by Karin Meadows | Jun 27, 2025 | Jackson Campus, News
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 Jackson, Nakiyah Mahett of Ridgeland, Arianna Bell of Jackson and Ka’Aliyah Sanders of...
by Karin Meadows | Jun 27, 2025 | News
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 with the goal of finishing high school, but her schooling was interrupted when her husband...
by Cathy Hayden | Jun 9, 2025 | News
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. Creel, who is retiring June 30 as Associate Vice President of Workforce Development, came...
by Cathy Hayden | Jun 9, 2025 | News
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 Finley RAYMOND – Hinds Community College recently named the Spring 2025 honorees of the...
by Cathy Hayden | May 21, 2025 | News
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. During April 2025, the partners reached a significant milestone of 1,000 apprentices...
by Karin Meadows | May 21, 2025 | News
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 Linston’s father, whom he didn’t have a relationship with at the time, picked him up from a...
by Cathy Hayden | May 21, 2025 | News
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 Hinds Community College. On May 15 he also became a Hinds graduate with a degree in...
by Karin Meadows | May 21, 2025 | News
PEARL – After Alaina Broome had a stroke in 2013 while working as a U.S. Army military broadcast journalist in Afghanistan she left the service and returned home. Gardening became her therapy, she said. Harvesting what she planted also became the 54-year-old Jackson...
by Cathy Hayden | May 21, 2025 | News, Rankin Campus
PEARL – Bryson Shupe of Pearl and Kaley Weems of Brandon met each other at Hinds Community College’s Nursing Allied Center while they were taking classes for the Associate Degree in Nursing. They became engaged in March with a wedding planned for 2026. They graduated...
by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2025 | News
Front from left, Instructor Craig Davis, Tyson Beard of Clinton, Parker Bell of Belzoni, Markario Brooks of Canton, Dylan Nichols of Richland, Sidney Bennett of Clinton, Adaychai Bateaste of Magee, Cammie Smith of Crystal Springs; back, Kadarius Taylor of Utica...
