Author: Mary Margaret Busby

Travia Shea Coleman, the surgical technology instructor on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus, was elected president of the Mississippi State Assembly of Surgical Technology. Coleman was elected president on Feb. 22, and will serve in this role until 2021. Previously, Coleman served as vice president for two years and on the board of directors for two years.

Holmes Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) sophomore Deanna Sharkey of Canton received a $500 Joyce Adams Scholarship from the Knights of Pillars Nurses Association (KPNA) during a banquet on April 26.

Nine Holmes Community College employees who are retiring after the 2018-19 school year were honored during a reception April 26 at the President’s Home on the Goodman Campus.
Retirees from the Goodman Campus include: Dr. Donna Banks, Dr. Fran Cox, Nona Horne and Jackie Thurman. Retirees from the Grenada Campus are Dr. Myra Harville, Diann Parker-Barr and Carolyn Ratliff. Chief Christopher Dill and Julie Muse are retiring from the Ridgeland Campus.

Trustmark Bank donated a $1000 grant check to the Holmes Community College Development Foundation. Dr. Lindy McCain, Executive Director of the Foundation, requested and was approved for funding through Trustmark’s grant program. The monies will be used for the purchase of STEM lab supplies district-wide.

Cynthia Abel, recruiter and student activities coordinator on the Holmes Community College Grenada Campus, graduated from Leadership Grenada on Thursday, April 18.

For the second year in a row, Holmes Community College was ranked #2 for Best Online Associate in Psychology Programs by TheBestSchools.org.

The SkillsUSA chapters from Holmes Community College’s Goodman and Ridgeland campuses successfully competed in the 2019 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference held April 8-10. The winners were recognized during a ceremony on April 10 at the Jackson Marriott. Overall, Holmes took home 13 awards: eight from the Goodman Campus and five from Ridgeland.

Creative writing students from across the state gathered on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus on Friday, April 12, to receive their accolades as they were announced winners in the 2019 Mississippi Community College Creative Writers Association competition. During the awards ceremony portion of the workshop, Holmes was recognized with seven awards.

Holmes Community College students Courtney Dees, Bradford James, Lake Shipp, Hallie Westbrook, Abigail Wilkerson and Chelsea Williams were honored at the All-Mississippi Community College Academic Team Recognition Luncheon on April 10.

Holmes Community College sophomore Bradford James, son of Tange and Dan James, recently received the prestigious Lyceum Scholarship from the University of Mississippi. The scholarship provides full resident tuition for two years. James will graduate from Holmes on May 10 and will begin his studies at Ole Miss as an accounting major in the fall of 2019.