Author: Mary Margaret Busby

Each year, the Holmes Community College Grenada Campus holds a Creative Writing Contest. All winners receive cash prizes furnished by the Holmes Foundation. First and second place winners are forwarded to the Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association contest and will be published in Holmes’ Creative Writing Journal, “Reflections.”

The Holmes Community College Alpha Lambda Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, housed on the Ridgeland Campus, inducted 48 new members into the honor society for two-year college students on Feb. 27 at Ridgeland High School.

English instructor W. Chad Moorer recently announced the winners of the 2020 Creative Writing Contest for the Holmes Community College Goodman Campus.

English instructor Dr. Andrew Kelly recently announced the winners of the 2020 Creative Writing Contest for the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus.

Alli Elizabeth Roberts of Grenada was crowned Most Beautiful during the 2020 Beauty Review pageant held Feb. 25 in McDaniel Auditorium on the Goodman Campus. She was crowned by 2019 Most Beautiful Lily Kate Saxton of Benton. Roberts was named Most Photogenic as well.

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus announced the 2020 Who’s Who recipients, which includes Mr. and Miss Holmes, Freshman Class Favorites and Sophomore Class Favorites. Mr. and Miss Holmes for the Ridgeland Campus are Landon Kinney and Brandi Palmer, both of Jackson.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, J.R. Hall, a history, philosophy and religion instructor on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus, presented his scholarly presentation, “The History and Phenomena of John Newton’s Amazing Grace with American Christianity and Beyond.” Hall, who was selected as the 2019-2020 Holmes Humanities Teacher of the Year, presented the lecture (or “experience,” as he called it) in the D. P. “Pat” McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland Campus with faculty, staff, students, alumni, family and friends in attendance.

Joshlyn Martin Winstead, a 2013 Holmes Community College graduate, recently passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE). She earned a bachelor’s in biomedical engineering from Mississippi State University in 2015 and will graduate from MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine on April 29.

The Holmes Community College Attala Center in Kosciusko is offering an 8-week Professional Truck Driving training program that will run Feb. 17 through April 6. Taught by Rodney Mainelli, the program will meet Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and costs $1400.

The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) Board of Directors granted continuing accreditation to the Emergency Medical Science (EMS)-Paramedic program at Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus.