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Holmes Community College held its 91st commencement exercises on May 10 in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus. The ceremony for Goodman and Grenada campuses and the Attala Center was held at 10 a.m. The ceremony for the Ridgeland Campus and the Yazoo City location was held at 2 p.m.

The Grenada Campus of Holmes Community College held a Pinning Ceremony for the graduating Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Class of 2019 on May 9 in the Corey Forum. Twenty-five students graduated from the program.

The Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College held a Pinning Ceremony for the graduating Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Class of 2019 on May 8 at Ridgeland High School. Twenty-eight students graduated from the program.

Travia Shea Coleman, the surgical technology instructor on the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus, was elected president of the Mississippi State Assembly of Surgical Technology. Coleman was elected president on Feb. 22, and will serve in this role until 2021. Previously, Coleman served as vice president for two years and on the board of directors for two years.

Holmes Community College Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) sophomore Deanna Sharkey of Canton received a $500 Joyce Adams Scholarship from the Knights of Pillars Nurses Association (KPNA) during a banquet on April 26.

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.

Nine Holmes Community College employees who are retiring after the 2018-19 school year were honored during a reception April 26 at the President’s Home on the Goodman Campus.
Retirees from the Goodman Campus include: Dr. Donna Banks, Dr. Fran Cox, Nona Horne and Jackie Thurman. Retirees from the Grenada Campus are Dr. Myra Harville, Diann Parker-Barr and Carolyn Ratliff. Chief Christopher Dill and Julie Muse are retiring from the Ridgeland Campus.

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

Cynthia Abel, recruiter and student activities coordinator on the Holmes Community College Grenada Campus, graduated from Leadership Grenada on Thursday, April 18.

For the second year in a row, Holmes Community College was ranked #2 for Best Online Associate in Psychology Programs by TheBestSchools.org.