JACKSON – Kneedra Bell grew up watching TV’s original food personality, Julia Child, explain the finer points of cooking and saw herself in the down-to-earth, sometimes mistake-prone host of “The French Chef.” “Watching Julia made me feel good about mistakes because...
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...
The following story is from the Summer 2016 issue of Hindsight alumni magazine. For information about scholarships at Hinds Community College, please see the website. The family of father and son Harold T. White and Hal White, who sponsor a Hinds Community College...
The kitchen is a diverse, popular place these days, particularly in television and social media. But there’s plenty of room at the tables served in the economy. Careers in food can lead students to several diverse lines of work, from restaurants to food management. In...
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) has recognized Norma Jill Gore of Brandon, a culinary arts instructor at Hinds Community College’s Pearl/Rankin Career and Technical Center for high school students, as winner of the 2015 ProStart...
The following story was in the winter 2015 issue of Hindsight alumni magazine. For information about joining the Hinds Community College alumni association, contact Libby Posey at 601.875.3350 or Olivia.posey@hindscc.edu. At age 42, John McMinn is working on his first...
On Friday, September 19th all Culinary Arts Technology Level 2 students at Clinton High School went on a field trip to Hinds Community College to see a fish fabrication demonstration from Chef Erich Ogle (the head of the Mississippi University for...
For Stuart Johnsey, opening his own bakery and café would be the achievement of a dream. The Clinton High School graduate starting taking culinary classes in high school and he’s now a freshman in the culinary arts program at Hinds Community College’s Jackson...
