Author: Mary Margaret Busby

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.

Holmes Community College Workforce Development is now offering a Shielded Metal Arc Welding Basic Course on the Goodman Campus. Students will receive a certificate of completion upon finishing the five-week, 40-hour course. Classes will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-9:30 p.m. from Feb. 18 through March 19.

Holmes Community College Ridgeland Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) sophomore Lyric S. Richards of Madison received a scholarship during the 2019 Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi District IV Scholarship Gala. Held on Dec. 13 at Fondren Hall in Jackson, the gala theme was “An Evening with the Stars.” ADN instructor Dr. Tiffany Cox, ADN adjunct instructor Tonya Spells and ADN Chair Dr. Alice Austin attended the event with Richards.