by | May 17, 2021 | Graduation
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...
by | May 14, 2021 | Graduation
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...
by | May 12, 2021 | Graduation
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...
by | May 10, 2021 | Graduation
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,”...
by | May 5, 2021 | Graduation
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...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 14, 2020 | Campus News, Graduation, News
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....
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 10, 2020 | Campus News, Graduation, News
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...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 10, 2020 | Campus News, Graduation, News
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...
by | Aug 7, 2020 | Graduation, News, Rankin Campus
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...
by Cathy Hayden | Aug 6, 2020 | Campus News, Graduation, News, Nursing Allied Health Center
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...