Hinds CC students named Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar

by | Apr 12, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – Hezekiah Williams, of Edwards, a student at the Utica Campus, and Emily Hudgens, of Madison, of a student at the Raymond Campus, have each been named a 2019 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar. Each will receive a $1,250 scholarship. Selection as a...

Hinds CC names Hinds Heroes for Spring 2019

by | Apr 10, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – The Spring 2019 group of honorees in the Hinds Heroes employee recognition program have been named. Hinds Heroes are chosen because they represent the college well, provide exceptional customer service to all its customers and consistently promote the Hinds...

Hinds CC Jackson Campus holds College Carnival

by | Apr 10, 2019 | Jackson Campus, News

JACKSON – College Carnival at Hinds Community College Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center on April 5 brought out metro Jackson high schoolers and others with big plans for their future. “I’m thinking of going into nursing so I can help people and save lives,”...

Hinds CC Honors Program to hold 20+ reunion

by | Apr 8, 2019 | News, Raymond Campus

RAYMOND – The Honors Program at Hinds Community College Raymond Campus plans a day of events April 27 for a 20+ reunion of its members. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a free open house of the current Honors Center, located in the renovated Jenkins Hall on campus. At...

Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds CC Jackson Campus inducts new members for Spring 2019

by | Apr 8, 2019 | Jackson Campus

JACKSON – The Alpha Zeta Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College Jackson Campus-Academic/Technical Center held a ceremony March 28 to induct members for the Spring 2019 semester. Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for community and...

Hinds CC names tennis courts after longtime coach, educator

by | Apr 4, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – Stature is defined in the dictionary two ways – to describe a person’s natural height and the importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement. Dr. Cleon McKnight might not strike anyone as a physical giant, but his record as tennis coach at...

Confidence gained at Hinds CC opens up the world for alum, Navy man

by | Apr 3, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – Rakim Rowley arrived on the Raymond Campus out of high school like a lot of inner-city youth, in need of a direction and guidance. “I could’ve easily ended up a product of my environment,” Rowley said. “There was a lot of violence and criminal activity.”...

All the galaxy a stage for Hinds CC alum thanks to Disability Support Services

by | Apr 3, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – Courtney Smith Ritz had been blind much of her life when she enrolled at Hinds Community College in the 1990s, her sight taken at the age of five by retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer. “I still had a typical childhood,” Ritz said. “My imagination...

Hinds CC to name tennis courts after longtime coach, educator

by | Mar 27, 2019 | Raymond Campus

RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College tennis courts on the Raymond Campus will be dedicated and named April 2 in honor of Dr. Cleon McKnight. A program marking the dedication begins at 1 p.m. The public is invited. McKnight retired in 2001 after 32 years as a tennis...

Hinds CC Vicksburg-Warren Campus programs on display in expo

by | Mar 25, 2019 | Vicksburg-Warren Campus

VICKSBURG – Rodtresse Vaughn is in the 11th grade and already drawing up quite the plan for what he’ll pursue after high school. “I’m studying animation simulation here,” said Vaughn, among about 500 students from Vicksburg, Warren Central, Porters Chapel and St....