Author: Mary Margaret Busby

The 40 Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus freshmen Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students participated in the 19th Annual St. Dominic Senior Wellness Fest on Sept. 22. Held at Mississippi Trade Mart in downtown Jackson, the annual event is one of Mississippi’s largest senior events of the year.

Alumni of Holmes Community College’s electric linemen program employed with various electric companies are putting their skills to good use in the wake of the recent hurricanes. Although Holmes instructors feel certain that there are other graduates aiding in the relief efforts, there are – for certain – five former students working in Texas and one in Florida.

The Holmes Community College Goodman Campus SkillsUSA Opening and Closing Team won third place in the National SkillsUSA competition in Louisville, Kentucky on June 23. The team included Jenna Cummings, Kevin Luckett, Lauren Martin, David Orduna, Ann Pohlig, Lakesha Rand and Hallie Westbrook.

Holmes Community College is offering the Manager’s Food Safety Course at the Yazoo County Educational Center on Thursday, Sept. 21, and at the Attala Center in Kosciusko on Thursday, Oct. 26. The courses last from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and cost $150 each.

The Holmes Community College Attala Center is partnering with Ivey Mechanical to offer an Introduction to Plumbing Trades paid training course. Fifteen students will be selected for the program, which will run from Oct. 9 to Dec. 8.
The course, taught by Carl Bibbs, will run Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Attala Center, located on 620 West Jefferson St. in Kosciusko. There is no charge to take the course.

Dr. Jenny Bailey Jones was named director of the Holmes Community College Attala Center in Kosciusko. In addition to running the Attala Center, Jenny will continue to serve as an academic dean at the college, overseeing instruction in Goodman and Kosciusko. Dr. Jones is stepping into this role held by Nancy McRight as she begins her retirement from Holmes.

Holmes Community College Workforce Coordinator and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Director Earline Russell-Smith was recently named district director of Adult Education/GED for the college.

Tiffany Cox of Ridgeland, an Associate Degree Nursing instructor on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus, recently completed her Ph.D. in Nursing Education and Administration at William Carey University. After defending her dissertation, “An Examination of Non-Nursing Students’ Attitude of Nursing as a Career Choice for Males,” Dr. Cox officially received her degree on Aug. 11 during a ceremony held at Temple Baptist Church in Hattiesburg.

Lexington native Lily Fran, a graduate of Holmes Community College and graduate of Mississippi State University, was recently awarded the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship valued at $30,000 per year for her medical training at the University of Mississippi School Of Medicine in Jackson at the annual scholarship ceremony. McCrory is the daughter of Frankie and Robin McCrory of Lexington.

Holmes Community College Public Relations Specialist/Alumni Coordinator Katherine Ellard and Director of Marketing Bronwyn Martin presented nine awards during Convocation 2017 held Aug. 7 on the Goodman Campus. The theme for this year’s convocation was “No Place like Holmes,” and awards were named for characters from “The Wizard of Oz.”