Holmes Community College is offering Professional Truck Driver Training courses on the Grenada Campus beginning Monday, Aug. 21. The course, taught by Rodney Mainelli, cost $1450. The program lasts 8 weeks and it prepares students to enter the commercial truck driving industry.…

Holmes Community College is offering evening welding courses at the Attala Center in Kosciusko beginning Tuesday, Aug. 22. The course, taught by Tim Townsend, cost $250. Students will receive a certificate of completion upon finishing the six-week course. The class will be taught…

On Tuesday, Aug. 7, Holmes Community College celebrated the upcoming school year with an Opening Convocation on the Goodman Campus. The day began with a breakfast social, complete with specialty coffee/breakfast drinks from The Sip. Once gathered in the coliseum, Holmes President…

Holmes Community College welcomed alumna Kailey Phillips as an Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) instructor for the Ridgeland Campus. She earned her ADN degree at Holmes in 2013. Following graduation from Holmes, Phillips obtained her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Chamberlain University in 2020.…

Jonah Lyon, a conservation law enforcement technology major at Holmes Community College, plans to become a conservation law officer (also known as a game warden) upon graduating. After he finishes his associate degree from Holmes in May of 2024, he will transfer…

The Holmes Community College Grenada Campus held a Pinning Ceremony for the Surgical Technology Class of 2023 on June 29 in the Corey Forum Auditorium. Eight students were honored. Graduates included: Amy Bonner of Boyle, Katie Lauren Clark of Carrollton, Markia Griffin of…

Holmes Community College welcomed Katie Murphy as the district coordinator of Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit. She has 21 years of experience working in the community college system; seven with Jones College and 14 years with Hinds Community College. A community college alumna herself, Murphy…

District-wide orientation/intake for Holmes Adult Education will be held July 17-27. Class will begin July 31. For more information, call District Director of Adult Education/HSE Earline Russell-Smith at (662)472-9105 or email at esmith@holmescc.edu. ###

Holmes Community College’s Crystal Southern has been named financial aid advisor and veteran’s assistant representative for the Ridgeland Campus. Previously she served as a financial aid advisor on the Goodman Campus from 2022-23 and as the switchboard operator from 2021-22. Southern is the…

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus held a pinning ceremony for the Practical Nursing Class of 2023 on June 29 at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison. Fourteen students were honored. The graduating class included Colton Alexander of Lena, Brianna Beamon of Ridgeland,…