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Hinds Idealists Winners
Penny Bishop of Pearl is the Criminal Background and Health Records Specialist for all nursing and allied health programs. Based at Nursing Allied Health in Jackson, she has been a Hinds employee for 11 years. She also is a Hinds alumnus.Eric Bobo of Brandon is Chair...
Hinds CC graduates 900 students during fall ceremonies
PEARL – Skylar Johnson was the only female in her commercial aviation cohort at Hinds Community College. The 19-year-old Brandon native loved her student experience at Hinds, but...
Hinds CC Fall 2025 Graduation
PEARL – The life stories and paths to Hinds Community College for Deb Randall Cox and Nwal Said couldn’t be more different, but both walked across the stage Dec. 10 having...
Hinds CC graduates nursing, allied health students
PEARL – Amanda Gibson of Vicksburg celebrated her Dec. 10 graduation from Hinds Community with her splashy red boots for the walk across the stage. Gibson, 41, had been a...
Hinds CC announces graduation times, speakers
RAYMOND – More than 900 students earning nearly 1,300 credentials will graduate from Hinds Community College Dec. 10 and 11 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus. The...
Hinds CC announces Fall 2025 IDEALists
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College recently named the Fall 2025 honorees of the IDEAList employee recognition. These employees represent Hinds’ college values of Integrity,...
Hinds CC Utica Campus students receive TMCF scholarships
UTICA – Three Hinds Community College Utica Campus students received a $10,000 2025-2026 Cal & Annette Johnson Historically Black Community College Scholarship at the...
Hinds CC Utica Campus PTK inducts new members
UTICA – The Alpha Beta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus inducted new members and installed officers for 2025-2026 on Nov. 13.Newly...
Employees volunteer in record numbers for 2025 Hinds CARES About Hinds
Dozens of Hinds employees painted curbs and parking lot lines, planted flowers, picked up trash and more during Hinds CARES About Hinds Day, an annual campus beautification...
Hinds CC among elite group invited to compete for Aspen Prize
RAYMOND - The Aspen Institute has named Hinds Community College as one of the 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College...
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Cooper Named Winner of Hinds CC Utica Campus Holtzclaw Award
Dr. Bobby Cooper received the 2024 Holtzclaw Award for his 45 years of dedication to his students.
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.
Fine Arts Day offers glimpse into programs
“We are the only community college in the state that offers every discipline in fine arts curriculum”
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.
Fine Arts Day offers glimpse into programs
“We are the only community college in the state that offers every discipline in fine arts curriculum”
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Hinds CC Diesel Tech grads awarded Empire apprenticeships
Apprentices from left, Chris Johnson of Utica, Ridge Fewell of Mendenhall, Jadarius Turner of Edwards, Braiden Gilliland of Brandon and Hayden Eagleburger of Brandon.
Hinds CC trainees graduate from upskilling program aimed at meeting Mississippi workforce needs
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College graduates of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) upskilling program have a chance to propel into new careers as demand grows for workers to build, connect, power and operate infrastructure for Mississippi's burgeoning information economy. On...
Hinds CC graduates summer class of electrical line workers
Students who recently graduated from Hinds Community College’s Electrical Line Worker program pose on a bucket truck with staff members. Picture are, front row, from left, graduates Lake Hutchinson of Clinton and Sawyer Smith of Madison, Program Instructor Craig Davis, Executive Director of Workforce Development Lee Douglas and graduates Kaeded Strickland of Brandon and Jonathan McCallum of Wesson. Back row, from left, are graduates Brain Morrow of Brandon and Craig McCraney of Clinton.
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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.
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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.












