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Holmes Community College, along with the other 14 community and junior colleges in Mississippi, signed an agreement with Millsaps College to enhance the opportunities for students to transfer directly from a community college campus to the Millsaps campus in Jackson. The agreement outlines coursework that aligns with the Compass Curriculum followed by all students at Millsaps.

Alice Austin, Holmes Community College’s Ridgeland Campus assistant director for the Associate Degree Nursing (AND) program, recently earned her PhD in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Her dissertation was titled, “African American Child and Adolescent Obesity: The Parent’s Perspective.”

Holmes Community College’s Vice President of Workforce Development Mike Blankenship recently completed his PhD in Community College Leadership through Mississippi State University after defending his dissertation, “Human resource managers’ perceptions of soft skills, involuntary employment turnover, and the efficacy of a proposed career pathway model.” Offered through the Center for Distance Education, the Community College Leadership program consists of core courses of study in leading and managing in the community college, interdisciplinary courses in a rural context and courses in research and statistics.

The Holmes Community College Development Foundation, Inc. Golf Classic will be held Wednesday, May 10, at Deerfield Golf Club in Madison.

Registration for summer and fall classes 2017 begins April 3 for all campuses.

During their spring break, Marie Holmes and her two daughters – Monica Holmes Allen and Amanda Holmes – did something they had always wanted to do: visit Holmes Community College. Because Holmes is their family name, they had always been curious about the institution and what it was all about.

Six Holmes students represented Holmes Community College at the 2017 O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference held in conjunction with Jackson State University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies on March 30 at JSU’s Mississippi e-Center. Two members of the Growl student newspaper – Mia Jones from the Ridgeland Campus and Ethan Burton from Goodman placed in the McDavid Conference Better Newspaper Contest Student Division. Jones won second place in the Editorial Division and Burton placed third in Editorial Cartoons.

Holmes Community College Goodman Campus had three students named NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) semifinalists at the NATS event March 24-25 in Hattiesburg.

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 Goodman Campus will hold an Electrical Lineman Program information meeting for those interested in being a part of the fall 2017 cohort on Tuesday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in the Science and Mathematics Building Auditorium. The meeting is mandatory for all potential students who are interested in applying to the 16-week training program.