A 100-foot crane lifted a white and maroon, 12-foot-tall Hinds Community College “H” about 58 feet in the air Thursday as crews worked to install signage on the exterior of the new Rankin Campus Health Sciences Complex (HSC).
The installation by Budget Signs of Jackson was paused for a couple of hours after downpours, thunder and lightning made it unsafe for the workers to continue. The signs are up just in time for the start of classes on Aug. 10.
For several weeks the college has been moving faculty, staff, furniture, hospital beds, equipment and more into the modern, four story, 160,000-square-foot building across from the Muse Center in Pearl. The $64 million project was made possible with local, state and federal resources. The long-time Nursing Allied Health Campus in Jackson is now closed.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the HSC is scheduled for Oct. 7.
A worker on Aug. 5, 2026 installs the frame that will hold up an almost one-story-tall “H” on the front of Hinds Community College’s new Health Science Complex on the Rankin Campus, a $64 million facilty made possible with local, state and federal resources.
The Hinds Community College “H” was installed on the school’s new Health Sciences Complex using a crane on Aug. 5, 2026, just in time for the start of classes on Aug. 10. The building will be dedicated on Oct. 7. It is the largest construction project ever taken on by the college.
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