GED graduates credit persistence after ceremony Friday at Hinds CC

by | Jun 16, 2015 | News

RAYMOND – Fay Lundy was an honors student in high school but she knew nothing about the real world. That was more than 50 years ago. Between then and now, her education had been in the workplace, but she also felt something was missing. “I didn’t need school then,...

Hinds CC NAHC students raise thousands for Tupelo veteran to hunt at Tara Wildlife

by | Jun 8, 2015 | News

PEARL – This year’s service project by Hinds’ Jackson Campus – Nursing/Allied Health Center is a win-win for young cancer patients and survivors and military veterans who need friendly ears to hear their stories. Proceeds from a softball tournament planned by nursing...

Hinds CC Gateway to College provides path to passion for high school students

by | Jun 5, 2015 | News

PEARL – Madison Nance smiled and celebrated with family and friends Thursday outside the Muse Center holding two symbols of pride and joy that came unexpectedly. “What’s gotten me through is my child,” Nance said, as seven-month-old Cooper nibbled at the corner of his...

Hinds CC Vicksburg Gateway to College program graduates 13 in inaugural year

by | Jun 3, 2015 | News

VICKSBURG – Thirteen students whose education was slipping away a year ago walked across a stage of their own last month as the first graduates at the Vicksburg-Warren Campus of a program geared to minimize dropouts from high school. Those completing the Vicksburg...

Veteran services at Hinds CC help keep education, duty to nation in line

by | Jun 3, 2015 | News

RAYMOND – When it came time to deploy to Kuwait with the Army Reserve, Virginia D. Johnson knew Hinds Community College would have her back like she had the nation’s back. “I was deployed last year and wasn’t in school,” Johnson said. “But, the Veterans Services...

Service members honored at Hinds CC’s June 6 Military Appreciation Day

by Cathy Hayden | Jun 1, 2015 | News

Local service members, whether active or retired, and their families will be recognized at Hinds Community College’s Military Appreciation Day at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, June 6. “The Military Appreciation Day brings...

Hinds CC continues summer, fall registration

by Cathy Hayden | May 22, 2015 | News

Registration is continuing at Hinds Community College for both the summer and fall terms. Eight-week and first four-week summer term classes begin on June 1 and second four-week summer term classes begin on June 29. Fall classes begin on Aug. 17. To register for...

Hinds CC announces new vice president; reorganization of career-tech, workforce

by Cathy Hayden | May 18, 2015 | News, Workforce

Hinds Community College has reorganized three areas of the college overseeing Career and Technical programs, Workforce Development and Adult Education into one division under a new vice president. The new division, approved on May 6 by the Hinds Community College...

Long road to diplomas end for two Hinds CC graduates

by Cathy Hayden | May 18, 2015 | News

Standing in cap and gown holding a diploma amongst other giddy graduates on a warm spring day was a scene neither Roy Harness nor Cynthia Hollingsworth could have imagined themselves in a few years ago. “I came back to school because I had been injured in the service,...

5pm Academic and Career/Technical Graduation Ceremony

by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2015 | News

Former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court James W. Smith, a Hinds Community College alumnus, spoke to graduates at four ceremonies Friday, May 15 about achieving success in life. Of the total number of graduates, 73 are graduating summa cum laude, which is...