Holmes Community College’s Ridgeland Campus sent 10 students/advisors to the 2023 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference last week in Atlanta. Leah Rainey took second place in the nation in the Prepared Speech competition. The remaining students competing included: Sara Beth Hammons (Baking and…

Holmes Community College's Ridgeland Hall will be closed for maintenance work and repairs from Wednesday, June 28, to Friday, June 30. ACCUPLACER  testing will be in Madison Hall 106 and all Ridgeland Hall staff (Front Reception, Admissions, Business Office, Financial Aid, Counseling…

Holmes Community College welcomed Taylor Arnold as the administrative assistant for the Ridgeland Campus Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program. Previously, Arnold served as a manager for Chick-fil-A for four years. A graduate of Ridgeland High School, she is currently enrolled at Holmes as…

Five Holmes Community College employees represented the college at the annual Teaching Professor Conference held June 9-11 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Those in attendance included:  Dean of Academic Programs Dr. Tonya Lawrence, STEM Division Chair Dr. Antoine Gates, History and Political Science…

Holmes Community College is holding an informational meeting for the Commercial Truck Driving program on Thursday, June 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Attala Center in Kosciusko. The meeting is open to the public, and all of the Truck Driving program instructors…

Madison Allyn Douglas of Bentonia joined the Holmes Community College family as the administrative assistant for the Student Counseling Center on the Ridgeland Campus. An alumna of the college, she graduated Holmes in 2016 before transferring to Mississippi State University. While at Holmes,…

Makayla Buchanan joined the Holmes Community College staff as the administrative assistant for workforce development on the Ridgeland Campus. Buchanan comes to Holmes after working as a phone clerk at Jackson Healthcare for Women. A graduate of Brandon High School Class of 2020,…

Holmes Community College welcomed Marlena Simon as an Adult Education/High School Equivalency (ABE/HSE) instructor on the Ridgeland Campus. She comes to Holmes with over 29 years of experience working in education. Simon has 20 plus years of experience teaching in Louisiana public schools,…

Holmes Community College launched a new portal for MyHolmes, changing student email from Gmail to Microsoft Office 365 (O365). Students must go through the account activation in the MyHolmes portal before they can access their new email account. The old Gmail account…

Holmes Community College hosted Mississippi’s first statewide memorial service for fallen EMTs, paramedics and other Emergency Medical Services professionals on May 25. The event, held in the McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland Campus, recognized 132 emergency medical caregivers in the…