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Grandmother’s pursuit of passion highlights Hinds CC fall graduation

by | Dec 8, 2017 | News

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...

Hinds CC announces speaker for fall graduation

by | Nov 27, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – Fall graduation ceremonies are set for Dec. 15 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus as students earn credentials from Hinds Community College. The college will confer 940 credentials to 1,058 students set to graduate in three ceremonies. All nursing and...

Hinds CC holds summer graduation ceremonies

by | Jul 31, 2017 | News

PEARL – Returning to school is a time of self-discovery, new careers and making new friends. All those are now true for Sherrie Smith and Natasha Jackson, classmates this past year in the Health Information Technology program at Hinds Community College. Each graduated...

Hinds CC graduates map out plans for the future

by | May 15, 2017 | News

Kenneth Varnell of Brandon owns his own masonry business but at age 41 he doesn’t think he’ll be up to physical labor forever. That’s why he decided to enroll at Hinds Community College. At the academic and career-technical credential graduation on May 12 he received...

Hinds CC academic, technical grads thrived upon return to school

by | May 15, 2017 | News

PEARL – Barbara Evans and Lattie Erving didn’t know each other before Friday, but already had a lifetime of work experience under their respective belts when they decided to pursue college degrees. “I’d always wanted to go to culinary school, so I said why not?”...

Grandmother of four among academic, technical grads at Hinds CC

by | May 15, 2017 | News

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...

Hinds CC announces speakers for spring graduation ceremonies

by | Apr 18, 2017 | News

RAYMOND – Hinds Community College will have four graduation ceremonies for spring 2017, starting with three on Friday, May 12 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus, at 8 a.m., 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The fourth is 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14 at the Utica Campus, inside J.D....