by | Jul 6, 2021 | Rankin Campus, Scholarships, Workforce
PEARL – A few years ago, Jessica Hardwick decided that since her family had grown by one, it was time to similarly grow her opportunity to help support them. Enter Hinds Community College, and the third-semester nursing student at the college’s Rankin Campus has a...
by | Aug 6, 2020 | News, Nursing Allied Health Center
JACKSON – Nursing school can present quite the challenge for the even the most determined of supermoms. “When I started nursing school, I thought that it was going to be a walk in the park,” said Kyla Tyler, of Jackson, a mother of five who had degrees in biology and...
by | Apr 7, 2020 | News, Nursing Allied Health Center, Rankin Campus
RAYMOND – Healthcare workers on the front lines of the battle to stop the spread of coronavirus in Mississippi and the nation can expect reinforcements from healthcare programs at Hinds Community College. Nursing and allied health programs at Hinds rate among the best...
by | Dec 6, 2019 | Feature, News, Nursing Allied Health Center
RAYMOND – Brandy Benton lived up to her hometown’s name when she first attended Hinds Community College in the 1990s. As a catcher on the softball team, Benton, of the Star community near Florence, batted .450 and drove in 42 runs during her sophomore season. For her...
by | Sep 6, 2019 | News, Nursing Allied Health Center
JACKSON – As a basketball player in high school and part of his college life thus far, Clayton Tate saw both kinds of “PT.” “I was in PT a lot when I played,” Tate said, referring to the verbal shorthand for physical therapy, which went along with the other PT –...
by | Sep 10, 2018 | News, Nursing Allied Health Center
JACKSON – Ter’Bria Hopkins works in the healthcare field as a phlebotomist and wants to build on her credentials. That desire is so great that she took her own photos during the fall 2018 Nursing Allied Health Showcase held Sept. 6 at Hinds Community College Jackson...
by | Jul 13, 2018 | Alumni, News, People Profiles
PORT GIBSON – Born into a family of 10 children in agrarian Lake Providence, La., Jeanette Felton was a breadwinner before she even learned to read at grade level. She had very little choice, she recalls. “I missed a lot of classes in school since I was the oldest of...
by Cathy Hayden | Apr 17, 2018 | News
Associate Degree Nursing students from Hinds Community College Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center assisted recently at a diabetes conference geared to those in the community that have diabetes as well as parents of diabetes. “Students had a very enjoyable...
