Hinds CC Rankin Campus to host College Day

by | Nov 26, 2018 | News

PEARL – Hinds Community College Rankin Campus will have its academic and career-tech programs on display Friday for prospective students at the Hwy 80 campus in Pearl. Rankin College Day is set for 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. inside the Muse Center at the Rankin Campus and...

Hinds CC crowns Miss Hinds Community College 2019

by | Nov 16, 2018 | News

RAYMOND – Derykah Watts, of Jackson, was named Miss Hinds Community College in the annual pageant Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. As Miss Hinds Community College, Watts will participate next summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant in Vicksburg. The pageant is an official...

Hinds CC names HEADWAE honorees for 2019

by | Nov 16, 2018 | News

RAYMOND – Utica Campus English instructor Dan Fuller, of Raymond, and Hezekiah Williams, of Edwards, a sophomore studying to be a biomedical engineer, have been named the Hinds Community College honorees for the Legislature’s HEADWAE (Higher Education Appreciation Day...

Hinds CC sponsors registered Truck Driving Apprenticeship program

by | Nov 12, 2018 | News

RAYMOND – Hinds Community College has sponsored a Registered Apprenticeship Truck Driving program with industry partner KLLM Transport Services. The KLLM truck driving apprenticeship is a one-year program. The company has eight driving instructors who have completed...

Hinds CC Utica Campus inducts fall Phi Theta Kappa members

by Cathy Hayden | Nov 9, 2018 | Campus News, Utica Campus

UTICA – The Alpha Beta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus has inducted new members for fall 2018. Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) serves to recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide...

Hinds CC honors Foundation scholarship recipients

by | Nov 6, 2018 | Foundation, News, Vicksburg-Warren Campus

RAYMOND – The Hinds Community College Foundation recognized its 2018-19 scholarship recipients, donors and honorees at a reception Oct. 30 at the Joseph L. Loviza Multipurpose Building on the Vicksburg-Warren Campus. The Hinds Community College Foundation awarded more...

Hinds CC Student VOICES meet legislators at annual luncheon

by Cathy Hayden | Nov 2, 2018 | Campus News, Raymond Campus

Members of Hinds Community College’s Student VOICES class were among those who met with legislative at the annual Oct. 30 Legislative Luncheon. They are, from left, Addison Bridges of Clinton, Brittany Ellis of Pearl, Nadia Tompkins of Byram with Raymond Campus...

Hinds CC to hold Veterans Day program to honor those who served

by | Nov 1, 2018 | News

PEARL – Hinds Community College plans to salute veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces during a special program Nov. 12. The Salute to Veterans program, hosted by the college’s Office of Veterans Services, is at 11 a.m. at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus...

Continental training manager comes ‘home’ to Hinds CC family

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 24, 2018 | Alumni, Utica Campus, Workforce

Darryl Jenkins feels like his new job as training manager for Continental Tire in Hinds County is really an opportunity to come home to work, both literally and figuratively. He has returned from north Mississippi to work close to his Hinds Community College home, and...

Portis family starts scholarship to honor long-time Hinds CC trustee

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 24, 2018 | People Profiles, Raymond Campus

The family of deceased Hinds Community College trustee Talmadge Portis Jr. has established a new scholarship in his name to be given to an athlete. Portis, who died in February 2018, was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1982 to 2013. Portis was a manager at...