Author: Mary Margaret Busby

Holmes Community College was recently ranked third in the 2019 Best Online Community Colleges in Mississippi list provided by SR Education Group. A leading education research publisher, SR Education Group was founded in 2004 with the mission to create authoritative online resources for students seeking an online education program that best suits their budget and career aspirations.

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2019 Honors Day Program held April 9 in the McGowan Workforce Training Center. Representatives from each academic and career-technical program presented awards to students who have shown excellence in their given major, program or extracurricular activity. Other special awards were given, as well, in various categories.

The Holmes Community College Goodman Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2019 Honors Day Program held April 8 in Frank Branch Coliseum.

The Grenada Campus held its Honor’s Day Program in the Corey Forum on Tuesday, March 26.

On April 4, the Holmes Community College Alumni Association inducted five former athletes into the 2019 Sports Hall of Fame in Frank Branch Coliseum in Goodman. The inductees included: John Anthony “Tony” Stanford, football; Gregory Neal Holloway, soccer; Richard Wayne Akins, football; Robert William Gates, football, and Sheila Sullivan Hickman, women’s basketball coach.

An advocate for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is helping more Mississippians gain credentials to work in the field. One such way is through the Applied Behavior Analysis Scholarship for Teachers, provided by the Hosemann Family Autism Foundation. The scholarship was offered to the first 20 Mississippi educators that applied, registered and passed the PSY 2543 – Applied Behavior Analysis course at Holmes Community College that began on Jan. 22.

The Holmes Community College Yazoo Center is pleased to announce the addition of new workforce training/community course offerings for the spring of 2019. Located at 637 East 15th St., the Yazoo County Economic Development and Educational Center will serve as the site for job success preparation courses.

Six Holmes Community College students attended the annual O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference on Thursday, March 28 at the Two Mississippi Museums. Growl newspaper reporter Regina Gray, a sophomore on the Ridgeland Campus, was recognized during the conference for winning tow awards in the Better Newspaper Contest: Student Division. The Growl also took home third place in General Excellence.

Each year, the Goodman 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.”

Marie Lane, a special education teacher for Grenada Public Schools, and Dr. Jenny Jones, Goodman Campus academic dean/Attala Center director, represented Holmes Community College at the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Capitol Day on Tuesday, March 19. Lane was one of 15 Mississippi educators who received the Applied Behavior Analysis Scholarship for Teachers, provided by the Hosemann Family Autism Foundation.