Author: Steve Diffey

Holmes Community College’s Director of Health Science Programs Ginger Meriwether recently graduated from the Mississippi Community College Board Leadership Academy, which provides training experiences that foster collective learning and development for statewide professional career technical administrators.

Walmart recently 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 Walmart’s grant program. The monies will be used for the purchase of STEM lab supplies district-wide.

The 2019 Adult Education Graduation Ceremony was held today in the Chapel on the Hill on the Goodman Campus.

Holmes Community College held its Adult Education Awards Day at the Goodman Campus on May 16. Nineteen students were presented awards.

Academic and technical students with exemplary quality point averages are recognized at the end of the fall and spring semesters by being named to the President’s or Dean’s list. To be eligible for such recognition a student must be enrolled in at least twelve semester hours.

The Practical Nursing students attended the Mississippi LPN Association convention in Biloxi (IP Casino) April 9-11. The students attended sessions on a variety of topic such as NCLEX Preparation, Lab Values Made Easy, Pharmacology Made Insanely Easy and Nursing with Purpose.

On Monday, April 15, several students from the Goodman Campus African American Literature class traveled to Millsaps College in Jackson to attend Conversations on Identity, Power and Privilege featuring author, poet and activist Nikki Giovanni.

The Ninety-First Commencement Exercises are set for Friday, May 10 in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus. Goodman and Grenada graduates will take part in the 10 a.m. ceremony while Ridgeland graduates will have a ceremony at 2 p.m.

The Holmes Community College Development Foundation, Inc. Golf Classic will be held Wednesday, May 8, at Deerfield Golf Club in Madison.

Registration for the summer and fall terms will begin at Holmes Community College on Monday, April 8.