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Hinds CC announces spring 2026 graduation details
RAYMOND – Hinds Community College will award more than 1,500 degrees and certificates during one of five graduation ceremonies this week, Wednesday-Friday. Among the graduates, 615 will graduate with honors; 239 students will graduate cum laude, which is a 3.2-3.59...
High school seniors get a taste of college life at Hinds’ Utica Campus
UTICA – Rising high school seniors attending the first Thurgood Marshall College Fund S.O.A.R. Summer Camp at Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus heard from former students...
Hinds CC Jackson Campus hosting free AWS training
JACKSON – Anyone looking for a way to get in on the ground floor of Amazon Web Services data centers career opportunities can start with a four-week paid training program at...
Hinds CC Jackson Campus PTK inducts new members
JACKSON – The Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College’s Jackson Campus recently inducted new chapter members. The inductees are Taylor Winn of...
Hinds CC Adult Education graduates overcome obstacles to obtain education dream
RAYMOND – JoAnn Varnell dropped out of high school at age 14 after getting pregnant. Thirty-five years later, the 59-year-old Jackson woman began adult education classes in 2015...
Hinds CC’s Creel named 3E Award winner
RAYMOND – As David Creel retires from his second career, he takes with him the highest award Hinds Community College offers – the 3E Award-Emphasis on Excellence and Enrichment....
Hinds CC announces Spring 2025 IDEALists
Seated L to R: Kathy Jones, Catherine Odom, Shirley Henderson, Robin Birchfield, Jim HarperStanding Lto R: Elmira Ratliff, Deshanna Dixon, Matheew Campbell, Omar Conner, Talincia...
Hinds CC, KLLM Transport Services complete 1,000 registered apprentices
RICHLAND – Hinds Community College partnered with KLLM Transport Services and the U.S. Department of Labor to establish a Truck Driver Registered Apprenticeship program in 2018....
Hinds CC graduation offers second chances for success
UTICA – Parker Linston dropped out of high school in the 11th grade and was on a destructive path that included violence, selling drugs and addiction. That all ended when...
Former airline pilot earns Aviation Technology degree at Hinds CC
PEARL – Marcus Truss of Jackson had a career as an airline pilot, living in various parts of the country. Four years ago he landed in Mississippi and teaches the drone program at...
- The Arts & Humanities
Hinds CC opens dual art exhibit
The exhibit began on Feb. 20 and continues through March 22 with a closing reception at 2 p.m.
Low notes on tuba, high notes in school for band student
Delvin Kelly has a steady rhythm to his career plan just like his bass lines on tuba or his melodies on piano. Kelly, 19, of Brandon, took to music in the eighth grade when he picked up his first instrument, the trombone. He started on tuba in high school and, in...
Dance instructor wins prestigious performing arts awards
RAYMOND – Tiffany Jefferson, director of Hinds Community College’s Montage Theatre of Dance, has been named the recipient of two industry honors, one national and one local. Jefferson, of Terry, was this month awarded the Del Kieffner Award for 2020 by Florida-based...
Hinds CC names new Director of Bands
“I am thrilled to add to the legacy of the Hinds Community College Band that dates to the 1930s and ‘40s.”
Hinds CC arts programs draw renewed focus
“We are the only community college with the full fine arts experience: Art, Dance, Music, Music Industry and Theatre. My primary focus is to shine a light on the greatness that resides here while building a name for the Fine and Performing Arts Department,”
- Economic Development & Workforce
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...
Pearl WIN Job Center opens officially at Hinds CC Rankin Campus
PEARL – Job seekers in Pearl and surrounding communities in and around Rankin County can now seek employment plus a whole lot more at the newly-opened WIN Job Center on the grounds of Hinds Community College Rankin Campus. College officials and others representing...
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