Three from Hinds CC named Coca-Cola Scholars by Phi Theta Kappa

by | Mar 22, 2016 | News

Three Hinds Community College students have been named 2016 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Scholars by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. Natalie Blakely, of Brandon, a student at the Rankin Campus, Walter Harris, of Hazlehurst, a student at the Utica Campus, and...

Fifteen complete first TSA Associate program at Hinds CC

by | Mar 21, 2016 | News

Going back to school to advance a career can be inspired from many places – even from coworkers and other peers, as some Transportation Security Administration officers (TSOs) working at Mississippi airports have learned. Fifteen of them were honored March 17 during...

Gala celebration to raise funds for Hinds CC Utica Campus scholarships

by Cathy Hayden | Mar 21, 2016 | News

UTICA – Among those to be honored at the March 25 Hinds Community College Utica Campus Vice President’s Scholarship and Hall of Honors Gala are Congressman Bennie Thompson and U.S. Attorney Greg Davis. [tweetable alt=””]The gala will honor 14 distinguished...

Energy savings at Hinds CC reaches $10 million mark since start of effort

by | Mar 17, 2016 | News

Energy consumption across Hinds Community College’s six locations has hit a milestone since a concerted effort to cut energy spending began in 2008. In December 2015, Hinds surpassed the $10 million mark for energy savings, said Jason Pope, district director of Hinds’...

Hinds CC to graduate its first TSA associate class

by | Mar 15, 2016 | News

A class of 15 students in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Associates program administered by Hinds Community College will be recognized in an achievement ceremony March 17 at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport. Organizers with the...

Hinds CC nursing expo draws all comers for medical field careers

by | Mar 14, 2016 | News

Ke’Andrea Ringold wants to take advantage of her interest in science and turn it into a career in the medical field. “It’ll be an opportunity to get out there and start helping other people,” Ringold said, checking out information on the college’s 13-health-related...

Industrial Maintenance program at Hinds CC training tomorrow’s factory workers

by | Feb 22, 2016 | News, Workforce

Programs like Hinds’ Industrial Maintenance program on the Raymond, Rankin, Vicksburg-Warren and Utica campuses are at the heart of workforce training efforts for Continental Tire, which plans a $1.45 billion plant in western Hinds County. “Hinds’ specific role is to...

Eagle Experience 2016 recruiting event draws crowd

by | Feb 5, 2016 | News

For Tonesha Smith, it was all about seeing her daughter succeed in school and in life. “I want to see her get interested in the classes she’s really interested in,” she said, escorting daughter Jazmine Hathorn and her friend, Tamera Lofton. The two Callaway High...

Hinds CC alumna establishes 3 new endowed scholarships

by Cathy Hayden | Feb 5, 2016 | News, People Profiles

Note: The following story is from the Winter 2016 issue of Hindsight alumni magazine. For Dorothy Davis Miley, Hinds Community College is like family. She demonstrates in many ways that her love and commitment to the college run deep. With three new recently endowed...

Miss Hinds Community College 2016 named

by | Feb 4, 2016 | News

Courtney Helom, of Jackson, was named Hinds Community College 2016 in the annual pageant Feb. 3. As Miss Hinds Community College, Helom will participate this summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant. Helom, 20, is a Raymond Campus sophomore majoring in biology. She...