New Simulation Center named for retired physician

Hinds Community College Thursday unveiled the new Dr. George Ball Simulation Center named in honor of a local long-time physician who formerly served on the college’s Foundation board. The building was donated to the college by brothers and physicians Dr. Christopher...

Open house planned for Simulation Center Thursday

Hinds Community College has a ribbon-cutting and open house for the new Nursing and Allied Health Simulation Center at 1820 Hospital Drive in Jackson, which is near the college’s Jackson Campus-Nursing/Allied Health Center on Chadwick Drive. The ribbon-cutting is 2...

Photos from Dec. 19 allied health, nursing graduation

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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,...

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,”...

Dental assisting program app deadline approaching

Hinds Community College is accepting completed applications for the spring 2014 semester in dental assisting programs. The application deadline is Oct. 15. All programs require a minimum ACT score.  Final selection is competitive depending on the applicant pool. For...

ACT prep classes help with health care program apps

Hinds Community College is accepting completed applications for the spring 2014 semester in nursing and dental assisting programs. The application deadline for nursing programs is Sept. 30; the deadline for the dental assistant technology program is Oct. 15. All...

Registration open now for 2nd eight-week classes

For anyone interested in jump starting a college career without waiting for the spring semester, Hinds Community College offers a number of  options for second eight-week classes that begin in October. Classes are available both online and in a traditional...