www.hindscc.edu.

Hinds Community College is celebrating its 100th year of Community Inspired Service in 2017. Hinds opened in September 1917 first as an agricultural high school and admitted college students for the first time in 1922, with the first class graduating in 1927. In 1982 Hinds Junior College and Utica Junior College merged, creating the Hinds Community College District. Today, as Mississippi’s largest community college, Hinds Community College is a comprehensive institution with six locations. Hinds offers quality, affordable educational opportunities with academic programs of study leading to seamless university transfer and career and technical programs teaching job-ready skills. To learn more, visit www.hindscc.edu or call 1.800.HindsCC.