Miss Hinds Community College 2014 named

Porsha Gatson of Vicksburg was named Miss Hinds Community College 2014 in the annual pageant on Jan. 16. As Miss Hinds Community College, Gatson will participate this summer in the Miss Mississippi pageant. Gatson is a sophomore on the Raymond Campus majoring in...

Hinds CC hosts choir reunion honoring the Reeves’

Alumni of the choir based on Hinds Community College’s Raymond Campus are invited to a reunion, on Feb. 14-15, held on the Raymond Campus. Because they inspired so much devotion, the reunion will salute Leslie and Geneva Reeves, former choral directors from 1956 to...

Hinds CC students compete for title of Miss Hinds

Seven Hinds Community College students will compete for the title of Miss Hinds Community College 2014 at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 at Hogg Auditorium in Cain-Cochran Hall. The winner of the pageant is eligible to compete in the Miss Mississippi pageant over the...

Hinds CC grants emeritus status to retirees

Hinds Community College recognized retirees Dr. David Durham of Clinton, Kay Jones of Jackson and Joanne Cooper of Pelahatchie, who were granted emeritus status by the college Board of Trustees, at the Jan. 7 spring 2014 opening convocation. To date, Hinds has...

Mother, daughter among nearly 800 Hinds CC graduates

 The mother and daughter duo of Charlene Allen and Carla Johnson, both of Vicksburg, are particularly pleased they graduated together from Hinds Community College on Friday, Dec. 20.  “I took extra classes so we could graduate together,” said Johnson, a business...

Nursing, allied health students graduate Dec. 19

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,...

Energy management office evolves to oversee recycling

Hinds recently welcomed the addition of a new department, the Office of Sustainability, under Thomas Wasson, vice president for Physical Plant and Auxiliary Services. Jason Pope has been named the director of sustainability, while Mindy Stevens will serve as...