Holmes Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program is one of the many nursing schools around the state to participate in the Summer Student Nurse Externship Program. This year, 23 Ridgeland Campus ADN students received externship placements in surrounding area hospitals. …

Larry Webster, the Holmes Community College director of career and technical education-professional studies, recently earned his Ph.D. in human capital development from The University of Southern Mississippi. Webster’s dissertation was titled “Enabler and Barriers Influencing African American Administrators’ Career Advancement at Predominantly…

Sandra G. Townes, RN, a nursing instructor on the Holmes Community College Grenada Campus, recently earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Education and Administration from William Carey University. Her dissertation was titled “The Perceived Effectiveness of a Learning and Life Skills…

The Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College held a ceremony to celebrate the graduating Emergency Medical Sciences Class on Aug. 1 in the McGowan Workforce Training Building. Sixteen students graduated from the program.

The Mississippi Board of Nursing Office of Nursing Workforce presented scholarships to nursing schools in Mississippi during their regular business meeting on July 26. Holmes Community College received $12,000 in funding which will help nursing students in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN)…

Registration for the fall classes continues at Holmes Community College with on-campus registration days set for Aug. 13-15.

A new scholarship program through Mississippi Works is now available to Career-Technical Education students at Holmes Community College. The Mississippi Works Career Tech Scholarship Program provides tuition assistance to those who enroll in approved Career and Technical Education Certificate and Associate of…

Antoine Gates, an instructor, Phi Theta Kappa adviser and Faculty Association advisor at Holmes Community College, recently completed his PhD in science and math education from the University of Southern Mississippi after defending his dissertation, “Faculty Interactions with Black Male Students at…

Christi Blair received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in December 2018 from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Blair is the Practical Nursing Department Chair and also serves on the Instructional Affairs Committee.

The Holmes Community College Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for Friday on the Gulf Coast has been cancelled due to threat of severe weather.