Hinds CC

FAA-approved flight school status received

The Aviation Department at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Miss., was approved in January as an FAA-certified Part 141 flight school. The certification process involved approval of pilot training curriculums, personnel, facilities and aircraft. The increased...

Lendon Players present spring play

The Hinds Community College theater group, the Lendon Players, present Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring from Tuesday, April 23 to Friday, April 26 in Brooks Theater on the Raymond Campus. The house will open at 6:30 p.m. and shows begin promptly at 7 p.m. The...

Landscape Dept. annual plant sale continues

The plant sale, which helps students attend conferences, is at the produce market building next to the Gray-Partridge Center on Highway 18 in Raymond. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, April 19 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 20. The plant sale features trees,...

Raymond Campus offering new creative writing class

Hinds Community College is offering a new creative writing class as an elective on the Raymond Campus. The course will cover non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama. Students will be expected to write and submit their original words and to revise based on classroom...

McLendon Library hosts Lincoln Exhibit, invites schools

As part of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, Hinds Community College will host a prestigious national traveling exhibit from Aug. 12 through Sept. 20 at the McLendon Library on the Raymond Campus. Along with the 1,000-foot exhibit, “Lincoln: The...

Hinds CC announces math contest winners

The Hinds Community College Raymond Campus Mathematics Department hosted the district seventh and eighth grade mathematics competition, sponsored by the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics, on March 1. Each year the middle schools and junior high schools in...

Hinds brings home awards from residence life conference

More than 25 residence life students and employees from Hinds Community College attended MREAL conference at Mississippi State University on Feb 2, bringing home a total of four awards. The MREAL Conference is the combination of two statewide student leadership...

Pottery students fight hunger with art

Linda Beasley of Utica knows what it’s like to go hungry. “There were times in my life when I knew hunger in a real way, and that’s why it’s so important to help fundraisers like Empty Bowl that serve a greater purpose,” she said. That’s exactly what Beasley, and five...