Emeritus status awarded to four retirees
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College awarded emeritus status to four retirees at spring Convocation Jan. 7, bringing the total number of those selected by the college to 40. Dr. Shirley Hopkins-Davis, Angela Griffin and Dr. Libby Mahaffey were awarded Dean Emeritus...
Gallery of photos of Dec. 18 graduation
Hinds Community College had three graduation ceremonies on Dec. 18, awarding a total of 1,316 credentials to 958 graduates, with some graduates receiving more than one credential. As Mississippi’s largest community college, Hinds Community College is a comprehensive...
More than 1,300 receive credentials at fall graduation ceremonies
PEARL – Herbert Strickland spent more than 23 years in law enforcement, much of it working with K-9 units as they protect and serve. An unfinished academic resume’, however, plus responsibilities on the horizon with a daughter entering high school soon had him wanting...
Nursing, allied health students graduate on Dec. 18
Michael Ahner of Vicksburg is another step closer to his goal of living a life to help others. Ahner, 46, decided his job at a software company wasn’t fulfilling his need to help others. He graduated Wednesday (Dec. 18) from Hinds Community College with a Practical...
Hinds CC honors students named to Who’s Who
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College recently honored students named "Who's Who Among Students in American Community and Junior Colleges." To receive this honor, students are nominated by faculty or staff based upon their academic excellence, leadership, citizenship and...
Local legislators learn about college funding priorities
Fifteen Mississippi legislators, including five of the eight new legislators elected since fall 2018, were among those attending the Nov. 21 District Legislative Luncheon at Hinds Community College. More per student (FTE) funding for community colleges in Mississippi,...
Economic Development & Workforce
Vicksburg WIN Job Center opens officially at Vicksburg-Warren Campus
Job center to provide access to multiple services for employment seekers
Continental training manager comes ‘home’ to Hinds CC family
Darryl Jenkins feels like his new job as training manager for Continental Tire in Hinds County is really an opportunity to come home to work, both literally and figuratively. He has returned from north Mississippi to work close to his Hinds Community College home, and...
Hinds CC, partners celebrate Metrocenter Mall project
Partners in the project to convert part of Metrocenter Mall celebrate effort’s launch
Hinds CC trustees approve moving forward with Metrocenter Mall proposal
The Hinds Community College Board of Trustees on Wednesday, March 7 approved moving forward with a proposal for a Comprehensive One-Stop Center to house career-technical and workforce training and support services in Metrocenter Mall in south Jackson. Hinds Community...
The Arts at Hinds CC
Hinds CC alumnus has photography exhibit at Raymond Campus
Hinds Community College alumnus Dr. Dana Moody, professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the Department of Interior Architecture and Design, will have an exhibit in the Marie Hull Art Gallery on the Raymond Campus. Her exhibit, “Havana: Behind the...
Hinds CC Music Department hosts 2018 Christmas Spectacular
The second annual Christmas Spectacular concert was on Thursday, Nov. 29 after the President’s Christmas Reception. Among the performers were the Collegiate Choir, Faculty Jazz Combo, Faculty Soloists, Hinds Harmony, Hinds Hi-Steppers, Jazz Band, Montage Theatre of...
Once a Jubilee, always a Jubilee: Hinds CC’s Cooper retires, leaving legacy of excellence
Dr. Bobby Cooper didn’t plan to stay at Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus for 45 years. Goodness knows, he had plenty of opportunity to go to his alma mater Tougaloo College, Jackson State University, Alcorn State University or other places. He was lured to what...
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Hinds CC President Dr. Clyde Muse announces retirement plans
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College President Dr. Clyde Muse today announced to the Board of Trustees at their regular monthly meeting his intention to retire on June 30, 2020, after 42 years as chief of the college and 68 years as an educator. Muse became president of...
eSports national champions
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College student Joshua Brandon has won the national championship in eSports after an undefeated season for fall 2019. Brandon, of Vicksburg and a sophomore studying engineering at the Raymond Campus, went 9-0 for the semester playing Madden...
Utica Campus honors Foundation scholarship recipients
UTICA – The Hinds Community College Foundation recognized 2019-2020 scholarship recipients, donors and honorees at a reception on Nov. 17 at the Utica Campus. The Hinds Community College Foundation will award more than 600 scholarships during the 2019-2020 academic...
Key funding priorities stressed to legislators at annual luncheon
More per-student (FTE) funding for community colleges in Mississippi, faculty raises and capital improvements top the list of community college needs, Hinds President Dr. Clyde Muse told legislators who attended the annual District Legislative Luncheon on Nov. 21....
Agreement signed with MSU for Bachelor of Applied Science degree
Hinds Community College and Mississippi State University have formalized a partnership for students enrolled in technical education programs that will enable them to transfer all credits to the university to pursue a bachelor’s degree. A Memorandum of Understanding...
HEADWAE honorees named for 2020
RAYMOND – Raymond Campus Engineering and Drafting Design Technology instructor Phil Cockrell, of Raymond, and Maria Serratos, of Clinton, a sophomore studying to be a civil engineer, have been named the Hinds Community College honorees for the Legislature’s HEADWAE...
Miss Hinds Community College 2020 crowned
RAYMOND – Charity Lockridge, 22, of Vicksburg will get another opportunity to represent Hinds Community College in the Miss Mississippi pageant in June after winning the college pageant for the second time. Lockridge, a dental assisting student at Jackson...
Hinds Heroes named for Fall 2019
RAYMOND – The Fall 2019 group of honorees in the Hinds Heroes employee recognition program at Hinds Community College have been named. Hinds Heroes are chosen because they represent the college well, provide exceptional customer service to all its customers and...