New District Dean of Students named

by | Jul 22, 2013 | News

Hinds Community College has named Dr. Tyrone Jackson as District Dean of Students and Dean of Students for the Raymond Campus as of Aug. 1. He replaces Dr. Barbara Blankenship, who retired in June. Originally from Rosedale, located in the Mississippi Delta, Jackson...

Adam Booker, Hinds Student

by | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles

No excuses mindset puts paralyzed student on President’s List at Hinds By Susan Christensen Health and Research News Service The first time Adam Booker went to college, he mostly majored in having fun. “I thought I was doing good by just getting up and going to...

Kyle Williams, Hinds Athlete

by | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles

Thanks to a solid academic record and a strong right leg, Kyle Williams could have chosen to go just about anywhere after graduating from Pearl High School. Williams, heavily recruited by Hinds Community College coaches, decided to join the Eagles instead. That...

Jameson Parker, Hinds Student

by | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles

At age 25, Jameson Parker had already worked five years in the field of GIS, drafting and telecommunications engineering when he decided to enroll in Hinds Community College’s program on the Raymond Campus. A Murrah High graduate, Parker became progressively more...

Larisa Garner, Hinds Student

by | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles

Larissa Stinson Garner of Vicksburg has known for some time she wanted to be in some sort of helping profession. It wasn’t until after she received her first Hinds Community College degree in May 2011 that she finally figure out what she wanted to do – nursing. “I...

Anna Sanders, Hinds Student

by | May 22, 2013 | Alumni, People Profiles

At age 28, Anna Sanders says she was “truly petrified to be a college student” at the Vicksburg-Warren Campus two years ago. As a teenager, Anna became a mom with two sons and has lost one child to cancer. In her two years at Hinds she married her best friend. Despite...

Trina Williams, Hinds Student

by | May 22, 2013 | People Profiles

Trina Runia Williams of Jackson got her children raised and watched her husband graduate from Hinds Community College in December. Now it’s her turn to shine in the early childhood education program on the Utica Campus. She’ll graduate with her associate’s degree in...