UTICA – Desharra Stamps of Edwards said she came to Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus as a “shy and timid young lady” with a high school equivalency certificate. She left May 15 as one of two student graduation speakers, with an associate degree in Business...
PEARL – Linda Taylor, 64, of Jackson is retired and already had a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University. But she decided to use her military benefits and come back to Hinds Community College for an associate degree in child development technology. She...
PEARL – Dallin Adams, 20, of Flowood was among more than 1,300 students who graduated from Hinds Community College in one of four ceremonies on May 13 and May 15. Adams received an Associate Degree Nursing in one of three graduation ceremonies at Hinds Community...
PEARL – Thomas Eade was close to taking another step in his education, but didn’t know it until recently. “My wife had gone back to school and finished, plus people had always asked me about going back,” Eade said. “I got with Hinds and found out I was just 13 credits...
PEARL – Chase Ezell, of Brandon, was among those who participated in graduation ceremonies held at Hinds Community College this week. He considers himself and others in his graduating class survivors of not just the first two years of college, but of the biggest...
When just the pet goats’ names are considered, Katie Norris has perhaps grown up around more animals than people. “Let’s see, there’s Jolene, Allie, Belle, Opie, Nez, Elvira, Emmy Lou, Olive, Mookie, Gigi,” Norris said, adding she and her family owned chickens and...
RAYMOND – Elizabeth Taylor, 28, of Raymond, admits she was without direction after high school and a short-lived semester at Hinds Community College. “Due to a lack of direction, my grades suffered and I ended up no longer being eligible for financial aid funding,”...