Hinds CC helps students realize potential, start on new career paths

by | May 16, 2019 | News

PEARL – It had been more than 30 years since Angie Wilkinson sat in a college classroom as a student. “I’d gone to school for computer technology in the late ‘80s but stopped,” said Wilkinson, an administrative assistant at Hinds Community College Vicksburg-Warren...

Hinds CC academic, technical graduates thrived upon return to school

by | Dec 17, 2018 | Campus News

PEARL – Kiana Sanders already had a degree in psychology from Jackson State University when she faced a crossroads in life. “I had started in the nursing program, then became pregnant with my daughter, Jade,” said Sanders, a third-generation Hinds graduate. Her late...

Hinds CC announces speaker for fall graduation

by | Nov 28, 2018 | News

RAYMOND – Fall graduation ceremonies are set for Dec. 13 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus as students earn credentials from Hinds Community College. The college will confer 1,275 credentials to 885 students set to graduate in three ceremonies. All nursing and...

Hinds CC, announces speakers for spring graduation ceremonies

by | Apr 6, 2018 | News

RAYMOND – The Muse Center at Hinds Community College Rankin Campus will have four graduation ceremonies for spring 2018, starting Thursday, May 10 and continuing Friday, May 11 with three events in succession. Phyllis Polk Johnson, executive director of the...

Hinds CC Rankin College Day draws hundreds to Muse Center

by | Mar 26, 2018 | News

PEARL – Justin Sanders, of Florence High School, wants to turn his interest in creating things into a career when he leaves high school. “I’m thinking of doing graphic design or possibly even architecture,” Sanders said. “I have some family in architecture.” Julie...

Hinds CC nursing, allied health graduates celebrate with family, friends

by | Dec 15, 2017 | News

PEARL – Lakashia Robinson already had a servant’s heart, having earned a degree from Hinds Community College a few years ago, in surgical technology, and caring for patients at Merit Health River Oaks. But, she wanted to take her life and career higher. As she pursued...

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...

Workforce specialist, retiring instructor are graduation speakers at Hinds CC

by | Nov 15, 2016 | News

RAYMOND – Fall graduation ceremonies are set for Dec. 16 at the Muse Center on the Rankin Campus as students earn credentials from Hinds Community College. All nursing and allied health graduates will receive their degrees at 8 a.m., with commencement for academic and...

Hinds CC graduates more than 400 in summer ceremony

by | Aug 8, 2016 | News

PEARL — Cynthia Jones decision on what to study in college took a while, but her look on graduation day was all about speed. “Everything in my house is decorated cheetah,” Jones said, with her favorite animal print adorning her shoes and top of her...

Hinds CC graduates academic and career-tech students

by | Dec 18, 2015 | News

Larry Brown walked across the stage with a golden cord around his neck and satisfaction in his heart. “I came back to school to inspire my grandkids,” Brown, 51, said minutes before graduating from Hinds Community College cum laude with an Associate of Applied Science...