by Cathy Hayden | Aug 12, 2022 | Music
Dr. Joseph Benjamin Earp has been named to replace Shane Sprayberry as the Director of Bands at Hinds Community College. Sprayberry is taking on a new role as Director of Fine and Performing Arts after a 19-year career at Hinds as Director of Bands. “I am thrilled to...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 12, 2022 | News
Dr. Thomas Ware has returned to Mississippi to become Hinds Community College’s Vice President of Instruction, Academics and Transfer after a five-year stint in Kentucky. He has extensive experience leading academic instructional programs, including at Maysville...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 11, 2022 | Arts
Hinds Community College is putting a renewed emphasis on the arts beginning this fall with long-time band director Shane Sprayberry taking on a new role as Director of Fine and Performing Arts. “We are the only community college with the full fine arts experience:...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 11, 2022 | News
Brandon Taylor of Ridgeland believes Hinds Community College was the best first stop for him in his higher education career. Taylor, who attended the Raymond Campus, was the student speaker for one of two graduation ceremonies held on July 28. He plans to transfer to...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 11, 2022 | News
Above: The speaker for the Hinds Community College July 28 nursing and allied health graduation ceremony was Kevin Nelson of Florence who received an Associate Degree in Nursing. He is a pediatric licensed practical nurse at Children’s of Mississippi who attended...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 25, 2022 | Utica Campus
Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus has been awarded five Upward Bound program grants for $7.5 million, approximately $297,000.00 each for five 5 years, by the U.S. Department of Education. The Utica Campus is a designated HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 21, 2022 | Utica Campus
Two Hinds Community College students on the Utica Campus are among 86 nationally who were named in the ninth cohort for HBCU scholars. The two Hinds students are Lauren-Kelli Gatlin of Jackson, formerly of Terry, and Elizabeth Moss of Waynesboro. They were selected by...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 19, 2022 | News
Above: U.S. Army Corps of Engineer employees Johnny Henderson, left, and Lawrence Young practice their robotics skills in a two-week training session at Hinds Community College’s Vicksburg-Warren Campus. Lawrence Young has been a crane operator “off and on” since 1975...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 18, 2022 | News
Above: Jermaine Perkins of Clinton is a student in Hinds Community College’s Diesel Technology program. Balancing a small business with family obligations was a tough road for Jermaine Perkins before he entered the Diesel Equipment Technology program at Hinds...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 14, 2022 | News
Above: Dr. Rachel DeVaughan, Deputy Executive Director of Programs for the Mississippi Community College Board, was the keynote speaker for the June 23 High School Equivalency graduation ceremony at Hinds Community College. More than 20 years ago Josephine Rankin left...
