Author: Mary Margaret Busby

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2018 Honors Day Program held April 17 in the McGowan Workforce Training Center.

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.

The SkillsUSA chapters from two Holmes Community College campuses successfully competed in the annual competition hosted by the Mississippi Department of Education at the Mississippi Trademart Center in Jackson and the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl April 10-11.

Author Richard Grant, who wrote “Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta,” discussed his New York Times Bestseller during a presentation at the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus on April 10. A reception and book signing followed his lecture.

.On Friday, April 13, the Ridgeland Campus will hold its annual Freshman Friday event, while also celebrating the school mascot Major’s first birthday.

Author Richard Grant, who wrote “Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta,” will speak at the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus on Tuesday, April 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Pat McGowan Workforce Building. Grant will discuss his New York Times Bestseller as well as his time in the Mississippi Delta.

From meeting new people and adjusting to a new environment to dealing with academic pressures and learning the art of time management, the college years can be tough for anyone – and even more so for those who have an autism spectrum disorder. While autism brings about its share of challenges that might impede college success, this has not been the case for Holmes Community College student Elizabeth “Liz” Howell.

Holmes Community College won three awards in the 2018 Mississippi Press Association (MPA) Better Newspaper Contest. Individually, Ethan Burton, a sophomore on the Goodman Campus, won third place in the Cartoon Category for his cartoon “Shade,” and The Growl as an entity won third in General Excellence and third in Editorials. The awards were presented during the 2018 O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference held March 28 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Jackson.

Ann-Clark Price, a graduate of the Paralegal Technology program on the Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College, recently passed the Accredited Legal Professional Exam, given by the National Association of Legal Professionals, receiving the highest score in the nation.

On Wednesday, March 21, the Goodman Campus Creative Writing class traveled to Turnrow Book Co. in Greenwood for a reading and book signing in celebration of the release of “The Fighter” by Mississippi novelist Michael Farris Smith.