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Holmes Community College sophomore Bradford James, son of Tange and Dan James, recently received the prestigious Lyceum Scholarship from the University of Mississippi. The scholarship provides full resident tuition for two years. James will graduate from Holmes on May 10 and will begin his studies at Ole Miss as an accounting major in the fall of 2019.

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.

Holmes Community College was recently ranked third in the 2019 Best Online Community Colleges in Mississippi list provided by SR Education Group. A leading education research publisher, SR Education Group was founded in 2004 with the mission to create authoritative online resources for students seeking an online education program that best suits their budget and career aspirations.

The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2019 Honors Day Program held April 9 in the McGowan Workforce Training Center. Representatives from each academic and career-technical program presented awards to students who have shown excellence in their given major, program or extracurricular activity. Other special awards were given, as well, in various categories.

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

The Holmes Community College Goodman Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2019 Honors Day Program held April 8 in Frank Branch Coliseum.

The Grenada Campus held its Honor’s Day Program in the Corey Forum on Tuesday, March 26.

On April 4, the Holmes Community College Alumni Association inducted five former athletes into the 2019 Sports Hall of Fame in Frank Branch Coliseum in Goodman. The inductees included: John Anthony “Tony” Stanford, football; Gregory Neal Holloway, soccer; Richard Wayne Akins, football; Robert William Gates, football, and Sheila Sullivan Hickman, women’s basketball coach.

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

An advocate for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is helping more Mississippians gain credentials to work in the field. One such way is through the Applied Behavior Analysis Scholarship for Teachers, provided by the Hosemann Family Autism Foundation. The scholarship was offered to the first 20 Mississippi educators that applied, registered and passed the PSY 2543 – Applied Behavior Analysis course at Holmes Community College that began on Jan. 22.