Caring attitude shown in early years by nursing graduate

A dozen years ago, after the 9/11 attacks and the collapse of the Twin Towers, 12-year-old Amy Dykman worried about hurting and grieving children ­– and did something about it. The little Brandon girl started an initiative called “Amy’s Bears Care – And So Do We,”...

Rankin County physician establishes scholarship

Brandon physician Dr. C. Ron Cannon has recently established a scholarship at Hinds Community College in memory of his late wife, Sharon Strickland Cannon, who died in May 2012, to benefit a Rankin County student who exemplifies her attributes. Mrs. Cannon graduated...

Speakers named for Dec. 19-20 graduation

Hinds Community College has selected two graduation speakers for ceremonies on Dec. 19 and 20 at Cain-Cochran Hall on the Raymond Campus. Charlotte Dupre’, chief executive officer for Central Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, is the speaker on Dec. 19 for the 10...

Hinds CC names student, faculty HEADWAE honorees

    Jane Flowers of Vicksburg, work based learning and developmental studies coordinator on the Vicksburg/Warren Campus, and Caleb Upton of Natchez, a general studies student and baseball player on the Raymond Campus, have been named Hinds CC’s honorees for...

Spring registration opens Nov. 5, Nov. 11

Registration for spring classes for current and new Hinds Community College students begins in November. Current students, including those in face-to-face classes and those in online classes through the Mississippi Virtual Community College, can begin registering on...

2013 Homecoming maids named

Hinds Community College recently named its 2013 Homecoming maids. Pictured are, from left, back row, freshmen Lateshia Vivians of Carthiage; Taylor Williams of Brandon; Brooke Vernon of Richland; Becky Yarbrough of Crystal Springs; and Katrellis Plumpp of Jackson....

Foundation adds Moffett Scholarship

The Hinds Community College Foundation recently added the Fred Douglas and Matlean Allen Moffett’s Scholarship to its list of endowments. The Moffetts spent 77 years teaching boys and girls in pre-K to eighth grades at Midway, Belmont and Cayuga. Both ended their...

Service members, families honored July 31

RAYMOND – Hinds Community College is hosting a Military Appreciation Day to honor members of the Armed Forces and their families on July 31, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus in Pearl. Hinds is inviting all service members, whether they...