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Five members of the Holmes Community College Magnolia GOLD (Guard Officer Leadership Development) program recently participated in the two-week Annual Mississippi Magnolia GOLD Program at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. Percival Field of Madison, Jasmine Gibson of Lexington, Johnell Hartley of Kosciusko, Zachary Lewis of Brandon, and Lane McTaggart of Madison joined the group of over 70 enlisted students from both Mississippi Valley State University and community colleges across the state.

On Friday, June 10, Holmes Community College honored one of its most outstanding alumni, Dr. Samuel O.Massey, Jr., M.D., by naming the auditorium in the Science and Mathematics Building on the Goodman Campus in his honor.

Jessica Goins Elliott of Grenada, Holmes Community College surgical technology program director/instructor, was elected to the Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) National Board of Directors during the AST conference held in San Diego, California, May 31- June 4.

The Holmes Community College Attala Educational Center is excited to announce the addition of new course offerings for the summer of 2016. Located on West Jefferson Street in Kosciusko, the state-of-the-art facility will continue to serve the community through academic, workforce and community skills enhancement (non-credit) course offerings.

Holmes Community College Workforce Development in conjunction with the Mississippi Chapter for the Association of Talent Development (ATD) will host a workshop, “Working Together Wins” in the Holmes McGowan Workforce Training Center on Thursday, June 9, from 9:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m.

All locations of Holmes Community College will be closed on Monday, May 30 in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.

Holmes Community College’s Communications and Marketing/Recruiting departments racked up at this year’s College Public Relations Association of Mississippi’s (CPRAM) Conference held May 23-24 at Gulf Hills Hotel and Conference Center in Ocean Springs.

Holmes Community College was recently ranked first place in three programs and third place in one on the 2016 Most Affordable Online Colleges and Degrees listing. Holmes ranked #1 in accounting, #1 in criminal justice, #1 in healthcare, and #3 in medical billing and coding. The full list, compiled by SR Education Group’s website OnlineU, can be found on the organization’s website, http://www.onlineu.org/most-affordable-colleges.

Holmes Community College was recently ranked 38 in the Top 50 Best Value Community Colleges of 2016 by Value Colleges (www.valuecolleges.com).