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Goodman Campus student Christopher Kalil and Goodman English Instructor William C. “Chad” Moorer recently were recognized as William Winter Scholars during the 29th Annual Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration.

The Holmes Community College Indoor Drumline captured their third Mississippi Indoor Association State Championship in the last four years Friday night in Jackson.

Matt Wolak takes Grand Award with ‘Two’ at first-ever HAVOC Film Festival

The Goodman Campus recently had two visual arts students place first and third in painting in the Mississippi Community/Junior College Arts Instructions Association state art competition.

Author Richard Grant, who wrote “Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta,” will speak at the Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus on Tuesday, April 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Pat McGowan Workforce Building. Grant will discuss his New York Times Bestseller as well as his time in the Mississippi Delta.

From meeting new people and adjusting to a new environment to dealing with academic pressures and learning the art of time management, the college years can be tough for anyone – and even more so for those who have an autism spectrum disorder. While autism brings about its share of challenges that might impede college success, this has not been the case for Holmes Community College student Elizabeth “Liz” Howell.

The 2018 HCC Sports Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on Thursday, April 26 at 6 p.m. in Frank Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus.

The Holmes Community College Development Foundation, Inc. Golf Classic will be held Wednesday, May 9 at Deerfield Golf Club in Madison.

The Mississippi-Louisiana Region of Phi Theta Kappa recently bestowed an honor on Goodman Campus instructor and Kappa Alpha Chapter advisor emeritus Billy Wilson by naming a lifetime achievement award after him.

Holmes Community College won three awards in the 2018 Mississippi Press Association (MPA) Better Newspaper Contest. Individually, Ethan Burton, a sophomore on the Goodman Campus, won third place in the Cartoon Category for his cartoon “Shade,” and The Growl as an entity won third in General Excellence and third in Editorials. The awards were presented during the 2018 O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference held March 28 at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Jackson.