Author: Mary Margaret Busby

From automotive technology to welding, from surgical technology to cosmetology, Holmes Community College’s Career-Technical Education (CTE) division has a variety of programs to offer the community. On Tuesday, June 19, from 9 a.m. – noon, CTE will host an interactive roadshow event at the Yazoo County Economic Development and Education Center located at 637 East 15th Street. The hands-on, community event will showcase the career and technical programs offered at each of the college’s locations.

Holmes Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) sophomore Tamara L. Sims of Canton received a $500 Joyce Adams Scholarship from the Knights of Pillars Nurses Association (KPNA) during a banquet on Friday, June 1.

To the benefit of Holmes Community College students and others across the nation, the Federal Pell Grant continues its year-round status and is available to cover summer school. Students may be eligible to use part of their Federal Pell Grant eligibility for the 2018-2019 academic year to cover expenses for the current summer term as long as they are enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours or half time over the course of the summer.

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 was among 31 graduates from community colleges across the state.

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 were recognized during the annual Honors Day Convocation held in April.

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 was the largest graduating class in the college’s history, with 440 graduating with AA degrees and 334 with AAs or certificates.

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 other activities that enhance the instructional programs of the college.

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 Cathy Murtagh, she is a native of Lexington.