Utica Campus STEM students land NASA internships

by | Sep 2, 2020 | News, Utica Campus

UTICA – Three students studying for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at Hinds Community College Utica Campus have been selected for internships at NASA facilities this year. Albert Jackson Daisha Golden Sedrick Billups Albert Jackson,...

Hinds CC holds robotics competition as part of NASA week

by | Feb 21, 2020 | News, Utica Campus

RAYMOND – Entering a program of study in math and science is making Donald Hughes’ career plans run as smoothly as the mockup Mars rover he helped build with some classmates. Hughes, of Jackson, had taken college-level coursework in high school but didn’t know what...

Students participate in NASA on-site experience

by Cathy Hayden | Oct 31, 2019 | Campus News, Rankin Campus, Student Life and Campus Events, Utica Campus

UTICA – Seven current and former students from Hinds Community College were selected to attend the NASA on Site event Oct. 8-11 as part of the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars, or NCAS, experience. The students are Reneisha Sweet, of Edwards, Quadejia...

All the galaxy a stage for Hinds CC alum thanks to Disability Support Services

by | Apr 3, 2019 | News

RAYMOND – Courtney Smith Ritz had been blind much of her life when she enrolled at Hinds Community College in the 1990s, her sight taken at the age of five by retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer. “I still had a typical childhood,” Ritz said. “My imagination...

Hinds CC Utica Campus partnering with NASA to bring aerospace to campus

by | Mar 8, 2019 | Utica Campus

UTICA – Hinds Community College Utica Campus has been chosen to participate in a program with NASA that will add aerospace technology as a possible career choice for STEM students. Students will participate in a five-week online learning experience this summer,...