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Holmes Community College’s Goodman Campus students received a unique opportunity Tuesday to take part in the ThinkFast Interactive Awareness Program sponsored by the Mississippi Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and MS-SADD and funded by Nissan North America. Holmes’ Student Support Services/MOSAIC sponsored the program Tuesday.

BestColleges.com has selected Holmes Community College as one of the Best Community Colleges in Mississippi for 2017. Holmes was ranked No. 5 out the 15 community colleges in the state.

The Holmes Community College fitness center has recently changed its hours of operation. The center will be open:
Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: closed

Katey Switzer of Meridian, an alumna of the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus Criminal Justice Administration Technology program, is now serving as a member of the Byram Police Department.

Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives Philip Gunn served as guest speaker for a paralegal assembly on Monday, April 17 in the McGowan Workforce Building on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus. Gunn is over District 56 – Hinds and Madison counties. The program was organized by Paralegal Technology program coordinator/instructor Darleen Dozier.

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus received an Award of Appreciation from the Mississippi Tobacco-Free Coalition of Madison, Yazoo and Holmes Counties on Tuesday, April 11. Rochelle Culp, director of the coalition, presented the award to Ridgeland Campus Vice President Dr. Don Burnham following the Honors & Awards Program held in McGowan Workforce Training Center.

Holmes Community College will be closed for the Easter Holidays on Friday, April 14 and Monday, April 17.

The Eighty-Ninth Commencement exercises are set for Friday, May 12 in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus. The AAS/Certificate ceremony is set for 10 a.m. with the AA ceremony being set for 2 p.m.

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2017 Honors Day Program held April 11 in the McGowan Center.

Ridgeland Campus student Lydia Fortenberry recently placed third in the Drawing Division at the 2017 Mississippi Community College/Junior College Art Instructor’s Association (MC/JCAIA) Student Art Competition/Exhibition. Her award-winning pastel was titled, “None Will Love the Butcher.” Fortenberry’s work and that of students from colleges across Mississippi who submitted artwork for the statewide competition are on display at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle Campus in the art gallery through April 12. An awards reception for the student artists will be held April 13 at 10 a.m.