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Holmes Community College took home 16 awards from the 2018 College Public Relations Association (CPRAM) Conference Awards Competition held May 22 on the Holmes Ridgeland Campus.

Holmes Community College held its 90th commencement exercises on May 11 in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus. The Associate of Arts (AA) Ceremony was held at 10 a.m. and the Associate of Applied Science (AAS)/Certificate Ceremony at 2 p.m. This was the largest graduating class in the college’s history, with 440 graduating with AA degrees and 334 with AAs or certificates.

An innovative partnership is underway between the Workforce Development program at Holmes Community College and the largest industrial/manufacturing employer in Mississippi, Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Holmes held its annual Foundation Golf Tournament at Deerfield Golf Club in Madison on May 9. Proceeds from the charity event benefited the Holmes Development Foundation, which further supports the college by providing scholarships, instructional equipment, library resources, faculty development opportunities and other activities that enhance the instructional programs of the college.

Hallie Murtagh, who graduated from Holmes Community College on May 11, was awarded the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship valued at $30,000 per year for her medical training at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson. The daughter of Johnny and Cathy Murtagh, she is a native of Lexington.

Holmes Community College mourns the loss of Grenada Campus student and Charleston native Marianna Faith Sherman. Only 18 years old, Marianna lost her life in an automobile accident on Saturday, April 28, near Brazil (a community in Tallahatchie County).

The Ridgeland Campus of Holmes Community College held a Pinning Ceremony for the graduating Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Class of 2018 on May 9 at Ridgeland High School. Twenty-nine students graduated from the program. Graduates included Eryn Armagost, Jessica Bodry, Caitlin Cox, Morgan Daniels, Tina Davis, Cindy Demars, Haley Duddleston, Mesha Fleming, Lydia Glaspie, Andrea Goodwin, Jennifer Gore, Lauren Graham, Alejandro Hernandez, Rachel Hill, Madeline Holiman, Renata Hughes, Cleopatra Lamb, Kayla McKenzie, Jennifer McPhail, Tiera Minor, Micah Myers, Amy New, Olivia Neiburg, Dorian Patterson, Natalie Phelan, Jessica Reeves, Erica Smith, William A. Stringer and Douglas Wray.

On Tuesday, May 2, a group of students in the Holmes Mortuary Science program attended a “Lunch and Learn” presented by Taylor Phillips, Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency funeral home/coroner liaison.

Goodman Campus Automotive Technology instructor Derrick Rainey received one of the faculty’s highest honors on April 30 during the Goodman Campus Awards and Honors Banquet – the Sally Wilson Distinguished Educator Award chosen by the student body from the Goodman Campus.

The Holmes Community College Goodman Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2018 Honors Day Program held April 30 in Frank Branch Coliseum.