Building graduates: The Importance of a degree at Hinds CC Utica Campus

by Cathy Hayden | May 16, 2017 | News

Hinds Community College-Utica Campus celebrated the academic success of 104 students earning associates degrees, technical certificates and career certificates. Graduates gathered early for pictures, stories of achievement and for the traditional grand processional...

Hinds CC Rankin Campus high school career-tech students inducted into honor society

by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2017 | News

The Pearl/Rankin Career and Technical Center at Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus recently inducted students into the National Technical Honor Society. NTHS was established in 1984 in South Carolina for outstanding career and technical students of workforce...

Hinds CC Rankin Campus Health Science II students raise money for Pearl Fire Department

by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2017 | News

Pearl High School Health Science II students from the Pearl-Rankin Career and Technical Center at Hinds Community College’s Rankin Campus presented a check to the Pearl Fire Department recently to assist in the purchase of a new monitor for firefighters. To raise...

Hinds CC graduates map out plans for the future

by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2017 | News

Kenneth Varnell of Brandon owns his own masonry business but at age 41 he doesn’t think he’ll be up to physical labor forever. That’s why he decided to enroll at Hinds Community College. At the academic and career-technical credential graduation on May 12 he received...

Hinds CC academic, technical grads thrived upon return to school

by | May 15, 2017 | News

PEARL – Barbara Evans and Lattie Erving didn’t know each other before Friday, but already had a lifetime of work experience under their respective belts when they decided to pursue college degrees. “I’d always wanted to go to culinary school, so I said why not?”...

Grandmother of four among academic, technical grads at Hinds CC

by | May 15, 2017 | News

PEARL – Vicki Colbert had already lived a full life taking care of people when she decided to pursue a second career. “I’m still the same lady from that little old town of Raymond,” Colbert said. “But, this is surely like a second life for me.” The 57-year-old...

Hinds CC nursing, allied health graduates celebrate with family, friends

by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2017 | News

Angel Flagg of Vicksburg wound up with her own fan club at the 8 a.m. Friday Hinds Community College nursing and allied health graduation ceremony. About 25 family and close friends, including her pastor, showed up wearing matching tee-shirts to show their support for...

Hinds CC Art Show winners, scholarship recipients announced

by | May 11, 2017 | Arts, News

RAYMOND – Winners of the Hinds Community College Student Art Show were announced during a ceremony May 8 at the Marie Hull Art Gallery on the Raymond Campus. CERAMICS/3D DESIGN: Charity Lockridge, of Vicksburg, first place and honorable mention; Reginald Pickering, of...

Hinds CC Physical Therapist Assistant students volunteer at Special Education Field Day

by Cathy Hayden | May 10, 2017 | News

The first-year Physical Therapist Assistant students from Hinds Community College assisted with the Hinds County Public School District Special Education Field Day held on the Hinds football field in Raymond on May 4. The students assisted approximately 80 students...

Hollingsworth Gospel Concert funds Hinds CC law enforcement scholarship

by Cathy Hayden | May 9, 2017 | News

The annual Good Old Fashioned Country Gospel Concert for the benefit of the Robert Wallace Hollingsworth Family Scholarship for Law Enforcement at Hinds Community College is at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 15 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. Admission is free...