Holmes Community College Associate Degree Nursing Director Dr. Alice Austin graduated from the Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy (MCCLA) on May 10. The graduation ceremony was held in the Hunter Henry Center on the campus of Mississippi State University and Dr. Austin…

Holmes Community College alumna Briana Hearn was among more than 70 University of Mississippi students to receive a Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university’s highest academic award. To qualify, a student must have a GPA of at least 3.86. The students…

Holmes Community College took home 16 awards from the 2018 College Public Relations Association (CPRAM) Conference Awards Competition held May 22 on the Holmes Ridgeland Campus.

Holmes Community College held its 90th commencement exercises on May 11 in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus. The Associate of Arts (AA) Ceremony was held at 10 a.m. and the Associate of Applied Science (AAS)/Certificate Ceremony at 2 p.m. This…

An innovative partnership is underway between the Workforce Development program at Holmes Community College and the largest industrial/manufacturing employer in Mississippi, Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Holmes held its annual Foundation Golf Tournament at Deerfield Golf Club in Madison on May 9. Proceeds from the charity event benefited the Holmes Development Foundation, which further supports the college by providing scholarships, instructional equipment, library resources, faculty development opportunities and…

Hallie Murtagh, who graduated from Holmes Community College on May 11, was awarded the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship valued at $30,000 per year for her medical training at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson. The daughter of Johnny and…

Holmes Community College mourns the loss of Grenada Campus student and Charleston native Marianna Faith Sherman. Only 18 years old, Marianna lost her life in an automobile accident on Saturday, April 28, near Brazil (a community in Tallahatchie County).

The Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College held a Pinning Ceremony for the graduating Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Class of 2018 on May 9 at Ridgeland High School. Twenty-nine students graduated from the program. Graduates included Eryn Armagost, Jessica Bodry, Caitlin Cox,…

On Tuesday, May 2, a group of students in the Holmes Mortuary Science program attended a “Lunch and Learn” presented by Taylor Phillips, Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency funeral home/coroner liaison.