by Cathy Hayden | Dec 19, 2013 | News
Medora McNair of Brandon, who describes herself as “22 times 2,” said getting her associate degree in nursing at Hinds Community College Thursday was “a long time in coming.” The 44-year-old wife and mother, whose daughter is a pre-law student at Mississippi College,...
by Cathy Hayden | Dec 13, 2013 | News
A dozen years ago, after the 9/11 attacks and the collapse of the Twin Towers, 12-year-old Amy Dykman worried about hurting and grieving children – and did something about it. The little Brandon girl started an initiative called “Amy’s Bears Care – And So Do We,”...
by Cathy Hayden | Dec 2, 2013 | News
Hinds Community College has selected two graduation speakers for ceremonies on Dec. 19 and 20 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. Charlotte Dupre’, chief executive officer for Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, is the speaker on Dec. 19 for the 10...
by Cathy Hayden | Jul 29, 2013 | News
Hinds Community College has named Doug Sills, Chief Executive Officer at River Region Health System in Vicksburg, and Sen. Briggs Hopson, District 23, Issaquena, Warren and Yazoo counties, as speakers for the summer 2013 graduation ceremonies Aug. 2. Sills will speak...
by Cathy Hayden | Jun 11, 2013 | News
Hinds Community College alumnus and local attorney Jonathan Bullock of Madison outlined a recipe for success to about 100 2012-2013 GED recipients at the annual recognition ceremony on June 6 on the Raymond Campus. “I speak on education because of the unique story I...
by Cathy Hayden | Jun 11, 2013 | News
New Gateway to College graduates are, from left, Alex Cotton, Northwest Rankin High School; Nicholas Anthony Torrence, Brandon High School; Kaitlyn Delories McNeely, Brandon High School; Larry Maples, Northwest Rankin High School; and Sam Lewis, Northwest...
by Cathy Hayden | May 30, 2013 | News
A graduation ceremony for high school students in Hinds Community College’s Gateway to College program is 9 a.m., Thursday, June 6 in the Lecture Hall of George Wynne Hall on the Rankin Campus in Pearl.Gateway to College, which began in fall 2012, is a...
by Cathy Hayden | May 15, 2013 | News
Two speakers have been named for the May 16 and 17 Raymond Campus graduation ceremonies at Hogg Auditorium in Cain-Cochran Hall. A third speaker will address the Utica Campus graduation ceremony on May 19. Janet Harris is speaking to nursing graduates at 10 a.m. and 2...
by Cathy Hayden | May 14, 2013 | News
All 2012-2013 GED achievers in Hinds Community College’s district of Hinds, Rankin, Warren, Copiah and Claiborne counties are invited to participate in a special graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. June 6. Adults who have gotten their General Education Development high...