RAYMOND – In baseball, waiting for the best pitch to hit is the key to a successful at-bat. Pablo Lanzarote, a native of Venezuela, is mastering that strategy nicely for the Hinds Eagle baseball team, but has also applied it to the classroom and in life. “I’ve played...
Hannah Cranfield of Vicksburg was thinking of going into a medical field but then discovered Hinds Community College’s computer coding and programming option. Hinds teaches the program at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg....
For Will Eakes of Clinton, Hinds Community College was the perfect place to kick off his college career. “It was great. It was smaller, and I like that because it meant a lot more availability and being able to have teacher-student relationships,” he said. “If I had a...
Because of social distancing restrictions with the COVID-19 pandemic, Hinds Community College was unable to have traditional ceremonies inside. The spring and summer ceremonies were combined and turned into a drive-through event, over three days at Eagle Ridge...
RAYMOND — Janna Hodges’ thoughts coming out of high school in her hometown of Eupora, Miss. centered on the best place to pursue a goal of becoming a pharmacist. “Hinds offered more classes I could take in my major and more activities than other places I could...
Kamen Wells of Vicksburg graduated from Hinds Community College on July 29, driving in a car under a partly cloudy summer sky instead of walking across an auditorium stage. He was among more than 600 students who participated in a drive-through graduation ceremony...
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...
Hinds Community College had three graduation ceremonies on Dec. 18, awarding a total of 1,316 credentials to 958 graduates, with some graduates receiving more than one credential. As Mississippi’s largest community college, Hinds Community College is a comprehensive...
PEARL – Herbert Strickland spent more than 23 years in law enforcement, much of it working with K-9 units as they protect and serve. An unfinished academic resume’, however, plus responsibilities on the horizon with a daughter entering high school soon had him wanting...
Michael Ahner of Vicksburg is another step closer to his goal of living a life to help others. Ahner, 46, decided his job at a software company wasn’t fulfilling his need to help others. He graduated Wednesday (Dec. 18) from Hinds Community College with a Practical...
