Hinds CC agrees with industry partners to train diesel equipment professionals

by | Sep 29, 2016 | News

Hinds celebrated a new partnership Sept. 26 with Empire Truck Sales and Stribling Equipment to train students in the college’s growing Diesel Equipment Technology program. Key to that partnership is a state-of-the-art training facility, the Diesel Technology Academy,...

Hinds CC partnership with industry grows workforce on Mississippi River

by | Aug 11, 2016 | News, Workforce

VICKSBURG – Tossing a heavy, 12-foot mooring rope off a barge on the Mississippi River is a calling for some and simply a rough-sounding job for others. Chad Vickers and Garrett Williams each have trained to do this now, and, though they took different paths to the...

Hinds CC graduates academic, technical students

by | May 16, 2016 | News

PEARL — Earning her Career Certificate in Paralegal Technology was a snap compared to what Lesa Hutchens had to survive to walk across the stage May 13. “I had a kidney transplant from my sister in 2014 after going through two years of dialysis,” said Hutchens,...

Opportunities at Continental Tire await career-tech students at Hinds CC

by | Apr 15, 2016 | News

Continental Tire executive Paul Williams knows his audience well when talking with students fresh out of high school and looking for careers.   He can’t help the familiarity, really – he was once one of them.   “I finished school at 16 in the UK (United...

Job opportunities aplenty at Jobs for Eagles event at Hinds CC

by | Apr 14, 2016 | News

Logan Wilson did more than pick up a few brochures from employers at Hinds Community College’s 2016 District Job Fair on April 13. The Diesel Technology student from Jackson asked the kinds of questions he’ll likely want to file away for job interviews in the future –...

Hinds CC announces new vice president; reorganization of career-tech, workforce

by Cathy Hayden | May 18, 2015 | News, Workforce

Hinds Community College has reorganized three areas of the college overseeing Career and Technical programs, Workforce Development and Adult Education into one division under a new vice president. The new division, approved on May 6 by the Hinds Community College...