Author: Mary Margaret Busby

Leslie Kirk has joined the Holmes Community College family as a psychology instructor on the Goodman Campus.

Kim Hardeman has joined the Holmes Community College family as an Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) instructor on the Ridgeland Campus. Prior to Holmes, she was employed with Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital as a nurse circulator. She also has experience as a surgical nurse, both for Eye Care Surgery Center and Blackledge Face Center.

Tracy Morgan, CPA, has joined the Holmes Community College family as an accounting/business administration instructor on the Goodman Campus.

Dr. Jennifer Bertucci has joined the Holmes Community College family as an Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) instructor on the Ridgeland Campus. Dr. Bertucci was formerly a nurse navigator and floor nurse at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Prior to that, she served as a field nurse at Camellia Home Health.

Dr. Marquita Webster LMT, MMP, DPT, has joined the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus staff as massage therapy program director.

Beginning in September, the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus will offer a one-year Massage Therapy program taught by Dr. Marquita Webster, LMT, MMP, DPT.

Holmes Community College is now offering a Culinary Arts program on the Ridgeland Campus and Chef Alexei Mastin Harrison has joined the staff to lead the program. Harrison is a Starkville native and 2003 graduate of the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) Culinary Arts Institute. She also received a master’s degree in hospitality management from the University of Alabama.

Simonee Patton Miller has joined the Holmes Community College family as an academic counselor on the Goodman Campus. Miller comes to Holmes from Hinds Community College where she served as a counselor for eight years. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Mississippi and a master’s degree in education from The University of Southern Mississippi. Miller is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from Valdosta State University in Education Administration.

Alicia Turner has joined the Holmes Community College family as an Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) instructor on the Ridgeland Campus. Turner comes to Holmes from Mississippi Baptist Hospital in Jackson where she worked full-time as head nurse on the 5D oncology unit for nine and a half years. She will continue working for Baptist part-time to help train new nurses on the unit.

The Holmes Community College Practical Nursing (PN) program at the Attala Center in Kosciusko had a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-PN) exam. This was the first year that the program offered both face-to-face and hybrid program options.