Hinds CC hosts eighth annual field day for Hinds County special education students

by Cathy Hayden | May 3, 2017 | News

It’s safe to say that the wheelchair race is Mollie Coward’s favorite event at the special education field day for Hinds County students held at Hinds Community College each year. This year’s theme for the eighth annual event was “Let Your Light Shine On.” The...

Hinds CC Honors Institute awards 19 scholars

by | May 3, 2017 | News

RAYMOND — Hinds Community College’s Honors Institute presented 19 students with awards of excellence for the 2016-17 academic term. Each named a faculty mentor, who received a certificate as an Honored Faculty Member during a ceremony April 26. Honors Scholars carry...

Hinds CC 3E winner grew Landscape program from ground up

by Cathy Hayden | May 1, 2017 | News

Martha Hill didn’t originally set out to be a teacher, but almost 31 years later she is retiring from Hinds Community College’s Landscape Management Technology program that she helped start from scratch. Hill of Clinton is this year’s recipient of Hinds Community...

Hinds CC Vicksburg students inducted into National Technical Honor Society

by Cathy Hayden | Apr 28, 2017 | News, Workforce

Jennifer Grant and Daija Reynolds have much more than one thing in common. Both of the mother-daughter duo are students in the Culinary Arts Technology Department at Hinds Community College Vicksburg-Warren Campus, both want to own a bakery and both are among an elite...

Hinds CC presents 35 departmental student awards

by | Apr 28, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – Departmental awards at Hinds Community College were given to 35 students in academic, technical and career programs present for a ceremony April 21 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. Recipients present at the event were photographed with Hinds...

Hinds CC athletic star inducted into MACJC Sports Hall of Fame

by Cathy Hayden | Apr 26, 2017 | News

Hinds Community College alumnae Gwen Post White of Brandon is among Mississippi community and junior college athletes who were inducted into the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Sports Hall of Fame on April 25 at the Muse Center at Hinds’...

State legislator presents House Resolution to Hinds CC men’s soccer team

by Cathy Hayden | Apr 25, 2017 | News

State Rep. Tom Weathersby, R-Florence, recently presented the Hinds Community College men’s soccer team with a House resolution honoring them for their 2016-2017 state and Region 23 championships, as well as other accomplishments. Weathersby presented the Resolution,...

Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Hinds CC Vicksburg-Warren Campus inducts new members

by | Apr 21, 2017 | News

VICKSBURG – The Alpha Omega Chi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa inducted 14 members for the spring semester. They were Shelby Wilson, Tabitha Cline, Kristi Thornton, Taylor Ballard, Samantha Hawn, Lyndsey Morgan, Jada Sims, Natasha Moran, Katherine Goss, Sybil Carraway,...

Hinds CC Vicksburg-Warren Campus holds College Night

by | Apr 19, 2017 | News

 VICKSBURG – Patanya Williams has chased her goal of working in the medical field once before but didn’t have the proper support. “I’m just getting older now and I have a better outlook on life and school,” said Williams, 43, after stopping by College Night at Hinds...

Hinds CC Utica Campus Peer Educators win awards at Behavioral Health Policy Academy

by Cathy Hayden | Apr 19, 2017 | News

Peer Educators from Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus won two awards at the 2017 Dr. Lonnie E. Mitchell HBCU Behavioral Health Policy Academy held in Nashville March 17-19. The Academy focused on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues on HBCU University/College...