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Hinds CC Utica Campus radio and TV broadcast students rake in awards
RAYMOND – She’s a daughter, a wife, a mother, a grandmother and a full-time guard at the Jackson airport. She’s also Tay2.0, a radio personality for WHRU-FM, Hinds Community College’s radio station, and a full-time student on the college’s Utica Campus. Shannon...
Hinds CC Rankin Campus PTK inducts new members, officers
PEARL – The Alpha Omega Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus inducted new spring chapter members on March 7. New inductees are, front from...
Hinds CC announces student award winners
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College recognized students winning awards in the annual Student Awards of Distinction ceremony on Feb. 20. Those awards include the following:...
Hinds CC recognizes Fall 2024 IDEAList employee awards
RAYMOND – The Fall 2024 honorees in Hinds Community College’s IDEAList employee recognition program were recognized at the Feb. 5 Board of Trustees meeting. IDEALists are...
Theatre director, Hinds students win at festival contest
Three Hinds students and Hinds Director of Theatre Alison Stafford competed with Pearl Community Theatre in January at the annual Mississippi Theatre Association (MTA) One-Act...
Hinds CC hosts Adult Education Honor Society induction
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College inducted 16 students in the National Adult Education Honor Society in a Jan. 30 ceremony at the Jackson Campus. The students were part of an...
Scholarship summits offer help to Hinds CC applicants
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College is offering three Scholarship Summits, including two at the Raymond and Rankin campuses, for new and current students who want to apply for a...
Starkville High’s Jones tapped as new head football coach at Hinds CC
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College has hired Christopher A. Jones, currently a state championship football coach at Starkville High School, as the new head football coach at...
Hinds CC Utica Campus previews campus, gives away scholarships
UTICA - Brandon Barnett of Vicksburg and Warren Central High School and Sasha Jordan of Hazlehurst and Hazlehurst High School each won a $500 Foundation Scholarship as a door...
Army veteran honors promise to mom at Hinds CC Dec. 12 graduation
RAYMOND – At age 62, Bruce Hopkins of Terry fulfilled a promise he made to his mother on her deathbed: to continue his college journey. Hopkins graduated from Hinds Community...
- The Arts & Humanities
Hinds CC Fine Art and Graphic Design Students Receive Awards
The show and competition are open to first and second-year Fine Art and Graphic Art students who are currently enrolled.
Hinds CC announces 2023-2024 Hi-Steppers
No group in the U.S. has received more invitations to nationally televised bowl games, professional football games or national parades than the Hi-Steppers.
Musical theatre returns to Hinds CC
“This isn’t just the Lendon Players, every aspect of the department is contributing in some way, shape or form.”
Musical theatre returns to Hinds CC
“This isn’t just the Lendon Players, every aspect of the department is contributing in some way, shape or form.”
Hinds CC art students win in state competition
The Raymond Campus Art Department selected 23 2-D works and five ceramics pieces for the show. Eight other community colleges participated in the 2023 MCCAIA.
- Economic Development & Workforce
Hinds CC, Atmos partner for student internship program
The first intern under the new partnership is Hunter Holtsinger of Brandon who will spend the summer working at Atmos’ location in Jackson. He is a sophomore at Hinds studying Mechanical Engineering Technology.
McCulloch Scholarship recipient makes seamless return to school
PEARL – A few years ago, Jessica Hardwick decided that since her family had grown by one, it was time to similarly grow her opportunity to help support them. Enter Hinds Community College, and the third-semester nursing student at the college’s Rankin Campus has a...
Electro-Mechanical students show skills in hands-on lesson
The combined ingenuity of six Electro-Mechanical Technology classes was on display this past semester as students demonstrated a mobile pumping station at McKenzie Pond on the Raymond Campus. A motor control apparatus was connected to a generator-powered mobile power...
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- Hinds Headliners
After false starts, fashion design paves road to New York
The fashion design major on the Utica Campus started her college experience unsure of what she wanted to do after college. A long journey led to her recent big break interning with a clothing line in New York.
Culinary program revives passion for cooking
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Memeh came to the United States at age 3 along with her family. Trouble at home landed her in a group home for children for a number of years, where she earned a GED and was provided a car. She enrolled at Hinds at 18, but was too lost on too many levels to succeed.
Serving the public a way of life for Rankin Campus nursing student
Protecting and serving the public has been a way of life for Matthew McCain for 12 years as a police officer in Flowood. Those ideals won’t change much in a new career he’s starting, thanks to Hinds Community College.
Clintonian takes advantage of program, internship opportunities
The former high school football player is concentrating on his career goals, not sports, as he takes heavy course loads to finish his credential in Industrial Mechanics & Maintenance program.
Alum returns to classes to get fit for career change
Earning a living while feeding a passion on the side worked out just fine for Robert (Donnie) Cain until parts of his world began to change.
Allied health student continues life shaped by healthcare
“When I was about 2 ½ years old, my parents realized I couldn’t bend my left arm,” said Batte, 21, of Brandon. After initial consultation locally, Batte was taken to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.